𐓵𐓪́𐓸𐓟

Osage

Alternative forms

  • 𐓵𐓶́𐓸𐓟

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *róxe. The lack of non-Dhegiha cognates and uniform reflexes (some cognates derive from *Róxe instead) may suggest a substrate borrowing.[1]

Cognate with Omaha-Ponca nóxe, Kansa yóxe (“buffalo bull with reddish hair”) and Quapaw toxe (“reddish-yellow buffalo”).

Noun

𐓵𐓪́𐓸𐓟 (Latin script ðóxe)

  1. buffalo, bison, especially plains bison (Bison bison bison)
    Synonym: 𐓳𐓟̋
  2. (specifically) reddish-yellow bison, usually with long legs (contrasting with typical darker brown bison)

Derived terms

  • 𐓍𐓪́𐓸𐓟 (“Buffalo Clan”)
  • 𐓍𐓪́𐓸𐓟 𐒼𐓘𐓡𐓣́𐓤𐓟 (“Buffalo Chief (given name)”)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #1085”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Osage Nation (2018–), “𐓵𐓪́𐓸𐓟”, in Osage Dictionary‎[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
  • Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), “ðóxe”, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, pages 42–3
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