yes (2)

particle social_communication

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *é•

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *é•

Crow ée RG

Hidatsa ée ‘yes’ J

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *é•

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Hoocąk éhą ‘female exclamation’ B&S:935 , ehą ?

Proto-Dhegiha

Kanza/Kaw howé ‘female speech’ RR

Osage howé , †howé LF:67b

Quapaw ée ‘yes, used by children’ JOD , hawé ‘hello, greeting’

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources