wačhípi
Dakota edit
Alternative forms edit
wacipi
Etymology edit
From wačhí (“to dance”) + -pi (“plural marker, they”).
Noun edit
wačhípi
Verb edit
wačhípi
- third-person plural present indicative of wačhí (“to dance”)
Usage edit
- ^ Boutin 2012: Powwow and wacipi are not necessarily synonymous, as historian Loren Dean Boutin notes: "'Powwow' and 'wacipi' are sometimes used almost synonymously [among Dakota], but 'powwow' is the word with the broadest meaning. A powwow can and usually does have a wacipi within it". (p. 21)
Further reading edit
Lakota edit
Alternative forms edit
wacipi
Etymology edit
From wačhí (“to dance”) + -pi (“plural marker”).
Noun edit
wačhípi
Verb edit
wačhípi
- third-person plural present indicative of wačhí (“to dance”)