dry (3)

verb perceptual

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *šéka

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *šéka

Proto-Dakota *šéka

Lakota šéča ‘dry’ [- ablaut] RTC , -šéča, ka- ‘make dead or dry by striking, to deaden by cutting around, as around a tree; to cause to deaden’ EB:290, EJ , -šéča, na- ‘make wither by trampling on e.g. grass’ EB:358 , -šéča, yu- ‘deaden; to make dry.’ EB:651

Dakota śéća , †šéča ‘dry, dead’ SRR:442a

Stoney θéǰa PAS

Sioux Valley šéča PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *šéke

Chiwere sége RR

Hoocąk šéek ‘be dead (said of trees, standing or lying); be withered, dying (of plant life)’ KM:2928 , šeek ‘destroy by trampling’ KM:2237 , -šék, nąą- , nąąšek

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi tcĕ´tka , †čétka ‘dead tree’ D&S:263a

General comment

DH shows a different fricative ablaut grade, also attested in Chiwere.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources