gigă—blood; cf. gi′găge′ĭ, red.
gi′gă-danegi′skĭ—“blood taker,” from gigă, blood, and ada′negi′skĭ, “one who takes liquids,” from tsi′negiă′, “I am taking it” (liquid). Another name for the tsâne′nĭ or scorpion lizard. See [number 59].
gi′găge′ĭ—red, bright red, scarlet; the brown-red of certain animals and clays is distinguished as wâ′dige′ĭ.
gi′gă-tsuha′ʻlĭ—“bloody-mouth,” literally, “having blood on the corners of his mouth”; from gigă, blood, and tsuhănûñsi′yĭ, the corners of the mouth (ăha′lĭ, his mouth). A large lizard, probably the Pleistodon. See [number 59].
giʻlĭ′—dog; in the Lower dialect, giʻrĭ′.
Giʻlĭ′-dinĕhûñ′yĭ—“Where the dogs live,” from giʻlĭ′, dog, dinĕhû′, “they dwell” (ĕhû, “I dwell”), and yĭ, locative. A place on Oconaluftee river, a short distance above Cherokee, in Swain county, North Carolina. See [number 122].
Giʻlĭ′-utsûñ′stănuñ′yĭ—“Where the dog ran,” from giʻlĭ′, dog, and utsûñ′stănûñ′yĭ, “footprints made by an animal running”; the Milky Way. See [number 11].
ginûnti—a song form for ginû′tiĭ′, “to lay him (animate object) upon the ground.” See [number 75].
giʻrĭ′—see giʻlĭ′.
Gisehûñ′yĭ—“Where the female lives,” from agi′sĭ, female, and yĭ, the locative. A place on Tuckasegee river, a short distance above Bryson City, Swain county, North Carolina. See [number 122].