๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ค๐“˜

Osage

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *sฤฏฬka, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *sฤฏฬยทka, *zฤฏฬยทka, possibly from Proto-Siouan *ลกรญka, if not a substrate borrowing due to inconsistent reflexes amongst cognates.[1]

Cognate with Lakota and Dakota ziฤรก, Assiniboine siฤรก, Chiwere ฮธรญโฟล‹e, Winnebago zรญik (โ€œfire, stoveโ€), Omaha-Ponca sรญโฟga, Kansa sรญโฟga and Quapaw sฤฏฬka.

Noun

๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ค๐“˜ (Latin script sฤฏฬka)

  1. squirrel, particularly:
    1. eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
    2. fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)

Derived terms

  • ๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ค๐“˜ ๐“ญ๐“˜๐“ง๐“Ÿฬ๐“บ๐“Ÿ (โ€œswing your partner (square dance)โ€, literally โ€œstripe-nosed squirrelโ€)
  • ๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ค๐“˜ ๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ (โ€œblack squirrelโ€)
  • ๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ค๐“˜ ๐“ธ๐“ชฬ๐“ฒ๐“Ÿ, ๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ค๐“˜ ๐“ธ๐“ถฬ๐“ฒ๐“Ÿ (โ€œgrey squirrelโ€)
  • ๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ค๐“˜ ๐“บ๐“ฃฬ๐“ก๐“ฃ (โ€œyellowish squirrelโ€)
  • ๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ฏ๐“ฐ๐“˜ฬ„ (โ€œpossumโ€, literally โ€œsmooth squirrelโ€)
  • ๐“ฎ๐“ฃอ˜๐“ค๐“ชฬ๐“ฒ๐“Ÿ (โ€œsquirrel huntingโ€)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), โ€œEntry #224โ€, in Comparative Siouan Dictionaryโ€Ž[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Osage Nation (2018โ€“), โ€œ๐“ฎ๐“ฃฬอ˜๐“ค๐“˜โ€, 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, page 201
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