noun physical_somatic_body_part
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *-sų́he
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *wacua < *wacuhe
Crow bachua ‘sinew’ GG:24
Hidatsa wacua ‘sinew’ J , macua
Pre-Mandan
Mandan šų́he ‘sinew’ RTC
noun physical_somatic_body_part
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *-sų́he
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *wacua < *wacuhe
Crow bachua ‘sinew’ GG:24
Hidatsa wacua ‘sinew’ J , macua
Pre-Mandan
Mandan šų́he ‘sinew’ RTC
This term may have been inherently possessed and borne the prefix i-. This would account for position of the accent but should have produced vowel length.
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