noun physical_artefact_part
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan *ąka
Proto-Crow-Hidatsa
Hidatsa aká ‘string, cord’ J
Pre-Mandan
Mandan íka ‘string’ H:86 , hįką́rą ‘string’ RTC
Proto-Southeastern
Proto-Biloxi-Ofo
Biloxi añkada, añḳadá, etc. , †ąkada ‘cord, string, thread’ D&S:202a
Mandan and Biloxi agree in reflecting a final syllable -ra and nasalization of the first syllable. Hidatsa and Biloxi agree in the quality of the initial vowel.
Vowel quality in Mandan has presumably been influenced by ‘cord, sinew, vein (1)’, q.v.
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