noun animal_rodent
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *sį́•ka ~ *zį́•ka
Proto-Dakota *zičá
Lakota zičá ‘squirrel’ RTC
Dakota zićá , †zičá ‘squirrel’ SRR:649b
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere
Chiwere θį́ŋe GM
Hoocąk zíik ‘squirrel’ KM:3977 , ziik
Proto-Dhegiha *sį́ka
Omaha-Ponca sį́ga ‘squirrel’ RR
Kanza/Kaw sį́ga ‘squirrel’ RR
Osage çíⁿga , †sį́ka ‘squirrel’ LF:30b
Quapaw sį́ka ‘squirrel’ RR
Cf. ‘squirrel > flying squirrel’. We note that entries with į have s while those with oral i have z. ‘squirrel (2)’ shows a nasal prefix that would, if cognate with ‘squirrel (1)’, provide a nasalized and/or intervocalic environment for voicing of the above fricatives. Otherwise, it looks as if this is a diffused form more than a collection of cognates. Look-alikes in Tunica and Keresan would tend to confirm this latter analysis. Even the subgroup reconstruction should be considered insecure and extremely tentative.
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