Names ceremonially bestowed on each of the first three sons and on each
of the first three daughters born to a Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi man and his wife. As
given by Noⁿ´-xe-çka-zhi, a member of the gens:
BOYS
1. Iⁿ-gthoⁿ´ name, Wa-çi´-çta. Meaning uncertain.
2. Kshoⁿ´-ga name, Wa´-ṭse-moⁿ-iⁿ, Star-that-travels.
3. Ka´-zhiⁿ-ga name, Ni-ga´-ṭo-xe, Water-splasher.
GIRLS
1. Mi´-na name, Hoⁿ-be´-do-ḳa, Wet-moccasins.
2. Wi´-he name, Wa-ṭoⁿ-i-ça-e, meaning uncertain, or
Mi´-ga-shoⁿ-e, Sun-that-travels.
3. A-çiⁿ´-ga name, Gia´-çoⁿ-ba, meaning uncertain.
OTHER NAMES
MALE
Ga-çka´, meaning uncertain. Son of Xu-tha´-da-wiⁿ, Ṭsi´-zhu
Wa-shta-ge and P̣oⁿ´-ḳa-zhiⁿ-ga, P̣oⁿ-ḳa Wa-shta-ge.
Ga-çka, meaning uncertain. Son of Thoⁿ´-dse-ṭoⁿ-ga,
Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi, and Xu-tha´-da-wiⁿ, Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge.
Gi-thi-ḳoⁿ-bi, One-for-whom-they-make-way. (In the Tha´-ṭa-da
gens of the Omaha tribe.) Husband of Moⁿ´-çi-ṭse-xi, Ṭsi´-zhu
Wa-shta-ge.
Gtha-i-gthoⁿ-thiⁿ-ge, meaning uncertain. Son of
Thoⁿ´-dse-ṭoⁿ-ga, Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi and Xu-tha´-da-wiⁿ, Ṭsi´-zhu
Wa-shta-ge.
Gthe-doⁿ´-wa-ḳoⁿ-tha, Attacking-hawk. (Tho´-xe name.) Refers to
the aggressive character of the bird. Son of Ṭsi´-zhu-a-ḳi-p̣a
and Hoⁿ-be´-do-ḳa, Ṭa´ I-ni-ka-shi-ga.
Hi´-tho-ḳa-thiⁿ, Bare-legs. (In the Tha´-ṭa-da gens of the
Omaha.) Also Ḳu-zhi´-wa-ṭse, Strikes-in-a-far-off-country. (In
the Iⁿ-shta´-çon-da gens of the Omaha.)
Hi´-tho-ḳa-thiⁿ or Long-bow.
Ḳa-çi´, meaning uncertain.
Ḳo´-zhi-çi-gthe, Tracks-far-away. Husband of Xu-tha´-da-wiⁿ,
Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge.
Kshoⁿ´-ga. Not name but a special kinship term for the second
born son. Should have been named A´-be-zhiⁿ-ga, Slender-leaf,
of the cat-tail.
Ḳu´-zhi-çi-gthe. Husband of Zhoⁿ´-btha-çka-wiⁿ of the Hoⁿ´-ga
U-ṭa-noⁿ-dsi gens.
Moⁿ-iⁿ´-ḳa-moⁿ-iⁿ, Walks-on-the-earth. Husband of
Xu-tha´-da-wiⁿ of the Çiⁿ´-dse-a-gthe gens.
Moⁿ-ḳoⁿ´-thiⁿ, Possessor-of-medicine. (Not a Ni´-ḳi-e name.)
Ni´-ḳa-çtu-e, Gathering-of-men. Son of Thoⁿ´-dse-ṭoⁿ-ga and
Xu-tha-da-wiⁿ.
Ni´-ḳa-wa-zhiⁿ-ṭoⁿ-ga, Man-of-great-courage. Refers to the
warlike character of this gens. Husband of Wa-xthe´-thoⁿ-ba of
the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ gens.
P̣oⁿ´-ḳa-wa-da-iⁿ-ga, Playful-P̣oⁿ-ḳa. Husband of
Wa-xthe´-thoⁿ-ba of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ gens.
Thoⁿ´-dse-ṭoⁿ-ga, Big-heart. Also Wa-zhiⁿ´-wa-xa,
Greatest-in-courage. Refers to the warlike character of this
gens. Husband of Xu´-tha-da-wiⁿ of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens.
Ṭsi´-zhu-a-ḳi-p̣a, He-who-met-the-Ṭsi´-zhu. Refers to the first
meeting of the Ṭsi´-zhu and the Wa-zha´-zhe gentes. Husband of
Hoⁿ-be´-do-ḳa of the Ṭa´ I-ni-ḳa-shi-ga gens.
Ṭsi´-zhu-a-ḳi-p̣a (same as above). Husband of Wa-xthe´-thoⁿ-ba
of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-noⁿ gens.
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