skim (2)

verb physical_contact_manipulation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *-ptÉ

Proto-Dakota *ptA

Lakota ptA´, ka- ‘ladle or bail out’ EB:288a , ptA, ka- ‘fill up’ EJ

Dakota kaptá ‘lade or bail out’ SRR:264a

Proto-Dhegiha *ka-hté

Omaha-Ponca gaṭé , †gatté ‘lump (of blood)’

Kanza/Kaw ccé, ga- ‘skim a liquid, skim grease’ JOD, RR

Osage gaṭsé , †kahcé ‘skim grease off’ LF:48a

Quapaw tté, ka- ‘dip or ladle out, as food’ RR

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources