tsiska′gĭlĭ—the large red crawfish; the ordinary crawfish is called tsistû′na. See [number 59].
tsi′skwa—bird.
tsiskwa′gwă—robin, from tsi′skwa, bird.
Tsiskwâ′hĭ—“Bird place,” from tsi′skwa, bird, and hĭ, locative. Birdtown settlement on the East Cherokee reservation, in Swain county, North Carolina.
tsiskwâ′yă—sparrow, literally “principal bird” (i. e., most widely distributed), from tsi′skwa, bird, and yâ, a suffix denoting principal or real.
Tsilalu′hĭ—“Sweet-gum place,” from tsila′lŭ′, sweet-gum (Liquidambar), and hĭ, locative. A former settlement on a small branch of Brasstown creek of Hiwassee river, just within the line of Towns county, Georgia. The name is incorrectly rendered Gumlog (creek).
Tsiskwunsdi′-adsisti′yĭ—“Where they killed Little-bird,” from Tsiskw-unsdi′, “Little-birds” (plural form). A place near the head of West Buffalo creek, southeast of Robbinsville, in Graham county, North Carolina. See [number 122].
Tsistetsi′yĭ—“Mouse place,” from tsistetsĭ, mouse, and yĭ, locative; a former settlement on South Mouse creek, of Hiwassee river, in Bradley county, Tennessee. The present town of Cleveland, upon the same creek, is known to the Cherokee under the same name.
tsistu—rabbit.
tsistû′na—crawfish; the large horned beetle is also so called. The large red crawfish is called tsiska′gĭlĭ.