Glossary Of Indian And Other Foreign Words Which May Not Readily Be Found In The English Dictionary.
The spellings of Indian words vary much with different authors: in the following list the word as spelled in this book is first given, then the pronunciation, then the number of a page on which the meaning of the word will be found.
Single and combined consonants have their usual English sounds except c, which is equal to sh; s is always as in so; final s as in gems is represented by z; soft g is represented by j.
Vowels are as follows:—
a as in fat
ā " mane
ä " father
â " talk
e " met
ē as in meat
i " pin
ī " pine
o " not
ō as in note
u " tub
ū " oo in spoon
oi " boil
Abalone [á-ba-lōn], [77].
Acolhua [ā-kōl'-wā], [209].
Adobé [a-dō'-bā], [163].
Algonkin [al-gón-kin], [108].
Alibamu [ál-i-ba-mū], [128].
Apache [a-pá-chā], [39].
Apalache [a-pā-lá-chā], [128].
Arapaho [ä-rá-pä-ho], [60].
Arickara [a-rí-kä-rä], [64].
Assinaboin, [a-sí-nä-boin], [57].
Athapaskan [āth'-ä-pás-kan], [3].
Atlatl [át-la-tl], [211].
Atotarho [át-ō-tä'r-hō], [116].
Aztec [az-tek], [208].
Beothuk [bē-ō'-thuk], [223].
Burro [bū'r-o], [91].
Busk [busk], [133].
Caddo [ká-dō], [134].
Cañon [kán-yun], [176].
Cassine [kás-sēn], [133].
Catolsta [ka-tō'l-stä], [144].
Cayuga [kā-yū-gä], [116].
Chelley [cā], [176].
Cherokee [che-rō-kē], [140].
Cheyenne [cī'-en], [60].
Chiapas [chē-á-pas], [215].
Chicasaw [chi-kä-sâ], [128].
Chichen Itza [chē'-chen ē'-tsu], [218].
Chilkat [chíl-kat], [21].
Chinook [chi-nū'k], [182].
Choctaw [chók-tâ], [128].
Chunkey [chún-kā], [132].
Coahuilla [kō-wē'-yä], [201].
Cochiti [kō'-chē-tē'], [178].
Comanche [kō-mán-chē], [94].
Copan [kō-pan'], [218].
Corral [kō-rál], [165].
Coup [kū], [42].
Cree [krē], [108].
Creek [krēk], [128].
Estufa [es-tū-fä], [165].
Frijoles [frē-hō-lāz], [178] (means beans).
Glooskap [glōs-kap], [32].
Haida [hī-dä], [182].
Haliotis [ha-lē-ō-tis], [77].
Hano [hä-nō], [169].
Hayenwatha [hī-en-wä-thä], [116].
Hayoneta [hoi-ä-nā-tä], [145].
Hupa [hū'-pä], [76].
Itztapalapa [ēt's-tä-pä-lä'-pä], [55].
Kiowa [kī'-ō-wä], [60].
Kisi [kē'-sē], [170].
Kwakiutl [kwä'-kē-ū'tl], [182].
Lenape [le-nä'-pā], [109].
Lipan [lē-pan'], [56].
Maguey [ma-gā'], [71].
Mandan [man'-dan], [159].
Maya [mī'-yä], [215].
Mendoza [men-dō'-zä], [73].
Mesa [mā'-sä], [161].
Mescal [mes-cal'], [204].
Metate [mā-tä'-tā], [180].
Micam [mē'-câm], [66].
Miko [mē'-kō], [131].
Moki [mō'-kē], [168].
M'teoulin [m'tā-ū'-lin], [84].
Muskoki [mus-kō'-kē], [128].
Nanabush [na'-nä-būc], [112].
Navajo [na'vä-hō], [21].
Neeskotting [nē'-sko-ting], [51].
Nekilstlas [ne-kils'-tläs], [189].
Ojibwa [ō-jib'-wä], [108].
Oneida [ō-nī'-dä], [116].
Onondaga [on'-on-dä'-gä], [116].
Oolachen [ū'-la-chen], [191].
Oraibe [ō-rai'-bā], [169].
Otoe [ō'-tō], [92].
Pani [pâ-nē'], [60].
Pemmican [pĕ'-mi-kan], [57].
Pima [pē'-mä], [59].
Plaza [pla'-zä], [171].
Ponka [pon'-kä], [96].
Pueblo [pweb'-lō], [161].
Puskita [pus'-kē-tä], [133].
Rito [rē'-tō], [178] (means brook)
Sac [säc], [54].
Santee [San-tē'], [155].
Saponie [sa'-pō-nā], [119].
Seneca [se'-ne-kä], [116].
Senel [sā'-nel], [95].
Sequoyah [se-kwoi'-yä], [146].
Shawnee [câ-nē'], [107].
Shenanjie [ce-nan'-jā], [126].
Shonko [con'-kō], [151].
Shoshoné [co'-cō-nā'], [169].
Sioux [sū], [155].
Sipapu [sē-pä'-pū], [171].
Sisseton [si'-se-ton], [155].
Skil [skēl], [187].
Skowl [skōl], [197].
Succotash [su'-kō-tac], [56].
Tabasco [ta-bas'-kō], [215].
Taos [tows], [162].
Tecpanecan [tek'-pan-ē'-kan], [209].
Tenochtitlan [te-nōch'-tē-tlan'], [208].
Teton [tē'-ton], [155].
Texcoco [tec-kō'-kō], [208].
Tikal [tē'-kal], [220].
Tirawa [tē-rä'-wä], [136].
Tlacopan [tla-kō'-pan], [209].
Tlingit [tlin'-git], [189].
Tonkaway [ton'-kä-wā], [134].
Totem [tō'-tem], [98].
Tshimpshian [tcim'-cē-an], [182].
Tuscarora [tus'-kā-rō'-rä], [118].
Tutelo [tū'-tu-lō], [119].
Umane [ū-mä'-nā], [156].
Uncpapa [unk-pä'-pä], [151].
Ute [yūt], [109].
Wahpeton [wä'-pē'-ton], [155].
Wakantanka [wä'-kän-tän'-kä], [156].
Walam Olum [wä'-läm ōl'-um], [111].
Walpi [wäl'-pē], [169].
Wampampeog [wäm'-päm-pē-og], [74].
Wichita [wi'-chi-tä], [134].
Winnebago [wi'-nē-bā'-gō], [155].
Yanktonnais [yank'-ton-ā], [155].
Yētl [yātl], [189].
Zizania [zē-zā-nē-ä], [109].
Zuñi [zūn'-yē], [89].