waȟpé

Lakota

Etymology

From Proto-Dakota *waxpé, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *waxpé.[1]

Cognate with Dakota waȟpé and Ofo āphí.

Noun

waȟpé

  1. leaf, needle (of a tree or plant)
    Hyponyms: apé, čhaŋwáȟpe, čhaŋwápe
  2. (by extension) tea:
    1. tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
    2. tea (drink)

References

  1. ^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #634”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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