20 GLOSSARY OF UTE WORDS 
Worps oF SONGS 
No. 1. Aynagar (red), vi’nunump (descriptive term implying a roll- 
ing motion as of a wheel), ku’avi’tsiya (dust, derivation unknown), 
ma’rikat’ (white man, from Spanish Americana; this term is generic 
and does not refer to an individual), pumi’wanupaha (looking 
around; the idea of the term is that of a man who pauses to look in 
all directions). 
No. 2. Oa’tsiwa’ones (oa, yellow; the latter part said to mean hair 
sticking up). 
No. 3. Pavi'tsu (weasel skin), punke (hard, fast), yamiko’van 
(swing, imperative verb). 
No. 4. Kwa’nants (eagle), pututs (down). 
No. 40. Tsiyuta (said to be the term used by the Shoshoni in 
referring to these Indians, #8: being a Shoshoni prefix). 
No. 49. To’kaneratS (black sheep; toka, black; kanerats, sheep, 
from Spanish carnero). 
No. 51. Pinu’piya (pinu’, most recent; piya, wife). 
MusicaL INSTRUMENTS 
Morache, woni’thokunap (wont, standing; thokunap, rubbing the 
shorter stick upon the notched stick). 
Drum, pa’mpon. This term is applied to both the small and 
large drums. 
Flageolet, wi’nip. 
Eagle bone whistle, carried in Sun dance, gusau-dka (gusau, wing; 
oka, whistle). 
DANCES 
Dance, ni’tkap. 
Bear dance, ma’makoni-ni'tkap (mamakoni, said to refer to the 
step of the dance called a ‘“‘reverse step, two forward and three 
backward’). 
Sun dance, ta’vo-ni’tkap. 
Turkey dance (term applied by whites), tho’nka-ni'tkap (term 
applied by the Utes, meaning ‘‘jigging dance’’). 
Women’s dance, ma’ma-ni'tkap. 
Lame dance, sanku’-ni’tkap. 
Dragging-feet dance, Tavi’yutso’tavi-m'tkap (etymology unknown). 
Tea dance, ti’-ni’tkap (ti is the English word “‘tea’’). 
Double dance, nawa’to-ni'tkap (nawa'to is used with reference to 
anything that is doubled together). 
Tron line dance, pana’ka-tsuwi'ke-ni'tkap (pana’ka, iron; tsuwike, 
line). The term is commonly abbreviated to panatsuwi. 
