THE KIOWA LANGUAGE 



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KiowA-KNCJi.isii (;^<)ssAlt^- 



a — a game; do'-a', tso'n-a', etc. 



ii — (1; feathers; singular, ago, in com- 

 position, a- ; (2) trees, Imslies, timber, 

 wood, plants; singular ii'do, in conipo- 

 sition 0-. I'ej), litcially " buHli," is now 

 freiiuontly us«<l on account of the re- 

 cent (liath of a person in whose name 

 (ido occurs as a component. 



iia' — I come or apjiroacli ; I came, ilieu'n; 

 he or they came fsometimos useil for re- 

 turn), luiiii; come (imp. sing.; imu'. 



A'auon'te — sec Dohu'niin (.?). 



ii'-ii'oto'n — a timber clearing ; Irom U and 

 ii'oto'ii, q. V. 



A'bii'dlo' — "timber hill, or ridge" from a 

 and hii'dlo', q. v. ; a bluff or hill dosing 

 in uj)on the bottom on the south side of 

 the Washita at the Kiowa winter camp, 

 4 miles above the agency. 



A'biiho'ko — Navaho; the old name, de- 

 rived from the word Navaho; now more 

 frequently called h'otee'nto, "muddy 

 bodies" (tnen, mud), from an alleged 

 castom of painting themselves with 

 clay. Hi<;n (I) "Mountain people," 

 same as for the Ute (see I'fiiU'ijo) ; (2) 

 "Knife-whetters," same as for Apache 

 (see Tag It' i). 



abin' — tripe; the principal stomach of 

 the buffalo or eow. 



a''da' — island. 



a'i'al — hair; d'dalUm (literally, hair 

 bone), head, in composition sometimes 

 ddiit-. 



A'dalbea hya — the eucharistic "medi- 

 cine"of the Kiowa, derived from the.Sun- 

 boy; sometimes called the Tii'liji-da'-i, 

 "Boy medicine," (jiage XiHj. The name 

 refers in some way to the scalps with 

 which it is covered, from d'dal, hair. 



ii'daldii — repeated (said of a ceremony), 

 and hence might also be rendered 

 "united" or "union," as ajiplied to two 

 ceremonies near together; gi'a'duldd- 

 a'mo, they will repeat the ceremony; 

 tji'd'duldiia'mi, they have repeated the 

 ceremony. The common word for often, 

 or rejietitioi], is a pa', afia'jia' ggiida'mo, 

 I am repeating or have rejieated it, I 

 have done it several times or often. 



adalda-'gu an — the scalj) dance; liter- 

 ally "hair-kill dance," from ddal, di, 

 and/jfH dn, q. v. ; scalp (noun), itta't (see 

 Winter 1849-50). 



.Vilalhaliil' — "Hlojiing or oni'-sided hair," 

 from d'dal and habW, q.v.; a style of 

 hair dress in which the hair upon the 

 right side of the head is shaveil close 

 so as to display the ear pendants, while 

 left full length (Ml the left side. 



A'dalliabii'-k'ia — " A'dalhabii'-nian," a 

 noted Kiowa chief killed in Texas in 

 1811 (see Winter 1841-42;. The name 

 refers In his jii^eiiliar liairdreHs, IVnio 

 ddalUahii' and k'ia, q. v. 



ildalliAn'gya — money; lilcrally "hair 

 metal," from d'dal and lid'ngga, n. v. 

 (for explanation of name, see Winti'r 

 lS'i'2-'.i3) ; softened to ulhuiigija or 

 dlhon'gya. (,'f. go'm-d'dul-hu'nyya, 



iVdalka'-i — focdisli, erazy (temporarily); 

 from d'dal-, head, in composition. 

 Harmlessly demented, d'dallui'-idiV ; 

 KlMjiid, a' dulka' ijum ; he has liecome 

 ciazy , iVda Hid 'i/om-deli e'dii I. 



A'dalka' i do'ba'—"cjazy bluff;" a bluff 

 on the south side of Hear creek, near 

 its lii^ad, bitween Cimarron and Ar- 

 kansas rivers, near the western Kansas 

 line. So calli'd on account of a rejoic- 

 ing tlii-re over a Caddo scalp (see 

 Winter 18f)0-61). 



fl'dalka'-igihii — a crest or topknot, from 

 d'daliiwd kii'-igiliu', q. v. 'I'he kingfish<^r 

 is called ddalka'-igihd', on account of 

 his t(i]iknot. 



A'dalk'ato'i-go — Xez Pi-rc<-s; "pi-iqde 

 with hair cut roiinrl across the fore- 

 hi'.id," from d'dal, k'ato'i, and-go, q. v. 

 Identified liy means of a picture of 

 Chief Josi-ph. HiG.v: Right forefinger 

 drawn around across forehearl. 



A'dalpi'pte — "liusliy hair," an old Kiowa 

 warrior, r'ommonly known as Frizzle- 

 Iwad ; from d'dal, pep, and te, q, v. 

 Adalpep is also the name of a specific 

 variety of bush. 



A'daltado — see li'apil'lo. 



A'daltem — head or skull, lit<;rally "hair 

 bone," from d'dal and tern, q. v. 

 In composition it becomes ddal- or 

 a'dulton, the latter being the X'''"''' 

 form . 



A'daltein-etku'egan-de p'a — " Iiead-drag- 

 ging creek," from d'dallem, etku'egan, 

 -de, uudj/'a, q.v.; a small tributary of 

 Clear fork of the Brazos ( A'te'iiep'a) in 

 Texas (see Winter 1837-38j. 



