alligator

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wa-kdi-shka  taⁿ-ka  (wakdíška ttą́ka)

alligator, large reptile (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         wa-kdi-shka  taⁿ-ka  (wakdíška ttą́ka) - alligator, large reptile (RR-Quapaw)

·         wa-gthi-ska hi du-ba (wagthiska hi duba) - lizard, reptile, four legged reptile (Omaha/Ponca)

·         wa-gthi-shka hi du-ba (wagthishka hi duba) - lizard, salamander, alligator (Omaha)

·         wa-gthi-shka hi du-ba toⁿ-ga (wagthishka hi duba toⁿga) - crocodile (Omaha)

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·         wa-kdi-shka (wakdíška), wa-xti-shka (waxtíška) - insect, reptile (RR-Quapaw)

·         wa-gthi-shka (wagthíshka) - insect, reptile, snake (Omaha/Ponca)

·         wa-gthu-shka (wa-gthú-shka) - bug, any kind of bug, a worm, an insect (FL-Osage)

·         wa-lu-shka (walúška) - bug, insect, worm, vermin, joker in a deck of cards (CQ-Osage)

·         wa-lu-shka (walúshka) - insect (Kanza)

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·         taⁿ-ka (ttą́ka) - big, large (RR-Quapaw)

·         toⁿ-ga (toⁿgá) - large, big, great (Omaha/Ponca)

·         ʰtoⁿ-ga (t̩oⁿ-gá) - big, large (FL-Osage)

·         ʰtaⁿ-ka (ʰtą́ka) - big, large, great, grand (CQ-Osage)

·         taⁿ-ga (táⁿga) - be large (Kanza)