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.
dä´npa´-iñgya--crown of the head.
Dä´n-pa´-iñgyat'a´-i--"Bald-head," "bald on the crown of the head," from
_dä´nto´_, _dä´npa´-iñgya_; Lawrie Tatum, agent for the Kiowa and allied
tribes, 1869--1873.
dä´nto´--bald; I am bald, _ä´dä´nto´ită´_.
Da´tekâ´ñ.--"Keeps-his-name-always;" it contains the root of _kâ´ñgya_,
name; a Kiowa who assumed the role of prophet in 1881-82, taking the
name of Pa´te´pte, "Buffalo-bull-coming-out," from _pa_, _tep_, and
_te_.
_Datûmpa´ta_ (Hidatsa?)--given as the Hidatsa name for the Kiowa (see
Kiowa synonymy).
_Däve´ko_ (Apache)--a Kiowa Apache chief and medicine man.
-de (in composition)--(1) all, many; (2) a possessive suffix ("of"),
sometimes equivalent to "when," "where," or "there," as _Pai´-tälyi´-de
tseñko_, Sun-boy's horses; _Pa´-ä´ngya tsä´n-de sai_, "winter when
Sitting-bull came," "winter of Sitting-bull's coming."
De´ä´ p'a--"All-kinds-of-trees creek," or "Many-trees (or bushes)
creek;" a stream in Kansas somewhere about Fort Dodge.
-de´e´--there is, where is; a suffix in composition.
degañ´ta--I trade (either buying or selling); gañta, trading; _gañ´ta
do´_, trading house; _gañ´tak`i´_, trader.
de´hi´ñ--late afternoon, after about three oclock. Cf. _deki´äsa_.
deki´äsa--afternoon, until about three oclock. Cf. _de´hi´ñ_.
deko´mdo´le(-gya)--see _da´mko´ñkya_.
de´ngyä--ice.
De´ngyä-ko´ñ k`op--"Black-ice mountain," from _de´ngyä_, _ko´ñkya_, and
_k`op_; a mountain on the southern edge of the Staked plain; so called
from the appearance of the ice frozen on the branches of the trees after
a rain while a Kiowa war party camped there (see Winter 1834-35).
de´no`te´li--gypsum; the word contains _teli_, "white clay." The Kiowa
use it, when burned, to fasten arrowheads.
De´no`te´li p'a--Gypsum creek, Greer county, Oklahoma; "gypsum creek,"
from _de´no`te´li_ and _p'a_.
do--an intensive in composition, equivalent to "very" or "too," as
_do´ye´t_, very large.
do´--tipi, house; plural, _do´ta_.
do´-a´--"tipi game," from _do´_ and _a_. For description see Winter
1881-82.
do´ä´--a circular windbreak or fence of brushwood around a tipi to keep
off the force of the wind; from _do´_ and _ä_.
Doä´dal-koñ´kya--"Black-kettle" (plural form); the Kiowa name of the
Cheyenne chief "Black-kettle," killed in the battle of the Washita,
1868. See the next.
Doä´dal-koñ´kya-eho´tal-de´e--"where Black-kettle was killed" from
_Doä´dal-koñ´kya_, _eho´tal_, and _de_; the place of the "battle of the
Washita," in western Oklahoma, November 27, 1868.
do´a´t--condition of ceremonial mourning; in mourning; _do´ătda_, he is
in mourning. At such times they gash themselves, cut off their hair and
the hair of their horses' tails, neglect their dress and discard their
ornaments and paint, isolate themselves and wail night and morning in
lonely places. The regular word for "crying" is _a´lyă_.
doä´to, plural doä´dal--pot, kettle; _koä´to_, plural _koä´dal_, plate,
pan.
do´bä--face; in composition _do_.
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