English

Sand Creek

Arapaho

1. noobéíniicíe ; 2. niicíínecííni’

Translation of Arapaho

1. ‘sand river’ ; 2. ‘never wet river’ [Kroeber - Name-Changing Prayer]

Note

T he second name is the original, older name, recorded by Kroeber in Oklahoma c. 1900. The first name is a modern borrowing from English, most likely.