English-Kiowa glossary3
Abell, W. H., special agent—see Pa´-ehe´mgo´`te.
abnormal—see t’o´idă´.
above, he is—see gyätai´de.
acorn—do`go´t-e.
Adams, Agent Charles E.—Ä´dăm.
Adkins, John—Kabo´dalk`i´a.
adobe—tso´paiñ.
Adobe Walls, Texas—Gu´a´na-de-‘ta´ho.
Adoption dance—Iâm guan.
afraid, I am—gyä pe´to.
after—kigi´a, kyäka´n, to´gya.
afternoon—dehi´ñ, dekiäsa.
agency—Ezănya.
Agua Negra (?), Texas—Toñ´ko´ñ.
alike—pä´tsoga.
Allison, William—Tsodalhe´ñte.
alone—see solitary.
Americans—T’o-t’a`ka´-i.
amulet—ä´`de.
and—go.
antelope—t’a, täp.
Antelope hills, Oklahoma—T’a´gu´ñ-yä´daldä.
antelope surround—ät’a´kagu´a.
antler—see horn.
Apache—Semät, Tagu´i.
Apache creek, on reservation—Se´mät p’a.
Apache John—Goñk`o´ñ.
appear—badai´.
apple—see plum.
approach—see come.
Arapaho—A´hyäto, Botk`i´ägo, Tägyä´ko.
Arikara—K`a´t’a.
Arkansas river—Se´se p’a.
arm—mândă´, tso´dal.
arrow—ze´bat.
arrowhead—se´se.
ashes—sapän.
at (locative)—gyă, suffix, attack (verb)—gihä´pa (see ĭmdo´häpa).
autumn—pao´ngya.
baby—i´ăpa´gya.
back (of body)—gi´ăpa´-iñgya, gomtä.
Bad-back—Cho´nshita´.
bald—dä´nto´.
bank (of earth)—see wall.
bark (of tree)—do`ka´ñi. Cf. shell.
Battery creek, Texas—Ka´to´de´ä p’a.
Battey, Thomas C—Ta´mĭsi.
battle—gi´ägyä.
bear (animal)—onhä´te, set.
Bear creek (?), Colorado—Pa p’a.
Bear creek, Kansas—T’a´-zo´tă´ p’a.
Bear Lodge, Wyoming—Tso´-ai´.
beard—senpo.
beaver—-p’o.
Beaver creek, Oklahoma—P’o p’a.
Beaver creek on reservation—P’o p’a.
before (in time)—to´pde.
behead—ĭmk`o´daltä.
belly—bot.
Bent’s Fort, Colorado—Tso´paiñ Do´.
berry—see fruit.
beyond—äñga´dal.
big—see large.
Big-bow—Ze´pko-ee´tte.
Big Clear creek (?), Texas—K`a´-ikon p’a.
Big-face—Do´-e´dalte.
Big-horse—Kâ´itseñ´ko.
Big-looking-glass—Pi´änä´vonĭt.
Big-tree—Ä´do-ee´tte.
Big Wichita river, Texas—Gu´ădal p’a.
bird—gu´ăto, t’ene´.
bite (verb)—gyäk`a´ta, gyäzo´ñte.
bitter—see sour.
black—ko´ñkya.
Black—Koñtä´lyui.
Black-bird—Ta-ka-ta-couche.
Black-eagle—Gu´ato-ko´ñkya.
Black hills, South Dakota—Sa´dalkañi k`op.
Black-kettle—Do´ädal-ko´ñkya.
Black-leggings—Toñko´ñko.
blanket—kata.
blond—see bright.
blood—om, oñ´kya.
blue—sâ´he.
Blue hills (?), Kansas—Ko´ñ-yä´daldä.
bluff—do´ha´, sängya, tso´`ka.
Bluff creek, on reservation—see Medicine-bluff creek.
Boggy creek, on Wichita reservation, Oklahoma—Aikoñ p’a; Gi´atä p’ada´ti.
boiling, it boils—bi´ăndä´ta.
bone—see tem.
bow (for shooting)—zepko.
box—bi´ĭmkâ´-i.
boy—tä´lyi´.
branch (noun)—po´to´, po´tă´.
brand (noun)—see picture.
brass—see copper.
Brave-man—Nah-tan.
Brazos river, Texas—T’aiñ p’a.
breastplate—see necklace.
bright—bo´iñ.
bring—gyä`ga´n, gyä`pa´bă.
Brulé Dakota—Paki´-gu´ădalkantă´.
Buck creek, Oklahoma—Ä´`dek`i´a-de p’a.
buckskin—taka´-i.
bud (noun)—ka`gu´at.
buffalo—gadal, pa.
buffalo chips—sa`kon.
Buffalo creek, Oklahoma—Pa p’a.
Buffalo-horns—Se´t-k`o´pte.
bugle—do´mba´.
bull, buffalo—pa.
burn (noun)—tsenka´n.
bush—pep.
bushy; it is—gyäpe´boñ.
buy—see trade.
Caboon, Thomas—Mâ´ngomhe´ñte.
cache (noun)—kao´dal.
Cache creek, on reservation—So´le p’a.
cactus—se´ñi.
