baby, child

shi-zhi-ka  (šižíka)  

baby

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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shi-zhi-ka (šižíka, šižíkka), shi-zhi-k'a (šížikʔá)

baby (RR-Quapaw)

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shi-zhi-ka (šižíka)

children (RR-Quapaw)

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shi-zhi-ka (šižíka)

baby, boy (RR-Quapaw)

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That baby was born.  (that baby was just born)    

shi-zhi-ka  i-ta-de  khe  (šižíka íttade khé)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw
baby, child - born - he, she lying, doing that  

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Do you have any children?      

jhi-e  shi-zhi-ka  a-tiⁿ  ni-she  (jhíe šižíkka attí̜ nišé)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
you - baby - you have - you moving, doing that  

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family, a lot of children  

shi-zhi-ka  zho-hi-hi  (šižíka žó hi hi)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

baby, child - much, many - very

 

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         shi-zhi-ka (šižíka, šižíkka), shi-zhi-k'a (šížikʔá) - baby (RR-Quapaw)

·         shi-zhi-ka (šižíka) - children (RR-Quapaw)

·         shi-zhi-ka (šižíka) - baby, boy (RR-Quapaw)

·         shiⁿ-ga zhiⁿ-ga (shíⁿgazhíⁿga) - baby, child, infant (Omaha/Ponca)

·         zhiⁿ-ga zhiⁿ-ga (zhiⁿ-gá zhiⁿ-ga) - baby (FL-Osage)

·         ʰpa-zhiⁿ (ʰpáažį), ʰpa-ta-zhiⁿ (ʰpáatažį) - baby, infant, babyhood, infancy (CQ-Osage)

·         zhiⁿ-ka-zhiⁿ (žįkažį́) - child(ren), little one(s), kid(s), childhood (CQ-Osage)

·         zhiⁿ-ga zhiⁿ-ga (zhiⁿgá zhíⁿga), hiⁿ-ga hiⁿ-ga (hiⁿgá híⁿga) - child, infant, children (Kanza)