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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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