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.
Gaa´-boho´n--"Crow-bonnet;" a Kiowa chief, signer of the treaty of 1867,
where he is called "Corbeau, or The Crow." He never wore a shirt, but in
winter threw a buffalo robe over his naked shoulders.
Gaa´-k`i´ägo--Crow Indians, "Crow people;" it is said they are sometimes
called also _Koñ-k`i´ägo_, "black people," but this is probably another
name for the Ute or _I´atä´go_, q. v.
Gaa´-k`o´dalte--"Crow-neck," from _gaa´_, _k`o´dal_, and _te_; a Kiowa
chief, who died in 1842.
Gaa´piata´ñ--"Feathered-lance" from _gaa´yi_ and _pi´atañ´ga_; an old
Kiowa war chief, better known as Heidsick, a corruption of _Hai´tsĭki_,
the Comanche rendering of his Kiowa name.
gaa´yi--a feathered lance sheath, made usually of red cloth with pendent
eagle feathers and drawn up over the shaft of the lance, leaving the
blade exposed.
ga´bodălyi´ or ga´bodli--sheep or goat; possibly from the Spanish
_cabra_. The wild sheep is called _teñbe_, and the name is sometimes
applied also to the domestic sheep.
Ga´bodly k`op--see _Teñbe k`op_.
ga´dal--buffalo; now sometimes used also for cattle; _pa_, a buffalo
bull.
ga´dal-ä´--see _ta´-ä_.
Gadalkoko--see _K`iñ´ähi-pi´äñko_.
Gado´mbitso´ñhi--"old woman, under the ground;" a sacred image formerly
belonging to the Kiñep division (see page 239).
Gâ´i--Kiowa, in composition; _Gâ´i-gwŭ_, the Kiowa tribe; _Gâ´imä_, a
Kiowa woman; _Gâ´ido´ñ_, the Kiowa language; _ĭmgâ´ido´ñ_, say it in
Kiowa.
Gâ´i K`at'a--see _K`at'a_.
Gâ´i k`op--"Kiowa mountains;" that portion of the Rocky mountains at the
head of Missouri and Yellowstone rivers; so called because the Kiowa
formerly lived there. Farther south they are called _I´ătä k`op_, "Ute
mountains," and in Mexico, _K`ob-e´tă_, "great mountains."
Gâ´i-gwŭ´--(1) the Kiowa tribe; (2) one of the recognized six
divisions of the Kiowa tribe, and probably the original nucleus of the
tribe. In this word the root is _gâ´i_, while _gwŭ_ is the tribal
suffix, more usually formed as _go_ or _ko_, q. v. The word seems to be
derived from _gâ´idă_, implying having a half or part of different color
from the rest; perhaps in this case alluding to some old style of face
or body paint or to the former custom of wearing the hair cut short on
one side of the head, as already noted. A feather of the war eagle is
described as _gâ´idă´_, because one-half of it is white and the other
black; a white-face horse is called _do´-gâ´idă´_. Cf. _Pa-do`gâ´-i_,
"white-face-buffalo-bull."
ga´kiñ--ten. Cf. _pägo_.
Ga´kiñăte--"Ten," from _ga´kiñ_ and _te_; a Kiowa warrior, brother of
Lone-wolf, 1883-84.
Ga´kiñăt'o P'a--"moon of ten cold (days)," from _ga´kiñ_, _gyät'o´_, and
_p'a_; the first moon of the Kiowa year, comprising parts of September
and October (see page 368).
gañ--goose.
Gañe´tä--see _O´konoñ-yä´dăldä_.
Gañhi´ña P'a--"real, or principal, goose moon," from _gañ_, _hiñ_, and
_p'a_; a Kiowa moon or month, including parts of December and January
(see the calendar).
Gano´ñko--see _Be´dalpa´go_.
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