mathó
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See also: Matho
Dakota[edit]
Noun[edit]
mathó
Lakota[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mississippi-Valley *mąthó, from Proto-Siouan *wąthó (“black bear”). Cognate with Dakota mathó, Mandan wątóʔ (“bear”), Chiwere mąthó (“grizzly bear”), Winnebago mąčó (“grizzly bear”), Omaha-Ponca mąčhó (“grizzly bear”), Kansa mičhó (“polar bear”), Osage mįčhó (“grizzly bear”), Quapaw mąthó/mąčhó (“grizzly bear”).
Noun[edit]
matȟó
See also[edit]
- matȟó-čhiŋčála (“bear cub”)