What is the American Indian name for buffalo?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

In Lakota/Dakota/Nakota it is: ta Tanka.

In Blackfoot it is: ee-nii

In Cheyenne: hotowa'e

In Cree: Buskwa Moostoos

In Crow: Bi Shee

Answer 3

There are over 700 different Native American languages.