physical_somatic_body_part
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *okšų́kšų
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere
Chiwere uʔšų́ʔšų GM
Proto-Dhegiha *ošǫšǫ
Omaha-Ponca ushoⁿshoⁿ MAS:190
Kanza/Kaw áošǫ́šo RR, JOD
Osage aushoⁿshoⁿ , †aošǫšǫ LF:358b, LF:17a
Quapaw áošǫšǫ JOD
Chiwere ʔS < *kS. Cf. *ši-šE and Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ke(•)či ‘bend’, which suggest that all of the Siouan terms for ‘bend, crooked’, etc. with root-initial kš probably possessed the Proto-Siouan initial CVC sequence *keš-. This would account for the accentual pattern in the daughter languages also.
| Language | Cognate | Phonetic Siouan | Meaning | Comment | Sources |
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