help

verb social

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *hkuxtÉ

Crow kuxshí ‘help’ GG:88

Hidatsa hkuxtÉ ‘help’ , kuxtí

Pre-Mandan *-kute-

Mandan kikų́tE ‘help someone’ H:109 , kikúteʔš ‘he helped him’ RTC

General comment

The forms may not be cognate.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources