scatter (1)

verb physical_contact_manipulation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *-hi

Proto-Dakota *-hí

Lakota -hí, ka- ‘stir, to rummage’ EB:273 , -hi, oyú- ‘scatter about’ EB:419 , yuhí ‘startle, drive off’ EB:637b

Dakota yuhí ‘drive off, as game’ SRR:624a

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Hoocąk cf. wehí ‘sort out’ KM:806 , wehi ‘spread out (e.g., corn kernels to dry); stir’ KM:1116 , -hí, hiwa- , hiwahi

Proto-Dhegiha *-hí

Osage thihí , †ðühí ‘flush out’ LF:147a

Quapaw dihí dede ‘scare an animal’ JOD , ádahi- ‘spill out and scatter’ RR , dihí-dede ‘scare off (an animal)’ RR

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources