demonstrative, locative (2)

enclitic n/a

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Chiwere in: tandáwa/tanwá , †-wa ‘whence/whither’ DOR, JGT:3783

Proto-Southeastern

Proto-Biloxi-Ofo

Biloxi wá- in: wáde , †wá- ‘toward’ [cf. wa] D&S:285a , wa- in: wahe , †wá- ‘to go into’ D&S:285a , -wa, -waⁿ, -we , †wá- ‘locative ending; toward, in that direction, into’ D&S:285a , -wa- in: ewaxtí , †wá- ‘further, still further’ D&S:189a , -wa in: éwa or ewá , †wá- ‘to that place, in that direction; beyond; farther’ D&S:285a , -wá in: dowá , †wá- ‘in this direction this way, to this place’ D&S:183b , -wá in: hewá , †wá- ‘to that place, that way’ D&S:196a , -wá in: tewá , †wá- ‘this way, in this direction’ D&S:273a

Proto-Tutelo-Saponi

Tutelo -wa in: héwa , †-wa ‘that’ H

Proto-Catawba

Catawba -wa ‘that one, those ones, he, she, they (refers to persons and other animate objects)’ KS:125 , -wa in: ówa ‘that one, those ones, he, she, they’ KS:125 , -wa , -wa in: úwa

General comment

Cf. ‘interrogative (3)’.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources