mįčhó

See also: micho

Osage

Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *wąthó. Cognate with Lakota mathó, Dakota mathó, Mandan wątóʔ (“bear”), Chiwere mąthó (“grizzly bear”), Winnebago mąčó (“grizzly bear”), Omaha-Ponca mąčhó (“grizzly bear”), Kansa mičhó (“polar bear”), Quapaw mąthó/mąčhó (“grizzly bear”).

Noun

mįčhó

1. grizzly bear