roll

verb physical_motion

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *-rąhe

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Hoocąk waginą́ ‘string; rope; n.’ KM:3254 , waginą; wiginą ‘roll, v.’ KM:717 , hawaną́ , hawaną(ną)

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi kidúnahí , †náhi ‘turn around, roll over’ D&S:231a , dunahí, dunahiⁿ´ , †náhi ‘to turn’ D&S:236a , kidúnanahí , †náhi ‘turn round and round’ D&S:231a , kĭpánahi kudí , †náhi ‘give back an object to the owner’ D&S:215b

General comment

This set and reconstruction are extremely tentative, but interesting since it would be another *-he.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources