What is a Sioux word for horse?

Answer 1

Most tribes had their own word for horse.

Check by tribe.

Here are a few I have found:

nektosha from the potawatemi

punokomita from the piegan

soquili from the cherokee

kava .... tribe name not available

Answer 2

While all the Plains tribes had terms meaning "horse" the idea of a "small horse" is very strange - perhaps you mean a young horse, colt or foal. Wild mustangs, as caught and tamed by the tribes, are generally all the same size, what today might be termed a pony. But the word for horse was still used, not "small horse".

Just a few native American terms meaning horse are:

Blackfoot.....................ponokaomitaa (elk-dog)

Cheyenne....................mo'ehe-no'ha (domesticated elk)

Arapaho......................woxhoox

Assiniboin....................shugataga (big dog)

Lakota.........................shunkawakan (sacred dog) or tashunke

Crow...........................iichiili (elk)

Hidatsa........................itsuasuka, itasuka, itsuwushka

Mandan.......................ompah-meneda (elk dog)

Shoshone.....................bungu

Comanche....................puuku

Pawnee........................arusa

Arikara (Sanish)............xaawaarúxti'

Answer 3

the aboriginal word for horse is i think papat rendsa

also Yarraman is very common and Jarrang, two different dialects.

Answer 4

in lakota, the word is sunka wakan (pronounced shoonka wahkan) with the k in wakan being gutteral

Answer 5

There are MORE THAN 700 Native American languages. Pick a few.

Answer 6

You'll need to be more specific about which Native American language you mean as there is a multitude of different Native American languages.

Answer 7

Puuku

Answer 8

dog