verb physical_motion

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *psí-kE

Pre-Mandan *:pšik (?)

Mandan pšik ‘to push’ H:154 , rápšikoʔš ‘he pushes away by foot’ H:154

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *psíkE

Proto-Dakota *psíčA

Lakota psíča ‘jump’ RTC , -psípsiča, pa- ‘push and make fly as chips’ EB:432 , -psiča, aká- ‘make jump etc. on by striking, as by splashing water on one’ EB:69 , -psíča, na- ‘skip, hop, jump around’ EB:355 , -psíča, wa- ‘make chips fly’ EB:548 , -psiča, wayú- ‘make jump’ EB:571 , -psíča, ya- ‘cause to skip or jump by biting’ EB:626

Stoney pθíǰa ~ pθíya PAS

Sioux Valley psíča PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Hoocąk nąąsík ‘use feet to control something, stop something rolling with the foot’ KM:2222 , nąąsik ‘be agile, energetic’ JWE:92 , wasisík ‘any active game’ KM:1836 , wasisik , kíisik , kiisik

Proto-Dhegiha *síke, *wasísike

Omaha-Ponca †wasísige ‘active’

Kanza/Kaw wasísige ‘active, as a warrior’ RR , nąsísige ‘dart rapidly’ RR , nąsíge ‘kick aside’ RR , basíge ‘knock aside, make fly as water’ JOD, RR , büsíge ‘press, as the sap from wood’ RR , dásige ‘sparks, give off, spit coals’ RR , dásisige ‘sparks or coals, to give off frequently’ MR, RR , nąsíge ‘walk on gravel and kick it’ JOD, RR , nąsísige ‘move or dart rapidly at short intervals’

Osage noⁿçíge, nǫsíke , †nąsíke ‘lift or kick aside with foot’ LF:113a , waçíçige , †wasísike ‘brave, valorous, valiant, active; prowess’ LF:186a

Quapaw wasísike ‘brave’ JOD

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi ptce, pĭtcĕ´, ptcedí, pĭtcédi , †pičé-di ‘jump, leap, as a grasshopper, sturgeon, etc.’ D&S:248b , ptcedí, pĭtcédi , †pičé-di D&S:249