old man

noun person

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *įšʔá•ke

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *įšʔá•(-ke)

Proto-Dakota

Stoney įsʔaguwį́na ‘old man’ PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *šʔá•ke

Chiwere tsʔá•ge ‘old, elderly, aged’ RR

Otoe sʔá•ge JGT

Hoocąk gišʔák ‘to respect’ KM:403 , giš’ak ‘be old, parent’ KM:2890 , šʔáak , š’aak

Proto-Dhegiha *išʔáke

Omaha-Ponca įšʔáge ‘old man’ JOD , iⁿc’age ‘elder’ MJS:67 , iⁿshage

Kanza/Kaw cʔágehį́ŋa ‘tribal elder’ RR

Osage iṭs’age , †icʔáge ‘little old man, sister-in-law's father’ LF:80b

Quapaw šʔaké hí ‘elder, an old man’ JOD , šʔákehí ‘aged’

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi hayasáhi iⁿtcyá , †įčya ‘old Indian man’ D&S:203b , iⁿtcĭtcyá , †įčya ‘old’ D&S:203b , iⁿtitcyá , †įčya ‘old man’ D&S:203b , haⁿyá iⁿ´tcya txa , †įčya ‘the ancients’ D&S:203b

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