Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)

de-ska-de (d�skade)

bit, 12 and a half cents, Muskogean skali 'money', Fr. escalin 'shilling' (RR-Quapaw)

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dime
de-ska-de miⁿ-xti (d�skade m�̜xti) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
bit- one

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fifteen cents
ska-di mi-xti pe-ta-yoⁿ (sk�di m�xti ppet�yǫ) Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
bit - one - five or fifteen cents, depending on time

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quarter
de-ska-da noⁿ-ba (d�skada nǫb�) Speaker - Louis Quapaw
bit - two

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half dollar
de-ska-da to-wa (d�skada tow�) Speaker - Louis Quapaw
bit - four

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seventy-five cents
de-ska-de sha-pe (d�skade �app�) Speaker - Fannie Goodeagle Richards
bit- six

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