rub (1)

verb physical_contact

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *-hį́tE

Proto-Dakota *-hį́tA

Lakota hį́tA, ka- ‘sweep or brush up, as a floor’ EB:273 , hį́tA, na- ‘scrape or wipe off with the foot’ EB:344 , hį́tA, pa- ‘rub, brush or wipe off’ EB:425 , hį́tA, wo- ‘sweep off by shooting as men in a battle field; blow away’ EB:597 , hį́tA, ya- ‘brush away with the mouth, to eat all up’ EB:619 , hį́tA, yu- ‘rake away, to rake a field, yard’ EB:637

Dakota kahíŋta , †kahį́ta ‘sweep or brush up, as a floor’ SRR:249b

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *-hį́te

Chiwere wahínje , †wahį́ǰe ‘rub on something’ [Otoe] JGT:218

Hoocąk hį́c, wa- ‘rub with the hand’ [= wahį́c] KM:3278 , wahįc ‘rub with hand’ KM:3840 , hį́c, wu- , wuhįc

General comment

Cf. ‘glance off

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources