noun animal_bird
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *kyąSká
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *kyąšká
Proto-Dakota *čhąšká
Lakota čhąšká ‘large hawk’ EB:123b
Dakota ćaŋśká ‘hawk’ SRR:92b
Proto-Dhegiha *krąšká
Omaha-Ponca gthoⁿshká , †gðąšká F&LF:105
Quapaw xnąšká ‘largest species of hawk’ JOD
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi kiyaⁿská , †kiyąská ‘marsh hawk’ D&S:209b , tcoñktcona , †čǫkčona ‘a mythic hawk’ D&S:265b
The two roots for ‘hawk’ both have a *ky cluster, very uncommon, suggesting they may be derived forms of a single root. Quapaw initial is irregular. Biloxi may be cognate but may also be derived from earlier *kiʔą́ ‘fly’, q.v. The Biloxi sibilant should be č if this word is entirely cognate. The rarity of Proto-Siouan *ky as a cluster may indicate that this term did indeed incorporate ‘fly’ at an earlier period and that initial syllable syncope is responsible for the cluster. Cf. ‘hawk (1), falcon’.
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