Caddo—Ma´se´p, Ädo´mko.
Caddo creek (?), Colorado—Se´ñ-älo´ p’a.
candy—see sugar.
cannonball—hâ´ñtso.
canyon—dan.
cap—boho´n, gañto´n, (of cartridge) k`a´-iko´n.
capture—ä´ha´gyä.
Carankawa or Carrizo—Dohe´ñko.
Carruthers, Paul Saitkopeta—Se´tk`o´pte.
carry—o´dal.
cat—bä´otseyu (see bäo).
Cat—Guñsa´dalte.
Cataract canyon—see Coconino canyon.
Catfish creek, Texas—T’aiñ p’a.
cat-tail rush (Equisetum)—donpä.
cedar—ahi´ñ.
Cedar spring, on reservation—Tso´taito´ñda´ti.
Chandler creek, on reservation—E´gu´a p’a.
Cherokee—Ädo´mko.
Cheyenne—Sä´k`otă´.
Chickasaw—Ä´domko.
chicken—t’ene´tse´yu (see -tse´yu).
Chicken creek (?), Texas—Sek`a´n p’a.
chief—-taide, in composition.
Chihuahua, Mexico—Toñhe´ñ-t’a`ka´-i-do´mbe.
child—i in composition, i´ăpa´gya.
chimney—see tipi flap.
chinaberry (palo duro)—ä´`go´tä.
Chiricahua Apache—Do´-kon´senä´go.
Choctaw—Ä´domko.
cholera—mayi´agyă´.
Chonteau, Auguste—Soto.
Christmas—Piä-ki´adă.
Cimarron river, Oklahoma—Ä´pätda´ p’a.
circle—byu´ñi.
Clark, Fort, Texas—Tä´ñ-yä´daldä-yä´`pähe´gya.
Clarke, E. L.—Pi´ärai´bo.
clay, white—tedal, teli.
Clay creek, Colorado—Guădal-k`udal-dee p’a.
Clear creek, Oklahoma—see Buck creek.
clear of timber, to—ää´oto´n (see ä´oto´n).
clearing, a cleared place—ää´oto´n.
Coahuila, Mexico—Toñhe´ñ-t’a`ka´-i-do´mbe.
coat—t’o´gyä.
Coconino canyon, Arizona—Do´ñiga-p`a´da´-de´e.
cold (adj.)—gyät’o´, äka´hem.
Colorado river (?) Arizona—P’a E´dal.
Colorado river, Texas—To´ñsâhe´ p’a.
Colorado Springs, Colorado—To´ñ-bi´ăndäta.
Comanche—Gyai´`ko (see also Ä´gyai`ko and Gwa´hale´go).
come, I—ää. Cf. tsän.
compressed—ka´-igihä´.
comrade—tsä´.
Concho river, Chihuahua, Mexico—O´ñ-guă p’a.
conspicuous—ahi´ñ.
copper (and brass)—hâ´ñ-gu´ak`o; see metal, hâ´ñgya.
Corbeau—Gaa´-boho´n.
corral—see driveway.
cottonwood—ä´hiñ.
country—do´mbe.
coup (French)—gi´ägyä.
courting—k`ioñ.
cow—tse´nbo, woha.
cowbird (?)—ä`to.
coyote—see wolf.
cramp (noun)—mayi´agyă´.
crazy—see foolish.
creek—ase´, p’a.
Creek (tribe)—Masko´ki, Ädo´mko.
crooked (adj.)—tsĭ´mgyä.
Crooked creek, Oklahoma—Toñ-tsĭ’mgyä p’a.
crow (bird)—ma´ñsă´, gaa´.
Crow (tribe)—Gaa´k`i´ägo.
Crow, The—Gaa´-boho´n.
crown of head—dänpa´-iñgya.
cry, I—äa´lyi.
cuirass—hâ´ñ-t’o´gyä, k`a´-t’o´gyä.
current (of stream)—to´ñzo´.
curve (noun)—to´i.
curved—taha´.
cut, I—gyäk`a´go, gyätä´`dă; cf. knife, k`a.
Cut-off—K`a´t`a (a Kiowa division).
dance—gu´ăn.
dangerous—see terrible.
Dangerous-eagle—Gu´ato-ze´dălbe.
dawn (noun)—gyäpa´-iñgya, ki´ăt’ä´; cf. morning.
day—ki´adă.
Day, Agent George D.—Ĭ´masä´nmot.
dead—hem; cf. die.
Deep creek, on reservation—Säne p’a.
deer—kyai´`guan, ta´ñgia, t’äp.
Deer creek, Oklahoma—Gyai´-yä´daldä p’a.
deformed—see spoiled.
Delaware (tribe)—Wa´băna´ki.
Delaware creek, on reservation—K`o´p-t’a`ka´-i p’a.
Devil river, Texas—Hi´ădăl gyu´ñhä´te p’a.
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming—Tso´-ai´.
die (verb)—hem, hi´ñată´.
diminutive suffixes—-e, -i, -tse´yu.
dissatisfied, I am—atä´ñta.
dog—tse´ñhi.
Dog Soldier—Ya´`pähe´, Kâ´itse´ñko.
dogwood (Cornus asperifolia)—sek`a´n.
Double mountain, Texas—Yi´a k`op.
Double-mountain fork of Brazos river, Texas—Yia k`op p’a (?).
Double-vision—A Kiowa warrior and Florida prisoner in 1875 (Report, 1875); not known by Indians under this name.
down (noun)—(of feathers) tso´ñkya; of fruit, as a peach; fine fur, fuzz, pa.
downy—pagi. Cf. down, pa.
drag, I—deku´eba´ (see etku´egan).
dragonfly—ka´-ikonho´dal.
driftwood—äzo´t (?).
driveway (for catching antelope)—zo´tă´, t’a-zo´tă´.
Duck creek, Texas—Sa´`kon-yä´daldä p’a.
dung—sa´gya.
dust—paiñ.
dusty—gyäpaiñ´yum, paiñ´yoñhä´.
dwell—k`udal.
eagle (golden)—gu´atohi´ñ.
Eagle-heart—a Kiowa raider in 1871; Gu´atote´nte (?).
ear—t’a.
earth—dom.
east—pai´-ba´te de`pe´bä (see pai´-ba´da).
eat—gyä`pa´to; cf. eating and food.
eating—-piä.
eight—yä´`se.
elbow—mâ´nte´m; cf. arm.
Elliott, Fort, Texas—Iyu´gu´a P’a Sole´go.
elk—ko`ga´-i.
Elk—Ko`ga´-i, Ko`gu´i.
Elk creek, on reservation—Donä´i p’a, Ko`ga´-i p’a.
Elk creek, east fork, on reservation—Ä`ga´-i p’a.
[Elk creek,] middle fork, on reservation—Ä´gi´ăni p’a.
elm (Ulmus)—ta´ä´.
Elm fork, Oklahoma—Atäntai´ p’a.
El Paso Mexicans—Pä´sûñko.
emigrants—hop; cf. immigrants, tsähop, and travel, ho.
Emigrant road (Texas to California)—Ho´an-t’a`ka´-i.
end (nonn)—aka´ngya, pätsä´t.
endure, you—o´ba-ikă´.
enemy—gyai´k`i; cf. hate, nyägyai´to.
entrails—äti, setä, bot.
erect (adj.)—taha´.
escarpment—see bluff.
Essequeta—Ĕ´sikwi´ta.
evening—da´mkoñ´ga, deko´mdo´legya.
exterminate—see massacre.
eye—dä.
face—dobä.
fall from sky (verb)—p’e´`gyä.
far below (deep)—doñ´iga.
Fast-bear—a Kiowa raider in 1871.
fat—don´.
feather—ägo (see ä).
Feather-head—Tseñtä´nmo.
female suffixes—-mä, -tsä.
fight—gi´ägyä.
finger—index finger, mâ´ngo´m; see also arm, mândă´.
fire—piă.
five—o´nto.
flap of tipi—kompa´ka.
flat—kope´dal, ka´-igihä´.
Flathead (tribe)—´daltoñ-ka´-igihä´go.
flint—k`a´-iko´n.
Flying-squirrel—Cha-hon-de-ton.
folded (said of feathers)—tä`lä´.
foliage—ai´deñ.
Fontaine qui Bouille creek, Colorado—Toñtep p’a.
food—pi´äñgya; cf. eat; food in stomach, sa´dal.
foot—anso´.
fork (of a stream)—-pähä´dal; fork for eating, gi´a-tso´ñi; see also branch, po´to´.
Fort Larned, Kansas—Mânka-gûădal-de P’a-gya Yä´`pähe gi´ădal-de´e´.
four—yi´ä`gyä´.
Fourth of July—Tso´lai´.
freeze—do´`gyäbo´n.
freighters—kotä´dalhop.
Frizzle-head—´dalpepte.
fruit— -e, -i (suffix).
fur—pa.
furnished with, having— -sadal, -do, -dă (suffix).
game (playing)—a.
Gap-in-the-woods—Howi´a.
George Washington—a Caddo chief in 1871.
German silver—hâñ-kope´dal; see also metal, hâ´ñgya.
Girand creek (?), Texas—To´ñtep-e´dal p’a.
girl—mä´ta´n.
gold—â´dalhâñ-gu´ădal; see also metal, hâ´ñgya.
goose—gañ, tsädal.
gorget—see necklace.
Grand river, South. Dakota—K`adal p’a.
grass—son.
Gray-eagle—an Apache delegate to Washington in 1872.
great—e´dal.
green—sâ´he.
grins, he—ĭmto´nomo.
Grosventres—Botk`i´ägo (Algonquian); Henoñ´ko (Siouan).
ground (noun)—see earth.
grow—see sprout.
gun—häñze´pko.
gunpowder—hâ´ñpaiñ.
gypsum—de´no`te´li.
Gypsum creek, Oklahoma—De´no`te´li p’a.
hail—âdal.
Hall, Agent J. Lee—K`o´dal-gu´ădal.
Hancock, General W. S.—Pa´sotkyä`to´.
hard—got, k`an.
hare-lip—poli´ăkya.
hat—boho´n.
hate, I—nyägyai´to.
have, I—gyädo´.
hawk—ä`ga´-i, songu´ăto, tongu´ădal.
Haworth, Agent J. M.—Se´npo-gu´ădal.
head—â´daltem.
Heap-of-bears—Se´tdaya´-ite.
heart—ten.
hemorrhage, he had a—sa´omhä´pä.
Herantsa—Heno´ñko.
Hidatsa—Heno´ñko.
hide (noun)—ka´-i.
high—see long, erect.
hill—yä´daldä, k`op, ba´dlo´.
hog—setse´yu.
Hog creek, on reservation—Setse´yu p’a.
hole—tä´dăldă.
horn—guñ.
horned toad—se´hän.
Horne Frog (sic)—Con-a-hen-ka.
horse—tseñ, päbo, gobe.
Horse (society)—Kâ´itse´ñko.
Horse’s Back—Tä´yăkwo´ip.
hot—gyäsä´dal, sä`lä´ti.
house—do´.
Hueco Tanks, Texas—Tso-do´i-gyätä´dă’-de´e.
hunt, I—gyädo´nmo; see edo´nmo.
Hunt, Agent P. B.—Ta´dalk`i´a.
ice—de´ñgyä.
idol—see amulet.
immigrants—tsä´hop; see also travel, ho.
Indians—Gi´agu´ădalta´ga.
initiate (into Kâ´itse´ñko)—ä´opañ, o´pän.
insect—p’odal.
intestine—see entrails.
iron or steel—hâ´ñgya.
Iron-shirt—(1) A´`päta´te; (2) Ba-zhe-ech.
Iron-shoe—Hâñdo´ti.
island—a`da´.
issue of rations (period)—ko´ñaka´n.
Jicarilla—K`op-tagu´i.
Kansas, Kansans—T’o´t’a`ka´-i-do´mbe.
Kansas (tribe), Kaw—Ga´ñsa.
Karankawa or Carrizo—Dohe´ñko.
kettle—doä´to.
Kichai (tribe)—see Do`gu´at.
Kichai hills, on reservation—O´nhonoñ-yä´-daldä.
kick, I—gyä´ango´p.
Kicking-bird—T’ene´-ango´pte.
kill—eho´tal.
Kiowa—Gâ´igwŭ. The popular form occurs in a number of geographic designations in the west, among which are the following: Colorado—Kiowa, Elbert county; Kiowa creek, a tributary of South Platte river. Indian Territory—Kiowa, Choctaw Nation. Kansas—Kiowa, Barber county; Kiowa county; Kiowa creek, Comanche county, better known as Satanta’s fork, a tributary of Cimarron river. Nebraska—Kiowa, Thayer county; Kiowa creek, Scott county, a Kiowa village site in 1815. New Mexico—Kiowa, Colfax county. Oklahoma—Kiowa creek, Kiowa Medicine-lodge creek, tributaries of North Canadian river. Texas—Kiowa creek.
Kiowa Apache (tribe)—Semät, Tagu´i.
Kiowa Medicine-lodge creek, Oklahoma—K`a´do´ p’a.
knife—k`a.
Kwahadi Comanche—Gwa´hale´go.
lake—setso´.
lame—toñp’o´dal.
lamentation—ä´`gyä; cf. cry, äa´lyi.
lance (noun)—guñse´to.
large—bi´an, edal.
Larned, Fort, Kansas—Aikoñ P’a Yä`pähe´gya.
Las Animas river, Colorado—Tso p’a.
Las Moras creek, Texas—T`añ-yä´daldä p’a.
last (of a series)—aka´ngya.
lead (metal)—hâñ-ze´bat (see also metal, hâñgya).
lean (adjective)—ta´dal.
leave behind wrapped up, I—gyäko´da.
leaves—see foliage.
Lebos creek, Oklahoma—Aikoñ Tsen p’a.
left-handed—ka´bodal.
leg—toñti.
leggin—kati.
lie down, I—äk`a´ (see k’a).
like, I—eoñ´ti.
Lipan (tribe)—Ä´-tagu´i.
lips—see mouth.
little—sän, t’an.
Little Beaver creek, on reservation—P’o P’a Sän.
Little-robe—(1) Ka´äsä´nte. (2) A Cheyenne chief in 1874.
Little Washita river, on reservation—O´nhono´ñ p’a.
Little Wichita river, Texas—Tsen p’a.
Lone-chief—a Pawnee chief in 1870 (see Winters 1871—72, 1872—73).
Lone-wolf—Gu´i-pä´go.
long—gi´ăni, gyu´ñi, gyu´ñhä´te.
Lyon, Fort, Colorado—Tso´paiñ Do´.
McIntosh, Fort, Texas—P’a-e´dal-t’a`ka´-igya.
Mackenzie, General R. S.—Mâ´ngomhe´ñte.
Madison, William (or Matthewson)—Se´npo-ze´dălbe.
maggot—iyu´gu´.
make, to—âm (root).
male (suffix)— -pa.
man—k`iñ´ähi, -k`ia, -k`i (suffix).
Mandan (tribe)—Do´ho´n.
manifold (noun)—sa´dalka´ñi.
Martinez, Andres—Än´dali.
massacre—ä´oto´n.
measles—a´`gat-ho´dal.
measure (noun)—on.
meat—gi.
medicine—da-i, dahä´.
Medicine bluff, on reservation—Tso´`kadahä´.
Medicine-bluff creek, on reservation—Tso´`kada´hä p’a.
Medicine dance or Medicine lodge—see Sun dance.
Medicine-lodge creek, Kansas and Oklahoma—Ä´yä´daldä p’a.
mescal—see peyote.
Mescalero (tribe)—Ĕ´sikwita.
metal—hâ´ñgya.
Mexicans—Ä´-t’a`ka´-i, Do`ka´ñi-t’a`ka´-i, K’o´-p-t’a`ka´-i, P’a-edal-t’a`ka´-i, Toñhe´ñ-t’a`ka´-i, Tso´-t’a`ka´-i, Tso´ñ-t’a`ka´-i.
middle—kopa´-iñgya.
midwinter—sä´-kop.
migrate—tep, ho.
mile—on.
Minitarí (tribe)—Heno´ñko.
Missouri (tribe)—Mäsu´ără.
Missouri river—Tso´sa´ p’a.
moccasin—doti.
money—â´dalhâ´ñgya.
month, or moon—-p’a.
morning—gi´ñăga, ki´ädä; cf. dawn, gyäpa´-iñgya.
mortar (of stone)—tsodo´m.
mountain—k`op, yä´daldä.
mourning, ceremonial—do´a´t.
mouth—bedal.
move about, I,—äto´yă; they (inanimate) ——, gyäze´mä.
Muchacho (personal name)—Mo´tsätse´.
mud—tsen.
Mule creek, Oklahoma—Tädalkop p’a.
musselshell (one variety)—k`o´dali´ätoñ.
mustache—se´npo.
Mustang creek (?), Texas—K`a´-ikon p’a.
Myers, Agent W. D.—Maiz.
mysterious—see medicine.
My-young-brother—Pa-con-ta.
name (noun)—kâ´ñgya.
Navaho (tribe)—Ä´bäho´ko, Kotse´nto.
neck—k`odal; see also throat, o´si.
necklace—k`o´dalpä.
negro—ko´ñkyäo´ñk`ia.
nest, to build a—äntsenku´ădal.
New Mexicans, or New Mexico—K`o´p-t’a`ka´-i(-do´mbe), Tso-t’a`ka´-i(-do´mbe).
Nez Percé (tribe)—´dalk`ato´igo.
Nichols, Agent Lieutenant Maury—Do´guatalta´r’de.
night—gi´ñăgya, gi´ñăto´gya, gi´ñ-kopa´-iñgya.
Night, the—He-pan-ni-gais.
nine—ga´`se.
noon—ki´äsa´.
North creek, Kansas—see Satanta creek, Kansas.
North Canadian river, Oklahoma—P’o p’a.
North fork of Red river, Oklahoma—K`op Pe p’a.
nose—mak`o´n.
nostril—sen.
notched—ak`a´.
now—i´ñhogo.
Nueces river, Texas—Donä´i p’a.
Nuevo Leon, Mexico—Ä´-t’a`ka´-i-do´mbe.
oak—do`go´t-ä.
Oak creek, reservation—Ka`do´liä p’a.
ocean—domo´ntoñ.
of (possessive)— -de (suffix).
offspring—see child.
old man—e´dalk`i´a, kyä´`to´.
Omaha (trihe)—O´moho´ñko.
Omaha dance—O´homoñ-gu´ăn.
one—pägo.
One-bear—Set-pä´go.
one-sided—see sloping.
One-who-is-surrendered, the—A-ei-kenda.
orange—see plum, älo´.
Osage (tribe)—K`apä´to, Ä´hyäto.
otter—apeñ.
Otter creek, on reservation—P’o p’a.
owl—mahi´ñ, sa´podal.
Pacer—an Apache chief, who died in 1875; the name is an American corruption and misconception of his Mexican name Peso, signifying “dollar” or “money,” a Spanish rendering of his proper Apache name Dego. He was a brother of Goñkoñ, better known as Apache John.
pain (noun)—kop.
paint, painted—gyä`gu´atda, gu´ădaldă´.
Painted-lips—Tĭ´pinävo´n.
Palo duro—Ä´`go´tä.
Palo-duro creek, in panhandle, Texas—Ä´`go´tä p’a.
partner—tsä´.
Paseños—Pä´sûñko.
Paso—see Pacer.
pass (noun)—see canyon.
past (adverb)—see after.
Pawnee (tribe)—Gu´igyä´ko.
Pawnee fork, Kansas—A´ikoñ p’a.
peach—pa´gi-älo´ (see plum, älo´).
Pease river, Texas—Tsä´to-yä´daldä Pe p’a.
pecan—donä´i.
Pecos river, New Mexico—P’a-e´dal sän.
Pedro—Belo.
Pe´näteka Comanche—Ä´-gyai´`ko, Gya´i`ko.
peninsula—pi´ho´.
people— -k`i´ägo, -gyäko (suffix).
Peso—see Pacer.
pet (noun)— -tseyu (suffix).
peyote (Lophophora)—se´ñi.
picture—guăt(-gya).
Pike’s peak (?), Colorado—Guadal k’op.
pimple—a´`gat.
pinto—see variegated.
pipe—sa´top.
plant—see e´`gu´.
Platte river (north and south), Nebraska—K`o´dali´ätoñ p’a, Don p’a.
Pleiades—Dä´-mäta´n(-ta).
plum—älo´.
pomme blanche (Psoralea)—äzo´n.
pond—setso´.
Pond creek, Wichita reservation—Se´np’odal-e´ p’a.
Ponka (tribe)—´daltoñ-âdalka´-igihä´go.
Poor-bear—Gu´ăñteka´na, Se´t-ta´dal.
Poor-buffalo—Pa´-ta´dal.
Post-oak creek, on reservation—see Oak creek.
pot—doä´to.
pouch—bi´ĭmkâ´-i.
powder—see gunpowder.
Powder river, Montana and Wyoming—Hâ´ñpaiñ p’a.
powerful—see terrible.
prairie—pägyä.
prairie-dog—tsäto.
Prairie-dog (personal name)—Ka-him-hi.
prickly—señ.
prickly-pear (Opuntia)—se´ñ-älo´.
principal (adjective)—see real.
prong—see branch.
Pueblo (tribes)—Te´guă(-go).
Purgatoire river, Colorado—Tso p’a.
Quahada—see Kwahadi Comanche.
quail (noun)—-peñ sän; cf. turkey, peñ.
Quanah Parker—Gu´a´na.
Quapaw (tribe)—Ä´läho´.
quiver (noun)—sabiñ´a.
rabbit—poläñ´yi.
race (noun, contest)—tsä´nkia.
ragweed (Ambrosia)—ä´sâhe´.
rain—sep.
Rainy mountain, on reservation—Se´p-yä´daldä´.
Rainy-mountain creek, on reservation—Se´pyä´daldä p’a, Tsen p’a, Tsodo´m p’a.
Rate creek (?), Colorado—Se´ñ-älo´ p’a.
Rath, Charles—Tsâ´li Esä´n.
rattlesnake—säne´hiñ.
Raven or Raven Soldiers—Toñkoñ´ko.
real— -hiñ (suffix).
red—gu´ădal.
Red mountain (?), Colorado—Guadal k`op.
Red river, of Texas and Indian Territory—Pe p’a edal.
Red-deer creek, Texas—Ko`ga´-i p’a.
Red-food—a chief of the Nokoni Comanche in 1874.
Red hills, Oklahoma—Sä´k`odal Gu´ădal-do´ha´.
Red-otter—A´peñ-gu´ădal.
Ree, Arikara (tribe)—K`a´t’a.
Ree river, South Dakota—see Grand river.
repeat a ceremony, to—ä´dăldä.
reptile—po’dal.
rib (bone)—gu´ătem (see gu´ătoñ).
rice—iyu´gu´-e.
rind—see shell.
Rio Grande—P’a edal.
river—-p’a.
road—ho´an.
robe, buffalo robe—ka.
Rochester, Mount, Texas—Da´-do´ha´.
rock (noun)—tso.
Rocky mountains—No general name; different portions are called Gâ-i k`op, Iătä k`op, K`o´b-etă´, etc.
rope—yaipo.
rub—see somta.
rush, cat-tail (Equisetum)—donpä.
Sabinas river, Nuevo Leon, Mexico—Se´ñä p’a.
Sabinas Hidalgo (or lower Salado) river, Nuevo Leon, Mexico—Don-äi p’a.
sacred—see medicine.
sacrifice—päñgun (noun); gyäpä´amda´ (verb); see also pägun.
saddle—ta´gyä.
saddle blanket—taka´-i.
Saddle mountain, on reservation—Ta´-k`o´p.
Sailor (personal name)—Setä.
Salado river, Nuevo Leon, Mexico—Señ p’a.
Saline river (?), Kansas—Ho´tgyäsĭ´m p’a.
salt—a´täntai´.
Salt fork of Arkansas river, Oklahoma—A´täntai´ p’a.
Salt fork of Red river, Oklahoma—Dä´-mäta´n-ä´ p’a.
sand—pe.
Sand creek, Colorado—Toñhe´ñ p’a.
San Francisco creek, Oklahoma—K`obä´ p’a.
San Pedro river, Texas—see Devil river.
San Saba river, Texas—Tso p’a.
Santa Fé trail—Sese p’a ho´an.
Santa Rosa mountains, Coahuila, Mexico—Do´`kañi k`op.
Sarsi (tribe)—Pa´k`iägo.
sash (ribbon)—yaipo.
Satanta creek, Kansas—Set-t’a´iñte T’a`ka´-imai´mo e´`paga´ni-de p’a.
Saturday—Daki´a-sän.
Scalp dance—´dalda ‘gu´ăn.
Scott, Capt. H. L., U. S. A.—Hâñtäk`i´a.
Scott, Mount, on reservation—K`ob-e´tă´.
Scout creek, Texas—Poho´n-ä p’a.
Sea-gull (personal name)—T’ene´-ko´ñkya.
sell—see trade.
Seminole (tribe)—Ä´domko.
serrated—see notched.
seven—pänse´.
sharpen—gyäpä´to.
Shawano, Shawnee (tribe)—Sa´wăno.
sheep—ga´bodăli.
sheep, wild—ä´dalto´yi.
Sheep (a society)—Ä´dalto´yui.
shell (of nut, etc)—kañi.
Sheridan, Mount, on reservation—K`o´b-o´täbo.
shield (noun)—kyu´ñi.
Shield—Ki´ñep.
shirt—t’o´gyä.
shoe—doti.
shoot—deta´`bo; see eta´`ga.
short—tse´, kontse´.
Shoshoni (tribe)—so´ndo´ta.
shoulder—kato´n.
shower—bi´ăsot.
sick, I am—äho´dalda.
sickness—hodal.
side (of house, etc)—see wall.
Sierra Madre, Mexico—K`o´b-e´tă´.
Signal mountain, on reservation—K`optai´-de-do´-tse´dalte.
Sill, Fort, on reservation—Tso´`kada´hä´gya.
silver—a´dalhâ´ñ-t’a´iñ; see metal, hâ´ñgya, and money, â´dalhâ´ñgya.
Silver-brooch—Tă´săwi.
Silver-knife—Hâ´ñt’aiñk`a´.
similar—pä´tsoga.
sit—ä´ngya.
Sitting-bull—Pa´-ä´ngya.
situated upon—tse´dalte.
six—mă´să´.
skin—kagya, ka´-i.
skull—see head.
skunkberry—t’a´ñpe-ä´.
Sleeping-wolf—Gu´i-k`a´te.
sleeve—mânka; cf. arm and finger.
sloping (adjective)—habä´.
smallpox—tä´dalkop.
Smith, John—Poho´me.
Smoky-hill river, Kansas—Pe p’a.
smooth—t´añi.
snake—sä´ne´, p’odal.
soldier—yä´`pähe´, so´le.
solitary—pägo.
Son-of-the-Sun—Pai´-tälyi´.
song—da´gya.
sour—a´tän.
South Canadian river, of Oklahoma and Texas—Gu´ădal p’a.
spear—see lance.
split (adjective)—see spoiled.
spring (season)—a´se´gya.
spring (of water)—to´ñtep.
sprout—ek`i´ädă, gyäk`i´ädă, gyäpa´ta.
spy (verb)—äko´ä.
Staked plain, of Texas and New Mexico—Päsä´ngyä.
star—dä.
stay (verb)—see dwell.
steal—see ä´semtse.
steel—hâ´ñgya.
stingy—sa´bă.
stink (verb)—gyäbo´nsi.
Stinking creek, on reservation—Zo´dăltoñ p’a.
Stinking-saddle—Taka´-i-p’o´dal.
stomach—bot.
stone—tso.
Stone-calf—a hostile Cheyenne chief in 1874—75.
stream (noun)—p’a, ase´.
strong—got; cf. hard.
Stumbling-bear—Se´t-ĭmki´a.
stupid—â´dalka´yu´m; (see also foolish).
sugar—penä.
Sugar creek, on reservation—Tsen p’a.
Sugar creek (east fork of Rainy-mountain creek), on reservation—Tsodo´m p’a. Cf. Se´pyä´daldä p’a.
Sugar creek, on Wichita reservation—Penä p’a.
Sulphur springs (?), Martin county, Texas—Bon toñ.
summer—pai´gya.
summit—pi´ăya; cf. top.
sun—pai.
Sun-boy, or Sun’s-son—Pai´-tälyi´; ´dalbea´hya.
Sun dance—K’a´do´.
Sunday—Daki´ada.
sunrise—pa´i-ba´da.
surround, we—gyätä´dă.
swan—tsä´dal-t’a´iñ.
Swan—Tsä´dal-t’a´iñ.
Swan lake, on Wichita reservation—Setso´, Se´np’odal-e´ Setso´.
sweat (noun)—sä´daltep.
sweat-house—sä´dalgu´ăt, bo´npä.
Sweetwater creek, Texas—Iyu´gu´a p’a.
Swift-fox—a Kiowa Apache warrior order, according to Clark; unidentified, but not the Kâ´itse´ñko or Toñko´ñko (see page 230).
tail—ton.
take out—gyäku´atda.
tall—gi´ăni.
Tamaulipas, Mexico—Ä´-t’a`ka´-i-do´mbe.
tattoo—see picture.
Tatum, Agent Lawrie—Dänpa´-iñgyat’a-i.
Tawa´koni (tribe)—see Do`gu´at.
Tawa´koni Jim—principal chief of the confederated Wichita, Waco, and Tawakoni tribes, and judge of the Indian court in 1888; still living.
ten—ga´kiñ.
Ten-bears—Pä´riăse´amän.
terrible—ze´dălbe.
Texas, southeast—Ä´-t’a`ka´-i-do´mbe. The name is applied also to Tamaulipas.
then, or there—o´hyo.
thigh—pa´ki.
this—i´ñhoti.
three—päo.
throat—osi; cf. k`odal, neck.
throat, I cut his—gyäo´k`atemä (see ĭmk`o´daltä).
thunder—pa´sot.
tie, I,—gyäpä´-imo; cf. initiate.
timber—ä.
tin—hâñ-t’aiñ (see also metal, hâ´ñgya).
tipi, house—do´.
tipi pole—guntä.
tomorrow—kyähi´ñaga.
Tonkawa (tribe)—K`i´ñähi-pi´ako.
tooth—zoñ.
top—(of mountain, etc) pi´ăya; (end) pätsä´t.
Top-of-the-mountain—Doha´sän.
tortoise—see turtle.
trachea—osi.
track (noun)—an.
trade, I,—dega´ñta.
trail—ho´an.
Traitor creek, Texas—see Sweetwater creek, Texas.
trap—po, hâñ-po.
trappers—hâ´ñpoko.
travel, I,—äho´ä (see ho).
Travel song—Gu´ada´gya.
travois—tse´guan (see dog, tse´ñhi).
tree—ädo, pep.
tree-tops—ä´pätsä´t.
tripe—abi´ñ (?).
triumph (noun)—ka´gyä (see also ĭmka´gyä´gya).
turkey—peñ.
turtle—k`a´nki´ñ, to´nak`a´.
twin—pä´da-i.
two—yi´a.
Two-butte creek, Colorado—Ä´zót P’a (?) Pa p’a (?).
udder—azä´.
uncommon—see abnormal.
United States—T’o´-t’a`ka´-i-do´mbe.
useless—see spoiled.
Ute (tribe)—I´ătä´go.
Uvalde canyon (?), Texas—Dan-toñ.
Valdez—Pä´li.
valley—hi´ădal.
variegated—t’o´igu´ăt.
Viejo—Bi´ăko.
vizor—gañto´n, päbo.
vomit (noun)—zodal.
Waco (tribe)—see Do´`guat.
wailing (noun)—see lamentation.
wait! (imperative)—hi´tugŭ´!
Walking-bear—Setmä´nte.
wall—k’aga.
walnut—poho´n-ä´, poho´n-e´.
Walnut creek (upper) Kansas—Tsodalhe´ñ-de p’a.
Walsh, Mount, Oklahoma—K`o´b-aka´n.
Wanderer creek (?), Oklahoma—Tso´-t’ai´ñ p’a.
war-bonnet—ätaha´-i.
War-club (a society)—T’äñpe´ko.
war expedition—dam.
warrior—yä´`pähe´.
Washita river, Oklahoma—Ä´guntä p’a.
Washita river forks, Oklahoma—Yi´a-p’a-da´ti.
water—toñ.
water-lily (?)—se´np’odal-e´.
weasel—sa´dălso´mte.
web, of spider—po.
week—koñtä´kia.
West Cache creek, on reservation—Gwa´hale p’a.
wheel (noun)—kotä´dal.
whet, I,—gyäso´nmo (see somta).
whetstone—k`a-pä´ti.
Whirlwind—principal chief of the Cheyenne in 1874.
whistle (noun)—tso´dăltem.
Whitacre, Charles W. (or Whittaker)—Tsâli.
white—t’aiñ.
White river, Texas—T’aiñ p’a.
White, E. E., special agent—T’aiñte.
White-bear—Set-t’ai´ñte.
White-bird—Sen-son-da-cat.
White-deer creek (?), Texas—T’ä´ñpeä´ p’a.
White-horn—Tĭ´l-‘lakai´.
White-horse—Tseñt’ai´ñte.
White-man—T’a`ka´-itai´de.
White-people—Be´dalpa´go.
White-shield—A Cheyenne chief in 1874.
White-wolf—A hostile Comanche chief in 1874.
Wichita (tribe)—Do`gu´at.
Wichita mountains, on reservation—Do`gu´at k`op.
willow—se´ñä.
wind (breeze)—go´mgyä.
windbreak—do´ä.
wing—tsodal.
winter—sai, sai´gya.
Wise, Fort, Colorado—Tso´paiñ Do´.
without (privative)— -heñ (in composition).
wolf—gu´i.
Wolf creek, Oklahoma—Gu´i p’a.
Wolf-hair—a debatable Kiowa warrior killed by Mexicans in 1835—36 (Scott); said by Se´t-t’a´n to be properly Do´-e´dalte, q. v.
Wolf’s-name—Ĭ´sänä´năka.
Wolf’s-sleeve—Babi´`pa´.
woman—mä´ñyi´.
Woman-heart—Mäñyi´-te´n.
wonderful—ze´dălbe; see also medicine, da´-i.
worm—p’odal, iyu´gu´.
worn out (adjective)—komse´.
wrinkled—aka´-i.
write, I—gyä`gu´ătda´.
writing—see picture.
year—see winter.
yellow—gu´ak`o.
Yellow-buffalo—Pa´-gu´ak`o.
Yellowstone river, Montana—Tso´sa´ p’a.
yes—ho, hâ (jargon, how!).
yesterday—ki´äde´dal.
young man—do´guătal.
Zarah, Fort, Kansas—Tsodalhe´ñ-de P’a´gya Yä´`pähe´-k`u´dal-de´e.