child > youth

noun person

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *ší-ka

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *šiká•ka < *šikV+ra•ka

Crow šikáaka ‘boy’ RGG, GG:55, RGG:88

Hidatsa šiká•ka ‘young man’ J

Pre-Mandan

Mandan súk, suké ‘child’ RTC

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *wą•k-šíke

Chiwere wąʔší, wąʔšíge ‘person, people’ GM

Hoocąk wąąkšík KM:3610, KM:2952 , wąąkšik

Proto-Dhegiha *šika ~ šįka

Omaha-Ponca níkkašįga ‘man’ RTC , niášįga ‘clan’ RR

Kanza/Kaw níkkašįŋa ‘clan, people’ RR

Osage niḳashiga , †nihkašika ‘a people (ritual term)’ LF:108a

Quapaw níkkašika ‘person, people’ RR

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo wakasīk ‘child’ N, H , wakasĭ´k ‘infant’ HW

General comment

The nasalized DH forms may be contaminated from the diminutive žįka.

We cannot account for the Mandan u, if the form is cognate. The Crow/Hidatsa forms appear to be compounded with the term reconstructed ‘little, young, child’. Tutelo has s instead of the expected č. Cf. ‘child > male child’.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources