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Kate Monk's Onomastikon

(Dictionary of Names)

Native American Names

Ab(e)naki

Abomazine/Bombazine fire keeper

Bedagi big thunderstorm

Arapaho

Male

Hache-hi wolf Hosa young crow Wattan/Waatina black Nakos sagebrush    

Female

Ethete good Natane/Natanne daughter        

Bannock

Tag-hee Taighe Taihee Tendoy climber Tyee chief Tyhee

Blackfoot

Male

Ninastoko mountain chief Nitoh Mahkwi lone wolf        

Female

Cahokia Pana partridge Petah golden eagle      

Cayuse

Female

Khapkhaponimi bark scraping Mutsiawotan Ahki fine shield woman Peta golden eagle Sinopa fox cub    

Chickasaw

Pontotoc

f Tippah

Chinook

Quinnat great salmon

Chumash

f Simi valley of the wind

 

Comanche

Nocona/Nokoni wanderer Peta Nocona lone camper Quanah fragrant      

Coos

f Aleshanee plays all the time

 

Cree

Kikikwawason flash in the sky

 

Delaware

Gelelemend leader Konieschguanokee maker of daylight Po-na-kah-ko-wah falling leaf Tammany/Tamanend affable    

Flathead

f Silpe

Fox

Male

Pawishik/Poweshiek shakes something off/woken bear Taimah/Taima/Taiomah/Tama/Tamah        

Female

Tama beautiful          

Haida

Edensaw glacier

 

Hokan

Male

Havasu willow trees

Muraco white moon

Tuari young eagle

Female

Cocopa where the river flows

Huron

Shateyaronyah two equal clouds

 

Iowa

Male

Mahaska/Mahushkah/Mohaska/Mohoska white cloud

Female

Oskaloosa last of the beautiful Rant-che-wai-me flying pigeon Ru-tan-ye-wee-ma strutting pigeon      

Kalispel

Slem-hak-kah bear claw

 

Kickapoo

Kenakuk putting his foot down

Mashema elk horns

 

Klamath

2 Wokas, Woka yellow water lily

Luisena

f Pala water

Mandan

Mato bear

Mato Tope four bears

Mesquakie

Maqui-Banasha young bear

Miami

f Manwangopath sweet breeze

Micmac

f Acadia village

Niwok

f Awanatu turtle

Modoc

f Kaitchkma-Winema strong hearted woman

Nonooktowa strange child

Mohave

Arateva/Irateba/Yaratev beautiful bird

Montauk (Long Island)

Wyandanch/Wiantance wise speaker

f Momone heather flower

Moqueluman

1molimd

mona

misu

tuketu

temu

tupi

yutu

Muskogean

f Chula fox

Narragansett

Qunnoune high/tall

Ojibway

Bemidji river crossing lake

Okemos little chief

f Neche friend

Onaiwah pigeon/dove

Ojibwa

Kahgegwagebow stands forever

2Mitena born at new moon

Oto

Arkekeetah stay by it

Paiute

Tab-be-bo sun man

Wanekia makes life

Winnemucca one moccasin

Wovoka

f Thocmetony/Tocmetone shell flower

Pawnee

Letalesha old knife

Petalesharo/Pitalesharu/Pitaresharu chief of men

Sakuruta coming sun

Skiriki coyote

Pennacook

Passaconway bear cub

Penute

Patwin man

Pequot

m/f Sassacus wild/fierce

Pima

Shonak place of the spring

Pocasset (Rhode Island)

f Weetamoo/Weetamoe/Weetamore/Wetamoo/Wetemoo sweetheart

Pomo

Dasan bird clan leader

Potawatomi

Wabaunsee/Wah-bon-seh dawn

Wabonishi lives through winter

f Kewanee/Kewaunee prairie hen

Moweaqua wolf woman

Wapin dawn

Watseka pretty woman

Pueblo/Tewa

Oqwa Pi red cloud

Pocano coming of the spirits

f Quah Ah white coral beads

Salish

Male

Quelatikan blue horn

Sulktalthscosum/Sulktashkosha half sun, piece of sun

Kosumi fishes for salmon with a spear

Uzmati grizzly bear

Female

Malila salmon swimming fast

Shada pelican

Sarcee

2Tasidah rider

Sauk

Male

Appanoose chief when a child

Keokuk/Kiyokaga/Kiyokaya moves about alertly

Makataimeshekiakiak big black chest (sparrow hawk) (Black Hawk)

Nashashuk thundering

Nasheakush

Nasomsee

Wathohuck bright path

Female

Anamosa white fawn

Asshewequa singing bird

Nauasia

Shoshoni

Washakie gourd rattle

f Boinaiv grass maiden

Sacajawea

Pinquana sweet smelling

Shoshone

f Haiwee dove

Kimama butterfly

Spokane

f Karneetsa beneath the robes

Tionantati

Sastaretsi rat

Tlingit

f Itinsa waterfall

Takayren noise in the house

Tupi

2Margay wildcat

Ute

Ouray arrow

Toop'weets rock

Walkara/Wakara yellow

f Sabetha

Wanapum

f Waipshwa rock carrier

Washo

f Dabuda wide hips

Datsolalee

Winnebago

Ahusaka strikes his wings

Wanig Suchka red bird

f Hinookmahiwi-Kilinaka fleecy cloud floating into place

Kehachiwinga mountain wolf woman

Necedah yellow

Neenah running water

Wyandot

Tarhe tree

Yavapai

Wassaja/Wasagah signalling

Zuni

Male

Kwam

Halian

Lonan cloud

Female

Lolotea gift of the gods

Tusah, Tusa prairie dog

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