Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)

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I'm eating a banana.
*to-zhoⁿ-ke bda-tʰe miⁿ-khe (to�ó̜ke bd�tʰe mįkh�)*	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
banana - I eat - I sitting, doing that

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Eating.
*da-tʰe wa-naⁿ-bde (datʰ� waną́bde)*	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
eat, chew - to eat a meal, dine

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Friday.
*ta da-tʰa zhi (tta d�tʰa �i)*	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
deer - to eat, chew - not
* *da-t* ʰe changes to *da-t* ʰa when followed by *zhi* negation

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

� wa-da-tʰe (wad�t ʰe) - food (RR-Quapaw)

� wa-tha-te (watháte) - eat, food, lunch, meal (Omaha)

� wa-tha-tse (wa-thá-tse) - the eating of certain kinds of food (FL-Osage)

� wa-ya-che (way�che) - food, different kinds of food (Kanza)

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� wa (wa) - people, folks, things, stuff, they, them (CQ-Osage)

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� da-tʰe (datʰ�) - eat, chew, bda-t ʰe (bd�tʰe) - I eat chew, ta-t ʰe (tt�tʰe) - you eat, chew (RR-Quapaw)

� tha-tʰe (thatʰ�) - eat, to eat, to eat an item of food (Omaha/Ponca)

� tha-te (that�) - chew (Omaha)

� tha-tse (tha-ts�) - to eat, btha-tse (bthá-tse) - I eat, sta-tse (sta-tse) - you eat, oⁿ-tha-tsa i (oⁿ-thá-tsa i) - we eat (FL-Osage)

� tha-tsʰe (�aacʰ�) - eat, bra-ts ʰe (br�acʰ�) - I eat, shta-ts ʰe (�t�acʰ�) - you eat, aⁿ-tha-ts ʰa pe (ą�aacʰa pe) - we eat (CQ-Osage)

� ya-che (yach�) - eat something (Kanza)