dove, pigeon

noun animal_bird

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *wayú•tka ~ *warú•tka

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa

Hidatsa má•rahku(a) ‘pigeon’ J

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *rú•tka

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *rú•tke

Chiwere rú•hǰe RR

Hoocąk ruučgé KM:2745 , ruucge

Proto-Dhegiha *rǘhta

Omaha-Ponca thíta , †ðítta MAS:136

Kanza/Kaw yǘtta ‘pigeon, dove’ RR

Osage thiṭá , †ðühtá ‘pigeon’ LF:149b

Quapaw dítta ‘dove’ JOD

Proto-Southeastern *wayú•t(-ka)

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ayú•t- (?)

Biloxi yoteḳá , †yoteká ‘dove’ D&S:295a

Ofo atcúta, ạtcúta , †ačú•ta ‘dove, wild pigeon (?)’ D&S:321b, JSS

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo mayūtkāi, wayōtkāi , †mayu•tka•i H , wa•yutká, waya•´suⁿtka , †mayu•tka•i LJF

Proto-Catawba

Catawba itúsi ‘dove’ KS

General comment

Hidatsa shows rightward vowel exchange of u. Biloxi may show traces of an older root without -ka, or it may not be properly cognate. OVS argues for Proto-Siouan *wayú•t-ka, while MVS argues for Proto-Siouan *warú•t-ka. Mandan wráwit ‘dove, wild pigeon’ (H-300) may not be cognate; cf. wráwi ‘elm’. This term shows a generally regular development but probably incorporates a healthy degree of phonosymbolism, as do several Iroquoian, Keresan, etc. look-alikes. Cf. ‘bird > game bird, turkey’.

Other languages

  • orí:teʔ; Oneida oli:teʔ; Huron oritley; Tusc. urí:ʔneʔ, Mithun p. 268. Proto Keresan *hú•ʔù•ga Miller + Davis, IJAL 29:322
Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources