GLOSSARY OF CHEROKEE WORDS
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Mooney, James
yu′wĕ-yuwĕhe′—an unmeaning song refrain. See number 118.
yûñ′wĭ—person, man; cf. Mohawk oñgweʻ.
Yûñ′wĭ Amă′yĭnĕ′hĭ—“Water-dwelling People,” from yûñ′wĭ, person, and ămă′yĭnĕ′hĭ, plural of ămăyĕ′hĭ, q. v.; a race of water fairies. See number 78.
Yûñ′wĭ-dĭkatâgûñ′yĭ—see Yûñ′wĭ-tsulenûñ′yĭ.
Yûñ′wĭ Gûnăhi′ta—“Long Man”; a formulistic name for the river, personified as a man with his head resting on the mountain and his feet stretching down to the lowlands, who is constantly speaking to those who can understand the message.
Yûñ′wini′giskĭ—“Man-eaters,” literally, “They eat people” (habitually), from yûñ′wĭ, person, man, and uni′giskĭ, “they eat” (habitually), from tsĭkiû′, “I am eating”; the Cherokee name for a distant cannibal tribe, possibly the Atakapa or the Tonkawa. See number 105. Cf. Anăda′dûñtăskĭ.
Yûñ′wĭ-tsulenûñ′yĭ—“Where the man stood,” originally Yûñ′wĭ-dĭkatâgûñ′yĭ, “Where the man stands,” from yûñ′wĭ, person, man, tsitâ′gă, “I am standing,” and yĭ, locative; Standing Indian, a high bald mountain at the head of Nantahala river, in Macon county, North Carolina. See number 122.
Yûñ′wĭ Tsunsdi′—“Little People,” from yûñ′wĭ, person, people, and tsunsdi′gă or tsunsdi′, plural of usdi′gă, or usdi′, little; the Cherokee fairies. See number 78.
Yûñ′wĭ Usdĭ′—“Little Man.” A formulistic name for the ginseng, â′tălĭ-gûlĭ′, q. v.
Yûñ′wĭ-usga′sĕʻtĭ—“Dangerous Man, Terrible Man”; a traditional leader in the westward migration of the Cherokee. See page 99.
Yûñ′wiyă′—“Indian,” literally, “principal or real person,” from yûñ′wĭ, person and yă, a suffix denoting principal or real. See pages 15 and 181.