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Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/wį(y)ą

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

Numeral

*wį(y)ą

  1. one (1)

Usage notes
  • This is one of two words for "one"; the other is *nǫ-/*rǫ- (“one”).
  • Whether a daughter language uses wį or wą as its indefinite article "depend[s] on whether or not the language has metathesized the vowels of *wį(y)ą".[1]

Descendants
  • Lakota: *waŋží (“one”), *wáŋči (“one (in counting)”); waŋ (“a (indefinite article)”)

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