wipe, rub, scour

physical_contact_manipulation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *-kha

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *-khá

Chiwere khála ‘solid, hard’ [cf. dákhala ‘freeze’ (?)]

Hoocąk waká ‘scour, shine’ KM:3335 , waka

Proto-Dhegiha *pü-khá

Omaha-Ponca bíka , †bíkha MAS:189

Kanza/Kaw bükhábe [B-stem]

Osage biká , †pükhá ‘efface, erase, obliterate, wipe out’ LF:27a

Quapaw bikhá ‘rub smooth’ JOD

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources