KIOWA-ENGLISH GLOSSARY 



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tlii'iv Spanish iinmcs from the i';n-t of 

 boiiiy of Mexican captivo origin. 



Miilsi'oiui-tiini'ii (Cheyenne) — the Chey- 

 ciiui' name for tlie Kiowa A]iarlic (see 

 Tagit'i and Kiowa Apache synonymy. 



Xadi'i'ahade'na (Apache) — see Se'miit and 

 Kiowa Apache synonymy. 



Xa'i-tan (Apache) — "Nah-tau, or Brave 

 Man,'' an Apache signer of the Ircaty 

 of 1867, as the name appears on the 

 treaty. 



X(tkii''tara lioiio (Comanche) — Nueces 

 river, Texas (see Dond'ip'a). 



jV«7(('h; (Navaho) — "many aliens or 

 enemies;" tlie Navaho name for the 

 Kiowa and allied tribes (See synonymy). 



Xi'cliihhir'na ( Arapaho)— see Kiowa syn- 

 onymy. 



Xoko'iii (Comanche) — a division of the 

 Comanche. 



nyfiKyai'to — I hate him. 



o'ba-ika' — you endure, yon remain for- 

 ever, you are always there. From the 

 song of the Ka'itse'nko (see Summer 

 1871). 



odal — to carry, or a thing for carrying, 

 as a box, bag, etc ; odul giiadubii, 1 carry 

 a box or bag; o'daJpii, to carry a pack- 

 age {pii, to tie) of meat (on tlie saddle 

 or back). C'f. Ictto'dal and (jijliko'dul. 



O'homo'nko — see O'moho'iiko. 



o hyo — there, then. 



O'moho'nko or Oraonko — Omaha; fn- 

 ijiu'ntly transposed to O'homo'nko. 

 O'hom'on yii'nii, the " Omaha dance." 



on — measure, mile ; heo'ii, measure it. 



on'gua — see donii'i. 



On'gua p'a — (1) another name for DonU'i 

 p'a (Elk creek), q. v. (2) (North) 

 Concho river(?), Chihuahua; "pecan 

 river/' so called from the abundanci^ 

 of pecan trees on it. A trail led from 

 it across to the Pecos. 



onha'te — bear. Cf. set. 



O'nhouoTi p'a — Little Washita river, on 

 the reservation. This is the present 

 Comanche name, which has been 

 adopted liy the Kiowa. They formerly 

 called it T'V iilai'ho-de p'a, from 

 Pi'i'iiai'bo, "Big-white-mau," the Co- 

 manche name of interpreter E. L. 

 Clarke, who u.scd to live upon it and 

 from whom the Comanche called the 

 river (Pi'urai'bo liono). 

 O'nhono'nko — The Comanche living 



al>ont Little Washita river. Cf. 

 O'nhono'u p'a. 



O'nhono'n-ya'dalila — Kichai hills, on (he 

 reservation; " O'nhono nko hill." Cf. 

 O'tihoiioTiko. Sometimes also called 

 (laiie'tu, '-there are hills." Thi'y have 

 no regular mime, but the lirst is niore 

 connuon. 



o'pjim-yai'po — "initiation rope,'' from 

 iio'pii (see Uo'piiii) and ijai'po ; tlie sash 

 worn about the neck of a niemlier of 

 the Kd'itsen'ko (see Summer 1846). 



o'piin — initiation of the Ku'itir'nku, from 

 do'pdn (see the preceding). 



ord'rfkarii (Pawnee) — spring (season). 



o'tiibo — the word refers to (a nose?) 

 "stiekingup horizontally." Cf. ICo'h- 

 o'tdho. 



jia— (1) liutialo bull; (2) a male suthx, 

 as lailgi'apa', buck deer; (3) fur, down, 

 fuzz; plural or collective, pa'dal; 

 downy, pa'gi, as jhi' gi-ulo' , "downy 

 plum," i. e., peach. 



pa/ — stupid, easy-going, quiet-tenipered. 



p'a — (1) moon or month; (2) river, creek, 

 stream; the ♦distinctive Avord for 

 "creek" is asc, but it is .seldom used. 



Pa p'a— " Buffalo-bull creek;" (1) Buf- 

 falo creek, a southern tributary of the 

 Cimarron, in Oklahonui; (2) a timber- 

 less stream, described as a small north- 

 ern tributary(?) of the Cimarron, and 

 apparently Bear creek or Two-butte 

 creek, in southeastern Colorado. 



Pa'-ii'ngya — "Sitting-bull," from p<i and 

 (i'liju/a ; the Kiowa rendering of the 

 name of Hand'diii-thl'ak. "Sitting- 

 bull," the Arapaho apostle of the Ghost 

 dance, who inaugurated that ceremcmy 

 among the Kiowa in the fall of 1890. 



Pa/-ii'ti — "' Bull-entrails;" a Kiowa, war- 

 rior and Florida prisoner in 187.5. 



piibo — (1) An .\merican horse (as distin- 

 guished from the smaller Indian 

 or Mexican variety); jilural, jidbu'i/o; 

 the word literally indicates something 

 unusually tall or long-limbed; Cf. Isen. 

 (2) A soldier's cap brim, a vizor. 

 Piibo p'a — see To'nzo' ijo'dal p'a. 

 Pa'bo-yii'daldii — "American-horse hill ;" 

 a hill near the head of Piiio p'a, other- 

 wise To'nzogo'dal p'a, c|. v., in north- 

 western Texas. 

 Pabo'u — "fur crook," from pa or pa'yijii, 

 and bo)i ; the crook lance of the Ton- 



