Glossary of Indian Words and Phrases
- an-pay´-tu lay wo´-yu-tay wa´-tin-kta mē-che´-chă u´-yay yō, bring me food to-day.
- chăn-dee´ ō´-tă, plenty of tobacco.
- Chă´-pa, the beaver.
- Chă´-pă-wee, the female beaver.
- Chăp-chin´-chă, the young beaver.
- ē-nă´-kă-nee, hurry.
- e-yă´-yă lō, he ran away, he is gone.
- ē-yu´-hă nă-hon´ pō, hear ye all.
- glē-chu´, come down.
- hăn´-tă, look out.
- Hă´-yă Tănk-ă, Big Mountain.
- Hay´-kinsh-kah, the spoonhorn or bighorn.
- hĕ´-chĕ-tu, it is well.
- Hĕ-hă´-kă, the elk.
- hĕ-hĕ-hĕ, an exclamation of distress.
- hē´-nă-kă, wait.
- Hē-tunk´-ă-lă, the mouse.
- hē-yu´ yō, come here.
- Hē-zee´, Yellow Teeth—a nickname.
- hī, hī, an exclamation of thanks.
- Hĭn-hăn´, the owl.
- Hĭn´-pō-hă, Curly Hair—nickname for yearling buffalo cow.
- Hĭn-tō´-lă, Blue Hair.
- hō, yes—denotes approval, or a salutation.
- Hō´-hay, Assiniboine.
- Hoo´-tay, Claws or Stubby Claws—nickname for a bear.
- Hoo´-yah, the female eagle.
- ho-yă´, run of fish.
- hō-yay, come on, let us do it.
- hu´-kă-hay´, come on.
- hŭn-hŭn-hay´, an exclamation of surprise.
- Ig-mu´-tănk-ă, the puma.
- Ig-tin´, Long Whiskers—a nickname for a puma.
- ĭn ah´-jin, stop or stand still.
- Kăm-dō´-kă, Slaps the Water—nickname for a beaver.
- Kăn-gee´, the raven.
- Kă-tō´-lă, Knocks.
- kō-lă, or koda, friend.
- koo´-wah yay yō, come here.
- Mă-kē´-zē-tă, Smoking Earth—name of a river.
- Măn´-ĭ-too, the wolf—abbreviation of shunk-man´-i-too.
- Mă-tō´, the bear.
- Mă-tō´-skă, White Bear.
- mă-yă´-lă, a steep place.
- mă-yă´-skă, white cliff.
- Min-ne-tonk´-ă, Great Water—name of a lake.
- Ō-pă´-gē-lă, Fills the Pipe.
- Pă-dă´-nee, Pawnee.
- Pēz-pēz´-ă, the prairie-dog.
- Pēz-pēz´-ă tă ā´-yăn-pă´-hă-lă, the prairie-dog's herald (the owl).
- Ptay-săn´-wee, White Cow.
- Sē´-chăn-gu, Burnt Thighs—nickname of a band of Sioux.
- Shă-ē´-yĕ-lă, Cheyenne.
- Shē-yă´-kă, the diver.
- Shun-gē´-lă, the fox.
- Shun-gē´-lă pă-hah´, Fox Ridge.
- Shunk-măn´-ĭ-too, the wolf.
- Shunk-tō´-kĕ-chah, the wolf.
- Sink-pay´, the musk-rat.
- Sin-tāy, Tail—a nickname.
- Sin-tay´-hă-dah, Rattle Tail, the rattlesnake.
- Sin-tay´-ksă, Bob-tail—a nickname.
- tă-chin´-chăn-ă, fawn or lamb.
- Tă-dō´-tă, Plenty of Meat.
- Tăk´-chă, the deer.
- tă-kō´-jă, grandchild.
- Tă-tănk´-a, the bull.
- Tă-wă´-hink-pay-ō´-tă, Many Arrows.
- tee´-pee, lodge.
- Tē-ō´-lă, Wounded in the Lodge.
- tē-yō´-tee-pee, council-lodge.
- tōsh, certainly, of course.
- tu-lă´, an exclamation of satisfaction.
- tun-kă´-shē-lă, grandfather.
- Un-spĕ´-shnee, Don't Know How.
- U-păn´-ō-koo-tay, Elk Point; the place where elk are shot.
- Wă-coo´-tay, Shoots.
- Wă-dē´-tă-kă, Brave.
- Wăk-pă´-ē-păk-shăn, Bend of the River.
- Wăk-pă´-lă shē´-chă, Bad River.
- Wăm-be-lee´, the eagle.
- Wăsh-ă´-kă, strong.
- Wăsh-tay´, good.
- Wă-su´-lă, Little Hail.
- Wă-zee´-yah, the god of cold or winter; the north.
- Wē-chah´, the raccoon.
- Wē-chah´-tă-wee´, February—the coon's month.
- Wē´-tă-ō´-tă, Lake of Many Islands.
- woo, woo, a war-whoop.
- wō´-pă-tă, place of killing or dressing game.
- Zē-chah´, the squirrel.
- Zu´-yă, warrior.
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