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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  The 
  tabu 
  of 
  this 
  subdivision 
  was 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  gens 
  itself. 
  

   The 
  symbolic 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  hair 
  was 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  children 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  Xini'bato" 
  subdivisions. 
  

  

  The 
  Teci 
  n 
  'de 
  (a) 
  camped 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  Mo 
  D 
  'thi 
  n 
  kagaxe, 
  the 
  

   Xini'bato" 
  subdivision 
  (b) 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  gens. 
  

  

  PERSONAL 
  NAMES 
  IN 
  THE 
  TECI 
  S/ 
  DE 
  GENS 
  (7) 
  

  

  Tcci'i'dc 
  subdivision 
  (a) 
  

  

  Ni'kie 
  names 
  

  

  Heba'zhu 
  He, 
  horns; 
  hazlui, 
  knobby. 
  

  

  He'xude 
  He, 
  horns; 
  xude, 
  gray. 
  

  

  Hi 
  n 
  ci'z"hi 
  n 
  ga 
  Hi 
  n 
  , 
  hair, 
  of 
  an 
  animal; 
  pi, 
  yellow; 
  zhinga, 
  little. 
  Refers 
  to 
  

  

  the 
  young 
  buffalo. 
  (In 
  Washa'be, 
  Ponca; 
  also 
  in 
  I"ke'rabe. 
  I 
  

   I'shibazhi 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  hero 
  whose 
  deeds 
  are 
  preserved 
  in 
  song 
  

  

  and 
  story. 
  

  

  Ka'xenunipi" 
  Crow 
  necklace. 
  

  

  Kigtha'zho"zho" 
  Kigtha, 
  himself; 
  zho 
  n 
  zho 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  shake 
  — 
  shakes 
  himself. 
  Refers 
  to 
  

  

  a 
  buffalo. 
  (In 
  l'un'nixti, 
  Mo"lco 
  n 
  ' 
  subdivision, 
  Ponca. 
  i 
  

   Tamo 
  n/ 
  xaga 
  Ta, 
  a 
  corruption 
  of 
  te, 
  buffalo; 
  »w», 
  arrows; 
  xaga, 
  bristling. 
  

  

  Tw 
  r 
  o 
  o'f 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Uma'abi 
  Cut 
  into 
  pieces 
  and 
  spread 
  (scattered?). 
  

  

  Waho 
  I1/ 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  (pi. 
  34) 
  . 
  Ha, 
  a 
  prefix 
  by 
  which 
  a 
  condition 
  is 
  generalized 
  and 
  expressed 
  

  

  as 
  a 
  noun; 
  Tio", 
  from 
  eho 
  n 
  , 
  mother 
  (general 
  term); 
  thi 
  n 
  ge, 
  

  

  none. 
  Hence, 
  wahoi'thinge, 
  orphan. 
  The 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  mother 
  

  

  makes 
  an 
  orphan, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha 
  idea. 
  (In 
  TT'a- 
  

  

  sha'be, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  i'tniak 
  names 
  

  

  Mi'ako"da 
  Mi, 
  mocm;ako 
  n 
  da, 
  wakonda. 
  Fourof 
  thisname. 
  (In 
  Pon'caxti, 
  

  

  MoH-o"' 
  subdivision, 
  Ponca.) 
  

   Mi'gthito"i" 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  gild, 
  return; 
  to 
  n 
  i 
  n 
  , 
  new. 
  The 
  new 
  moon 
  returns. 
  (In 
  

  

  Inshta'cn'ida 
  gens.) 
  

  

  Mi'xube 
  Mi, 
  moon; 
  xube, 
  sacred. 
  

  

  Teco 
  n/ 
  wi 
  n 
  White 
  buffalo, 
  feminine 
  term. 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  To 
  n 
  'i"gi 
  To 
  n 
  'i 
  n 
  , 
  new 
  moon, 
  gi, 
  coming. 
  (In 
  Inshta'rWda 
  gens.) 
  

  

  Umo 
  n 
  'agthi 
  n 
  Meaning 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  Uthe'amo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  Three 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Uzho 
  n 
  'geagthi 
  n 
  Uzhon'ge, 
  trail; 
  agthi 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  sit 
  on. 
  Refers 
  to 
  buffalo 
  sitting 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  buffalo 
  path. 
  

   Wihe'gthedo" 
  Wihe/, 
  younger 
  sister; 
  gthe.do 
  n 
  , 
  hawk. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  

  

  Nini'bato 
  71 
  subdivision 
  (b) 
  

   Ni'.kic 
  names 
  

  

  Ci"'dethiho 
  n 
  (Wde, 
  tail; 
  thihon, 
  to 
  lift. 
  The 
  father 
  (now 
  dead) 
  bore 
  samp 
  

  

  name. 
  (In 
  Nu'xe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  P'shla'shabe 
  I 
  n 
  shta', 
  eye; 
  shabe, 
  black. 
  Two 
  of 
  this 
  name. 
  (In 
  Waca'be, 
  

  

  Ponca.) 
  

  

  Mn'M'xaga 
  Mo 
  n 
  , 
  arrow; 
  a'xaga, 
  bristling 
  — 
  bristling 
  with 
  arrows 
  

  

  Mo"'sho 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga 
  Refers 
  to 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  pipe 
  leaders. 
  

  

  No 
  n/ 
  dewahi 
  Bone 
  heart. 
  

  

  No 
  n/ 
  gethia 
  No"'gt, 
  to 
  run; 
  thi'a, 
  not 
  able. 
  Probably 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  new- 
  

   born 
  calf. 
  (In 
  Nu'xe, 
  Ponca.) 
  

  

  