Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/awą́·se

This Proto-Siouan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Siouan

Etymology

Possibly from *awą́· (“earth”) +‎ *Sá (“red”).

Noun

*awą́·se

  1. metal, especially copper

Descendants

  • Proto-Crow-Hidatsa: *ú·waca
    • Crow: úuwata
  • Proto-Mississippi-Valley: *mą́·ze

References

  • Rankin, Robert L., Carter, Richard T., Jones, A. Wesley, Koontz, John E., Rood, David S., Hartmann, Iren, editors (2015), “Entry #578”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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