noun physical_substance
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ayú•si
Biloxi ayusí, hayusi D&S:296a
Ofo əčú•fi D&S:321b, JSS , ạtcū´fi
Proto-Catawba
Catawba yáči
noun physical_substance
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ayú•si
Biloxi ayusí, hayusi D&S:296a
Ofo əčú•fi D&S:321b, JSS , ạtcū´fi
Proto-Catawba
Catawba yáči
Cf. Yuchi yaše (GW). Catawba/Yuchi similarity may be due to borrowing, but the meaning is rather basic. Ofo should show aspiration in the accented syllable. The term is limited to the SE. Pre-Proto-Biloxi-Ofo could be either *ayú•si or *wa-yú•si, since both Biloxi and Ofo lose initial labial resonants.
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