verb physical_contact_manipulation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *swé (?)

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Dakota *-swa (?)

Lakota -swá, ka- ‘make lint; to curry’ EB:290a , -swá, na- ‘the word is used to denote what is done when one steps e.g . on a silk dress and it stretches partly, i.e. the thread tears one way’ EB:358a , -swá, na- ‘rip, tear into fringe, to fray’ EB:816b , -swá, ya- ‘pick in pieces with the teeth’ EB:627b , -swá, ya- ; yaswáka ‘pick in pieces with the teeth’ EJ , -swá, yu- ‘ravel out e.g. a stocking, to pick to pieces e.g. wool’ EB:650b

Dakota yusbá ‘ravel out; to pick to pieces, as wool’ SRR:638a

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi psûdahí , †psudahí or: †psədahí ‘a comb’ D&S:248a