push (2)

verb physical_motion_caus

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *htą́•

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *-htą́

Proto-Dakota *-thą́

Lakota pathą́ ‘mash up’ EB:435b , pathą́yą ‘pushing against’ EB:436a

Dakota pat’aⁿ , †pathą ‘push against with the hand’

Proto-Dhegiha *htą

Omaha-Ponca okkíppattą ‘roll self’ , uḳíp̣ataⁿ

Osage ohkíhpahtǫ ‘Rolls himself (personal name)’ LF:172a , Uḳíp̣aṭoⁿ

Quapaw dittą́ ‘pull a bowstring’ JOD, RR , ádittą ‘aim at sth.’ RR

General comment

Cf. ‘touch’ (*tą h.0).

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources