Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)

blackberry

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wa-xe-ka (wax�ka)

blackberry (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

� wa-xe-ka (wax�ka) - blackberry (RR-Quapaw)

� wa-xta (wax́ta) - berry (Omaha)

� wa-xa-ga (wa-xá-ga) - any plant that has prickly spines, like the sand bur, cactus, cocklebur, prickly-ash (FL-Osage)

� wa-xa-ga hiu stsu-tse (wa-xá-ga-hiu-stsu-tse) - blackberry bush, that species of bush that grows tall (FL-Osage)

� wa-xa-ga xtsi hiu (wa-xá-ga-xtsi-hiu) - blackberry bush, low (FL-Osage)