Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))Mooney, James
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Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))
Mooney, James
Kiowa Indians; Kiowa language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Bot-e´dalte--"Big-stomach," from _bot_, _e´dal_, and _te_; a Kiowa woman
who died in the winter of 1882-83.
Botk`i´ägo--Arapaho Grosventres; "belly people," from _bot_ and
_k`i´ägo_. Cf. _Ä´hyäto_.
Bo´yoñko--see _Be´dalpa´go_,
byu´ñi--circle, circular.
CATAKA--see _Tagu´i_ and Kiowa Apache synonymy.
CAYGUA--Spanish form of _Gâ´igwŭ_ (see Kiowa synonymy).
CEAR-CHI-NEKA--see _Si´ăchĭ´nika_.
CET-MA-NI-TA--see _Setmä´nte_.
CHA-HON-DE-TON--"Cha-hon-de-ton, the Flying Squirrel," the name of a
Kiowa signer of the treaty of 1837, as it appears in the document.
_Cho´nshita´_ (Apache)--An Apache signer of the treaty of 1867. The name
appears on the treaty as "Cho-se-ta, or Bad Back."
CHO-SE-TA--see _Cho´nshita´_.
COMALTY--see _´daltoñ-e´dal_.
CON-A-HEN-KA--"Con-a-hen-ka, the Horne Frog" (sic), a Kiowa signer of
the treaty of 1837, as the name appears in the treaty. The horned frog
(toad or lizard) is called _se´hän_, and the correct name may possibly
have been _Se´hänk`i´a_, "Horned-toad-man." In the treaty of 1867
T'ene´-ango´pte, "Kicking-bird," appears as "Ton-a-en-ko or Kicking
Eagle."
CORBEAU--see _Gaa´-boho´n_.
dä--(1) eye; (2) star.
-dă--kill (in composition).
Da do´ha´--"medicine bluff," from _da´-i_ and _do´ha´_; Mount Rochester,
etc., on the upper South Canadian, Texas panhandle.
Da´goi--a Kiowa hero (see story, Summer 1857). The name seems to contain
the word _da´-i_, "medicine."
da´gya--song.
_Daha_ (Apache)--a Kiowa Apache chief and delegate in 1872; still
living.
Da´hä´te--see _Mamä´nte_.
daho´tal--they kill us. See _eho´tal_.
da´-i--"medicine," sacred, religious, mysterious; _da´-i_, "medicine,"
in the ordinary English sense, is sometimes distinguished from _da´hä_,
medicine, in the Indian sense of sacred or mysterious; _Dak`i´a_, God;
_Daki´ada_, Sunday.
Daki´ada--Sunday; "medicine day," from _da´-i_ and _ki´ada_.
Daki´a-sä´n--Saturday; "little medicine day," from _da´-i_, _ki´ada_,
and _sän_.
dam--(1) war path, war expedition; (2) first.
Dä´-mä´ta´n(-ta)--"star girls," from _dä_ and _mä´ta´n_; the Pleiades.
There is a myth to account for the name. A ceremonial invocation and
sacrifice were formerly made to them by mothers on behalf of their sick
children, but the last priestess of the ceremony is now dead.
Dä´-mä´ta´n-ä´ p'a--Salt fork of Red river in Greer county, Oklahoma;
literally, "Star girls (i. e., Pleiades) tree river," from _Dä´-mäta´n_,
_ä_, and _p'a_; so called from a noted tree formerly there, which grew
from the sprouting of a twig driven into the ground to support the
"medicine" on occasion of a ceremonial sacrifice performed by the mother
of Stumbling-bear (see above). The tree was about 30 miles up the creek
and was finally cut down by the Comanche.
da´m-koñ´kya--evening; literally, "first darkness," from _dam_ and
_koñkya_; also called _deko´mdo´le(-gya)_, from an archaic root
referring to slight darkness.
dan--canyon, pass.
dan´--shoulder.
Da´npä´--see _Dohasän_ (_4_).
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