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"Sioux" is not the name of a tribe or a language, but a whole group of related languages, split into the Lakota, Nakota and Dakota dialects.

"Siouan" refers to a very much larger family of distantly-related languages, including Hidatsa, Crow, Mandan, Assiniboine, Omaha and Winnebago.

In the Lakota dialect, the common word for the Sun is wi; in ceremonial, poetic language or ritual songs the word is anpewi.

In the Dakota dialect, the word is wi or anpetuwi (literally: the day sun).

Some words for Sun in other Siouan languages are:

Assiniboine.............................wi or ompawee'

Crow......................................Áxxaashe

Hidatsa...................................midi, miri, mapemidi

Mandan..................................minaki

Omaha/Ponca.........................min

Osage.....................................mi

Quapaw..................................mi

Oto..........................................bi

Winnebago..............................wira

Biloxi........................................ina'

Kansa......................................min

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