Ukwu`nu (or Ukwu`ni)--a former Cherokee settlement, commonly known to the whites as Oconee, on Seneca creek, near the present Walhalla, in Oconee county, S. C.
Ula`gu`--the mythical original of the yellow-jacket tribe. The word signifies "leader," "boss," or "principal one," and is applied to the first yellow-jacket (d`ska`i) seen in the spring, to a queen bee and to the leader of a working squad.
u`lana`wa--the soft-shell turtle; see also saligu`gi and tuksi`.
ulskwulte`gi--a "pound mill," a self-acting water-mill used in the Cherokee mountains. The name signifies that "it butts with its head" (Uska`, head), in allusion to the way in which the pestles work in the mortar. The generic word for mill is dist`sti.
ulstitlu`--literally "it is on his head." The diamond crest on the head of the mythic Uktena serpent. When detached it becomes Ulunsu`ti.
Ultiwa`i--a former Cherokee settlement above the present Ooltewah, on the creek of the same name, in James county, Tenn.
ulunni`ta--domesticated, tame; may be used for persons as well as animals, but not for plants; for cultivated or domesticated plants the adjective is gunutlun`i or gunusun`i.
Ulunsu`ti--"Transparent"; the great talismanic crystal of the Cherokee.
ulun`ta--"it has climbed," from tsilahi`, "I am climbing"; the poison oak (Rhus radicans).
U`lun`yi--"Tuber place," from U`li`, a variety of edible tuber, and yi, locative. A former settlement upon Turniptown, (for U`lun`yi) creek, above Ellijay, in Gilmer county, Ga.
U`nadanti`yi--"Place where they conjured," the name of a gap about three miles east of Webster, in Jackson county, N. C., and now transferred to the town itself.
unade`na--woolly, downy, (in speaking of animals); uwa`nu, wool, down, fine fur (detached from the animal).
u`nahi`--heart; in Middle and Lower dialects, unahu`.
unatlunwe`hitu--"it has spirals"; a plant (unidentified) used in conjuration.
une`guhi--"he is (was) mischievous or bad"; tsune`guhi`yu, "you are very mischievous" (said to a child).
une`gutsatu`--"(he is) mischievous"; a`gine`gutsatu`, "I am mischievous."
Une`lanun`hi--"The Apportioner"; "I am apportioning," gane`lasku`; "I apportion" (habitually), gane`laski. In the sacred formulas a title of the Sun God; in the Bible the name of God.