Kitabı oku: «Red Hunters and the Animal People», sayfa 10
Glossary of Indian Words and Phrases
an-pay´-tu lay wo´-yu-tay wa´-tin-kta mē-che´-chă u´-yay yō, bring me food to-day.
chăn-dee´ ō´-tă, plenty of tobacco.
Chă´-pa, the beaver.
Chă´-pă-wee, the female beaver.
Chăp-chin´-chă, the young beaver.
ē-nă´-kă-nee, hurry.
e-yă´-yă lō, he ran away, he is gone.
ē-yu´-hă nă-hon´ pō, hear ye all.
glē-chu´, come down.
hăn´-tă, look out.
Hă´-yă Tănk-ă, Big Mountain.
Hay´-kinsh-kah, the spoonhorn or bighorn.
hĕ´-chĕ-tu, it is well.
Hĕ-hă´-kă, the elk.
hĕ-hĕ-hĕ, an exclamation of distress.
hē´-nă-kă, wait.
Hē-tunk´-ă-lă, the mouse.
hē-yu´ yō, come here.
Hē-zee´, Yellow Teeth – a nickname.
hī, hī, an exclamation of thanks.
Hĭn-hăn´, the owl.
Hĭn´-pō-hă, Curly Hair – nickname for yearling buffalo cow.
Hĭn-tō´-lă, Blue Hair.
hō, yes – denotes approval, or a salutation.
Hō´-hay, Assiniboine.
Hoo´-tay, Claws or Stubby Claws – nickname for a bear.
Hoo´-yah, the female eagle.
ho-yă´, run of fish.
hō-yay, come on, let us do it.
hu´-kă-hay´, come on.
hŭn-hŭn-hay´, an exclamation of surprise.
Ig-mu´-tănk-ă, the puma.
Ig-tin´, Long Whiskers – a nickname for a puma.
ĭn ah´-jin, stop or stand still.
Kăm-dō´-kă, Slaps the Water – nickname for a beaver.
Kăn-gee´, the raven.
Kă-tō´-lă, Knocks.
kō-lă, or koda, friend.
koo´-wah yay yō, come here.
Mă-kē´-zē-tă, Smoking Earth – name of a river.
Măn´-ĭ-too, the wolf – abbreviation of shunk-man´-i-too.
Mă-tō´, the bear.
Mă-tō´-skă, White Bear.
mă-yă´-lă, a steep place.
mă-yă´-skă, white cliff.
Min-ne-tonk´-ă, Great Water – name of a lake.
Ō-pă´-gē-lă, Fills the Pipe.
Pă-dă´-nee, Pawnee.
Pēz-pēz´-ă, the prairie-dog.
Pēz-pēz´-ă tă ā´-yăn-pă´-hă-lă, the prairie-dog's herald (the owl).
Ptay-săn´-wee, White Cow.
Sē´-chăn-gu, Burnt Thighs – nickname of a band of Sioux.
Shă-ē´-yĕ-lă, Cheyenne.
Shē-yă´-kă, the diver.
Shun-gē´-lă, the fox.
Shun-gē´-lă pă-hah´, Fox Ridge.
Shunk-măn´-ĭ-too, the wolf.
Shunk-tō´-kĕ-chah, the wolf.
Sink-pay´, the musk-rat.
Sin-tāy, Tail – a nickname.
Sin-tay´-hă-dah, Rattle Tail, the rattlesnake.
Sin-tay´-ksă, Bob-tail – a nickname.
tă-chin´-chăn-ă, fawn or lamb.
Tă-dō´-tă, Plenty of Meat.
Tăk´-chă, the deer.
tă-kō´-jă, grandchild.
Tă-tănk´-a, the bull.
Tă-wă´-hink-pay-ō´-tă, Many Arrows.
tee´-pee, lodge.
Tē-ō´-lă, Wounded in the Lodge.
tē-yō´-tee-pee, council-lodge.
tōsh, certainly, of course.
tu-lă´, an exclamation of satisfaction.
tun-kă´-shē-lă, grandfather.
Un-spĕ´-shnee, Don't Know How.
U-păn´-ō-koo-tay, Elk Point; the place where elk are shot.
Wă-coo´-tay, Shoots.
Wă-dē´-tă-kă, Brave.
Wăk-pă´-ē-păk-shăn, Bend of the River.
Wăk-pă´-lă shē´-chă, Bad River.
Wăm-be-lee´, the eagle.
Wăsh-ă´-kă, strong.
Wăsh-tay´, good.
Wă-su´-lă, Little Hail.
Wă-zee´-yah, the god of cold or winter; the north.
Wē-chah´, the raccoon.
Wē-chah´-tă-wee´, February – the coon's month.
Wē´-tă-ō´-tă, Lake of Many Islands.
woo, woo, a war-whoop.
wō´-pă-tă, place of killing or dressing game.
Zē-chah´, the squirrel.
Zu´-yă, warrior.
