mourn

verb psychic_emotion_expression

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *kikhą́

Proto-Dakota *kičhą́

Lakota kičhą́ ‘call on the dead’ EB:299b , k̇icáŋ

Dakota kićáŋ , †kičhą́ ‘call on the dead’ SRR:277b

Proto-Dhegiha *kikhą

Omaha-Ponca gíkhą ‘to condole with her’ , gíkaⁿ

Kanza/Kaw gikhą́ ‘condole with sone.’ RR

Osage gíkoⁿ , †kíkhą ‘mourn, lament’ LF:51a

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources