long (2)

verb perceptual_visual

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *hą́skE

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *háckE

Crow háčka ‘tall, long’ RG, GG:48

Hidatsa háckE ‘long’ J , hácki

Pre-Mandan *hą́ška-

Mandan hą́škaʔš ‘it’s long, tall’ RTC

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Dakota *hą́ska

Lakota hą́ska ‘long, tall’ RTC

Dakota háŋska ‘long, tall’ SRR:124b

Sioux Valley hą́ska PAS

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi naskĕ´ , †nąské ‘long, tall, as a tree’ D&S:232b

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo yapóske, yumpañkatska ‘long’ H

General comment

Status of the OVS forms is uncertain, but compare with the reflexes for ‘day’, ‘louse’, where we also have h corresponding to n in the SE.

Perhaps a combination of ‘long (2)’ and the similative ska (see ‘near’), following Boas and Deloria. This would explain the partial cognacy of the SE terms.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources