noun social_culture
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *awą́•xE
Pre-Mandan
Mandan ówą•xe ‘grave’ RTC
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *mį́•xe
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere
Otoe mį́•xe ‘grave’ JDH
Proto-Dhegiha
Quapaw míxe ‘grave’ JOD
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi amaxí ‘grave’ D&S:227a
In ‘grave’ the root xE has been compounded with that for ‘mud, dirt, earth’, q.v. In Mandan it is likely that the compound has been reanalyzed as a single root. Mandan wą•x from *awą• + xE. The MVS vocalism is unexplained. Cf. ‘cache’
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