physical_spatial_place
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan wį́•t- (?)
Pre-Mandan
Mandan wį́•ti ‘village’ RTC
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Ofo ĭⁿ´tufa, iⁿ´tufi ‘town’ D&S:325a
Proto-Catawba
Catawba we•, wi ‘town’ KS
physical_spatial_place
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan wį́•t- (?)
Pre-Mandan
Mandan wį́•ti ‘village’ RTC
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Ofo ĭⁿ´tufa, iⁿ´tufi ‘town’ D&S:325a
Proto-Catawba
Catawba we•, wi ‘town’ KS
The Mandan form looks as if it might simply be the old, inherently possessed word for ‘my house’ or ‘our house(s)’. The Ofo form could possibly be the same. (No separate inclusive or plural possessive prefix is reconstructible for the inalienable paradigm in Siouan.) With so few purported cognates, chance resemblance could be a problem here.
| Language | Cognate | Phonetic Siouan | Meaning | Comment | Sources |
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