noun physical_celestial_body
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *įtka
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *ihka
Crow ihká ‘star’ GG:74, RGG:6
Hidatsa íhka ‘star’ J
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi íⁿtka, iⁿtká , †įtka D&S:203b
Ofo oⁿtaskĕ´, ontaskĕ´, óⁿtaske , †ątaske D&S:328a
Proto-Tutelo-Saponi
Tutelo tabunītçkai; tapniñskai , †taburį•čkai N, H
The Ofo and Tutelo forms resemble the established cognates here, but contain numerous irregularities. The similarities between ‘egg’ and ‘star (1)’ led Matthews (1958:125) to consider them a single etymon. We have chosen to regard ‘egg’ and ‘star (1)’ as a case of homophony rather than polysemy.
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