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===Some of the Comanche group names === * '''Yaparʉhka''' or '''Yamparika''' (also Yapai Nʉʉ – [[Perideridia gairdneri|(Yap)Root Eaters]]; One of its local groups may have been called Widyʉ Nʉʉ / Widyʉ / Widyʉ Yapa – Awl People; after the death of a man named Awl, they changed their name to Tʉtsahkʉnanʉʉ or Ditsahkanah – Sewing People [Titchahkaynah]. Other Yapai local groups included: ** Ketahtoh or Ketatore (Don't Wear Shoes, also called ''Napwat Tʉ'' – Wearing No Shoes) ** Motso (′Bearded Ones′, derived from ''motso'' – beard) ** Pibianigwai (Loud Talkers, Loud Askers) ** Sʉhmʉhtʉhka (Eat Everything) ** Wahkoh (Shell Ornament) ** Waw'ai or Wohoi (also Waaih – Lots of Maggots on the Penis, also called Nahmahe'enah – Somehow being (sexual) together, to have sex, called by other groups, because they preferred to marry [[endogamy]] and chose their partners from their own local group; this was viewed critically by other Comanche people.) * '''Hʉpenʉʉ''' or '''Jupe''' (Timber People because they lived in more wooded areas in the Central Plains north of the Arkansas River, also spelled Hois. * '''Kʉhtsʉtʉʉka''' or '''Kotsoteka''' ([[Plains bison|Buffalo Eaters]], spelled in Spanish as ''Cuchanec'') * '''Kwaarʉnʉʉ''' or '''Kwahadi/Quohada''' (Kwahare – Antelope Eaters; nicknamed Kwahihʉʉki – Sunshades on Their Backs, because they lived on desert plains of the Llano Estacado in eastern New Mexico, westernmost Comanche Band). One of their local groups was nicknamed Parʉhʉya (Elk, literally Water Horse). * '''Nokoninʉʉ''' or '''Nokoni''' (Movers, Returners); allegedly, after the death of chief [[Peta Nocona]], they called themselves Noyʉhkanʉʉ – Not Staying in One Place, and/or Tʉtsʉ Noyʉkanʉʉ / Detsanayʉka – Bad Campers, Poor Wanderer ** Tahnahwah or Tenawa (also Tenahwit – Those Who Live Downstream ** Tanimʉʉ or Tanima (also called Dahaʉi or Tevawish – Liver Eaters * '''Penatʉka Nʉʉ''' or '''Penateka''' (other variants: Pihnaatʉka, Penanʉʉ – Honey Eaters Some names given by others include: * WahaToya (literally Two Mountains); (given as Foothills in Cloud People – those who live near Walsenburg, CO<ref>Whatley: Jemez-Comanche-Kiowa repatriation, 1993–1999</ref> * Toyanʉmʉnʉ (Foothills People – those who lived near Las Vegas, NM) <ref><Whatley: Jemez-Comanche-Kiowa repatriation, 1993–1999></ref> Unassignable names include: * Tayʉʉwit / Teyʉwit (Hospitable Ones) * Kʉvahrahtpaht (Steep Climbers) * Taykahpwai / Tekapwai (No Meat) * Pagatsʉ (Pa'káh'tsa – Head of the Stream, also called Pahnaixte – Those Who Live Upstream) * Mʉtsahne or Motsai (Undercut Bank) Old Shoshone names * Pekwi Tʉhka (Fish Eaters) * Pohoi / Pohoee (Wild Sage) Other names, which may or may not refer to Comanche groups include: * Hani Nʉmʉ (Hai'ne'na'ʉne – Corn Eating People), Wichitas * It'chit'a'bʉd'ah (Utsu'itʉ – Cold People, i.e. Northern People, probably another name for the Yaparʉhka or one of their local groups – because they lived to the north) * Itehtah'o (Burnt Meat, nicknamed by other Comanche, because they threw their surplus of meat out in the spring, where it dried and became black, looking like burnt meat) * Naʉ'niem (No'na'ʉm – Ridge People Modern local groups * Ohnonʉʉ (also Ohnʉnʉnʉʉ or Onahʉnʉnʉʉ, Salt People or Salt Creek people) live in [[Caddo County, Oklahoma|Caddo County]] in the vicinity of [[Cyril, Oklahoma]]; mostly descendants of the Nokoni Pianavowit * Wianʉʉ (Wianʉ, Wia'ne – Hill Wearing Away), live east of [[Walters, Oklahoma]], descendants of Waysee
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