blanket (2)

noun physical_artefact_dress

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *ąši

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *waši < *wa-aši

Crow bicí ‘blanket’ L:197 , isa•ce ‘his blanket’ L:197

Hidatsa waší ‘blanket’ J , ita•ši ‘his blanket’ J

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Dakota

Lakota šiná ‘blanket, shawl, robe’ RTC

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ąči

Biloxi tcipúxi, tcpúxi, tcpuxwi , †či ‘blanket’ D&S:266a , tcûkdĕxyí , †či ‘handkerchief, cap’ D&S:267a , tcûkdĕxyí nitaní , †či ‘shawl, big handkerchief’ D&S:267a

Ofo oⁿtciphā´ska , †ąčiphá•ska ‘blanket’ D&S:328, JSS

General comment

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo č < *š. Proto-Crow-Hidatsa has added the absolutive wa- in unpossessed forms.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources