head, nose (1), front end

noun physical_somatic_body_part

Proto-Siouan-Catawba *pa

Proto-Siouan *ahpá

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa *apá

Crow apá ‘nose, beak, bill’ RG, GG:11, RGG:65

Hidatsa apá ‘nose’ J

Pre-Mandan

Mandan páʔ ‘head’ RTC

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *hpá

Proto-Dakota *phá

Lakota phá ‘head’ RTC

Sioux Valley phá ‘head’ PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *phá

Chiwere pha ‘nose, head’ GM

Missouria pá há, paha , †phaha [head + skin?] L&C

Hoocąk páa ‘nose, front end of anything’ KM:2419 , paa

Proto-Dhegiha *hpá

Omaha-Ponca ppá ‘head, nose’ RTC, RR

Kanza/Kaw ppá ‘head, nose’ RR

Osage p̣a , †hpá ‘head’ LF:124

Quapaw ppá ‘head’ RR

Proto-Southeastern *ahpá•

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ahpá•

Biloxi , †pá• ‘head, his or her head’ D&S:243 , yupa•deʔ , †pá• ‘head’ MRH , yəpa•deʔ , †pá• ‘head’ MS

Ofo apxáhi , †apháhi ‘head hair’ D&S:324a , ạ́pha íte , †ápha íte ‘headache’ D&S:324b

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo paaqtē, paqti , †pá•xti ‘none (sic)’ [-xti ‘real, genuine’] H

Saponi posse , †pasi (?) ‘head’ F

Proto-Catawba

Catawba dapęsuʔ ‘my nose’ MAS, KS , pįsu•ʔ ‘nose’ FS, KS

Woccon Poppe ‘head’ JL

General comment

Cf. ‘nose (2), end, point, tip (2)’. Regarding the Biloxi forms collected by Haas

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources