hook

noun physical_artefact_tool

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *hí

Chiwere wahíkho ‘hook’

Hoocąk hiruhí ‘belt buckle, button, hook’ KM:806 , hiruhi

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi hiñkáhi , †hįkáhi ‘to hook on or in anything’ D&S:198a

General comment

A very weak cognate set.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources