wife

social_kin

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *ųhe

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *uá

Crow ‘wife’ GG:58, RGG:23

Hidatsa ua ‘wife’ J

Pre-Mandan *ųhe

Mandan kų́ʔhe ‘his wife’ RTC

General comment

Mandan < ko-ųhe.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources