Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)
river, big river
| wa-tʰi-shka wa-sh'a-ke hi | |
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| (watʰ�ka wa�ʔ�ke hi) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| creek, river - large - very |
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wa-tʰi-shka (watʰ�ka)
creek (RR-quapaw)
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wa-sh'a-ke (wa�ʔ�ke), (w�ʔak�)
large, be large (RR-quapaw)
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| creek, river | |
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| wa-tʰi-shka (watʰ�ka) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| river, creek |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
- wa-tʰi-shka (watʰ�ka) - creek (RR-Quapaw)
- i-kaⁿ-ska-de wa-tʰi-shka (�kąsk�de sattą watʰi�ka) - Five Mile Creek, I.T. (RR-Quapaw)
- ni-sni wa-tʰi-shka (n�sni watʰ�ka) - Spring River, I.T. (RR-Quapaw)
- wa-chʰi-shka (wachʰíshka) - creek, stream (Omaha/Ponca)
- wa-chi-shka (wach�shka) - creek, brook (Omaha)
- wa-chi-shka ga-xa (wachishka gaxa) - canal (Omaha)
- wa-ʰtsi-shka (wa-ṭsi-shka) - a brook, obsolete among the Osage, but still used by the Omaha (FL-Osage)
- wa-tsiⁿ-shka (wacíⁿshka), wa-chiⁿ-shka (wach�ⁿshka) - river, small, a stream or creek (Kanza)
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- wa-sh'a-ke (wa�ʔ�ke), (w�ʔak�) - large, be large, aⁿ-wa-sh'a-ke (ąw�ʔake) - I�m large, di-wa-sh'a-ke (diw�ʔake) - you�re large (RR-Quapaw)
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- zha-ge (zh�ge) - enlarge, made larger, enlarged, as a hole (Omaha/Ponca)
- ba-zha-ge (bá-zha-ge) - to enlarge a hole with a knife (FL-Osage)
- da-zha-ge (dázhage) - split, enlarge a hole by burning (Kanza)