žǫ́ape

Quapaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Omaha-Ponca zhóⁿ'abe, Dakota chąʾápe, Kansa zháⁿyabe, Osage 𐓻𐓘̄͘𐓬𐓟́. From žǫ (“tree, wood”) +‎ apé (“leaf”).

Noun

žǫ́ape

  1. leaf (of a tree or bush)

References

  • Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma (2017–), English to Quapaw Dictionary‎[1]

Further reading

  • Rankin, Robert L. (1982), “A Quapaw Vocabulary”, in Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics‎[2], volume 7, The University of Kansas, page 141 of 125–152
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