round (3)

verb perceptual_visual_shape

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *poska

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Dakota

Lakota tapóposka , †thapóposka ‘ball shaped thing; anything nicely round’ [dot over both p’s] EB:482a, EB:760b , tapóposka , †thapóposka ‘tadpoles’ SRR:461a

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi poská, potcká , †poská ~ †počká ‘rounded, globular, curvilinear’ D&S:247a

Ofo plócka, plótka, -plóska , †plóška ~ †plótka ~ †plóska ‘round’ D&S:328b

General comment

Ofo is probably contaminated by ‘round (2)’.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources