𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘

Osage

Alternative forms

𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘ (in compound terms)

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *wažį́ka, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *wayį́ka, possibly from Proto-Siouan *wa- (absolutive prefix)/*awą́·re (“bird”) + *yįkE (“small”).^[1] By surface analysis, 𐓷𐓘- (valence reducer prefix) +‎ 𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘 (“small”), literally “the small one”.

Cognate with Lakota, Dakota, and Assiniboine uŋžíŋča (“fledgling”), Chiwere wayíⁿŋe, Winnebago wanį́k, Omaha-Ponca wazhíⁿga, Kansa wažį́ga, Quapaw wažį́ka and Tutelo má꞉yį꞉k (“bird”).

Noun

𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘 (Latin script wažį́ka)

bird (Aves clade)

Derived terms

𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘 𐓡𐓣̋͘ (“bird feathers”)
𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘 𐓭𐓘 (“beak, bill (of birds)”)
𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘 𐓯𐓘̋𐓤𐓟 (“claw, talon (of birds)”)
𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘 𐓳𐓣́𐓡𐓟 (“bird nest”)
𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘𐓣́𐓟 (“parrot, macaw”, literally “talking bird”)
𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓱𐓘̄͘ (“hawk”, literally “large bird”)
𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓻𐓶𐓟 (“cardinal”, literally “red bird”)

Related terms

𐓤𐓯𐓣́𐓺𐓣𐓺𐓣́ (“ground-dwelling bird”)
𐓨𐓣́𐓸𐓘 (“game bird; duck, goose”)
𐓮𐓶́𐓡𐓶 (“leg (of birds)”)
𐓯𐓘́𐓤𐓟𐓡𐓘 (“claw, talon (of birds)”)

References

^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #1089”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Osage Nation (2018–), “𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓣́͘𐓤𐓘”, in Osage Dictionary‎^[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), “wažįka”, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 243

[1] Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #1089”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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