noun animal_mammal
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *(a)thą́tǫ
Biloxi taⁿtoⁿ (archaic); taⁿta , †tątǫ ‘panther’ D&S:272b , taⁿtoⁿná , †tątǫ ‘Ancient of Panthers’ D&S:272b
Ofo at‹ạ́nta , †athą́ta ‘wildcat’ D&S:322a , tạⁿtcĭ´ñki , †tą-čį́ki ‘little cat’
Quapaw may represent a borrowing from Biloxi or Ofo. Phonologically Dakota ptą ‘otter’ matches this set, v. ‘otter’. Michael Nichols (personal communication) finds resemblant forms elsewhere in North America, so this is most likely a widely diffused form and a borrowing in most or all of the languages included here.
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