particle evaluative

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *se

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa

Crow -chi in: -lichi/-aachi ‘kind of, sort of, like that’ GG:64

Hidatsa -ci in: -raci/-a•ci ‘similative’ J

Pre-Mandan

Mandan -š in: -rąš ‘typifier’ H:467

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Dakota

Lakota sé- in: séca ‘as, though, seemingly’ [same as sʔelececa] EB:453a , sé- in: séhįgla ‘so happening’ [se + ʔe] EB:453b , sé- in: sékse ‘as it were’ EB:453b , se- in: seksel ‘like’ EB:453 , sʔe ‘like, similar’ RTC