Cullasagee—see Kûlse′tsi′yĭ.
Cullowhee, Currahee—see Gûlâhi′yĭ.
dăganʻtû—“he makes it rain”; from aga′skă, “it is raining,” aga′nă, “it has begun to rain”; a small variety of lizard whose cry is said to presage rain. It is also called a′niganti′skĭ, “they make it rain” (plural form), or “rain-maker.” See [number 59].
dagûlʻkû—the American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons gambeli). The name may be an onomatope. See [number 6].
dăgû′nă—the fresh water mussel; also a variety of face pimples.
Dăgûnâ′hĭ—“Mussel place,” from dăgû′nă, mussel, and hĭ, locative. The Muscle shoals on Tennessee river, in northwestern Alabama. It was sometimes called also simply Tsuʻstănalûñ′yĭ, “Shoals place.” Cf. Uʻstăna′lĭ.
Dăgû′năwe′lâhĭ—“Mussel-liver place,” from dăgû′nă, mussel, uwe′la, liver, and hĭ, locative; the Cherokee name for the site of Nashville, Tennessee. No reason can now be given for the name.
Dahlonega—A town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, near which the first gold was mined. A mint was established there in 1838. The name is from the Cherokee dală′nige′i, yellow, whence ate′lă-dalâ′nige′i, “yellow money,” i. e., gold.
daksăwa′ihû—“he is shedding tears.”