*chiiʾ1tailOoltcʾwai uuchiiʾ-biiʾ sʾisliiʾ-kwaan yaaʾnii, sʾistlʾoong-kwaan yaaʾnii, nees, too-biiʾ nooʾintaan-kwaan yaaʾnii.He had tied down a long fish trap by its tail end, they say -- he had woven it, they say -- a long one, he had placed it in the water.GT08 25.3Uusiiʾ kwʾit uuniitcit ghilkʾaang yaaʾnii, uuchiiʾ kwʾit ghilkʾaang yaaʾnii.A fire was built on the middle of its head, they say, and a fire was built on its tail, they say.GT25 6.3Laaʾlhbaaʾang naaheestyai yaaʾnii, kwʾinnaalkʾaang, chʾoyii-haaʾ uusiiʾ kwʾinnaalkʾaang yaaʾnii, uuchiiʾ kwʾinnaalkʾaang yaaʾnii.Ten of them went back home, they say, and fire was on it again, and a fire was on its head again, they say, and a fire was on its tail again, they say.GT25 9.11.6.2.3Parts of a fish1.6.2Parts of an animal2mouthof a creek or river; often suffixed to creek names to create names for the village at the mouth of that creek1.3.1.3Rivercomp.LhitʾingʾchiiʾLewis Creek Mouth village3butt, buttocks2.1.2Torso4north end, south endThere is a confusion, or two distinct views, in the connection of the opposites -chiiʾ "tail" and -siiʾ "head" to the northern and southern ends of the Cahto world. For example, GR's Neeʾchiiʾding for Humboldt vs. MB's chiiʾ in various compounds relating to the south (and her siiʾ in ones to the north)ant*siiʾ 4north/south end8.5.2.8North, south, east, westcomp.Chiiʾding-kiiyaahaangSouthern TribeNeeʾchiiʾdingHumboldt Bay areaNeeʾchiiʾingʾSouth Country5big end, butt endas of a stick
"Martina Bell ... Hardy Ck: θéˑlɪŋtʃʿɪ̋ʾ, lit. blood-butt (big end of a stick)." (JPH, reel 3, im.493B)8.4.6.1.3End1sg. poss.ishchiiʾmy butt3anim. poss.kwchiiʾhis tail1sg. poss.shchiiʾ3 poss.uuchiiʾits tail3 poss.loc.uuchiiʾ-biiʾin its bottom3 poss.loc.uuchiikwʾiton its tailke-'-ke'-tc̭iˑʾ "tail"Source forms: ō tcī, kɯ tcīᵋ...-tcīᵋ, ō tcīᵋ, kīᵋ, kɯ tcīᵋic [tc ]kī⁺, ō tcī bī, ō tcī kût...tʃʿɪ̋ʾChe´Beeniichiiʾn aHorseshoe Bend (Mitchell's)Chʾnankatchiiʾn aDeer Lick Creek Mouth villagecheeʾneesn amountain lionchii-vtail (incorporated form)Kʾaiʾtc-chiiʾn aPeterson Creek Mouth villageKʾashtaahchiiʾn aGrub Creek Mouth villageLheetcghaaʾtoochiiʾn aJack of Hearts Creek Mouth villagenaalhghii chii-tcgholtcn abobtailed dogNaasliingchiiʾn aSouth Fork Eel RiverNeeʾlhsowchiiʾn aMud Springs Creek Mouth villageNeeʾuuchiiʾdingn aWorld Its Tail PlaceNooniitcing-uuʾaangʾchiiʾn aGrizzly's Den Creek MouthSeeliingchiiʾn aHardy Creek mouthSeelhaanchiiʾn aDeHaven Creek MouthSeesʾaanchiiʾn aDeHavenShoochiiʾn aUsal FlatTʾangʾlhtcintcchiiʾn aBlack Leaf Creek Mouth villageTlʾohdaiʾchiiʾn aDutch Henry Creek Mouth villageTlʾohlhgaichiiʾn aRedwood Creek Mouth villageTlʾohtooʾtcchiiʾ1n aLittle Prairie Water Creek Mouth villageTlʾohtooʾtcchiiʾ2n aLittle Charlie Creek Mouth village
"Martina Bell ... Hardy Ck: θéˑlɪŋtʃʿɪ̋ʾ, lit. blood-butt (big end of a stick)." (JPH, reel 3, im.493B)8.4.6.1.3End1sg. poss.ishchiiʾmy butt3anim. poss.kwchiiʾhis tail1sg. poss.shchiiʾ3 poss.uuchiiʾits tail3 poss.loc.uuchiiʾ-biiʾin its bottom3 poss.loc.uuchiikwʾiton its tailke-'-ke'-tc̭iˑʾ "tail"Source forms: ō tcī, kɯ tcīᵋ...-tcīᵋ, ō tcīᵋ, kīᵋ, kɯ tcīᵋic [tc ]kī⁺, ō tcī bī, ō tcī kût...tʃʿɪ̋ʾChe´Beeniichiiʾn aHorseshoe Bend (Mitchell's)Chʾnankatchiiʾn aDeer Lick Creek Mouth villagecheeʾneesn amountain lionchii-vtail (incorporated form)Kʾaiʾtc-chiiʾn aPeterson Creek Mouth villageKʾashtaahchiiʾn aGrub Creek Mouth villageLheetcghaaʾtoochiiʾn aJack of Hearts Creek Mouth villagenaalhghii chii-tcgholtcn abobtailed dogNaasliingchiiʾn aSouth Fork Eel RiverNeeʾlhsowchiiʾn aMud Springs Creek Mouth villageNeeʾuuchiiʾdingn aWorld Its Tail PlaceNooniitcing-uuʾaangʾchiiʾn aGrizzly's Den Creek MouthSeeliingchiiʾn aHardy Creek mouthSeelhaanchiiʾn aDeHaven Creek MouthSeesʾaanchiiʾn aDeHavenShoochiiʾn aUsal FlatTʾangʾlhtcintcchiiʾn aBlack Leaf Creek Mouth villageTlʾohdaiʾchiiʾn aDutch Henry Creek Mouth villageTlʾohlhgaichiiʾn aRedwood Creek Mouth villageTlʾohtooʾtcchiiʾ1n aLittle Prairie Water Creek Mouth villageTlʾohtooʾtcchiiʾ2n aLittle Charlie Creek Mouth village
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