noun animal_bird
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *-hpú•ska
Pre-Mandan
Mandan sípu•ška ‘prairie chicken’ RTC
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *(a)mą-phú•ska
Biloxi apuská , †apuská ‘partridge’ D&S:174a
Ofo amạphó̄ska, amạphû´ska , †amąphú•ska ‘partridge; drum’ D&S:320b, D&S:334a, JSS
The first part of this compound term incorporates different roots for ‘bird’ (‘bird (1)’ etc.), q.v. Only the adjectival portion of the term (‘spotted (1)’) is reconstructible here. Probably refers to barred feathers, clearly the etymology of the Mandan form.
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