Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/awą́•se

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 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 *amą́ (“earth”) +‎ *Sá (“red”).

Noun

*awą́•se

  1. metal, especially copper

Descendants

  • Crow-Hidatsa: *ú•waca
    • Crow: úuwata
  • Mississipi-Valley: *mą́•ze

References

  • Rankin, Robert L., Carter, Richard T., Jones, A. Wesley, Koontz, John E., Rood, David S., Hartmann, Iren, editors (2015), Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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