Indian words mean the sound and feel of a word, like, crack of dawn, the first bronze light that makes the buttes stand out against the gray desert.
14 seconds sound clip from the Hondo (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:20:56 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up an unhappy memory.
- I can't remember anything unhappy about Destarte.
- How musical. What does it mean?
- You can't say it except in Mescalero. It means morning.
- But that isn't what it means, either. Means more than just that.
- The first sound you hear of a brook curling over some rocks, with trout jumping.
- It's like when you get up in the first light, just you and her and you go out of a wickiup.
- Can't say it in English, but that was her name.
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