Atsûñ′stăʻti′yĭ (abbreviated Atsûñ′stăʻti′)—“Fire-light place,” (cf. atsil-sûñ′ʻtĭ), referring to the “fire-hunting” method of killing deer in the river at night. The proper form for Chestatee river, near Dahlonega, in Lumpkin county, Georgia.
Attakullakulla—see Ătă-gûlʻkălû′.
ăwă′—see ămă′.
awâ′hĭlĭ—eagle; particularly Aquila chrysætus, distinguished as the “pretty-feathered eagle.”
aʻwĭ′—deer; also sometimes written and pronounced, ăhăwĭ′; the name is sometimes applied to the large horned beetle, the “flying stag” of early writers.
aʻwĭ′-ahănu′lăhĭ—goat; literally, “bearded deer.”
aʻwĭ′-aktă′—“deer eye”; the Rudbeckia or black-eyed Susan.
aʻwĭ′-ahyeli′skĭ—“deer mocker”; the deer bleat, a sort of whistle used by hunters to call the doe by imitating the cry of the fawn.
aʻwĭ′-e′gwă (abbreviated aʻw-e′gwă)—the elk, literally “great deer.”
aʻwĭ′-unăde′na—sheep; literally “woolly deer.”