Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)
bird (also a personal name)
| wa-zhiⁿ-ka (wa�� ̜ka) | |
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| bird | Speaker - Anna Beaver |
| Speaker - Mary Lane Redeagle |
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wa-zhiⁿ-ka (wa�� ̜ka)
bird (RR-Quapaw)
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wa-zhiⁿ-ka (Waji�k͓a)
male name (JOD-Quapaw)
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| eagle | |
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| wa-zhiⁿ-ka xo-we (wa��̜ka x�we) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| bird - sacred, holy |
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| redbird, cardinal | |
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| wa-zhiⁿ-ka zhi-te (wa��̨ka ��tte) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| bird - red |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
� wa-zhiⁿ-ka (wa�� ̜ka) - bird (RR-Quapaw)
� wa-zhiⁿ-ga (wazhiⁿga) - chicken, fowl, any bird, older term (Omaha)
� wa-zhiⁿ-ga (wa-zhiⁿ́-ga) - any bird or fowl (FL-Osage)
� wa-zhiⁿ-ka (wa��̜ka) - bird (CQ-Osage)
� wa-zhiⁿ-ga (wazhíⁿga) - bird, small birds (Kanza)