hail > freeze

noun natural_force_weather

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *aRá•-hkara or: *aRá•-hkarą

Pre-Mandan

Mandan rákąrą ‘hail’ RTC

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Chiwere dákhala ‘freeze’ GM

General comment

This term incorporates the prefix usually translated ‘by extreme temperature (heat or cold)’ (= ‘heat/cold, instrumental’). All the languages for which we presently have cognates lack the initial vowel of that prefix, q.v.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources