drip (1)

verb physical_condition

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *sʔe

Proto-Dakota

Lakota yusʔé ‘drip involuntarily’ B&D:18

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Chiwere rusʔé ‘drop (as of medicine, water)’ LWR:26

General comment

These terms are not directly cognate. Chiwere s always comes from , not *s, and this pair of terms is related by the common fricative symbolism.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources