GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS
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Mooney, James
Giʻlĭ′-utsûñ′stănuñ′yĭ—“Where the dog ran,” from giʻlĭ′, dog, and utsûñ′stănûñ′yĭ, “footprints made by an animal running”; the Milky Way. See number 11.
ginûnti—a song form for ginû′tiĭ′, “to lay him (animate object) upon the ground.” See number 75.
giʻrĭ′—see giʻlĭ′.
Gisehûñ′yĭ—“Where the female lives,” from agi′sĭ, female, and yĭ, the locative. A place on Tuckasegee river, a short distance above Bryson City, Swain county, North Carolina. See number 122.
gitlû′—hair (Upper dialect); in the Middle and Lower dialects, gitsû′.
gitsû′—see gitlû′.
Glass, The—see Ta′gwădihi′.
Gohoma—A Lower Cherokee chief in 1684; the form cannot be identified. See page 31.
Going-snake—see I′nădûna′ĭ.
Gorhaleke—a Lower Cherokee chief in 1684; the form cannot be identified. See page 31.
Great island—see Ămăyeʻl-e′gwa.
Gregory bald—see Tsistu′yĭ.
Guachoule—see Guaxule.
Guaquili (Wakili)—a town in the Cherokee country, visited by De Soto in 1540, and again in 1567 by Pardo, who calls it Aguaquiri (see pages 25 and 28). The name may have a connection with wagulĭ′, “whippoorwill,” or with u-)wâ′giʻlĭ, “foam.”
Guasula—see Guaxule.
Guasili—see Guaxule.
Guaxule—a town in the Cherokee country, visited by De Soto in 1540; variously spelled in the narratives, Guasili, Guachoule, Guasula, Guaxule, Quaxule, etc. It was probably about at Nacoochee mound, in White county, Georgia. It has been suggested that the Spaniards may have changed the Indian name to resemble that of a town in Spain. See pages 26 and 194.
gû′daye′wû—“I have sewed myself together”; “I am sewing,” tsiye′wiă′; “I am sewing myself together,” gûdayewiû. See number 31.
gŭgwĕ′ (or gʻgwĕ′)—the quail or partridge; the name is an onomatope.
gŭgwĕ′-ulasu′la—“partridge moccasin,” from gŭgwĕ′ or gʻgwĕ′, partridge, and ulasula, moccasin or shoe; the ladyslipper (Cypripedium).
Gûlâhi′yĭ (abbreviated Gûlâhi′, or Gûrâhi′, in the Lower dialect)—“Gûlâ′hĭ place,” so called from an unidentified spring plant eaten as a salad by the Cherokee. The name of two or more places in the old Cherokee country; one about Currahee mountain in Habersham county, Georgia, the other on Cullowhee river, an upper branch of Tuckasegee, in Jackson county, North Carolina. Currahee Dick was a noted chief about the year 1820.
Gû′lani′yĭ—a Cherokee and Natchez settlement formerly about the junction of Brasstown creek with Hiwassee river, a short distance above Murphy, in Cherokee county, North Carolina. The etymology of the word is doubtful.
gulĕ′—acorn.
gûlĕ′-diskaʻnihĭ′—the turtle-dove; literally, “it cries, or mourns, for acorns,” from gulĕ′, acorn, and diskaʻnihĭ′, “it cries for them” (di-, plural prefix, -hi, habitual suffix). The turtle-dove feeds upon acorns and its cry somewhat resembles the name, gulĕ′.
gûle′gĭ—“climber,” from tsilahĭ′, “I climb” (second person, hĭ′lahĭ′; third person, gûlahĭ′); the blacksnake (Bascanion constrictor).
Gûlʻkăla′skĭ—An earlier name for Tsunu′lăhûñ′skĭ, q. v.
gûlʻkwâ′gĭ—seven; also the mole-cricket (Gryllotalpa). See number 59.
gûlʻkwâ′gine(-ĭ—seventh; from gûlʻkwâgĭ, seven.
Gûlsădihĭ′ (or Gûltsădihĭ′?)—a masculine personal name, of uncertain etymology.
Gumlog—see Tsilalu′hĭ.
gûnăhi′ta—long.
Gû′năhitûñ′yĭ—“Long place” (i.e., Long valley), from gûnăhita, long, and yĭ, locative. A former settlement, known to the whites as Valleytown, where now is the town of the same name, on Valley river, in Cherokee county, North Carolina. The various settlements on Valley river and the adjacent part of Hiwassee were known collectively as the “Valley towns.”
Gûn′-dĭ′gaduhûñ′yĭ (abbreviated Gûn′-dĭgadu′hûñ)—“Turkey settlement” (gû′nă, turkey), so called from the chief, Turkey or Little Turkey. A former settlement, known to the whites as Turkeytown, upon the west bank of Coosa river, opposite the present Center, in Cherokee county, Alabama.
gû′nî′—arrow. Cf. Seneca gaʼnaʼ.
gûñ′năge′ĭ (or gûñ′năge)—black.
Gûñnĕ′hĭ—see Nûñnĕ′hĭ.
Gûñskăli′skĭ—a masculine personal name of uncertain etymology.
Gunters landing, Guntersville—see Ku′să-Nûñnâ′hĭ.
Gûn-tsuskwa′ʻlĭ—“Short arrows,” from gûnĭ′, arrow, and tsuskwa′ʻlĭ, plural of uskwa′ʻlĭ, short; a traditional western tribe. See number 105.
Gûnûñ′daʻle′gĭ—see Nûñnâ′hĭ-dihĭ′.