gather (2), assemble (intransitive)

verb social

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *(ki-)stó•

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *(gi-)stó•

Chiwere gixdóhi ‘gather’ LWR , gihtó, gihdó ‘a lot, many’ GM , githdó , †giθdó ‘crowd’ LWR:8

Hoocąk stoohí ‘gather’ KM:2870 , stoohi (= stoo + hii) ‘gather v.intr., party, organized group’ KM:2871 , stookį́ , stookį (= stoo + kįį)

Proto-Dhegiha *(ki-)stó

Kanza/Kaw gistó ‘assemble’ [intransitive] RR

Osage çtoðé shu , †stoðé ‘gathered them together’ LF:32b , ḳiçtó , †kistó ‘council, assemblage, meeting’ LF:85a

Quapaw kistó ‘assemble, gather’ JOD

General comment

Cf. ‘gather (1), pick up’.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources