social_transfer
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *aša•ri
Crow ataalí ‘steal’ GG:13
Hidatsa aša•ri ‘steal’ J
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi kĭsĭnĕ´ , †kisiné ‘steal from another’ D&S:256a
social_transfer
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *aša•ri
Crow ataalí ‘steal’ GG:13
Hidatsa aša•ri ‘steal’ J
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi kĭsĭnĕ´ , †kisiné ‘steal from another’ D&S:256a
The Biloxi form may explain the Crow and Hidatsa forms in -rí, though Biloxi has a different spirant. To explain the long a• in Crow and Hidatsa, one might appeal to a folk etymology along the lines suggested in the comments to ‘steal (1)’.
| Language | Cognate | Phonetic Siouan | Meaning | Comment | Sources |
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