Glossary Of Indian And Other Foreign Words Which May Not Readily Be Found In The English Dictionary.
Reading edition
The spellings of Indian words vary much with different authors: in the following list the word as spelled in this book is first given, then the pronunciation, then the number of a page on which the meaning of the word will be found.
Single and combined consonants have their usual English sounds except c, which is equal to sh; s is always as in so; final s as in gems is represented by z; soft g is represented by j.
Vowels are as follows:—
a as in fat
ā " mane
ä " father
â " talk
e " met
ē as in meat
i " pin
ī " pine
o " not
ō as in note
u " tub
ū " oo in spoon
oi " boil
Abalone [á-ba-lōn], 77.
Acolhua [ā-kōl'-wā], 209.
Adobé [a-dō'-bā], 163.
Algonkin [al-gón-kin], 108.
Alibamu [ál-i-ba-mū], 128.
Apache [a-pá-chā], 39.
Apalache [a-pā-lá-chā], 128.
Arapaho [ä-rá-pä-ho], 60.
Arickara [a-rí-kä-rä], 64.
Assinaboin, [a-sí-nä-boin], 57.
Athapaskan [āth'-ä-pás-kan], 3.
Atlatl [át-la-tl], 211.
Atotarho [át-ō-tä'r-hō], 116.
Aztec [az-tek], 208.
Beothuk [bē-ō'-thuk], 223.
Burro [bū'r-o], 91.
Busk [busk], 133.
Caddo [ká-dō], 134.
Cañon [kán-yun], 176.
Cassine [kás-sēn], 133.
Catolsta [ka-tō'l-stä], 144.
Cayuga [kā-yū-gä], 116.
Chelley [cā], 176.
Cherokee [che-rō-kē], 140.
Cheyenne [cī'-en], 60.
Chiapas [chē-á-pas], 215.
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Chicasaw [chi-kä-sâ], 128.
Chichen Itza [chē'-chen ē'-tsu], 218.
Chilkat [chíl-kat], 21.
Chinook [chi-nū'k], 182.
Choctaw [chók-tâ], 128.
Chunkey [chún-kā], 132.
Coahuilla [kō-wē'-yä], 201.
Cochiti [kō'-chē-tē'], 178.
Comanche [kō-mán-chē], 94.
Copan [kō-pan'], 218.
Corral [kō-rál], 165.
Coup [kū], 42.
Cree [krē], 108.
Creek [krēk], 128.
Estufa [es-tū-fä], 165.
Frijoles [frē-hō-lāz], 178 (means beans).
Glooskap [glōs-kap], 32.
Haida [hī-dä], 182.
Haliotis [ha-lē-ō-tis], 77.
Hano [hä-nō], 169.
Hayenwatha [hī-en-wä-thä], 116.
Hayoneta [hoi-ä-nā-tä], 145.
Hupa [hū'-pä], 76.
Itztapalapa [ēt's-tä-pä-lä'-pä], 55.
Kiowa [kī'-ō-wä], 60.
Kisi [kē'-sē], 170.
Kwakiutl [kwä'-kē-ū'tl], 182.
Lenape [le-nä'-pā], 109.
Lipan [lē-pan'], 56.
Maguey [ma-gā'], 71.
Mandan [man'-dan], 159.
Maya [mī'-yä], 215.
Mendoza [men-dō'-zä], 73.
Mesa [mā'-sä], 161.
Mescal [mes-cal'], 204.
Metate [mā-tä'-tā], 180.
Micam [mē'-câm], 66.
Miko [mē'-kō], 131.
Moki [mō'-kē], 168.
M'teoulin [m'tā-ū'-lin], 84.
Muskoki [mus-kō'-kē], 128.
Nanabush [na'-nä-būc], 112.
Navajo [na'vä-hō], 21.
Neeskotting [nē'-sko-ting], 51.
Nekilstlas [ne-kils'-tläs], 189.
Ojibwa [ō-jib'-wä], 108.
Oneida [ō-nī'-dä], 116.
Onondaga [on'-on-dä'-gä], 116.
Oolachen [ū'-la-chen], 191.
Oraibe [ō-rai'-bā], 169.
Otoe [ō'-tō], 92.
Pani [pâ-nē'], 60.
Pemmican [pĕ'-mi-kan], 57.
Pima [pē'-mä], 59.
Plaza [pla'-zä], 171.
Ponka [pon'-kä], 96.
Pueblo [pweb'-lō], 161.
Puskita [pus'-kē-tä], 133.
Rito [rē'-tō], 178 (means brook)
Sac [säc], 54.
Santee [San-tē'], 155.
Saponie [sa'-pō-nā], 119.
Seneca [se'-ne-kä], 116.
Senel [sā'-nel], 95.
Sequoyah [se-kwoi'-yä], 146.
Shawnee [câ-nē'], 107.
Shenanjie [ce-nan'-jā], 126.
Shonko [con'-kō], 151.
Shoshoné [co'-cō-nā'], 169.
Sioux [sū], 155.
Sipapu [sē-pä'-pū], 171.
Sisseton [si'-se-ton], 155.
Skil [skēl], 187.
Skowl [skōl], 197.
Succotash [su'-kō-tac], 56.
Tabasco [ta-bas'-kō], 215.
Taos [tows], 162.
Tecpanecan [tek'-pan-ē'-kan], 209.
Tenochtitlan [te-nōch'-tē-tlan'], 208.
Teton [tē'-ton], 155.
Texcoco [tec-kō'-kō], 208.
Tikal [tē'-kal], 220.
Tirawa [tē-rä'-wä], 136.
Tlacopan [tla-kō'-pan], 209.
Tlingit [tlin'-git], 189.
Tonkaway [ton'-kä-wā], 134.
Totem [tō'-tem], 98.
Tshimpshian [tcim'-cē-an], 182.
Tuscarora [tus'-kā-rō'-rä], 118.
Tutelo [tū'-tu-lō], 119.
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Umane [ū-mä'-nā], 156.
Uncpapa [unk-pä'-pä], 151.
Ute [yūt], 109.
Wahpeton [wä'-pē'-ton], 155.
Wakantanka [wä'-kän-tän'-kä], 156.
Walam Olum [wä'-läm ōl'-um], 111.
Walpi [wäl'-pē], 169.
Wampampeog [wäm'-päm-pē-og], 74.
Wichita [wi'-chi-tä], 134.
Winnebago [wi'-nē-bā'-gō], 155.
Yanktonnais [yank'-ton-ā], 155.
Yētl [yātl], 189.
Zizania [zē-zā-nē-ä], 109.
Zuñi [zūn'-yē], 89.
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