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sahungka gelah or shoghila - red fox sapa - black schila - old shakowan - council fires shah-y-ela - those who speak a different tongue (the Lakota name for the Tsististas) shaychatungka - wolverine sheo - sage hen shinte or sinte - tail Shinte Galeska - Spotted Tail shunkaha - wolf (somtimes shunktokecha or Shunkahmahneetu) Shunke Canku - Iron Horse (i.e. train) shunke (or s'unka) - dog shunke wakan - horse (literal translation - holy or sacred dog) shunke-kan - pinto sicha - bad sinkpaylah - muskrat sipawicayaska - beetle ska - white s'kipipi -chickadee slol yapi - the people sni - negative, not sosa - muddy sosho -snake sota - many Susuni - Shoshone (or snake tribe) T to - his tah �?moose tshcha - deer tah chasala or tahheencha - antelope (pronghorn) tahheenchala - white tailed deer tahhenchala - mule deer tahunsa - cousin tajuska - ant taku-skan - spirit, living force tanagila - humming bird tanka - great, big, or bull tanke - sister tannicala tusweca - dragonfly tashina - robe tashina pte - buffalo robe Tashunke Witko - Crazy Horse (A literal translation is His Dog is Enchanted but in this case the "wakan" is dropped from "horse" and people would still know the meaning.) tasina - shawl, blanket tashnahhayhotah - ground squirrel tatanka - buffalo bull Tatanka lyotake - Sitting Bull (his name is really Buffalo Bull Sitting) Tatanka Wapahun - Buffalo Bull Society tinza - power, strength Tioheynuka Wi - January (moon of frost in the lodge) tipsila - prairie turnip tiyospaye - family group (band) to - blue to (toh) - a vigorous affirmative like "damn right." Tokala - Kit Fox Society tokalu �?fox toniktuka hwo? - How are you? tonkalla - mouse tonwan - spirit, bad spirit toskala - woodpecker tuka - but tunkaschila - grandfather tunkes - hot stones U Umi or Yum - Whirlwind unchi - grandmother Unshimalam ye oyate - Have mercy on me W
wabluska - insects wacca pella - stream wacekiyayo - pray wachin ksapa yo - listen to me - be attentive wachpanne - poor, needy wacipi - dance wackikun or waschichin - white man wagachun - cottonwoods Waga Wakpa - Swimming Bird river ( Laramie river) waglesksun - turkey waglula - woodgrub or maggot wahi - I come, I am coming wahinhayya - gopher wakan - holy, sacred Wakan Tanka - Great Spirit wakikunza - camp leader wakina - thunder Wakincuzas - pipe owners (village headmen or councilers) wakinyan - thunder powers or lightning Wakinyan Tanka - Thunderbird Wakpa - river wakon-ya - springs (where water is born) Wamanuncha - Prince of Thieves (especially applied to Custer) wan - surprise wana - one or now wanagi - ghost, spirit Wanagi Tacaku - Spirit Path wanagitakimimila - moth Wanagi Yata - Place of Souls wanbli or anunkasan - eagle Wanbli Galeska - Spotted Eagle Wanbli Luta - Red Eagle wanichi - no good Wanicokan Wi - December (midwinter moon) Waniyetu Wi - November (winter moon) waniyetula - winter waniyetula wowapi - winter count wapiye - medicine man (a curer with herbs only - no spiritual power) washtay or washte - good was'te (pronounced wash-tay) - greetings! wasichu or washitu - bad medicine, white man wasin - here wa'sin - frog wasiyuta el unpi - those who live among the whites - the loaf around the fort people wasna - pemmican Wasutan Wi - August (moon when all things ripen) wayo - true Waziah - Giant God of the North weecha or wichitigulegha - raccoon Whope - earth principle wi - sun wicasa - man wicasha - an important man wicasha wakan - a holy man, a visionary wicasha yatapika - a shirtman wichashita - chief Wickmunke - Rainbow God (also a trap) wicksemna - ten Wicokannanji Wi - July (middle moon) winkte - half man Wipazuka Waste Wi - June (moon when the chokecherries ripen) witko or whte - enchanted, magical, crazy Wiwanyag Wachipi - Sun Dance wochangi - power wonamayin - mistake Wotawe - Oglala buffalo society woya - storyY
yamina - three Yanpa - the Spirit of the east yaspapi - the time of the bitten moon (first half of new moon, last half of old moon) yata - place Yata - the Spirit of the west. yeosh palay - clans, tribes yunke-lo - death yuwipi - medicine man or healer Z
zeecha - squirrel (red) zintka - birds zunta - honest zuya - warpath |
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