bathe

verb physical_contact

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *hi•-rá

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa

Crow híilappee ‘ford a river’ RG, GG:48

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *hi•_rá

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *hí•-ra

Chiwere hí•ra ‘bathe, wade, swim’ JDH

Hoocąk hiira ‘bathe’ KM:876 , hiira

Proto-Dhegiha *hi_rá

Omaha-Ponca hi_ðá ‘swim’ JOD

Kanza/Kaw hiyá ‘swim’ RR

Osage hithá , †hi_ðá ‘bathe in a stream’ LF:61b

Quapaw hidá ‘swim’ OM

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo míni ínase ‘swim’ HW

General comment

This form seems to show double conjugation throughout MVS. Tutelo míni is ‘water’; the remainder may well be cognate as -se is a grammatical suffix.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources