yellow > brown

verb perceptual_visual_color

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *xí•(-re)

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *xí•re

Crow xí•li ‘gray’ GG:62, RGG:85

Hidatsa xí•re ‘faded yellow or brown’ J

Pre-Mandan *xi•re

Mandan xíre , †xí•re ‘brown’ H:316

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *ɣí•

Proto-Dakota *ɣí

Lakota ɣí ‘rusty, brown’ RTC

Sioux Valley ɣí PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Hoocąk ɣíi ‘light brown’ KM:489 , ǧii

Proto-Dhegiha *ɣi

Omaha-Ponca mąčhó-ɣi ‘prob. brown bear, personal name’

Kanza/Kaw mąɣíga ‘colored ɣi from the earth’ JOD

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources