𐓳𐓣́

Osage

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *htí, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *htí, from Proto-Siouan *ahtí·.[1]

Cognate with Crow aší, Hidatsa atÉ, Lakota, Dakota, and Assiniboine thí (“to dwell”), Chiwere čhí, Winnebago cíi (“house, to dwell”), Omaha-Ponca tti, Kansa čí, Quapaw tti, Biloxi ati and Ofo ạthí.

Noun

𐓳𐓣́ (Latin script hcí)

  1. any type of dwelling or habitation:
    1. house, home, residence
    2. lodge, cabin
    3. tent (temporary shelter)
    4. hovel, shed
    5. hut, shack, shanty
    6. (by extension) nest (of birds)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #887”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Osage Nation (2018–), “𐓳𐓣́”, in Osage Dictionary‎[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
  • Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), “hcí”, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, pages 61–2
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