noun social_communication
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *srekE
Pre-Mandan *šrek
Mandan šerék ‘warhoop (sic), noise’ H:235
Proto-Mississipi-Valley
Proto-Dhegiha
Quapaw sdeké ‘bawl’ JOD
noun social_communication
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *srekE
Pre-Mandan *šrek
Mandan šerék ‘warhoop (sic), noise’ H:235
Proto-Mississipi-Valley
Proto-Dhegiha
Quapaw sdeké ‘bawl’ JOD
This term may be considered to involve sound symbolism, cf. English ‘shriek’. This is true of dozens of Siouan terms with the shape *SrV-.
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