boy, little boy

she-to  zhi-ka  (šétto žíka)   
boy - little, young  Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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she-to zhi-ka (šétto žíka)

baby boy (RR-Quapaw)

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Little boy ain't got no milk.  

she-to  zhi-ka  ma-ze-ni  ni-ke  niⁿ  (šétto žíka mazéni niké nį)

 Speaker - Maude Supernaw

boy - little - breast - water - none - he/she moving, doing that

  

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         she-to zhi-ka (šétto žíka) - baby boy (RR-Quapaw)

·         she-nu-zhiⁿ-zhiⁿ-ga (shénuzhiⁿzhíⁿga) - boys or young men of various ages and sizes (Omaha/Ponca)

·         shiⁿ-ʰto zhiⁿ-ga (shiⁿ-t̩o zhiⁿ-ga) - a baby boy (FL-Osage)

·         shiⁿ-to-zhiⁿ (ší̜tožį) - boy, baby boy, male child (CQ-Osage)

·         shi-do-hiⁿ-ga (shídohíⁿga) - boy, young man (Kanza)

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·         she-to (šétto) - boy (RR-Quapaw)

·         shiⁿ-ʰto (shiⁿ-t̩o) - youth (FL-Osage)

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·         zhi-ka (žiká, žíka), zhi-ga (žigá), zhiⁿ-ka (žįká, ží̜ka) - small, little (RR-Quapaw)

·         zhiⁿ-ga (zhíⁿga) - small, little (Omaha/Ponca)

·         zhiⁿ-ga (zhinⁿ-gá) - small, little, young, little children (FL-Osage)

·         zhiⁿ (žį), zhiⁿ-ka (žįká) - a little, small amount of something, small, little, be little, small, children, little ones, kids (CQ-Osage)

·         zhiⁿ-ga (zhíⁿga) - be small (Kanza)