buffalo, Little Buffalo Girl (personal name)

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te mi zhi-ka (té mi-jí-k͓a)

female name of the Kwapa Buffalo gens; Buffalo Girl (JOD-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• te mi zhi-ka (té mi-jí-k͓a) - female name of the Kwapa Buffalo gens; Buffalo Girl (JOD-Quapaw)
• tse miⁿ zhiⁿ-ga (cemíⁿzhíⁿga) - female name, small buffalo female, buffalo girl (Kanza)

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• te (tte) - buffalo (RR-Quapaw)
• te (te) - buffalo (Omaha/Ponca)
• ʰtse (t̩se) - bison (FL-Osage)
• ʰtse (ʰcée) - buffalo (CQ-Osage)
• tse (ce) - buffalo, usually the cow (Kanza)

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• miⁿ (mį) - female (RR-Quapaw)
• wiⁿ (wiⁿ) - woman, female, in names, woman or female (Omaha/Ponca)
• wiⁿ (wiⁿ) - woman, female, in names, woman or female, wa-sa-be wiⁿ (Wa-çá-be-wiⁿ) - Black-bear-woman, female personal name, wa-shiⁿ wiⁿ (Wa-shiⁿ-wiⁿ) - fat woman, female personal name (FL-Osage)
• miⁿ (mí̜į) - female (CQ-Osage)
• mi (mi) - woman, female, in names, woman or female, wa-sa-be mi (Wasábe Mi) - Black bear female, haⁿ-ga mi (Háⁿga Mi) - Hañga female (Kanza)

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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)