Ata′gwa—a Catawba Indian. See Ani′la′gwă.
Aʻtâhi′ta—abbreviated from Aʻtâhitûñ′yĭ, “Place where they shouted,” from gatâ′hiû′, “I shout,” and yĭ, locative. Waya gap, on the ridge west of Franklin, Macon county, North. Carolina. See [number 13]. The map name is probably from the Cherokee waʻya, wolf.
Ata-kullakulla—see Ătă′-gûlʻkălû′.
â′tălĭ—mountain; in the Lower dialect â′tărĭ, whence the “Ottare” or Upper Cherokee of Adair. The form â′tălĭ is used only in composition; a mountain in situ is âtălûñyĭ or gatu′sĭ.
â′tălĭ-gûlĭ′—“it climbs the mountain,” i. e., “mountain-climber”; the ginseng plant, Ginseng quinquefolium; from â′tălĭ, mountain, and gûlĭ′, “it climbs” (habitually); tsĭlăhĭ′ or tsĭlĭ′, “I am climbing.” Also called in the sacred formulas, Yûñ′wĭ Usdi′, “Little Man.” See [number 126].
a′tălulû—unfinished, premature, unsuccessful; whence utalu′lĭ, “it is not yet time.”
Ata′lûñti′skĭ—a chief of the Arkansas Cherokee about 1818, who had originally emigrated from Tennessee. The name, commonly spelled Tollunteeskee, Taluntiski, Tallotiskee, Tallotuskee, etc., denotes one who throws some living object from a place, as an enemy from a precipice. See [number 100] for instance.
â′tărĭ—see â′tălĭ.
ătăsĭ′ (or ătăsû′, in a dialectic form)—a war club.
atatsûñ′skĭ—stinging; literally, “he stings” (habitually).