๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ธ๐“ชฬ

Osage

Alternative forms

  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ธ๐“ถฬ
  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“น๐“ชฬ, ๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“ก๐“Ÿฬ (rare)

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *-ahรฉ, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *(a)hรฉ, from Proto-Siouan *hรฉยท. The initial syllable was remodelled after ๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ (โ€œhead, tip, noseโ€, from Proto-Dhegiha *hpรก); a phenomenon that can also be found in the other Dhegiha languages.[1] Compare also ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ก๐“˜ฬอ˜ (โ€œto raise, rise upโ€).[2]

Cognate with Lakota and Dakota pahรก, Assiniboine bahรก, Chiwere ahรฉ, รณhe (โ€œhill, moundโ€), Omaha-Ponca ppahรฉ, Kansa bahรฉลกta and Biloxi รชkthaani (โ€œhill, peakโ€).

Noun

๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ธ๐“ชฬ (Latin script pฤxรณ)

  1. any elevated landform or raised area of land, specifically:
    1. hill, bluff (smaller elevation)
    2. mountain, high hill (larger elevation)
      Synonyms: ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ธ๐“ชฬ ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“Ÿฬ„, ๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“ชฬ ๐“ฒ๐“ง๐“˜
    3. ridge (elongated elevation)
  2. (by extension) corner, angle

Derived terms

  • ๐’ฒฬอ˜๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“ช (โ€œArapahoโ€)
  • ๐“šฬอ˜๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“ช (โ€œcopperheadโ€, literally โ€œover the mountainโ€)
  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ธ๐“ชฬ ๐“ญ๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“ถฬ (โ€œsharp peakโ€)
  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ธ๐“ชฬ ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“Ÿฬ„ (โ€œhigh hill, tall mountainโ€)
  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“ชฬ ๐“ฐ๐“ชฬ๐“ฌ๐“˜, ๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“ชฬ ๐“ฐ๐“ถฬ๐“ฌ๐“˜ (โ€œfour-corneredโ€)
  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“ชฬ ๐“ฒ๐“ง๐“˜ (โ€œmountain, high hillโ€)
  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“ชฬ๐“ป๐“ฃอ˜ (โ€œlow hill, little hillโ€)
  • ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ก๐“˜ฬอ˜ (โ€œto raise, rise upโ€)
  • ๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ (โ€œhead, tip, noseโ€)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), โ€œEntry #700โ€, in Comparative Siouan Dictionaryโ€Ž[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  2. ^ Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, โ†’ISBN, page 191
  • Osage Nation (2018โ€“), โ€œ๐“ฌ๐“˜ฬ„๐“ธ๐“ชฬโ€, in Osage Dictionaryโ€Ž[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
  • Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), โ€œpaaxรณโ€, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, โ†’ISBN, pages 191, 194
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