Sioux en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus), a small rattlesnake.
Meanings
- A member of the Sioux tribe.
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(plural, plural-only) Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.
Crows and Sioux were enemies, but they did business together when it was worth while.
1952, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Unbeliever; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 30:
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The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.
Her husband spoke to the Indian in halting Sioux, but Horse Ears was wise. He did not answer.
1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Flame on the Frontier; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 28:
Deriveds
Stoney Sioux · Sioux City · Sioux Falls · Sioux County · Siouxness · Big Sioux · Siouxan
Relateds
Nakota · Siouan · Crow · Dakota · The Lakota Sioux Language Site · Lakota
Translations (26)
sv siouxspråk (language group) · mk Сиу (tribes) · otw Naadweswag (tribes) · unm Shaha (member of the Sioux tribe) · ru си́у (tribes) · oj Bwaanag (tribes) · gl síux (member of the Sioux tribe) · cmn 蘇語 /苏语 (language group) · pt siú (language group) · pt siú (tribes) · fi sioux (tribes) · unm Shaha (tribes) · fr sioux (language group) · pot Nadwéswak (tribes) · cmn 蘇族 /苏族 (tribes) · fr Sioux (member of the Sioux tribe) · ru си́у (language group) · de Sioux (member of the Sioux tribe) · fr Sioux (tribes) · gl síux (tribes) · fi sioux (language group) · mk сиуа́нски (language group) · de Sioux (tribes) · oj Naadawesiwag (tribes) · sv siouxer (tribes) · gl síux (language group)