542 MYTHS OF THE CHEROKEE [kth.ann.19 



lilC'' — and; uli-'mV, and also. 



Unli'ta — "(He is) long-winded," an archaic form for the regular word, gUnli'ta; an 

 old masculine name. A chief ahont the year 1790, known to the whites as 

 "The Breath." 



I'llskwultc'gl — a "pound-mill," a self-acting water-mill used in tlie Cherokee moun- 

 tains. The name signifies that "it butts with its head" {uski'i', head), inallusion 

 to the way in which the pestle works in the mortar. The generic word tor mill is 

 disUt'stJ. 



ulstltlu' — literally, "it is on his head." The diamond crest on the head of the 

 mythic Uktena serpent. When detached it becomes the Vlunsd'fi. 



Ultiwil'I — a former Cherokee settlement about the present Ooltewah, on the creek 

 of the same name, in James county, Tennessee. The name has the locative 

 form (J suffix) , but cannot be translated. 



uluiini'ta — domesticated, tame; may be used for persons as well as animals, but 

 not for plants; for cultivated or domesticated plants the adjective is gunulb'in'l 

 (<.)r fji'musnil/t). 



Ulufisu'tl — "Transparent"; the great talismanic crystal of the Cherokee. Spelled 

 (Jolunsade Ijy Hagar. See number 50 and notes. 



uluii'ta — "it has climbed," from tsilaliT, "I am climbing"; the poison oak {lihus 

 rcidicans) . See number 126. 



U'liiiTyi — "Tuber place," from flV, a variety of edible tuber, and y1, locative. A 

 former settlement upon Turniptown (for VUm'tfi) creek, above EUijay, in Gil- 

 mer county, Georgia. 



Unac,\la — see Une^gCidihl'. 



U'nadanti'yl — "Place where they conjured," the name of a gap about three miles 

 east of Webster, in Jackson county. North Carolina, and now transferred to the 

 town itself. See number 122. 



unSde'na — woolly, downy (in speaking of animals); uau'iu'i, wool, down, tine fur 

 ( detached from the animal ) . 



u'nilhfl' — see unahiot'. 



unfthwl' — heart; in Middle and Lower dialects, imt'ihu' . See page 187. 



Unaka — see uiie'ijCi and Unicoi. 



unatluiiwe'hitu — " it has spirals "; a plant (iiuidentifled) used in conjurations. See 

 numlier 126. 



une'gft — white. 



une'guhi — "he is (was) mischievous or bad"; tsi'inr'i/iilil'i/u. " you are very mischiev- 

 ous" (said to a child). See number 118. 



une'gutsiltu' — "(he is) mischievous"; a'gine'gutaillu', "I am mischievous." 



Une'litniifi'hl — "The Apportioner"; "I am apportioning," gone InskiV ; "I appor- 

 tion" (habitually), gane'lasku In the sacred formulas a title of the Sun god; 

 in the Bible the name of God. 



une'stitlinl — ice. 



Uxicoi — the map name of the old Unicoi tnrn])ike (see page 87), of a gap on the 

 watershed between Chattahoochee and Hiwassee rivers, in Georgia, and of a 

 county in eastern Tennessee. Probably a corruption of une'gd, white, whence 

 comes also Unaka, the present map name <if a part of the Great Smoky range. 



uni'gisti — foods; singular, agi'slt. 



Uniga'yata'ti'yl — "Where they made a fish trap," from uga'yatim'7, fish trap, and 

 y1, locative; a place on Tuckasegee river, at the mouth of Deep creek, near 

 Bryson City, in Swain county. North Carolina. See number 100 and notes. 



Uni'hitluna — see Ahdlu'mi. 



Unika'wl — the "Townhouse dance," so called because danced inside the townhouse; 

 the name does not refer to a townhouse (gnti'jft) and can not be analyzed, but 

 may have some connection with the archaic word for deer. Cf. Aiii'-Kawl'. 



