big

taⁿ-ka  (ttą́ka)  
big Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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toⁿ-ga  (ttoⁿgá)  

big

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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taⁿ-ka (ttą́ka)

big, large (RR-Quapaw)

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turkey  

si-ka taⁿ-ka (sikká ttą́ka)            

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

chicken - big

 

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thunder, loud thunder (also personal name)  

ka-ni  taⁿ-ka  (kaní ttą́ka)

Speaker - Fannie Goodeagle Richards

thunder - big

 

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • taⁿ-ka (ttą́ka) - big, large, aⁿ-taⁿ-ka (ąttą́ka) - I’m big, large, di-taⁿ-ka (dittą́ka) - your big, large (RR-Quapaw)
  • toⁿ-ga (toⁿgá) - large, big, great, aⁿ-taⁿ-ga (aⁿt͓añ΄ga) - I’m large, big, great, thi-taⁿ-ga (¢it͓añ΄ga) - you’re large, big, great, wa-taⁿ-gai (wat͓añ´gai) - we’re large, big, great, taⁿ-gai (t͓añgaí) - 3d.pl (Omaha/Ponca)
  • ʰtoⁿ-ga (ṭoⁿ-gá) - big, large (FL-Osage)
  • ʰtaⁿ-ka (ʰtą́ka), ʰtaⁿ (ʰtą́ą) - big, large, great, grand (CQ-Osage)
  • taⁿ-ga (táⁿga) - be large, big, aⁿ-taⁿ-ga (aⁿtáⁿga) - I’m large, big, yi-taⁿ-ga (yitáⁿga) - you’re large, big, taⁿ-ga (táⁿga) - he/she/it is large, big, wa-taⁿ-ga-be (watáⁿgabe) - we’re large, big, yi-taⁿ-ga-be (yitáⁿgabe) - you’all are large, big, taⁿ-ga-be (táⁿgabe) - they are large, big (Kanza)