Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)

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te-ska (ttesk�)

cow, domestic cattle (RR-Quapaw)

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te-zhe-ni (t�eni)

urine (RR-Quapaw)

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I want to go pee (I�m going to urinate).
*te-zhe ki-de bde (t�e k�de bd�)*	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
urinate - make oneself, to do or be - I go

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Dog pees (the dog is urinating).
*shoⁿ-ke te-zhe ki-de niⁿ-khe (�ó̜ke t�e k�de nįkh�)*	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
dog - urinate - make oneself, to do or be - he, she, sitting, doing that

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

� te-ska (ttesk�) - cow, domestic cattle (RR-Quapaw)

� te-ska (t�ska) - cow, ox, cattle (Omaha/Ponca)

� ʰtse-ska (t̩sé-�ka) - domesticated cattle (FL-Osage)

� ʰtse-ska (ʰcéeska) - beef, head of cattle, cow, not necessarily female (CQ-Osage)

� tse-ska (ceská) - domestic cow, ox (Kanza)

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� te (tte) - buffalo (RR-Quapaw)

� te (te) - buffalo (Omaha/Ponca)

� ʰtse (t̩se) - bison (FL-Osage)

� ʰtse (ʰcée) - buffalo (CQ-Osage)

� tse (ce) - buffalo, usually the cow (Kanza)

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� ska (ska) - white, white nearby (RR-Quapaw)

� ska (ska) - white, applied to objects nearby, not far away (Omaha/Ponca)

� ska (�ka) - white (FL-Osage)

� ska (ská) - white, bright, clear (CQ-Osage)

� ska (ska) - white, clearly defined white (Kanza)

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� te-zhe (t�e) - urinate (RR-Quapaw)

� ne-zhe (nezhe) - urinate (Omaha)

� ʰtse-zhe (t̩s�-zhe) - to urinate (FL-Osage)

� tse-zhe (c�e) - urinate (CQ-Osage)

� je-zhe (j�zhe) - urinate (Kanza)

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� te-zhe-ni (t�eni) - urine (RR-Quapaw)

� ne-zhe ni (nezhe ni) - urine (Omaha)

� ʰtse-zhe ni (t̩s�-zhe ni) - urine (FL-Osage)

� tse-zhe-ni (c�enii) - urine (CQ-Osage)

� je-zhe ni (j�zhe ni) - urine (Kanza)