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			cheese 
			  
				
					
						| ma-ze-ni  wa-ske  (mazéni wáske) |  |  
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			breast - water, liquid - cake | Speaker - Odestine McWatters |  
			
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			ma-ze-ni wa-ske (mazéni wáske) 
			
			cheese, lit. "milk cake" (RR-Quapaw) 
			
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			Dhegiha Language Family Comparison 
				
				
				
				ma-ze-ni wa-ske (mazéni wáske) 
				- cheese, lit. "milk cake" (RR-Quapaw)
				
				
				ma-ze-ni we-gthi sa-gi (mazéni wégthi sagí) 
				- cheese, "hard milk grease" (Omaha/Ponca)
				
				
				ma-ze-ni si-da (mazéni sída) 
				- cheese, "firm milk" (Omaha/Ponca)
				
				
				ba-ze-ni sa-gi (ba-çé-ni ça-gi) 
				- cheese; ba-ze-ni (ba-çé-ni), milk; sa-gi (ça-gi), 
				hard (FL-Osage)
				
				
				pa-ze-ni sa-ki (paazénii saakí) 
				- cheese (CQ-Osage)
				
				
				pa-ze-ni we-li sa-ki (paazénii wéli saakí) 
				- cheese, lit., 'hardened cream' (CQ-Osage) 
			
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				ma-ze ni (mazé ni) 
				- milk, literally, breast water (RR-Quapaw)
				
				
				ma-ze ni (mazéni) 
				- milk, breast-water (Omaha/Ponca)
				
				
				ba-ze ni (ba-çé-ni) 
				- milk, udder-water (FL-Osage)
				
				
				pa-ze ni (paazénii) 
				- milk, literally, breast liquid (CQ-Osage)
				
				
				ba-ze ni (bazéni) 
				- milk (Kanza) 
			
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				ma-ze (mazé) 
				- breast (RR-Quapaw)
				
				
				ma-ze (mazé) 
				
				- breast, udder (Omaha/Ponca)
				
				
				ba-ze (ba-çé),
				moⁿ-ze (moⁿ-çé) - a woman’s breast (FL-Osage)
				
				
				pa-ze (paazé) 
				- breast, udder (CQ-Osage)
				
				
				ba-ze (bazé) 
				- breast (Kanza) 
			
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				ni (ni) 
				- water, liquid, stream, lake (RR-Quapaw)
				
				
				ni (ni) 
				- water, liquid, river (Omaha/Ponca)
				
				
				ni (ni) 
				- water, river, rivulet, creek (FL-Osage)
				
				
				ni (níi) 
				- water, any fluid, liquid (CQ-Osage)
				
				ni (ni) 
				- water, river, liquid (Kanza) 
			
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				wa-ske 
				(wáske, waské) - bread, cake or any 
				sort (RR-Quapaw)
				
				
				wa-mu-ske (wamúske) 
				- wheat, bread, wheat bread (Omaha/Ponca)
				
				wa-bo-ske (wa-bó-çke) - wheat, flour (FL-Osage)
				
				
				wa-bo-ski (wabóski) 
				- bread, wheat flour (Kanza) |