𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́

Osage

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *waxʔó, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *sxʔo·h- (“old”), from Proto-Siouan *xʔó·he (“old”).[1] The shift from “old” to “woman” in the Dhegiha languages is likely due to elderly women holding high status in these cultures.

Cognate with Winnebago xʔoóke (“parent, adult”), Omaha-Ponca waʔó, Kansa wakʔó, Quapaw waxʔó, Biloxi xohi (“old”) and Ofo shóhi (“old”).

Noun

𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ (Latin script wakʼó)

  1. woman (adult female)
  2. wife (married woman)
    Synonyms: 𐓱𐓘́͘𐓤𐓟 (childless), 𐓣𐓧𐓪̋͘𐓭𐓘 𐓣̄𐓡𐓪́͘, 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓷𐓟́𐓵𐓶𐓹𐓟, 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓷𐓟𐓶́𐓹𐓟
  3. (card games) queen (playing card)

Derived terms

  • 𐓯𐓪͘𐓨𐓣́͘𐓥𐓘 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ (“nun”, literally “Catholic woman”)
  • 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓟̋𐓤𐓪͘, 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓟́𐓤𐓪͘ (“womanly, woman-like”)
  • 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓨𐓘̄͘𐓵𐓪́͘𐓯𐓰𐓘͘ (“wife stealer”, literally “steals wives constantly”)
  • 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓩𐓪̄͘𐓡𐓪́͘ (“prostitute (female)”)
  • 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓵𐓣́𐓧𐓘͘, 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓵𐓣́𐓤𐓵𐓘͘ (“to flirt with a woman”)
  • 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓵𐓣͘𐓤𐓟́ (“widower”, literally “wifeless”)
  • 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓷𐓟́𐓵𐓶𐓹𐓟, 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́ 𐓷𐓟𐓶́𐓹𐓟 (“wife, married woman”)
  • 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́𐓭𐓘, 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́𐓱𐓘͘ (“eldest daughter”)
  • 𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́𐓻𐓣͘ (“mother-in-law”)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #525”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Osage Nation (2018–), “𐓷𐓘𐓤ʼ𐓪́”, in Osage Dictionary‎[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
  • Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), “wakˀó”, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 233
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