verb physical_contact_deformation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *pú•SE (?)

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa

Hidatsa -pu•xE, ara- ‘stomp and break in small pieces’ J , -pu•xE, ná- ‘grind up with mouth’ J , -pu•xE, nú- ‘crush, break small’ J

Pre-Mandan

Mandan -puš, ra- ‘chew s.t.’ H:160