bury

verb social_culture

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *xé

Pre-Mandan

Mandan ówą•xe ‘grave’ RTC

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *xé

Proto-Dakota *xá

Lakota xá ‘bury’ RTC, EJ

Dakota xa ‘bury’ SRR:160a

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *xé•

Chiwere xé ‘bury’ RR

Hoocąk xée ‘bury’ [+ ablaut] KM:3878 , xee

Proto-Dhegiha *xé

Omaha-Ponca xé , †xé ‘bury’ MAS:29

Kanza/Kaw xé ‘bury’ RR

Osage xé , †xé ‘bury, inter’ LF:218a

Quapaw xe ‘bury’ JOD

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi amaxí , †amąxí ‘grave’ D&S:227a

General comment

In Mandan and Biloxi the root has been compounded with ‘mud, dirt, earth’, q.v. In fact, it is likely in both cases that the compound has been reanalyzed to a new root. Data on vowel length here are, unfortunately, marginal. We cannot say that the Proto-Siouan vowel was short and cannot be certain it was long. The root, being a monosyllable, should and apparently does, have organic *-e, not the unaccented stem forming -E.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources