pinch (2)

verb physical_contact

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *-wįS

Pre-Mandan

Mandan kawį́šoʔš ‘it hurts’ RH:293

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Hoocąk giwį́š ‘hit on the edge lightly, as on edge of paper bag’ KM:426 , giwįš ‘pinch with knife’ KM:2037 , mąąwį́š ‘pinch with the foot’ KM:2260, WL:18.17 , mąąwįš ‘carry sth. long in the mouth by the end’ KM:2578 , nąąwį́š ‘pinch, v.tr.’ KM:2762 , nąąwįš ‘get pinched in a crack’ KM:3513 , rawį́š ‘pinch, v.tr.’ KM:2760 , rawįš , ruwį́š , ruwįš , wawíš , wawiš , ruwíš , ruwiš

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources