hcée

Osage

Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *witéˑ (“bison”). Cognate with Kansa čče, Omaha-Ponca tte, Lakota pté, Winnebago cée, Hidatsa midée.

Noun

hcée

1. bison

References

• Carolyn Quintero, Osage Dictionary, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman (OK), 2009
• Douglas R. Parks; Robert L. Rankin, Siouan Languages, dans Raymond J. DeMallie (editor) Handbook of North American Indian, Volume 13, Part 1, Washington, Smithsonian Institution, pp. 94-114, 2001.