Dive or Swoop (Like a bird in air). Hold out flat left hand, back outward, bring flat right hand, back out, some inches in rear of and higher than left hand, pointing downward and forward; then shoot the right hand downward and outward, back of hand grazing under the left hand and up beyond. Compare Born.
Fr. s’élancer; Ger. niederschiessen au.
Divorce. Sign Marry, then swing the fingers apart horizontally. This is a legal divorce. When Abandon is used it means leaving one’s mate without legal divorce.
Do. See Work.
Doctor. Sign Chief and Medicine. (C) The Cheyennes omit Chief.
Fr. le médecin, le docteur; Ger. der Arzt.
Doer or The one who does or Man who (of all, that one). Sign Man, then swing right G on the level a foot, and
back six inches; then raise and strike with same G down on middle of the line. (Sheeaka. Apparently no other Indian knew it.) The Cheyennes sign Man and Work, or Man and Knows.
Fr. l’auteur, celui qui fait; Ger. der Täter.