verb perceptual_visual
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *(a-)pų́•sE
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa
Crow puuchí ‘striped, corrugated’ GG:54, RGG:97
Pre-Mandan
Mandan pųš ‘spotted’ H:160
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi apsûⁿ´ , †apsǫ́ ‘smallpox’ D&S:248b , sipí , †sipí ‘a pustule, as in small pox’ D&S:256a , sipsipí , †sipsipí ‘pitted’ D&S:256a
Although poorly attested and with irregular phonological developments, this set is supported by both the x and š grade fricative symbolism. All meanings are ‘spotted’ or ‘striped’. Nevertheless, doubts about cognacy remain. The Mandan form in Hollow occurs only in the word sípųška ‘prairie chicken’, literally “spotted feathers”. More recent informants say sípu•ška, no nasalization and long vowel.
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