Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)
not, negative, negation
zhi (�i)
negative (RR-Quapaw)
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| Friday, they call same thing white people, don�t eat meat. | |
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| ta da-tʰa zhi (tta d�tʰa �i) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| deer - to eat, chew - not | |
| * da-tʰe changes to da-tʰa when followed by zhi negation |
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| I don�t want you to say. | |
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| i-she koⁿ-bda zhi (i�� kkǫbd� �i) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| you say - I want - not |
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| How come he (dog) doesn�t bark when you come around? | |
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| hoⁿ-niⁿ-taⁿ o-ho zhi da-tʰi ta (hǫn�̜ttą �ho �i datʰ� tta) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| why - bark - not - you arrive - when |
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| I didn't hear you. | |
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| wi-na-x'oⁿ zhi (winaxʔó̜ �i) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| I to you - hear - not |
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| crazy, wild | |
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| wa-haⁿ-ka zhi (w�hąk� �i), wa-hoⁿ-ka zhi (w�hǫk� �i) | Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore |
| well behaved - not | |
| Speaker - Mary Wilson | |
| Speaker - Odestine McWatters |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
- zhi (�i) - negative, wa-zhi (wa��) - negative 1pl, we not (RR-Quapaw)
- zhi (zhi) - not, ma-zhi (m�jĭ) - I not, ba-zhi (b�jĭ) - we not (Omaha/Ponca)
- zhi (zhi) - not, moⁿ-zhi (moⁿ�-zhi) - I do not (FL-Osage)
- zhi (�i),a-zhi (a��) - not, negative, negator, maⁿ-zhi (mą��) - I�m not (CQ-Osage)
- zhi (zhi) - negative suffix of verbs, ma-zhi (mazhi) - I'm not, I don't, I didn't (Kanza)