Ke-mo sah-bee (/ˌkiːmoʊˈsɑːbiː/; often spelled kemo sabe, kemosabe or kimosabe) is the term used by the fictional Native American sidekick Tonto as the "Native American" name for the Lone Ranger in the American Lone Ranger radio program and television show.
A respected researcher at the Smithsonian Institute claims that Kemo Sabe comes from the Tewa Indian dialect where "Kema" means "friend" and "Sabe" means "Apache." Another scholar claims that in the Yavapai Indian language the word "kinmasaba" means "one who is white."
(In an episode of the TV show, Tonto tells the Lone Ranger that the word “mean trusty scout.”) A 1939 Saturday Evening Post article claimed that Striker's letters to his children always opened with the phrase “Ta-i ke-mo sah-bee,” or, “Greetings, trusty scout.”And Striker's widow told the Hartford Courant in 1977, “I ...
Tonto spoke in a pidgin, saying things like, "That right, Kemo Sabe", or "Him say man ride over ridge on horse". In 1975, poet and science fiction writer Paul O.
It's not a swear word, in that sense it's less offensive than, say, “hijo de puta”. But it still, it's equivalent to “silly” or “fool”, so it's not exactly a compliment, and people will indeed get offended to be called it.
Kemosabe was the indian name of The Lone Ranger, a fictional character of an old radio and television show who rode a horse. Although it is a made up word, the consensus seems to be that it means friend.
Tonto, American fictional character, companion of the Lone Ranger. Primarily through his presence on radio and television, Tonto was one of the best-known Native American characters in 20th-century popular culture.
Tonto is the Native-American partner of the Lone Ranger. He is from the Potawatomi tribe (an Apache in the 2003 television film, but a Comanche in the 2013 film). His name means "Crazy One" or "The Fool" in Spanish.
Legend has it Tonto was named after a Potawatomi Indian who would get drunk around campfires and received the nickname, which in his language translated to "wild one." Stemming from the same lore, the Lone Ranger's Tonto-given nickname, Kemosabe, was intended to mean "trusty scout,...
To conceal his identity and honor his fallen brother, Reid fashions a black domino mask using cloth from his late brother's vest. To aid in the deception, Tonto digs a sixth grave and places at its head a cross bearing John Reid's name so that Cavendish and his gang will believe that all the Rangers had been killed.
"The raven on his head comes from the crow tassel wares," Troy explained. "They're a set of elite warriors for the Comanches." In the film, Tonto is said to be a Comanche tribal member and speaks the language. Depp was even adopted by the Comanche Nation recently.
Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980) was an Indigenous Canadian actor and athlete. He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.
It's supposed to be a Potawatomi name, though in reality it was just picked because someone liked the sound. This from Wikipedia: The radio series identified Tonto as a chief's son in the Potawatomi nation. His name translates as wild one in his own language.
Etymology. From Spanish tonto (“fool, idiot”), the Spanish name for the tribe, a calque of Western Apache kounʼnde (“wild rough people”). The fictional character (described as Comanche or Potawatomi) either from Potawatomi or named after Tonto Basin, Arizona.
In reality, the true meaning of the term — spelled variously as kemo sah-bee, kemo sabe and kemo sabay — depends on which Indian language you use to translate it. The New York Public Library, for example, insists it means “soggy shrub” in Navajo.
Often referred to as piebald or skewbald horses in literature about the Wild West, the Pinto horse® was a favorite among American cowboys and Native Americans. Many famous Pintos include Tonto's Scout, Little Joe's Cochise and Frank Hopkins' Hidalgo.
Tonto is one of the most famous and enduring characters ever to come out of American television. He is the Lone Ranger's faithful sidekick, brave, loyal and just, variously described as Potawatomi or Comanche.
Tornado (occasionally Toronado) is a horse ridden by the character Zorro in several films and books. Tornado is said to be intelligent and fast. His name is pronounced in the Spanish way, "tor-NAH-do" (except in the 1998 movie The Mask of Zorro).
