noun plant
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley *mą•hį́
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere
Chiwere má^inje ‘milkweed’ JGT:155
Hoocąk mąąhį́č ‘milkweed’ KM:1961 , mąąhįc
Proto-Dhegiha *mąhį́
Omaha-Ponca moⁿhiⁿ´tu , †mąhį́to MAS:87
Kanza/Kaw mąhį́ ‘grass’ RR
Osage moⁿhiⁿ´ , †mąhį́ ‘grass’ LF:98b
Quapaw mahį́-nį ‘tea’ RR , mąhį́ ‘grass’ JOD
Cf. ‘grass (4)’, ‘grass (3)’ which is much more widespread. Cf. Cheyenne moe• ‘grass’ Aubin 1180. If this were a borrowing from Algonquian the apparent discrepancy between apparent Chiwere medial ʔ and the h found elsewhere might be accounted for. Alternatively the Chiwere transcription might be mistaken; JGT normally uses the circumflex for ʔ. The seeming accentual disagreement between Chiwere/Hoocąk and Proto-Dhegiha may be due to reanalysis flowing from folk etymology: viewing the form as a compound of *mą ‘earth’ + *hį ‘hair’.
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