๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ‹๐“ฑ๐“˜

Osage

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *(wa-)รญhta, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *itkรก, from Proto-Siouan *itkรก.[1]

Cognate with Crow and Hidatsa ihkรก, Lakota, Dakota, and Assiniboine wรญtka (โ€œegg, testicleโ€), Assiniboine wรญล‹kta, Chiwere ส”รญhวฐe, Winnebago hiicgรฉ, Omaha-Ponca wittรก, Kansa ittรก, Quapaw wittรก and Biloxi ฤฏฤฏti.

Noun

๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ‹๐“ฑ๐“˜ (Latin script hpฤฬhta)

  1. egg (of animals)
  2. egg (food)

Derived terms

  • ๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ‹๐“ฐ๐“˜ ๐“ง๐“Ÿฬ๐“ป๐“Ÿ (โ€œEaster eggโ€, literally โ€œspotted eggโ€)
  • ๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ‹๐“ฐ๐“˜ ๐“ธ๐“ถฬ๐“ก๐“˜ (โ€œeggshellโ€)
  • ๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ‹๐“ฐ๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“ค๐“˜ (โ€œegg whiteโ€)
  • ๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ‹๐“ฐ๐“˜๐“บ๐“ฃ (โ€œegg yolkโ€, literally โ€œegg yellowโ€)
  • ๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ‹๐“ป๐“ฃอ˜ (โ€œbaby, infantโ€, literally โ€œlittle eggโ€)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), โ€œEntry #878โ€, in Comparative Siouan Dictionaryโ€Ž[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Osage Nation (2018โ€“), โ€œ๐“ญ๐“˜ฬ‹๐“ฑ๐“˜โ€, in Osage Dictionaryโ€Ž[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
  • Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), โ€œhpรกataโ€, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, โ†’ISBN, pages 76-77
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