noun person
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley
Proto-Dhegiha *šémį
Omaha-Ponca cemiⁿjiñga , †šemįžįga JOD
Osage shimiⁿ , †šimį ‘baby girl, damsel, maiden, lassie’ LF:131b
Quapaw šémi RR
noun person
Proto-Siouan-Catawba
Proto-Siouan
Proto-Mississipi-Valley
Proto-Dhegiha *šémį
Omaha-Ponca cemiⁿjiñga , †šemįžįga JOD
Osage shimiⁿ , †šimį ‘baby girl, damsel, maiden, lassie’ LF:131b
Quapaw šémi RR
Cf. ‘child > boy’; ‘child > male child’. This term parallels ‘child > male child’ exactly and may well have been innovated independently several times. A Proto-Siouan reconstruction may not be possible, although the pattern is transparently reconstructible. Note the same irregular reflex of *š in Chiwere that is found in ‘child > male child’.
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