lungs

noun physical_somatic_body_part

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *yá•xu

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *rá•xo

Crow dáaxo ‘lung’ RG, GG:41, RGG:70

Hidatsa rá•xu ‘lungs’ J , ná•xu

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *i-rá•ɣu

Proto-Dakota *čhaɣú

Lakota čhaɣú ‘lungs’ RTC

Dakota ćaġú ‘lungs’ SRR:84a

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *rá•ɣ-

Chiwere láxu ‘lungs’ GM

Hoocąk raaɣó ‘lung’ KM:2524 , raaǧo

Proto-Dhegiha *ráɣü, *ráɣį

Omaha-Ponca tteðáxį ‘animal lungs’ RTC , tha’xi , †ðáxį ‘lung’ MAS:116

Kanza/Kaw yáxü ‘lungs’ RR

Osage tháxiⁿ , †ðáɣį ‘lungs of a man or an animal’ LF:142b , tháxi , †ðáɣi ‘lungs’ LF:142b

Quapaw dáɣi ‘lungs’ JOD , dáɣį ‘lungs’ JOD

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *yáxu

Biloxi yák‹hú , †yáxu ‘lungs’ [G] D&S:288a

Ofo tcásu , †čásu ‘liver’ D&S:329a

General comment

The Biloxi entry is attributed to Gatschet by Dorsey, so the normalization here may not be reliable.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources