twist > curly (2)

physical_contact_deformation

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *wrį́xE

Proto-Mississipi-Valley

Proto-Dakota

Lakota mníga, na- ‘shrink, draw up, as cloth by washing’ EB:350 , mníga, ya- ‘make shrink by biting, as some big bite of food through chewing’ EB:624

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Hoocąk piríx, ru- ‘coil up, v.intr.’ KM:2709 , rupirix

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources