KIOWA GLOSSARY 



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Xathi g — for Xa dd&'ga, q. v. 



Nya&'mo — he will giveittome ; nyand'mo, 

 I shall give it to him. There are a 

 number of verbs for ijire, according to 

 the nature of the thing given. 



\ii<i hodnga'mo — he shows or tells me the 

 road; injiin hodnga m<>, I show him the 

 road ; Iuh'di, road. 



Nyao'ngum — I scream; from ano'nde, it 

 screams, or makes utterance with the 

 mouth. 



Nydpa'de — for Inha'po or Inhapa'de, q. v. 



Nydzd ago — it shakes mine; anza'ngo, it 

 shakes his. 



mda — I have a shape or form (implying 

 a likeness, as a' data -i o'mda, I have a 

 form like my father's). 



Pa-gu'adal — "red buffalo;" from pa, a 

 buffalo bull, ami gu'adal, red. A Kiowa 

 man, the author of one of the Ghost- 

 dance songs. 



Pa'-ingya — "standing iu the middle;" 

 a Kiowa prophet who, in 1887. preached 

 the speedy destruction of the whites 

 and the return of the buffalo. 



Polaii'yup — "rabbits;" the lowest degree 

 of the Kiowa military organization. 

 i See Arapaho song 43.) 



Sa'he — green. (See Arapaho song 64. ) 



SdJc'o In — the Kiowa name for the Chey- 

 enne; the word seems to refer to " bit- 

 iug." 



Sei-t'ain'ti — " white bear," anoted Kiowa 

 chief, about 1865-1875. The name 

 ■ nines from set, bear, fain, white, and 

 li, the personal suffix. 



Soda te — he will descend; dso'ta, I de- 

 scend. 



Tdgya'ko — the Kiowa name for the Na'- 

 kasine na or northern Arapaho. The 

 word has the same meaning, "sage- 

 hush people," from tagyi, "sage 

 brush," and ko, the tribal suffix. 



T'nii'i so — the morning star; literally "the 

 cross ; " it is sometimes also called Da- 

 e'dal, the "great star.'' (See Arapaho 

 song 43.) 



Ta'ha'-i — one of the Kiowa names fur 

 the whites; the word means literally 

 " prominent ears, or ears sticking out." 

 as compared with the ears of the Indian, 

 which are partly concealed by his long 

 hair. The same name is also applied 

 to a mule or donkey. Compare Be'dal- 

 pa'yo. 



Talyi — a boy. 



Tangya — a spoon; under certain circum- 

 stances the suffix gy& is dropped and 

 the word becomes fa. 



T'aiTpeko — skunkberry (?) people; one 

 of the degrees of the Kiowa mili- 

 tary organization. (See Arapaho song 

 43.) 



Ten'beyui — "young mountain sheep," 

 another name for the Adalto'yui, q. v. 



Ton — tail; gu'ato-ton, bird tail; frequently 

 used to denote a fan or headdress made 

 of the tail feathers of an eagle, hawk, 

 or other bird. 



Tongya-gu'adal — "red tail ; " the name of 

 a Kiowa man; from Ion or tongya, tail, 

 and gu'adal, red. 



Tonkon'go — "black bus." one of the 

 degrees of the Kiow a military organiza- 

 tion. (See Arapaho song 43). 



To'nsddal — I have legs; from tonli, leg. 



Tsa hop — movers, emigrants (moving 1v ith 

 household goods, etc). The word has 

 no singular form. 



Tsd&'yui — "rabbits;" another name for 

 the Polan'yup degree of the Kiowa mili- 

 tary organization. (See Arapaho song 

 43.) 



Tstntiinmo — horse headdress people (?), 

 one of the degrees of the Kiowa mili- 

 tary organization. (See Arapaho song 

 13.) 



Tsi'sus ( Tsi v/i.s-iVi — Jesus. 



jTsoh — an awl. 



Tson'-a — the awl game. (See Arapaho 

 song 64.) 



YW'pahe — soldiers; the military organ- 

 ization of the Kiowa. (See Arapaho 

 song 43.) 



