chichká

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Crow

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Greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) in Illinois.

Etymology

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From Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *cí•cka, from Proto-Siouan *sí•ka.

Noun

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chichká

  1. prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Lowie, Robert H. (1960) Crow Word Lists: Crow-English and English-Crow Vocabularies, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 168:tsí·tsgye, tsítskye
  • Reed, Jr., George (1974 September) Dictionary of the Crow Language[1], Massachusetts Institute of Technology, page 44