confused, mistaken, ignorant

verb psychic_emotion

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *nų́•rį

Proto-Dakota *nų́nį

Lakota nų́nį ‘become lost; go astray (in a religious sense)’ EJ

Dakota nuni ‘wander’ WM:256b

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere *nų́•nį

Chiwere núnyin , †nų́nį ‘mistake’ JGT:51

Hoocąk nųųnį́ ‘ignorant of’ KM:2391 , nųųnį

Proto-Dhegiha *nǫ́ðį

Omaha-Ponca moⁿnoⁿthiⁿ , †mąnąðį ‘mistake’ MAS:121

Osage nóⁿthiⁿ , †nǫ́ðį ‘misunderstand, be in a quandary, perplexity’ LF:117a

General comment

Cf. ‘forget’. The second consonant of this word is probably epenthetic, since it has not yet undergone nasalization in DH.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources