๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ‹

Osage

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *htรฉ, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *ptรฉยท, from Proto-Siouan *wi-htรฉยท, ultimately from Proto-Siouan-Catawban *witรฉยท.[1]

Cognate with Crow bishรฉe (โ€œbuffaloโ€), Hidatsa witรฉe (โ€œcowโ€), Mandan ptฤฏฬฤฏre, ptฤฏฬฤฏ (โ€œcowโ€), Lakota, Dakota, and Assiniboine ptรฉ (โ€œbuffalo, bisonโ€), Chiwere ฤรฉ, Winnebago ฤรฉe (โ€œcowโ€), Omaha-Ponca ttรฉ, Kansa ฤรฉ, Quapaw ttรฉ and Catawba widรฉ.

Noun

๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ‹ (Latin script hcแธ—)

  1. buffalo (Bubalina subtribe)
    Synonym: ๐“ต๐“ชฬ๐“ธ๐“Ÿ
  2. (specifically) female buffalo; cow
    Synonym: ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“จ๐“ฃฬ‹อ˜๐“ค๐“˜
  3. (rare, only in compounds, by extension) any kind of animal

Usage notes

This term is the standard generic word for buffalo, regardless of sex, but it can also specifically refer to a female buffalo (cow). In some compounds, it may also be used as a general term for โ€œanimalโ€.

Derived terms

  • ๐“‹๐“Ÿ ๐’ฝ๐“ฃฬ๐“ต๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ, ๐“‹๐“Ÿ ๐’ฝ๐“ถฬ๐“ต๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ (โ€œJulyโ€, literally โ€œ[when] buffalo are ruttingโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿ ๐“ณ๐“Ÿ๐“ฉ๐“ฃฬ๐“ธ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“˜ (โ€œbuffalo rumen/stomachโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ ๐“ณ๐“Ÿ๐“ต๐“ถฬ๐“ณ๐“ถ (โ€œbuffalo rib (anatomy)โ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ก๐“ฃฬ‹อ˜ (buffalo hair used to weave traditional womenโ€™s belts and armlets)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“จ๐“ฃฬ‹อ˜๐“ค๐“˜ (โ€œfemale buffaloโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ฉ๐“ฃฬ๐“ธ๐“˜๐“ธ๐“˜, ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ฉ๐“ฃฬ๐“ธ๐“˜อ˜๐“ธ๐“˜อ˜ (โ€œtripeโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ฐ๐“ชฬ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฃอ˜๐“ค๐“˜ฬ (โ€œmale buffalo calfโ€)
  • ๐“‹๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ฐ๐“ชฬ‹๐“ค๐“˜ ๐’ผ๐“ฃ๐“ฏ๐“ฃ๐“ฌ๐“ฃ (โ€œJuneโ€, literally โ€œ[when] buffalo become fatโ€)
  • ๐“‹๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ฐ๐“ชฬ‹๐“ค๐“˜ ๐“€๐“˜ฬ„อ˜๐“ฉ๐“˜ฬอ˜๐“ธ๐“˜๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ (โ€œJulyโ€, literally โ€œ[when] buffalo are ruttingโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ฐ๐“ชฬ‹๐“ค๐“˜, ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ฐ๐“ชฬ๐“Ÿ (โ€œmale buffaloโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ„๐“ป๐“ฃฬอ˜ (โ€œsmall buffalo, calfโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ‹๐“ฎ๐“ค๐“˜ (โ€œdomesticated cattle, beefโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿ๐“ก๐“Ÿฬ (โ€œbuffalo hornโ€)
  • ๐“ณ๐“Ÿ๐“ต๐“ถฬ๐“ณ๐“ถ (โ€œanimal rib (anatomy)โ€)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), โ€œEntry #1086โ€, in Comparative Siouan Dictionaryโ€Ž[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Osage Nation (2018โ€“), โ€œ๐“ณ๐“Ÿฬ‹โ€, in Osage Dictionaryโ€Ž[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
  • Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), โ€œhcรฉeโ€, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, โ†’ISBN, pages 59โ€“60
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