Etymograph

English

Miniconjou

Miniconjou comes from Lakota mni ‘water, stream’.

  1. Lakotamodernmni‘water, stream’
  2. Lakota, derivedmodernMnikȟówožu
  3. EnglishtodayMiniconjou

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Lakotamodernmni‘water, stream’
  2. Lakota, derivedmodernMnikȟówožu
  3. EnglishtodayMiniconjou

Today it means

noun A member of a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota people, who formerly inhabited an area in western present-day South Dakota from the Black Hills to the Platte River.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Lakota mni / Miniconjou