noun social_kin
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *i-rarą or: *i-rarį
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *ną́ (?)
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere
Chiwere hinnage , †hįnąge ‘wife’ JGT:281
Proto-Dhegiha
Omaha-Ponca ðaną́hau ‘spouse, m.voc.’ JEK , ðaną
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Ofo ĭthä´nạni, tä´nạni , †ithá-inəni ‘his wife’ D&S:324b
If Ofo t is from PS *r, as it would have to be in order to be cognate with Omaha-Ponca ð, then it should not be aspirated. So Ofo should probably be analyzed as ithá ‘his, someone’s’ and inani ‘spouse, wife’. This analysis would not only explain the aspiration but would account nicely for the otherwise very peculiar vowel that Swanton recorded: á + i > ä´.
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