The story
- Crow · borrowed fromaaraxpéahu“tattooed person”
- Hidatsa · borrowed fromarúpahu“Arapaho person”
- English todayArapaho
From a Siouan language, perhaps Hidatsa arúpahu (“Arapaho person”) or Crow aaraxpéahu (“tattooed person”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.