๐“ท๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ

Osage

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *wasรกpe, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *wasรกpe, replacing the earlier Proto-Siouan *wi-hลณฬte, *wa-hลณฬte.[1] By surface analysis, ๐“ท๐“˜- (valence reducer prefix) +โ€Ž ๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ (โ€œblackโ€), literally โ€œthe black oneโ€.

Cognate with Stoney wasรกben, Omaha-Ponca wasรกbe, Kansa wasรกbe and Quapaw wasรก.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wษ‘sษ‘ฬpษ›/

Noun

๐“ท๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ (Latin script wasรกpe)

  1. bear (Ursidae family)
  2. (specifically) black bear, American black bear (Ursus americanus)

Derived terms

  • ๐“๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ ๐’ปฬ‹๐“ค๐“ฃ๐“ฐ๐“˜๐“ง๐“ฃ (โ€œJanuaryโ€, literally โ€œagain [when] bears are bornโ€)
  • ๐“๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ ๐’ป๐“ฐ๐“šฬ๐“ฌ๐“ฃ (โ€œDecemberโ€, literally โ€œ[when] bears are bornโ€)
  • ๐“๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ ๐“‚๐“ด๐“ฃฬ (โ€œBear Creek, MOโ€)
  • (archaic) ๐“ท๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ ๐“ญ๐“˜๐“ฐ๐“˜ (โ€œbear cubโ€)
  • ๐“ท๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ ๐“ฎ๐“ค๐“˜ (โ€œpolar bearโ€, literally โ€œwhite bearโ€)
  • ๐“๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ ๐“๐“Ÿฬ๐“ฐ๐“˜๐“ต๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ (โ€œDecemberโ€, literally โ€œ[when] bears are bornโ€)
  • ๐“ท๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฃอ˜ (โ€œbear cubโ€)
  • ๐“๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฃอ˜ (โ€œLittle Black Bear (given name)โ€)

Descendants

  • โ†’ Comanche: wasape

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), โ€œEntry #1126โ€, in Comparative Siouan Dictionaryโ€Ž[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Osage Nation (2018โ€“), โ€œ๐“ท๐“˜๐“ฎ๐“˜ฬ๐“ฌ๐“Ÿโ€, in Osage Dictionaryโ€Ž[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
  • Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), โ€œwasรกpeโ€, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, โ†’ISBN, page 238
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