noun social_culture
Proto-Siouan-Catawba *wų-
Proto-Siouan *wųhé
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *wu•
Crow buú ‘song’ GG:35
Hidatsa itú• ‘his song’
Pre-Mandan *wąhe
Mandan wąhé ‘song’ RTC
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi yoⁿni , †yǫni ‘song’ D&S:288b
Proto-Catawba
Catawba mǫʔ ‘sing’ FGS:9a
Cf. ‘sing’. Catawba, Crow, and Hidatsa suggest *wų•, from which Mandan may have dissimilated to *wą. Cf. ‘ask’. Cf. several DH terms in -mą referring to ringing sounds. Biloxi appears to be derived from ‘sing’ via contraction. Had Biloxi dissimilated *wų, one would expect dǫ rather than yǫ.
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