noun plant
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ayé•ki
Biloxi yek, yékĭ, ayeki, ayeḳiyaⁿ, ayēk , †ayé•ki D&S:291b , yɛ•keʔ, ayɛ•keʔ , †ayé•ki MS
Ofo atcé̄ki, atcé̄k, itcé̄ki , †ačé•ki D&S:321b, JSS
noun plant
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *ayé•ki
Biloxi yek, yékĭ, ayeki, ayeḳiyaⁿ, ayēk , †ayé•ki D&S:291b , yɛ•keʔ, ayɛ•keʔ , †ayé•ki MS
Ofo atcé̄ki, atcé̄k, itcé̄ki , †ačé•ki D&S:321b, JSS
This Biloxi/Ofo root is strikingly similar to the Caddoan form. Once more it is likely that widespread borrowing is involved, c.f. Pawnee re•ksu, Arikara ne•šuʔ, Wichita tɛ´•sʔ (ART-120), Caddo kisi’ (Chafe). The interesting element here is the geographical spread of the form from a probable southeastern origin. The third OVS language, Tutelo, has a term that matches DH and Chiwere/Hoocąk words more closely.
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