Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/nǫ-

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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

Alternative forms

Numeral

*nǫ-

  1. one (1)

Usage notes

  • This is one of two words for "one"; the other is *wį(y)ą (“one”).
  • Rankin speculates that nǫ- is probably older than rǫ- because "nǫ- is the more widely distributed of the two forms found in the subgroups that are most distant from each other, both linguistically and geographically" and because nǫ- is present in Catawban in Catawba nepen/nəpə̨ (“one”).

Descendants

  • Biloxi: *sǫsa (“one”)
  • Quapaw: nǫ(xt)- in hí nǫxtį (“once, one time”)

References

  • Robert Rankin, A Relic of Proto-Siouan rǫ-/nǫ- 'one' in Mississippi Valley Siouan
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