KIOWA-ENGLISH GLOSSARY 



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canyon, Arizona; literally, "it has," 

 or "there is'" (da' J a river (;<"(() lying 

 (k'd) then' (dc'e) far below {doii'iija). 

 The Kiowa have visited both canyons, 

 and tell of killing several Havasupai 

 (Coconino), who seemed nnused to ene- 

 mies, in a raid upon their canyon home 

 on Cataract creek. 



do'n]);! — cat-tail rushes {Equhetum ar- 

 Vftise), singular, do'tijyii'ga. The name 

 is connected with do'n, " fat," from the 

 resemblance in the edible portion ; 

 kidney fat is also called do'npii. The 

 Indians cat raw the soft white portion 

 at the base of the atalk. 



do'ti — moccasin, shoe; this is the oldest 

 word, and has held its own. Other 

 words used instead at various periods 

 on account of deaths, are iji'nia'tc and 

 h'tn . 



Dowa'koho'n — see Dn'ho'n. 



-e, or -i — fruit, berry, grain, nut, in 

 composition ; perhaps same as i, child 

 or oH'spriug, q. v. 



e'dal — great, large, big; another word 

 used IS hi'<hi, hi'iinta. Variants are et, 

 e'do' or e'dii' , and e'e'i; edal is generally 

 used for animate objects and for tipi 

 or house; e'do' or e'dtV is used for in- 

 animate objects generally; et is gen- 

 erally used for inanimate objects, but 

 may also be used for man, horse, and 

 dog; e'e't, a plural form, is nsed for 

 tree, box, and some others. It is large, 

 et; they are large, ehi'iin. 



eda'se'mk'op — they stole them (horses). 

 Of. (i'semtae. 



edo'nmo — they are searching or hunting 

 for something; I search or hunt for, 

 gi/ado'tuiio. 



edo'piin — they were initiated as Kd'i- 

 tseillco. Cf. do'pan. 



eet — see edal. 



e''gu' — a plant (i. e., something planted 

 to grow from seed or cutting; not 

 something growing without human 

 aid) ; from c and gu'i'i, to plant ; I jilaut, 

 gynte'gu'ii' dii: plant it! hiite'giV! 



E''gua p'a — Chandler creek, on the reser- 

 vation; literally, "Garden creek," 

 from c"gu' and p'a, because the Apache 

 had their principal cornfields there. 



eho'tal— he was killed ; I kill him, gyaho'- 

 taldd; he killed him, dho'lal; I killed 

 him, ggaho'lal {gyciho'tl); they killed 

 MS, daho'tal; kill him! iiho'.' ho'tal! 



ck'i'ada — it sprouted, it has sprouted, it 

 is growing; said of the young plant 

 when it appears above ground; gyd- 

 I'i'iidd, growing, sprouting. Cf. gyU- 

 Ic i'ddd. 



E'maii — not translatable; a Kiowa 

 woman, keeper of the tiiime since 1894. 



E'oute — a Kiowa, man, otherwise known 

 :is Gii'i'idal-e'dal, "I5ig-red;" the word 

 may have connection with con'ti, I like 

 him. 



con'ti — I like hiia. Cf. <!yai''koao'nie. 



E'pea — "We-(they-) are-afraid-of-him," 

 from gyape'to; a Kiowa warrior, who 

 died a prisoner in Florida after 1875. 



Es-A-NANACA — See Isdnd'nt'ika. 



E'sikwi'ta (Comanche) — "brown dung," 

 so called, it is said, from the color pro- 

 duced by eating pinon nuts in the 

 mountains, or perhaps an allusion to 

 the appearance of the favorite "mescal 

 l)read"of the tribe. Mescalero Apache; 

 aComanchenameadoptedby the Kiowa 

 to designate the same tribe; some- 

 times also called Atiihila by the Co- 

 manche; under the name of Essequeta 

 or Esuequeta Apache, the Kiowa Apache 

 have sometimes been confounded with 

 them, and the Kiowa sometimes con- 

 found them with the A'-lagu'i or Lipau. 



Essequeta — see E'silcwi'ia. 



et — see cdal. 



eta' ga — they shot it, or them; I shoot, 

 deta''bo'; I shall shoot, dela''tito'; I 

 shot (either with bow or gun), deta"ga; 

 shoot! bilti''de! 



E'tiilyidonmo — " He- (they-) hunts -for- 

 boys," from td'lyi' and edo'nmo; a 

 Florida prisoner in 187.5, afterward a 

 student and worker in his tribe. 



etku'egan— they brought it dragging 

 (i. e., a head); I drag it, or him, 

 dcku'eba'; I briugit dragging, dekii'cgaii. 



('to'da — they (poles) were left standing; 

 I leave it standing, deto'dflo. 



e'tpata — they ate it (ashes) ; I eat, 

 gyu pa'ta. Cf. yy&pa'ta, it is sprouting. 



etpe' — they were afraid, or frightened. 

 Cf. gyiipe'to. 



c'zan, e'zh.an — agent, i.e., Indian agent; 

 corrujitcd from "agent." 



E'zany.a, E'zh<anya — the .agency, at 

 Anadarko, Oklahoma, from "agent," 

 "agency;" sometimes referred to as 

 Agun'ld p'a'-gya, "at Washita river," 

 or E'zan-do'i, "at the agent's house." 



