black > dark (2)

verb perceptual_visual_color

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *išé•pE

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa

Hidatsa šéhpE ‘dark in color’ J , šéhpi

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *šé•pe

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *šé•pe

Chiwere ði•šé•we ‘brown’ RR

Hoocąk šéep ‘be dark colored’ KM:2929 , šeep ‘suntan, n.’ KM:3087 , -šép, taa- , taašep

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Ofo ĭtchepi´, itchĭpi´ , †ičhepi ‘dirt, dust’ D&S:324b

General comment

Hidatsa preaspiration is unaccounted for. Perhaps cf. the comments on h-augment at ‘yellow’.

Other languages

  • Yuchi išpi ‘dark, dirty’ LB
Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources