๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐
Osage
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Dhegiha *Wรกยทzฤ (-hรผ), from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *Wรกยทzi, from Proto-Siouan *Waยทsi.[1] Possibly related to ๐ฌ๐๐บ๐ชฬ (โpokeberryโ), as the two are often found together in local forests.
Cognate with Crow bรกachii, Hidatsa wรกahci, Hidatsa mรกahci, Lakota and Dakota wazรญ, Chiwere baaรฐรญ, Winnebago waazรญ, Omaha-Ponca mรกzi, Kansa bรกzaโฟhu, Quapaw pรกsฤ and Biloxi pasฤ .
Noun
๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐ (Latin script pรกze)
- pine (tree of genus Pinus)
- Synonyms: ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐ ๐ก๐ถฬ, ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐อ๐ก๐ฃ
- pinewood (the wood from such trees)
- Synonyms: ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐ ๐ก๐ถฬ, ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐อ๐ก๐ฃ
- (possibly dated) spruce (tree of genus Picea)
Derived terms
- ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐ ๐ก๐ถฬ, ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐อ๐ก๐ฃ (โpinewoodโ)
- ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฬ ๐ก๐ถฬ (โeast windโ, literally โcomes from pine treesโ) (figurative)
References
- Osage Nation (2018โ), โ๐ฌ๐ฬ๐บ๐โ, in Osage Dictionaryโ[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
- Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), โpรกze hรบโ, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, โISBN, pages 196โ7