friend (2)

noun social

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *i-hta-(ko)-ro

Chiwere ithálo ‘friend’ [handwritten notation in Marsh Io-Eng] GM , itádu ‘friend’ LWR:53 , ithála GM

Hoocąk hičakóro KM:825 , hicakoro

Proto-Dhegiha *róta

Osage thódathe , †ðóta- ‘be on friendly terms with, peaceful relationship’ LF:152b

Quapaw wadóttadi ‘friend (of another tribe ?)’ JOD

General comment

These forms may be derivationally related but are not clearly cognate.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources