store away

verb physical_contact_manipulation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *-tku-

Proto-Dakota

Lakota tkuga, paó- ‘push and thereby lock, e.g., a door with a night latch’ EB:432 , tkuga, yuó- ‘lock a door with a key or by hand’ EB:646

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Hoocąk cgús, waru- ‘be stored away’ KM:3445 , warucgus ‘do a work completely’ KM:1540 , cgús, howa- ‘store away’ KM:2658 , howacgus , cgús, ru- , rucgus

Proto-Dhegiha

Quapaw wattíxe ‘cache, cellar’

General comment

The expected Quapaw form from *tku would be ttí via the normal metathesis and assimilation of the cluster and fronting and unrounding of u.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources