KIOWA GLOSSARY 



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Jigudnpo'nba — I wont to see dancing; 

 agu anponba'ta, I am going to Bee a 

 dance : yuan, a dance. 



Altiiyii' — an unmeaning exclamation 

 used in the songs. 



A hin-aih — in the tops of the Cottonwood; 

 from a'hin, Cottonwood, and aih, in or 

 on the tree tops. 



Alio iihedal — they are approaching, it is 

 said (as a family on the move, or an 

 army on the march, with household 

 goods, etc); the suffix hedal implies a 

 report or rumor. Aho'a, I am coming 

 on, with my family and possessions. 

 Compare Imza'nteake'dal. 



Aim ho! — an unmeaning exclamation used 

 iu the songs. 



Ahijii to — the Kiowa, name for the Arap- 

 aho, meaning unknown. The Kiowa 

 call the wild plum i>y the same name. 



Aim mi — for Aka'on, q. v. 



Al.ii mi — 1 am poor. The words for 

 "rich" and ''poor" refer rather to 

 reputation and mental and moral quali- 

 ties than to temporal possessions. A 

 man may own many horses, but if be 

 has no war record he is accounted poor. 



Animha'go — he gets up again, he rises 

 again. Deha'go,l rise; behd', get up; 

 i mini i/o. he will get up. 



Ankan'gona — he pities us much ; gyakan'ti, 

 it is a pity. Compare lnkan'tdhe'dal. 



Anxo — feet; anso'i, foot. 



A'nya'gdlo'nte — I bellow like a buffalo 

 (habitual); nyao'nto, I am bellowing 

 like a buffalo. 



Aomhe'dal — he was made so; ao'mdatso'- 

 hti, I am made so, I am rendered thus. 



A'piatan — "wooden stabber, or lance;" 

 the name of a Kiowa sent by his tribe 

 as a delegate to the messiah in L890. 



Aaa'tito'la — "he whom we send to work," 

 i.e., "the messenger;" the name by 

 which the Kiowa prophet, Bi'aiik'i, is 

 now known. 



Ato'tl-e'dal — he was sent; gyato', I send 

 him. 



Atso'daUd'dal — I have wings (attached); 

 from tsodal, wing. 



Bd'aten'iji — we cry and hold fast to him; 

 gyaten'ta, I cry and hold fast to him. 



Bate.' yd — he is approaching; aba'teya, I 

 am approaching. Compare Imza'vtea- 

 he'dal. 



Be' a' ma nhai/i — stretch out your (plural) 

 hands in entreaty. Dea"manha'go, I 



stretch out, etc; hen" nuinliii, stretch 

 out your (singular vocative), etc. 



/.'< ddlgu at — another Kiowa name for the 

 Wichita; signifying "painted or tat- 

 tooed lips;" from hedal, lips or mouth, 

 and guat, painted, tattooed, or written. 

 See Do'gu'at. 



Be 1 ddlpago — " hairy mouths;" one of the 

 Kiowa names for the whites; from 

 hedal, lips or mouth, pa, downy hair or 

 fuzz, and go or gua, the tribal terminal. 

 Compare Ta'ka'-i. 



lieln! — an exclamation about equivaleni 

 to I see. I understand. 



Bi'anJCi — "rating man," "cater." a 

 Kiowa prophet and medicine-man; 

 also known as Asa tilo'la, "the mes- 

 senger." 



Bull, in nijn — the Kiowa name for the 

 Ail nine na or Arapaho Grosveutres. 

 The name signifies •• belly people;" 

 from hot, belly or stomach, and k'inago, 

 people, from k'inahi, "man." 



Da-e'dal — "great star;" from dii, star, 

 and e'dtil, great; one of the Kiowa 

 names for the morning star. It is 

 more commonly called T'tiiiiso, "the 

 cross." (See Arapaho song 72.) 



Da'gya — a song. 



Dakan'athe'dal — anotherformof Inlcan ta- 

 he'dal, 4. v. 



Dak'iii'a — spirit, God; plural dak'in'ago; 

 from da-i, medicine, mystery, and k'iiia 

 or k'inahi, man. 



Jinl.'iii ago — spirits, the spirits; spirit. 

 God, dak'in a. 



Da'mdnhago — for Dea"mdnha'go. 



Ddsa — I have eyes; dii, I'ii, eve. 



Da'ta-i — father. 



Hit le — a loug time. 



Da'tekan — "keeps his name always." 

 a Kiowa prophet about 1881, who nu- 

 clei took to bring back the buffalo. 



Hnlsii to — I pray for them: m ndatsd in, 

 I pray for him. 



Dea" miinhii' gn — 1 hold out my hands to- 

 ward him in entreaty. Compare Be'a'- 

 mii nliili/i. 



De'beko'dataa — let us all pray or worship, 

 we must all pray or worship; deda'tsdto, 

 I pray. 



De'dom — all the world; from dom, the 

 earth, and (le, all. complete. 



Degi'dta — I am mashing or pounding 

 it. 



De'gu'dnla — I stir it around. 



