Just a few out of very many terms used in native American languages for a buffalo are:
Cheyenne.................................hotova'a or hotoa'a (mehe = buffalo cow)
Arapaho....................................henéécee(biis = buffalo cow)
Blackfoot...................................iinii, stomick
Lakota......................................tatanka(pte = buffalo cow)
Assiniboin..................................tataga(pte = buffalo cow)
Hidatsa.....................................mite kedapi
Crow.........................................bishee, tsirupe
Mandan.....................................ptemday
Navajo.......................................ayani
Jicarilla.......................................ayande
Apache.......................................bishishjik
Pawnee......................................taraha'
Arikara (Sanish)..........................tanaha'
Comanche...................................tasiwoo
Nez Perce....................................qoq'á·lx
Shoshone....................................bozheena
Migration in search of the buffalo
"Tatanka" is a Lakota Indian word that means buffalo.
it is a North American Indian name
The native American Indian seneca name for a friend is Donehogawa.
Yes, they are one and the same, just called by different names. The more correct name is Bison, though, not Buffalo.
The water buffalo is not native to the Americas, so no language anywhere in the Americas would have a native name for that animal. Water buffalo are native to the Indian sub-continent and Asia.
Migration in search of the buffalo
"Tatanka" is a Lakota Indian word that means buffalo.
American buffalo
nomads
The American "buffalo", is not really a buffalo, but is actually a bison, which is a separate bovine category.The official species name is Bison Bison.
A Bison.
A Bison.
it is a North American Indian name
That would depend on which type of buffalo you are referring to. There are American Buffalo, Wisent (aka Eurasian Buffalo), Water Buffalo, etc.
The native American Indian seneca name for a friend is Donehogawa.
That would depend on which buffalo you are talking about.The Water Buffalo can be referred to as Bubalus bubalisor Asian Buffalo.The African Buffalo can be called the Cape Buffalo, affalo, nyati, Black Death, or mbogo.The American Buffalo (which is not really a buffalo) can be called the American Bison, which is a more accurate name since the species is actually a Bison.