aktaʻti—a telescope or field glass. The name denotes something with which to examine or look into closely, from aktaʻ, eye.
akwanduʻli—a song form for akwiduʻli (-hu,) “I want it.”
Akwan′ki—see Anakwanʻki.
Akwe′tiʻyi—a location on Tuckasegee river, in Jackson county, North Carolina; the meaning of the name is lost.
Alarka—see Yalagi.
aligaʻ—the red-horse fish (Moxostoma).
Alkiniʻ—the last woman known to be of Natchez decent and peculiarity among the East Cherokee; died about 1890. The name has no apparent meaning.
amaʻ—water; in the Lower dialect, awaʻ; cf. aʻma salt.
amayeʻhi—“dwelling in the water,” from amaʻ (amaʻyi, “in the water”) and ehuʻ, “I dwell,” “I live.”
Amaye′l-eʻgwa—“Great island,” from amaye′li, island (from amaʻ, water, and aye′li, “in the middle”) and eʻgwa, great. A former Cherokee settlement on Little Tennessee river, at Big island, a short distance below the mouth of Tellico, in Monroe county, Tenn. Timberlake writes it Mialaquo, while Bartram spells it Nilaque. Not to be confounded with Long-Island town below Chattanooga.