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in unmarked graves. No ceremonies are held, for the dead are considered evil and are feared. The hogán in which death occurs is forever abandoned, often burned. Sometimes a hogán is demolished over the dead and then left to decay.
After-world—An under-world whence came the spirit people who created man and to which spirits return.
Names for Indian Tribes—
Acoma - Háqonĭ (An Acoma word)
Apache - Tzlĭh A Gón (On the Mountains)
Chiricahua - Klí̆shnĭ (Red War-paint)
Cochiti - To Gad (Cedar Water)
Comanche - Aná Tlú̆nĭ (Many Enemies)
Havasupaí - Gohní̆nĭ (A term borrowed from the Hopi)
Hopi - Ayá Kĭnné̆ (Hole Houses)
Isleta - Aná To Ho (Tribe by the Water)
Jemez - Mai Dĕshkís (Coyote Pass)
Laguna - To Tlú̆nĭ (Have much Water)
Mohave, Pima, Maricopa, Yuma, Papago - Bĕ Ĕsá Ntsái (With large Jars)
Navaho - Dĭné̆
Sandia - Kĭn Nodózĭ (Striped Houses)
San Felipe - To Háchĕle (Pull up Water)
San Ildefonso - Tsĕ Tŭ Kĭnné̆ (Houses between Rocks)
San Juan - Kĭn Klĕchínĭ (Red-house People)
Santa Clara - Ána Sú̆shĭ (Tribe like Bears—from skunkskin moccasins, first thought to be of bearskin)
Santo Domingo - Kĭn Klĕkái Nĭ (White Houses)
Sia - Tlógĭ (Hairy)
Taos - To Wolh (Water Gurgles)
Zuñi - Nashtĕzhé̆ (Blackened Eyebrows)
Southern Athapascan Comparative Vocabulary
| Anatomical Terms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Apache | Jicarilla | Navaho |
| ankle-joint | ko-ká̆ ĭlh-rŭ-nŭ-ni-wú | ké̆t-sin | a-ké̆ts-in |
| arm | ko-gún | gŏn | a-gán |
| blood | dĭlh | tí̆l-thĕ | dĭlh |
| bone | its-í̆n | í̆ts-ĭn | ts'ĭn |
| chest | i-tí̆l | ko-yé̆-tĕ | a-jĕ-í̆ts-in |
| chin | ko-yé̆-dâ | ĭs-é̆-tâ | á̆-yăts-in |
| ear | id-já | ĭd-já | ă-já |
| elbow | ko-gún ĭlh-rŭ-nŭ-ni-wú | ĭd-an-hlá | osh-lé |
| eye | in-dá̆ | ĭt-á | ăn-án |
| face | ko-ní | ĭn-ní | ăn-ín |
| finger | ko-lụ-zhúzh | in-lấ | shĭ-lă |
| finger-nail | ko-lụ-gún | in-lâ-gó̆n | shĭ-lá̆sh-gân |
| foot | ko-ké̆ | i-ká | kĕ |
| hair | tsĭ-rấ | ĭt-sé̆ | tsi-ghá̆ |
| hand | ko-gún | u-lá | shí-lă |
| head | kots-its-í̆n | í̆ts-ĭts-ĭn | sí̆ts-ĭts-in |
| heart | kod-jí did-jú-la | ko-chá | a-je-id-í̆sh-jalh |
| knee | ko-qút | ĭ-kó | ă-whód |
| leg | kod-jấk | ĭ-jấd | ă-jấd |
| lip | su-sŭ-bâ-né̆ | ĭ-tấ | ă-dấ |
| lungs | kod-jí | ĭ-tâ-lé̆ | a-jé |
| mouth | ko-zá | ĭ-zé̆ | si-zé |
| neck | ko-gús | ĭ-kó̆s | ăk-ás |
| nose | ko-chí | ĭ-chín | ă-chí̆n |
| nostril | kó-ní̆ | ĭn-né̆ | ă-ní̆n |
| shoulder | ko-hwás | ĭh-hwás | ă-hwás |
| toe | ko-kĕ-zhúzh | ĭh-ké̆sh | a-ké̆ |
| toe-nail | ko-kĕ-gún | ĭh-ké̆sh-gŏn | a-ké̆sh-gân |
| tongue | kŏ-zá | ĭh-zá-tĕ | a-tsó |
| tooth | ko-wú | ĭh-gwó | a-hwó |
| Animals (See also Foods) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Apache | Jicarilla | Navaho |
| antelope | já-gĕ | tá-ga-tĕ | jú̆-dĭ |