Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/isá·pE

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

Verb

*isá·pE

  1. to be black

Derived terms

  • ⇒ Proto-Siouan: *wa-sápE (“black bear”)

Descendants

  • Proto-Mississippi-Valley: [Term?]
    • Proto-Dakota: [Term?]
    • Proto-Dhegiha: [Term?]
      • Omaha-Ponca: sá•be
      • Kansa: sábe
      • Osage: sápe
      • Quapaw: sápe
  • Ohio-Valley: [Term?]
    • Proto-Biloxi-Ofo: [Term?]
      • Biloxi: sə́pi
    • Tutelo: asə́p

References

  • Rankin, Robert L., Carter, Richard T., Jones, A. Wesley, Koontz, John E., Rood, David S., Hartmann, Iren, editors (2015), “Entry #1083”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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