kernel, seed

noun plant_part

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *sú•

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *cu•

Crow baáchuukaata ‘cherry’ GG:74 , baáčuu ‘chokecherry’ GG:18, RGG:13

Hidatsa cú•wi ‘seed, pit’ J , tsu•wa ‘seeds’ HV , wá•cu ‘berry, chokecherry’ J , má•cu

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *su

Proto-Dakota

Lakota ‘seed’ RTC

Sioux Valley su PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *su•

Chiwere θú ‘seed’ RR

Hoocąk súu ‘seed’ KM:2878 , suu

Proto-Dhegiha *sü

Omaha-Ponca ‘seed’ RR

Kanza/Kaw ‘seed’ RR

Osage uçú , †-sü ‘grain, seed’ LF:167a , watóⁿçu , †-sü ‘squash seed’ LF:205a

Quapaw si ‘seed’ RR

Proto-Southeastern *isú•

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *isú

Biloxi sú, súya , †sú D&S:258b

Ofo ĭ´fhu , †ífhu D&S:323b

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo tasūye; tasūi , †sú• ‘eye’ H, N , pasūye, pasūi , †sú• ‘head’

General comment

Cf. ‘hail’.

Other languages

  • Atakapa šo ‘seed’ Swadesh 168 (?) via JEK. Tunica tósu ‘seed’ (MRH).
Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources