verb physical_action
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *rį́ʔ
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *riʔ
Crow dií ‘shoot at’ GG:44, RGG:53
Hidatsa riʔ ‘shoot at’ J , níʔi
Pre-Mandan *:rįʔ-
Mandan nį́ʔroʔš ‘he shot it’ RTC
verb physical_action
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *rį́ʔ
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *riʔ
Crow dií ‘shoot at’ GG:44, RGG:53
Hidatsa riʔ ‘shoot at’ J , níʔi
Pre-Mandan *:rįʔ-
Mandan nį́ʔroʔš ‘he shot it’ RTC
This root is apparently restricted to the northern languages, where *hkú•te kept its original meaning of ‘throw’. This is is nice additional confirmation of the diffusional nature of shooting in Siouan.
Generally Hidatsa VʔV = Crow VV with rising pitch in monosyllables.
| Language | Cognate | Phonetic Siouan | Meaning | Comment | Sources |
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