Elawa diyi (abbreviated Elawa di)--"Red-earth place," from ela, earth, wadi, brown-red or red paint, and yi, the locative. 1. The Cherokee name of Yellow-Hill settlement, now officially known as Cherokee, the post office and agency headquarters for the East Cherokee, on Oconaluftee river, in Swain Co., N. C. 2. A former council ground known in history as Red Clay; at the site of the present village of that name in Whitfield Co., Ga., adjoining the Tennessee line.
eni si--my paternal grandfather (Upper dialect); the Middle and Lower dialect form is agani si, cf. edutu.
Etawa ha tsistatla`ski--"Deadwood-lighter," a traditional Cherokee conjurer.
etsi--my mother (Upper dialect); the Middle and Lower dialect form is agitsi.
Gadalu`la--the proper name of the mountain known to the whites as Yonah (from yanu, bear); or upper Chattahoochee river, in White Co., Ga. The name has no connection with Tallulah (see Talulu) and cannot be translated.
Gadalu`tsi--in the corrupted form of Cataluchee this appears on the map as the name of a peak, or rather a ridge, on the line between Swain and Haywood counties, N. C., and of a creek running down on the Haywood side into Big Pigeon river. It is properly the name of the ridge only, and seems to refer to a "fringe standing erect," apparently from the appearance of the timber growing in streaks along the side of the mountain; from wadalu`yata, fringe, gadu`ta, "standing up in a row or series."
Gahuti (Gahu`ta and Gwahu`ti in dialect forms)--Cohutta mountains in Murray Co., Ga. The name comes from gahuta`yi, "ashed roof supported on poles", and refers to a fancied resemblance in the summit.
Gakati`yi--"place of setting fire"; something spoken in the plural form, Diga`kati`yi, "place of the setting free." A point on Tuckasegee river, about three miles above Bryson City, in Swain Co., N. C.
gaktun`ta--an injunction, command or rule, more particularly a prohibition or ceremonial tabu. Tsiga`te`gu. "I am observing an injunction or tabu"; adakte`gi, "he is under tabu regulations."
Galagi`na--a male deer (buck) or turkey (gobbler); in the first sense the name is sometimes used also for the large horned beetle (Dynastes tityus). The Indian name of Elias Boudinot, first Cherokee editor.