big (1)

verb perceptual_visual

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *ihtą́•(-re)

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa

Crow isáa RG, GG:89

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *htą́(-ka)

Proto-Dakota *thą́ka

Lakota thą́ka ‘large’ RTC , -thą́ka, ka- ‘beat out large, to enlarge by striking; to make something larger that has been finished before’ EB:292b , -thą́ka, na- ‘enlarge, become larger, as a shoe’ EB:360a , -thą́ka, pa- ‘push out, make larger by pushing’ EB:436a , -thą́ka, wa- ‘one who is great or rich’ EB:553b , -thąka, wa- ‘cut large’ EB:553b , -thą́ka, ya- ‘speak of as large or great’ EB:629b , -thą́ka, yu- ‘make great or large, to enlarge’ EB:653b

Dakota taŋka , †thą́ka ‘big’ WM:17b

Stoney thą́ga ‘big’ PAS

Sioux Valley thą́ka ‘big’ PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *thą́(-ka)

Chiwere khéthą ‘turtle’ GM , nį́thą ‘Mississippi R.’ GM

Hoocąk hoočą́k ‘Winnebago; Ho-Chunk’ KM:170 , Hoocąk ‘turtle’ KM:170 , keečą́k ‘praise’ KM:170 , keecąk ‘sacred, holy; be spiritually good, sacred, holy’ KM:3338 , -čą́k, ra- , racąk , wakąčą́k , wakącąk

Proto-Dhegiha *htą́(-ka)

Omaha-Ponca ttą́ga ~ ttągá ‘big’ RR

Kanza/Kaw ttągá ‘big’ RR , -ttą́ŋa ‘augmentative’ RR , -ttą́ye, yü- ‘enlarge, make sth. big’ MR, RR , -ttą́ga, ya- ‘speak of sth. as great or large’ JOD, RR

Osage toⁿgá , †htąká ‘big, large’ LF:155b

Quapaw ttǫ́ka, ttąká ‘big’ RR , hóttą ‘roar’ RR

Proto-Southeastern *ithą́•(ri)

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ithą́•(ri)

Biloxi taⁿ, nitaní, nitáni , †nitá•ni ‘big’ D&S:270b , neta•neʔ , †nitá•ni ‘big’ MRH , nita•neʔ , †nitá•ni ‘big’ MS

Ofo ĭthoⁿ´, ithóñ, txoⁿ, ítxoⁿ , †ithą́ ‘big’ D&S:324b , tāñ , †tą́• ‘big’ D&S:324, JSS

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo itáñi, itāñ, iṭaⁿ´i , †itą́•ni H, DSF

General comment

Terms for ‘big’ are separated into two sets, although Wolff erroneously treated them as allomorphs of a single morpheme. The MVS languages suffixed *-ka in citation forms, i.e., when ‘big’ is a stative verb. Cf. ‘augmentative (1)’ and ‘augmentative (2)’. Biloxi initial n is unaccounted for.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources