๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“Ÿ

Osage

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *Wรกยทzฤ…(-hรผ), from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *Wรกยทzi, from Proto-Siouan *Waยทsi.[1] Possibly related to ๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“บ๐“ชฬ (โ€œpokeberryโ€), 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 bรกzaโฟhu, Quapaw pรกsฤ… and Biloxi pasฤ….

Noun

๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“Ÿ (Latin script pรกze)

  1. pine (tree of genus Pinus)
    Synonyms: ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“Ÿ ๐“ก๐“ถฬ, ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“˜อ˜๐“ก๐“ฃ
  2. pinewood (the wood from such trees)
    Synonyms: ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“Ÿ ๐“ก๐“ถฬ, ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“˜อ˜๐“ก๐“ฃ
  3. (possibly dated) spruce (tree of genus Picea)

Derived terms

  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“Ÿ ๐“ก๐“ถฬ, ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“˜อ˜๐“ก๐“ฃ (โ€œpinewoodโ€)
  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“Ÿ ๐“ฑ๐“˜ฬ ๐“ก๐“ถฬ (โ€œeast windโ€, literally โ€œcomes from pine treesโ€) (figurative)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), โ€œEntry #487โ€, in Comparative Siouan Dictionaryโ€Ž[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Osage Nation (2018โ€“), โ€œ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ๐“บ๐“Ÿโ€, in Osage Dictionaryโ€Ž[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
  • Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), โ€œpรกze hรบโ€, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, โ†’ISBN, pages 196โ€“7