MOONEY] GLOSSARY 5 i 7 



-yft — a suffix denoting principal or real, as tsishva'yS, "principal bird," the spairow; 

 Ani'-yfinint/fi', "principal or real jjeople," Indiana. 



Yahooi.a — see Ydlndd'h 



Yahulit'I — " Yahn'lai>laci'," from Ydliii'ld, a Cherokee trader said to have been taken 

 by the spirit i)eople; Yalni'la seems to be from the Creek yolu/lo, a name liaving 

 reference to the song (i/dIioIij) , nsed in the "black drink" ceremony of the Creeks; 

 thus a'si-yohn'U), corrupted into Osceola, signified "the black drink song"; it 

 may, however, be a true Cherokee word, yahu'lu or yahu'tl, the name for a 

 variety of hickory, also for the "doodle-bug"; tjnyahu'lti is a feminine name, 

 but can not be translated. Yahoola creek, near Dahlonega, in Lmn|ikin county, 

 Georgia. See numljer Sfi and notes. 



Yalil'gT — Alarka creek of Little Tennesi^ce river, above the junction of Tnckasegee, 

 in Swain county, North Carolina; the meaning of the name is lost. 



yai~idaska'ga — a faultfinder. See number 61. 



Yan-e'gwa — "Big-liear," from ydnu, bear, and egwa, great, large. .^ prominent cliief 

 about the year 1800; the name occurs in treaties as Yonah, Yohaiiacina and Yona- 

 hequah. See page 164. 



yii'nti — bear. 



YA'nvl-dinfihfliVyl — " Where the bears live," from ydnii, bear, diiwhn', "they dwell" 

 (P'hxt, "I dwell, I live"), and yl, locative. A place on Oconaluftee river, a short 

 distance above the junction with Tnckasegee, in Swain county, North Carolina. 

 See number 122. 



Yilnugiiii'skI — "The bear drowns him" (habitually), from ydnu,he&T, and tsujAn'- 

 isktV, "I am drowning him." A noted East Cherokee chief, known to the 

 whites as Yonaguska or Drowning-bear. See page 162. 



Ya'nti-u'natawasti'yl — "Where the bears wash" (from ydn{t, bear, and yl, locative) ; 

 a former pond in the Great Smoky mountains, about the extreme head of 

 Raven fork, in Swain county. North Carolina. See number 122. 



yan'-utse'stu — "the bear lies on it " ; the shield fern {Aspidium). See number 126. 



Yawii'I — " Yawft place" ; a place on Yellow creek of Cheowa river, in Graham county. 

 North Carolina. See lunnber 122. 



Yellow-hill — see Eldird'dhjl. 



YoH.\XAQU.-v — see Ydn-e'gtm. 



yoho-o! — an unmeaning song refrain. See number 7.5. 



YoNAGUSK A — see Yd'n ugun'ski. 



YoNAH — 1. (mountain) see Oadalu'lii. 2. An abbreviated treaty form for the name 

 of the chief Yan-e'gwa. 



Yo.NAHEQfAH — See Ydn-e'gtnt. 



Ytai'a, Ytava — see I'tdim'. 



Yu! — an unmeaning song refrain and interjection. 



Yuha'll — Euharlee creek, of lower Etowah river, in Bartow county, Georgia. The 

 name is said by the Cherokee to be a corruption of Yufala (Eufaula), a well- 

 known Creek local name. See number 105. 



yflnsu' — buffalo; cf. Creek yhia'sa, Choctaw yanash, Hichitee ya'nasi. 



Yfinsil'l — "Buffalo place"; West Buffalo creek of Cheowa river in Graham county. 

 North Carolina; the site of a former Cherokee settlement. See number 122. 



yu'vg-yuwi^he' — an unmeaning song refrain. See number 118. 



yufi'wl — person, man; cf. Moliawk o/7(/»r'. 



Yiifi'wl Ama'yInC'hl — " Water-dwelling People," from yi'm'vl, person, and CimCi'- 

 y\ni'h1, plural of dmdyi'hl., q. v.; a race of water fairies. See number 78. 



Yflii'wl-dlkatagun'yl— see Y&il'wt-tsulenfyi'yl,, 



YilQ'wI Gunahi'ta — "Long Man"; a formulistic name for the river, personified as a 

 man with his head resting on the mountain and his feet stretching down to the 

 lowlands, who is constantly speaking to those who can understand the message. 



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