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".

Descendants

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