KIOWA-ENGLISH GLOSSARY 



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A-KI-KKXI>A ( A|l!ic.lli'; — "'rilf OlH' will) in 

 Siiirciiilrrcil ; " tlic iiiiiiic with rciidri-- 

 in^ :iH givni in tln^ tiTnty. of ;i KioWM 



A]HlrIlc' C'llicl' wild Kigrird lllr llvMfy III' 



1837. 



A'^ii'lmi' — "Oii-t()|i-iil'-tlii--liill ; :i Kiiiw:i 

 wimiaii l<illi'il liy Iht Inisliiiiiil in 

 lK7(!-77. 



A''g';i'<lo — "wjiiling sun lianrr," IVorii 

 «''i/(/H :inil ij'oilo. Tlie »nn (laiire of 1837, 

 so riillod on iiciount of tlio w;iilin){ for 

 WiirrioiH killed liy tlic ClieycMine. 



U'gii'-i — a HpeclcH of liawk. 



A'ga'-i p'ii — (1) "liiiwk creek ;" tin- east 

 fork of Klk creek on tlic rcHerviitioii ; 

 (2) an upper liraiich of Wliite river, 

 of tlie IJra/.oB, Texas. 



ii''f;a'n — 8ee f/yii'yan. 



A'giX'nti — a moon or month inclnding 

 partH of Oi-tolier and Xovemlier, from 

 (f ija' ntaiin, i\.\. Sometimes also called 

 A'yantsa'nha, or Sii-kop ii'<i, "midwin- 

 ter moon,'' from xa-kop and p'a. (See 

 page 368.) 



U'gil'ntsiin — an iiiegiilar verli alioiit 

 eqiiivalent to "I am coming soon," 

 or " wait until i come." I/i'tuyil' 

 a (jiV iitnan, ''wait and I'll go." 



A'giViitHii'iilia — see A'yii'iili. 



a''gat — jiimple. 



a''gat-lio'dal — measles, ■•pimple sick- 

 ness," from a"</at and lio'dal. 



A'gi'&ni p'a — tin; middle fork of Klk 

 creek of Ked river, on the resi'rv.ition ; 

 "long, or tall, tree creek," from «, 

 g'iuni and j/o; so called on account of 

 a very large tree formerly upon it. Cf. 

 .i'do-ee'ta-de p'a. Many in 18.">2 notes 

 large cottonwoods on the South Cana- 

 dian about 101 , OHO Jieing 19i feet in 

 circumference •"> feet from the ground. 



A'go'tii — chin.iberry tice or palo duro; 

 "hard wood tree," from ii, ijot. and n. 



A'go'ta p'a — "('liinabciTy ireek ;" I'alo- 

 duro creek, in the panliandle of Texas. 



Agii'at — see Sfi'k'ola, 



Agun'tii p'a — Washita river; "tipi-pole 

 timber river," from ii, ijuntU, and p'a. 



a''gyii — lamentation, wailing, crying; a 

 loud, general, and continnpus wailing, 

 as for the dead. It has no verbal 

 form. Crying (i\.), a'hji; I i-ry, iia'lyi. 



A'gya'i'ko — Penatr'''ka C<mianclie; ''tim- 

 biT Conumche," from ii and Hijaiko. 

 Their Comanche name, I'cuatc'ka or 

 Peiliite'ka, signifies '•lioiiey eaters.'' 



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iiliagyii — llicy look il fa i|iianlily or 

 number, as of cattle or money, either 

 by tr.ade or force). The verb has no 

 jiriscnl. !i!)illi(i'<i!/ii, I have taken it 

 (animate objector money); /ii/illa'j/i/ii, 

 I have takc^n it (inanimate object). 



aliiTi — cedar; "conspicuous,'' "peculiar," 

 iin acciinnt of its griMMi appearance, iu 

 winter; said also of a pinto horse, 

 a tiiiely dressed chief, etc. Cf. ii'lii'i'i, 

 "jii'incipal tree," i.e., the Cottonwood. 



Ahi'n do'ha — "cedar blntl'," from uhi'il 

 and (lolui ; a Idutf on the north side of 

 Smoky-hill river, about opposite the 

 mouth of Timliii- inik, near I'oit, 

 Hays, Kansas. 



AhiTia ton — "cedar spring," from alii'il 

 and toittep ; a. water hole on the Staked 

 plain in Te.xas or New Mexico. 



Ah-1'E-ah-tonk — see A'piaian. 



All-TE-KS-TA — see .Ur.'ntinli. 



A'hyjito — Southern Arapaho; plural, 

 A'hiiiidal. The name can not be inter- 

 preted or explained by th<^ Kiowa, lint 

 is the same name applied to the wild 

 plum bush; the lirst syllable, ii, m.iy 

 mean tree, bush, or timber. The 

 Kiowa formerly called the .Soiilhern 

 Arapaho Komaeka-UVniihyiip, "men 

 of the worn-out leggings," from komse', 

 Att'ti, and k'iu'iihi. T'ebodal, the oldest 

 man in the tribe, says that tlie uanu", 

 A'hyiito was formerly applied to the 

 Osage (see K'apii'to), but was changed 

 on account of a death and revived for 

 another tribe. The Kiowa called the 

 Northern Arapaho of Wyoming 'fiiijyii'- 

 ko, "wild sage people" (from lii'm/i 

 and ko or k'iiiku), and the Arapaho 

 (Jrosveutres, living with the IJIackfeet, 

 they call liolli' i'iii/o, "belly people" 

 (from hot arid k'i'iiffo). 



ai'den — leaves, foliage. 



Aiden P'a — a moon or rnoiith indurling 

 parts of March and April; "leaf or 

 fidiage moon," fron) ai'den and p'a. 



A''den-gyiigu'adal-ora'gyii-i — see J'uo'n- 



'J'Ji- 

 Ai'kon p'a — "dark-timber, i. e., shady, 

 river," from a, ion and^j'a; (1) Pawnee 

 fork of Arkansas river in Kansas, also 

 <-.'illed Md'nka-gu'iidal-de p'a, from a 

 Comanche chief named M.Vnka-gu'adal, 

 <|. v., wlio was killed thirre; (2) Hoggy 

 creek, tributary of the South Canadian, 

 on the Wichita reservation, sonietiineg 



