scrape > peel

verb physical_contact_manipulation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *-xikE (?)

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa

Crow -xči, pá- ‘poke or stir by prodding (eg a fire)’ RGG:29 , páxchi ‘dig with hands or claws’ RGG:27 , -xči, dú- ‘stop suddenly’ GG:8 , dúxchi , -xičí, ala- , alaxichí

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi ádŭkŭxkĕ´ , †-xke, adaka- ‘peel vegetables’ D&S:221b , duxkĕ´ , †-xké, du- ‘bark a tree; to flay or skin an animal’ D&S:221b , tcĕmúk adaxkĕ´ , †-xké, ada- ‘make a gnawing sound, as a mouse does; to gnaw on a bone, as a dog does’ D&S:221b

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources