â′gănă—groundhog.
Â′gănstâ′ta—“Groundhog-sausage,” from â′gănă, groundhog, and tsistâ′û, “I am pounding it,” understood to refer to pounding meat, etc., in a mortar, after having first crisped it before the fire. A war chief noted in the Cherokee war of 1760, and prominent until about the close of the Revolution; known to the whites as Oconostota. Also the Cherokee name for Colonel Gideon Morgan of the war of 1812, for Washington Morgan, his son, of the Civil war, and now for a full-blood upon the reservation, known to the whites as Morgan Calhoun.
Â′găn-uni′tsĭ—“Groundhogs’-mother,” from â′gănă and uni′tsĭ, their mother, plural of utsĭ′, his mother (etsĭ′, agitĭ′, my mother). The Cherokee name of a Shawano captive, who, according to tradition, killed the great Uktena serpent and procured the Ulûñsû′tĭ.
Agawe′la—“Old Woman,” a formulistic name for corn or the spirit of corn.
agăyûñ′li—for agăyûñ′lige, old, ancient.
agidâ′tă—see edâ′tă.
agidu′tŭ—see edu′tŭ.
Agiʻlĭ—“He is rising,” possibly a contraction of an old personal name, Agin′-agiʻlĭ, “Rising-fawn.” Major George Lowrey, cousin of Sequoya, and assistant chief of the Cherokee Nation about 1840. Stanley incorrectly makes it “Keeth-la, or Dog” (for giʻlĭ′.)
agini′sĭ—see eni′sĭ.
agi′sĭ—female, applied usually to quadrupeds.