GLOSSARY OF INDIAN WORDS
Reading edition
English equivalents are in italics
Ä hä he̱y´ An exclamation; Ho there!
Ä hä hṳts´ They come against us.
Ä kēē´ kä hēē Took-from-Him; name of a dog.
Ä lä lä lä lä´ Cry of triumph by women; made by curling the tip of the tongue backward and vibrating it against the roof of the mouth.
Ä mä hēēt´ sēē kṳ mä Lies-on-Red-Hill; name of a woman.
Ēē´ kṳ pä Chum.
Ēē nä´ An exclamation.
Ēēt sēē pä däh´ pä kēē Foot moving; name of a game.
Ēēt sṳ´ tä Name of the large tendon of a buffalo’s neck.
E̱y An exclamation.
E̱y dēē äh´ kä tä Name of an Indian.
Hau (how) The Indian salutation.
He̱y dä e̱y´ An exclamation of pleasure.
Hwēē Hasten; an exclamation.
Mä hō´ hēē shä A species of willow.
Mä kṳt´ sä tēē Clan cousin.
Mä pēē´ Meal made by pounding.
Mä pṳk´ sä ō kï hĕ Snake Head-Ornament; a man’s name.
Mēē dä´ hēē kä Gardeners’ songs.
Mēē dēē päh´ dēē Rising water; name of a Hidatsa clan, or band.
Näh Go, come.
Nä kä päh´ Mush.
O kēē mēē´ ä Head-Ornament Woman; a woman’s name.
Shēē´ pēē shä Black.
Sŭk´ kēēts (or Sŭkkēē) Good.
Tsä käh´ ka Sŭk´ kēē Name of Waheenee’s son; from tsakahka, bird, and sukkee, good.
Tsïst´ skä Prairie chicken.
Ṳ´ ï The Hidatsa war whoop.
Wä hēē´ nēē Cowbird, or Buffalo-bird; name of the Indian woman whose story is told in this book.
Wē´ä Woman.
Wṳ ṳ ṳ Imitation of a dog’s bark.
Yĭ yĭ yĭ yĭ yäh´ A war cry of triumph, made with hand vibrated over the mouth or against the throat.
Wē´ äh tēē A woman’s name.