Good-morning. Sign Day and Good.
Fr. bonjour; Ger. guten Morgen.
Goose. Sign Bird, moving the wing hands slowly; hold both flat hands low, side by side, a little apart, backs up; push them down sharply a few inches, for flat feet. Sometimes also make the honk sound.
Fr. l’oie; Ger. die Gans.
Gorge. See Gap.
Gossip. See Telltale.
Grain, of any kind. Hold both hands hollow together, as in Bowl; shake, then point to the hollow of the left with right G. (Sheeaka.) The exact kind must be
specified. In Cheyenne, Wheat is Bread and Sow; Oats is Horse, Eat, Sow.
Fr. le grain; Ger. das Getreide.
Grandchild. With the flat right, pat one’s own back where the baby is carried. Among the Cheyennes, only the grandmother uses this.