Wiktionary

wačhípi

Dakota

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From wačhí (“to dance”) + -pi (“plural marker, they”).

Noun

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wačhípi

  1. a dance, dancing
  2. powwow[usage 1]

Verb

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wačhípi

  1. third-person plural present indicative of wačhí (“to dance”)

Usage notes

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  1. ^ Boutin 2012: Powwow and wacipi are not necessarily synonymous, as historian Loren Dean Boutin notes: "'Powwow' and 'wacipi' are sometimes used almost synonymously [among Dakota], but 'powwow' is the word with the broadest meaning. A powwow can and usually does have a wacipi within it". (p. 21)

Further reading

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  • Dakhód Iápi Wičhóie Wówapi‎[1] (in Dakota), Dakhóta Iápi Okhodákičhiye, 2021, retrieved 18 September 2023
  • Boutin, Loren Dean (2012) The Mankato Reconciliation Powwow, Saint Cloud, Minnesota: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc., →ISBN

Lakota

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Alternative forms

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wacipi

Etymology

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From wačhí (“to dance”) + -pi (“plural marker”).

Noun

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wačhípi

  1. a dance, dancing, powwow

Verb

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wačhípi

  1. third-person plural present indicative of wačhí (“to dance”)
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