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THE GHOST-DAXCE RELIGION 



[ETH. AXN. H 



De'gydgo mga — every living creature; the 



prefix de i veys the idea of every or 



all. 



Dili i ii In — I take it. 



De'imgo — look, everybody ! See, every- 

 body around! The prefix de gives the 

 idea of everybody or all. 



Be inihiidiilt — everybody will arise; from 

 delu'i, I rose up from a reclining posi- 

 tion. The prefix de gives the idea of 

 everybody, all. or completeness, accord- 

 ing to context . 



Deo in — I lift it up, I raise it. 



Do' — tipi. 



Do a a ut — the Kiowa name for the Wich- 

 ita, signifying " painted or tattooed 

 fares," from dobd, face, and gu'at, paint- 

 ed, engraved, or written. 



Dom — the earth. 



Dom-gaga — with the earth: i/iii/a, with, 

 in composition. 



Eka'eho'! — an unmeaning exclamation 

 used in the songs. 



E'liiiyii! — ibid. 



E'hyuni — " principal, real, or best fruit; " 

 a berry, probably a dwarf cherry, de- 

 scribed as a black grape like fruit 

 growing in clusters on bushes from 4 to 

 6 feet high, in the Sioux country. It 

 was eaten raw or mixed with pemmi- 

 can. 



E'manki'na — -'can't hold it," a Kiowa 

 policeman, now dead, seen by Asatitola 

 in a vision. 



E"jieyn — " afraid of him," a Kiowa war- 

 rior who died while a prisoner at Fort 

 Marion, Florida, about 1875. 



Ezd'nteahe'dal — it is approaching, they 

 say. Compare Tmza'ntedhe'daL 



Ezd'nteda'te — it will shake, or tremble 

 ( impersonal I. 



Gd'dal-gd'ga — with the buffalo; gaga, 

 with, in composition; </»''"', buffalo, 

 generic ; pa, a buffalo bull. 

 Gii ihil-i/iifi — a buffalo born; from gddal, 



buffalo ; and gu'nti, born. 

 Gata'dalto — I shall cut it off, I am cut- 

 ting it oll't pics, Hi and future alike). 

 Go — and. 



Cn mgya-da'ga — that wind; tromgomgya, 

 wind, and daga, that, the, in composi- 

 tion. 

 Go'mtaya — on (my) back; from gomtd or 



ijiiiiihii, back. 

 Guudal — red. 



(iniiii — a dance. 



Guan-d'dalka-i — "dance frenzy;'' from 

 gnaii, a dance, and d'dalka-i, crazy or 

 foolish; the Kiowa name for the Ghost- 

 dance ecstasy. 



Gtl'ato — bird. 



Gyako'm — life, living ;hila' dgya'komta'yd, 

 I am alive. 



Gydta'to—l shall cut the If; gata'dalto, 



I cut it off. 



Baon'yo, or Aon'yo — a cry of grief, espe- 

 cially at funerals. 



Heye lieye'heye'heye.' — an unmeaning excla- 

 mation used in the songs. 



Imha'go — he would get up, lie would 

 arise. Compare Animha'go. 



Imza'nleahe'dal — they are approaching. 

 it is said ; from dezd nteii, I move about; 

 the termination liednl makes it a matter 

 of report or common belief, equivalent 

 to "they say." Compare Eza'ntea- 

 he'dal. The verb implies coining on 

 like a herd or company or like persons 

 on a march. The simple verb for ap- 

 proaching is aba'ted. Compare Bate' yd 

 and Alio liluihil. 



Inatd'gyi — it. is a good one; from tagya 

 or gyata'gya, good. 



liilni po or Ifihiipa'ile — he sings for me 

 (as if to teach me); dagya gehdpo, I 

 sing a. song for him. 



Inkan'tahe'dal — he has had pity on me; 

 from gydkan li. I it is a i pity. Compare 

 Ankail i j n a a. 



Ka'ante — another form of Ka'on, poor. 



Compare Aka'on. 



Kditsen'ko — " principal, or real dogs: " the 



highest degree of the Kiowa military 



organization. (See Arapaho song 43.) 



Komse ka-k'in'ahyup — the former Kiowa 



name for the Arapaho. It signifies 



" men of the worn-out leggings; " from 



komse, "smoky, soiled, or worn-out," 



kati, "leggings," and k' in'ahyup," men." 



Mdnsd'dal — I have hands or arms : mdnto, 



hand, arm. 

 Ma Sep — the Kiowa name for the Caddo, 

 signifying "pierced noses;" from mu- 

 k'ou, nose, and Sep, the root of a verb 

 signifying to pierce or sew withanawl. 

 ,Y« — I, my; sometimes put before the 



verb to make it emphatic. 

 A'« add'ga — because 1 am (emphatic); 

 from na, 1, inj . and add <i<t (q. v.), be- 

 cause I am. 



