buzzard (2)

noun animal_bird

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *hé•-ka

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *heká

Proto-Dakota *hečá

Lakota hečá RTC

Dakota †hečá ‘buzzard’ SRR:140b

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *hé•ke

Chiwere hé•ge ‘buzzard’ JDH , hégara ‘buzzard’ JGT:25

Hoocąk heegé ‘buzzard’ KM:786 , heeg

Proto-Dhegiha *heká

Omaha-Ponca hegá ‘buzzard’ RR

Kanza/Kaw hegá ‘buzzard’ RR

Osage heká ‘buzzard’ RR

Quapaw hekattǫ́ka ‘buzzard’ RR

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Saponi Hickooto- ‘buzzard (creek)’ Byrd

General comment

Cf. ‘buzzard (1)’.

Other languages

  • Choctaw: šeki Byington
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