lightning, forked (?)

noun natural_force_weather

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *-karí-

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *karíhk-

Crow kalíhčii ‘lightning’ RG, GG:50, RGG:7

Hidatsa karíhka ‘lightning’ J

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *ru-krí

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Chiwere luglí, lúgli ‘lightning’ GM

Proto-Dhegiha *-kríze

Omaha-Ponca ðigðíze-mą́ðį ‘Forked Lightning Walking’ [name]

Quapaw dikdíze ‘lightning’ JOD , čikǰíze ‘lightning’ OM, RR

General comment

There is contamination from *kres- ‘marked > spotted, striped (1)’. Kanza/Kaw ttolíli ‘rainbow’ (JOD) and Osage †ðilíe, thigthí-é ‘sparkle’ (LF-146b) appear to illustrate the simplex form of this root. Cf. also Hidatsa karícka ‘glisten, sparkle, gleam’.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources