𐓨𐓣͘𐓳𐓶́

Osage

Alternative forms

  • 𐓨𐓣́͘𐓳𐓶, 𐓨𐓣́𐓳𐓶

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *mąthó, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *mąthó, from Proto-Siouan *wąthó.[1] Possible doublet of 𐓨𐓣𐓴𐓪́ (“lion”).[2]

Cognate with Mandan wątóʔ, Lakota matȟó, Dakota and Assiniboine mathó (“gray/polar bear”), Chiwere mąthó (“grizzly”), Winnebago mącó, Omaha-Ponca maⁿchʰó, maⁿtʰó, Kansa mičhó (“polar/white bear”), Quapaw mąthó, mąčhó, Ofo uⁿthi and Tutelo hamų́ųthih.

Noun

𐓨𐓣͘𐓳𐓶́ (Latin script mįhcú)

  1. grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

Derived terms

  • 𐓀𐓣͘𐓳𐓶́𐓻𐓣͘𐓤𐓘 (“Little Grizzly Bear (given name)”)

See also

  • 𐓨𐓣𐓴𐓪́ (“lion”)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #1124”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  2. ^ Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), “michó”, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 144
  • Osage Nation (2018–), “𐓨𐓣͘𐓳𐓶́”, in Osage Dictionary‎[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
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