marked > spotted, striped (1)

verb perceptual_visual

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *kré•sE

Pre-Mandan

Mandan kréreš ‘be dirty, streaky’ H:118

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *krézE

Proto-Dakota *krézA

Lakota glézA ‘striped’ RTC , -gléglezA, na- ‘be checkered or marked’ EB:343 , -glézA, ka- ‘mark across or around by cutting; to make in stripes or figures’ EB:272 , -glézelA, ka- ‘stripe, make striped’ EB:272 , -glézA, pa- ‘make spotted or ringed by rubbing.’ EB:423

Dakota hdéza ‘striped, in ridges or rows’ SRR:131b

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *kréze

Chiwere gléðe ‘spots, patches’ GM

Hoocąk hokerés ‘color’ KM:1802 , hokereš

Proto-Dhegiha *kréze

Omaha-Ponca gtheze , †gðéze ‘striped’ MAS:166

Kanza/Kaw léze ‘striped’ RR

Osage gthéçe , †léze ‘striped’ LF:54a

Quapaw kdéze ‘striped’ RR

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *kré•si

Biloxi nDɛ•seʔ ‘snake (striped)’ MRH , ndɛ•seʔ MS

Ofo oⁿktéfi , †-ktéfi ‘snake’ [striped] D&S:328a

General comment

On Ofo ‘snake’ v. also ‘sacred (2a), snake’.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources