Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)

b u ffalo calf, (also a personal name)

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te zhi-ka (tte��ka)

buffalo calf (RR-Quapaw)

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te zhi-ka (te j�-k͓a)

masculine name of the Kwapa Buffalo gens, Buffalo Calf (JOD)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

� te zhi-ka (te j�-k͓a) - masculine name of the Kwapa Buffalo gens, Buffalo Calf (JOD)

� te zhiⁿ-ga (tezh�ⁿga) - little buffalo, iⁿgth�zhide clan (JOD-Omaha)

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� te zhi-ka (tte��ka) - buffalo calf (RR-Quapaw)

� te zhi-ka (te j�-k͓a) - masculine name of the Kwapa Buffalo gens, Buffalo Calf (JOD)

� te zhiⁿ-ga (tezh�ⁿga) - buffalo calf, young buffalo (Omaha/Ponca)

� ʰtse zhiⁿ-ga (t̩se zhi-ga) - little buffalo, unborn calf (FL-Osage)

� ʰtse zhiⁿ (ʰcee��̜) - small buffalo, unborn buffalo calf, any unborn calf, a valued food, especially for older people without good teeth, at peyote church the older ones get unborn calf as the best part of the beef at breakfast, along with corn, fruit, and water, these are the four things allowed, PM (CQ-Osage)

� tse hiⁿ-ga (cehiⁿga) - buffalo calf (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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� zhi-ka (�ik�,��ka), zhi-ga (�ig�), zhiⁿ-ka (�įk�,�� ̜ka) - small, little (RR-Quapaw)

� zhiⁿ-ga (zh�ⁿga) - small, little (Omaha/Ponca)

� zhiⁿ-ga (zhinⁿ-gá) - small, little, young, little children (FL-Osage)

� zhiⁿ (�į),zhiⁿ-ka (�įk�) - a little, small amount of something, small, little, be little, small, children, little ones, kids (CQ-Osage)

� zhiⁿ-ga (zh�ⁿga) - be small (Kanza)