Comanche (2024)

FAQs

How do you say hello in Comanche? ›

translates exactly to hello or goodbye. There are a couple of commands that will work. Marʉawe (Report/tell it!) for a greeting.

On rewriting history to leave out Native American atrocities

Comanches were incredibly warlike. They swept everyone off the Southern plains. They nearly exterminated the Apaches.

The Comanches were a tribe that was notoriously tough to defeat due to their belligerence and violent nature, and they were famed for their ability to fight to the death. They had a thorough understanding of how to make the most of their ponies in combat scenarios, which gave them a distinct advantage.

Answer and Explanation: In Navajo, yatahey, pronounced /yah-ah-Teh/, is a common greeting. It literally translates to ''all is good'. Although it is a common form to say hello, it can also be used for parting. Navajo is a complex language with no written form and with a different alphabet and symbols.

In Comanche language, Sarii means dog, a nod to the film and the pup that inspired the Predator prequel's four legged character.

As they kiss and part, she screams his name and then yells “I love you!” in Comanche. He cries back that this is her home, she has his heart, and that she is the wife of a warrior. Then he and the Comanche ride off, and Elsa, crying but sitting tall in her saddle, joins the on-the-move wagon train.

The name Comanche is probably from a Southern Ute word meaning "enemy," or more generally "stranger" or "other." The Comanche called themselves numunuu and spoke a language related to that of the Shoshone of Wyoming and Idaho.

Buffalo in Comanche is cuhtz. White buffaloes have been frequently seen and killed on the Western plains. The Indian tribes regard them as big medicine and Catlin the painter while with the Mandans in 1832 saw a white buffalo robe on a pole in their village as a sacrifice to the great spirit.

It's possible the viciousness of the Comanche was in part a by-product of their violent encounters with notoriously cruel Spanish colonists and then with Mexican bandits and soldiers. But a more persuasive theory is that the Comanche's lack of central leadership prompted much of their cruelty.

The Comanche (/kuh*man*chee/) were the only Native Americans more powerful than the Apache. The Comanche successfully gained Apache land and pushed the Apache farther west. Because of this, the Apache finally had to make peace with their enemies, the Spaniards. They needed Spanish protection from the Comanche.

Did Comanche have female warriors? ›

Women warriors have also been described in four cultures with exclusive local or community endogamy. Among the Comanche women sometimes would "snipe with bows and arrows from fringes of the fray" (Wallace and Hoebel, 1952, p. 253).

They routinely tortured and killed adult male captives, whites and enemy tribes, usually by burning them alive. They gang-raped adult women and often killed them. Infants and small children were summarily killed. Gwynne gives detailed accounts of rapes, scalping, and other horrors.

Crazy Horse, just like Chief Sitting Bull, refused the Treaty of Fort Laramie and declared war on the Americans. He did not die on the battlefield, but rather was treacherously assassinated by a North American soldier who stabbed him with a bayonet in the back.

The Comanche would win. The Comanche were bloodthirsty savages but were skilled horsem*n, while the Aztec were bloodthirsty savages but had never even seen horses. The Comanche would mow the Aztec down.

Wašíču (Lakȟótiyapi) or waṡicu (Dakhótiyapi) is the Siouan word for "white person", "white man", or "non-Indian." It expresses the Indigenous population's perception of non-Natives' relationship with the land and the Indigenous peoples.

Naru (Amber Midthunder) is a Comanche woman who aims to become a warrior by embarking on the “kühtaamia,” a rite of passage ritual where the hunter hunts the hunter who hunts them.

We found them. My father's hunting their killers right now, and if he's hunting them, he'll find them,” Elsa tells the men. Taking in the news, the leader asks Elsa her name. She responds, “Lightning with the yellow hair,” in Comanche.

kutsu taibo/ kuutsu taibo/ kuhtsu taibo (cowboy) Notice that when it is slowed down the "t" in taibo stays. a t but when both words are put together the t sounds.

Sarii is the Comanche word for dog.

waʔipʉ or waiʔipʉ (woman)

What is Lightning Yellow Hair in Comanche? ›

In Comancheria, the settlers pay a tax to the Comanche to cross their land. One of the Comanche introduces himself to Elsa as Sam, a name he took from the man who killed his wife. The two race their horses; Elsa wins and Sam nicknames her "Lightning With The Yellow Hair".

Later, Elsa became entangled with Sam, a Comanche warrior who saved her life on the trail. Though she and Sam acknowledged that she was his wife, he felt he could not leave his lands and people, and Elsa agreed to return to him after her family had completed their journey and found a homestead.

By the mid-20th century, Comanche elders who spoke the language fluently were beginning to die at an alarming rate. Meanwhile, the continued impact of boarding schools meant that children were not being taught the language, nor was it being spoken at home.

Fish and wild fowl were plentiful but were considered taboo by some Comanches and not eaten except when food was very scarce. Food shortages often occurred in late winter, usually in February and March, and forced the tribe to eat almost anything, such as tabooed fish and birds, rabbits, turtles and grasshoppers.

The Comanches were a warrior society, and the men dominated. Women were not allowed to speak at council, and often were not free to choose whom they would marry. Most observers have concluded their lives were hard. The men were polygamous, but an adulterous wife could be killed or have her nose cut-off.

The Comanche were the shortest; they had the same average height as white men: 5'6”. Why were Plains Indians so much taller?

Comanche Word of the Week: puuku/horse.

In addition to buffalo meat, the Comanche Indians ate small game like rabbits, fished in the lakes and rivers, and gathered nuts, berries, and wild potatoes.

The Comanche people were a Native American tribe that lived in Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The earliest known Comanche tribes lived in the 1500s. The Comanche people moved around a lot. They were hunters and gatherers.

They were highly skilled at breeding and trading the horse, which became an important resource for the people that radically changed life on the plains. Comanche horsem*n set the pattern of nomadic equestrian life that became characteristic of the Plains tribes in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Did Comanches and Sioux fight? ›

They were allies during the Sioux Wars and otherwise got along decently well. Like all peoples, their relationship changed from time to time. However, during the 1800s and beyond, they were peaceful with each other.

By the early 1800s the Comanche were very powerful, with a population estimated at from 7,000 to as many as 30,000 individuals. Their language, of the Northern branch of the Uto-Aztecan languages, became a lingua franca for much of the area.

The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history.

The rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful tribe in American history.

The main enemies of the Comanches were the Pawnees, Osages, Arapaho, and Apaches. Although the five Comanche bands were independent of one another, they often came together to fight a common enemy (as was the case with many battles against the Apaches, who sought to gain land, horses, and captives).

The Comanche are often characterized as "Lords of the Plains." They presided over a large area called Comancheria which they shared with allied tribes, the Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Wichita, and after 1840 the southern Cheyenne and Arapaho.

Born about 1845, Comanche leader Quanah Parker lived two vastly different lives: the first as a warrior among the Plains Indians of Texas, and the second as a pragmatic leader who sought a place for his people in a rapidly changing America.

Cynthia Ann Parker is the most famous Indian captive in American history. She was born in Illinois, around 1827. In 1833, her family moved to Texas and built Fort Parker in what is now Limestone County, east of Waco. Comanche warriors attacked the fort in 1836 and took young Cynthia Ann captive.

By sweeping into Apache villages in the dark of night, destroying their food storages, killing their livestock, burning their homes, and quickly disappearing into the night, the Comanche wore down their competitors on the plains.

The Comanche language is a member of the Central Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Closely related languages include Shoshone (Shoshoni) and Panamint (Koso). More distantly related languages include Kawaiisu, Ute, Mono (Monachi, Monache) and Northern Paiute (Paviotso).

What was the Comanche religion? ›

Christianity

Native American Church

Traditional tribal religion

Geronimo was a ruthless Apache warrior whose methods bedeviled the U.S. cavalry and frustrated many of his people.

Bill Manns/ShutterstockSitting Bull is known as one of the bravest Native American chiefs, leading the Lakota Sioux Nation during the period of U.S. government encroachment across Native lands. Sitting Bull is a legendary hero known for epic courage during battle, even smoking a pipe on the front lines.

The Sentinelese are an uncontacted tribe living on North Sentinel Island, one of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. They vigorously reject all contact with outsiders. Survival International lobbies, protests and uses public pressure to ensure their wish to remain uncontacted is respected.

Comanches were incredibly warlike. They swept everyone off the Southern plains. They nearly exterminated the Apaches. And you know, if you look at the Comanches and you look back in history at Goths and Vikings or Mongols or Celts — old Celts are actually a very good parallel.

The Comanche were noted as fierce warriors who fought vigorously for their homeland of Comancheria. However, the massive population of the settlers from the east and the diseases they brought led to pressure and decline of Comanche power and the cessation of their major presence in the southern Great Plains.

One of the best-known Comanche leaders, Quanah Parker, belonged to the Quahadi band. In the mid-19th century the Penateka, a southern band, were settled on a reservation in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). The northern segment of the tribe, however, continued the struggle to protect their realm from settlers.

The Comanche language is a member of the Central Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Closely related languages include Shoshone (Shoshoni) and Panamint (Koso). More distantly related languages include Kawaiisu, Ute, Mono (Monachi, Monache) and Northern Paiute (Paviotso).

Wado means “thank you” in the Cherokee language.

Etymology. From Kiowa aho (“thank you”), and loaned to many other Native American languages during the 20th century because it was frequently heard at pow-wows and widely used in the Native American Church (NAC).

How do Indians show respect? ›

Dress conservatively in a way that expresses respect for the place of worship or household. Wash your hands before and after eating. Avoid touching people with the left hand, as it is considered unclean and will cause insult. Keep this in mind and use your right hand when giving or accepting any object.

The gesture is widely used throughout the Indian subcontinent, parts of Asia and beyond where people of South and Southeast Asian origins have migrated. Namaste is used as a respectful form of greeting, acknowledging and welcoming a relative, guest or stranger.

Yaar. Not to be confused with pyaar (love), yaar is probably one of the most popular Indian expressions you'll hear in everyday conversation. It's Hindi slang for “friend”, which is useful for keeping the mood light and friendly.

language so "donadagohvi" or "until we meet again." There is no word for “goodbye” in Cherokee. Instead... Agilvga.

The Comanche tribe currently has approximately 17,000 enrolled tribal members with around 7,000 residing in the tribal jurisdictional area around the Lawton, Ft Sill, and surrounding counties.

The Comanche were the Native American inhabitants of a large area known as Comancheria, which stretched across much of the southern Great Plains from Colorado and Kansas in the north through Oklahoma, Texas, and eastern New Mexico and into the Mexican state of Chihuahua in the south.