Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/ophÉ

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Proto-Siouan

Etymology

From *o- (locative prefix) +‎ *phÉ (“to tread/walk”). Compare Catawba pe•ʔ (“to step”).

Verb

*ophÉ

  1. to enter

Descendants

  • Pre-Mandan:
    • Mandan: ró•pxekereʔš (“they went in”)
  • Proto-Mississippi-Valley: *ophÉ
    • Proto-Dakota:
      • Dakota: ópa (“to follow”)
      • Lakota: óphA (“to follow”)
    • Proto-Dhegiha:
    • Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere:
      • Chiwere: -owe (“to pass”), uwá (“to pass through”)
  • Proto-Ohio-Valley: *ophé
    • Proto-Biloxi-Ofo:
      • Ofo: ophĕ (“to come inside”)
    • Tutelo: opé (“to go”)

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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