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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TBIBE 
  [eth. 
  axn. 
  27 
  

  

  Hi 
  n 
  ci 
  / 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Hi' 
  1 
  , 
  hair; 
  pi, 
  yellow; 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  little 
  (child's 
  name). 
  

  

  Hi 
  u/ 
  xega 
  Hi 
  n 
  , 
  hair; 
  xega, 
  yellowish 
  brown. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  

  

  IMe'ubthi" 
  I^de', 
  face; 
  ublhi", 
  twisted. 
  

  

  Pshta'thabi 
  I 
  n 
  shta', 
  eye; 
  tka, 
  cause; 
  61', 
  he 
  is. 
  Appointed 
  eyes. 
  Refers 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  appointed 
  leader 
  of 
  the 
  chase. 
  This 
  name 
  belonged 
  

  

  to 
  one 
  who 
  was 
  hereditary 
  leader 
  of 
  the 
  chase. 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  no 
  n/ 
  kuge 
  Mo", 
  from 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ka, 
  ground; 
  no", 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  foot 
  ; 
  huge; 
  

  

  hollow 
  sound, 
  like 
  a 
  drum. 
  This 
  name 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  rumbling 
  sound 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  herds 
  of 
  buffalo 
  with 
  their 
  

  

  hoofs 
  when 
  fleeing 
  from 
  the 
  hunters. 
  

   Mo 
  n 
  shti 
  n/ 
  o"ca 
  Mo 
  n 
  shti 
  n 
  ', 
  from 
  mo 
  n 
  shti 
  n, 
  ge, 
  rabbit; 
  o 
  n 
  ca, 
  swift. 
  Refers 
  to 
  

  

  the 
  use 
  of 
  rabbit 
  hair 
  on 
  the 
  pipes. 
  

  

  Nio 
  n 
  'bathi 
  n 
  Ni, 
  water; 
  o 
  n 
  ba, 
  day; 
  lhi 
  n 
  , 
  from 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  , 
  walk, 
  or 
  travel. 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  ke/na 
  No" 
  implies 
  action 
  with 
  the 
  foot; 
  kena, 
  an 
  old 
  word 
  signifying 
  

  

  good. 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  shki'gthe 
  Tracks 
  of 
  buffalo 
  calf 
  (child's 
  name). 
  

  

  No 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  'thia 
  No^zhin, 
  to 
  rise; 
  thia, 
  to 
  fail. 
  Unable 
  to 
  rise. 
  

  

  Nuga' 
  Male, 
  bull. 
  (In 
  Po^eaxti, 
  .l/o«/;o«' 
  subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Pa'xehashuga 
  Thick 
  skin 
  of 
  buffalo 
  neck. 
  

  

  Tade'ta 
  Modified 
  from 
  toWhinton; 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  running 
  of 
  the 
  pipe 
  

  

  bearers 
  in 
  the 
  He'dewachi 
  ceremony. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Tewa'ko 
  n 
  no"zhi 
  n 
  Sacred 
  buffalo. 
  (Dakota 
  also.) 
  

  

  ThcVecabe 
  ; 
  The'ce, 
  tongue; 
  cabe, 
  black. 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo's 
  

  

  tongue. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Ti'zhebegtho" 
  Tent 
  door 
  flap. 
  In 
  Omaha 
  treaty, 
  1826. 
  

  

  Uthi 
  / 
  sho°mo 
  n 
  thi" 
  To 
  walk 
  around. 
  

  

  U'thixide 
  To 
  look 
  around. 
  Probably 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  runners. 
  Two 
  of 
  

  

  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Nu'xe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Wano 
  n/ 
  gewathe 
  Wa, 
  action 
  with 
  purpose; 
  no 
  n 
  ge, 
  to 
  run; 
  wathe, 
  one 
  who 
  causes. 
  

  

  Causes 
  them 
  to 
  run, 
  or 
  to 
  stampede. 
  

  

  Washu'she 
  Brave. 
  (In 
  Wazha'zhe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Wale'xi 
  Wa, 
  action 
  with 
  purpose; 
  texe, 
  difficult 
  

  

  Wi'thugtho" 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Borrowed 
  names 
  

  

  Tewa'ko"no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  Tc, 
  buffalo; 
  wako", 
  the 
  Dakota 
  icaka™, 
  mysterious; 
  no"zhi 
  r 
  ', 
  

  

  standing. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  borrowed 
  from 
  the 
  Dakota; 
  equiva- 
  

   lent 
  therein 
  to 
  "medicine 
  cow." 
  

  

  Dream 
  names 
  

  

  Ho'"'mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  Little 
  night 
  walk. 
  

  

  Fanciful 
  names 
  

  

  Giu'ka 
  Meaning 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Mo"the'gahi 
  Refers 
  to 
  arrow. 
  

  

  Mo"'thihi 
  Refers 
  to 
  arrow. 
  

  

  Nicknames 
  

  

  Wa'xupagtho" 
  Wa'xe, 
  white 
  man; 
  pa, 
  head; 
  ugthon, 
  to 
  put 
  in. 
  

  

  Female 
  names 
  

  

  Ha'wate 
  Refers 
  to 
  the 
  child, 
  Ihn'ga, 
  in 
  Wa'wa" 
  ceremony. 
  

  

  I'nikashabi 
  Refers 
  to 
  tribal 
  pipes 
  — 
  objects 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  tribe 
  is 
  identi- 
  

   fied 
  as 
  a 
  people. 
  

  

  Mi'gthedo 
  n 
  wi 
  n 
  Moon 
  hawk, 
  feminine. 
  (In 
  Ni'kapashna, 
  Washa'be, 
  and 
  

  

  Thi'xida, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  