summer

noun time_phase

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *waRó•ke

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *wRó•ke

Proto-Dakota *wrokétu

Lakota blokétu; blokéhą ‘summer; last summer’ RTC

Dakota mdokétu ‘summer’ SRR:313b , bdokétu ‘summer’ SRR:73a

Stoney mnogédu PAS , mndogétu-xti DR

Sioux Valley bdokétu PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *Ró•ke

Chiwere to-´’ke, ṭoḳe , †dóge ‘summer’

Hoocąk tóok KM:3132 , took

Proto-Dhegiha *Ro•ké

Omaha-Ponca no•gé ‘summer’ RR

Kanza/Kaw dogé ‘summer’ RR

Osage dogé , †toké ‘summer’ LF:38a

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ató•ki

Biloxi toke ‘calm, no breeze stirring’ D&S:279a , toḳe

Ofo ató̄k(i), atok , †ató•ki ‘summer, spring, south, year’ D&S:322a, JSS

General comment

Cf. ‘loon’, ‘male’. This is one of the few nice, polysyllabic sets containing clear reflexes of Proto-Siouan *R.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources