pronoun n/a
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *wí•-*ʔe• ~ *wį́•-*ʔe•
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *wi•re
Crow biiléen, bíilaa RG , bíh
Hidatsa wi•ra , mi•ra
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *wi-ʔe•
Proto-Dakota
Lakota mįyé
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere
Chiwere mí^e , †mį́ʔe ‘I’ JGT:167
Proto-Dhegiha *wi-e
Omaha-Ponca wi
Kanza/Kaw wíe RR
Quapaw wíe RR
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Ofo mī´ⁿti , †mį́•ti JSS
Proto-Tutelo-Saponi
Tutelo mim H
Cf. analogous 2sg. form. Here, *ʔe• is presumably the general demonstrative. Nasalization appears to be lacking in DH, and no explanation for its absence is presently available. Ofo shows a form with analogically restored initial m-, ordinarily lost in both Ofo and Biloxi. Otherwise, Ofo is internally reconstructible to *wį-re, where r would normally be epenthetic following the loss of an earlier ʔ.
Perhaps the sibilant Lakota mįš and Tutelo misą́i ‘emphatic’ forms belong together in a set related to this one, although if the sibilant goes back to*š it should have become č in Tutelo. There are other instances of Tutelo scorresponding to š in MVS though--although some of them are clearly diffused forms like ‘nine’.
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