noun plant
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley
Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *waRúte
Chiwere wadúje ‘corn ears’ LWR:47
Hoocąk waruc , †watúc ‘corn’ HS, MS , wadútc , †watúc
Proto-Dhegiha *waRǘte
Omaha-Ponca wanį́de ‘mush’
Kanza/Kaw waǰǘǰe ‘mush’ RR
Osage wadsúdse , †wacǘce ‘gravy, corn gruel’ LF:187b
This root is also found with the meaning ‘ripe, cooked’, q.v., in several languages and is reconstructible under that meaning. Modern Hoocąk has collapsed ‘corn’ with reflexes of ‘eat’, v. Hoocąk warúc ‘eat, food, corn’ (KM-3443). ‘Corn’ has *R-, while ‘eat’ has *r- etymologically. Hoocąk preserves the difference only in the ethnobotanical notes of Huron Smith.
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