clock

ma-ze  ti-ta  (máze ttítta)   
iron, metal - imitating tick tock sound … or … live, be alive Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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ma-ze ti-ta (mazé ttítta)

clock, literally, living iron (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         ma-ze (máze) - iron, gun (RR-Quapaw)

·         moⁿ-ze (móⁿ-çe) - iron, metal (Omaha/Ponca)

·         moⁿ-ze (moⁿ́-çe) - iron or any kind of metal (FL-Osage)

·         maⁿ-ze (mą́ze) - metal of any kind, lead or iron, wire, cable (CQ-Osage)

·         maⁿ-ze (máⁿze) - iron, metal in general (Kanza)

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       ·  ti-ta (ttítta) - onomatopoeia - the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it, as buzz, hiss, tick tock

             ·  ti-ta (tittá) - live, be alive (RR-Quapaw)