verb physical_motion
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *kitá(-re) or: *kiktá(-re)
Pre-Mandan *kita•-
Mandan kitą́r , †kitą•- ‘awaken someone’ H:338 , kitá•roʔš , †kita•- kitár ‘awaken someone’ H:112
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *kikta
Proto-Dakota
Lakota kiktá ‘arise, get up’ RTC
Proto-Dhegiha
Quapaw kítta ‘arise, get up’ ASG
It is impossible to determine the precise status of the second k in the Lakota form and its probable reflex in Quapaw. It may be an organic part of the root, or it may be the regular syncopated reflex of the original *ki, with the initial ki an analogically added duplicate.
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