black (2)

verb perceptual_visual_color

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *šápE

Proto-Dakota *šápa

Lakota šápA ‘dirty’ RTC, EJ , -šápa, na- ‘soil, blacken, defile with the feet’ EB:358a , -šapa, waká- ‘make black or dirty by smiting’ EB:527b , -šapa, wapá- ‘defile’ EB:547a , -šápa, ya- ‘soil with the mouth’ EB:627b , -šápa, yu- ‘soil, blacken, to defile anything’ EB:651a

Dakota ṡápa , †šápa ‘dirty’ WM:50a

Sioux Valley šápa ‘dirty’ PAS

Proto-Dhegiha *šápe

Omaha-Ponca çíshabe , †zíšabe ‘brown’ MAS:26

Kanza/Kaw šábe ‘dark colored’ RR , -šabe, ogá- ‘blow darkness, make dusk, as the night does’ RR

Osage shábe , †šápe ‘dark in color’ LF:130a

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources