come back

kdi  (kdi)

come back here, to have (RR-Quapaw)

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I'll come back tomorrow.

 

shi-naⁿ  ka-saⁿ-niⁿ  a-kdi  ta  miⁿ-khe  (šíną kasą́nį akdí tta mįkhé)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

again - tomorrow - I come back here - will be - I sitting, doing that

 

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You come back again.  

jhi-e  shi-noⁿ  kjhi  (jhíe šínǫ kjhí)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

you - again - come back here

 

* da-kdi (dakdí) - you come back here (RR-Quapaw)

 

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My sister is coming pretty soon.  

jhi-taⁿ-ke  wi-ta  kjhi  ta  niⁿ-khe  (ǰíttą́ke wítta kǰi tta nįkhé)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

your older sister - my - he, she come back here - will be - he, she sitting, doing that

* wi-taⁿ-ke (wittą́ke) - my sister, di-taⁿ-ke (dittą́ke) - your sister (RR-Quapaw)

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Come on, play ball.  

oⁿ-ka-kdi  ka-ta-pa  (ǫkákdi  kkattappá)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

plural, come back here - football

 

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Come back again.         

shi-no  kjhi  (šínǫ kǰi)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

again - come back here

 

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Come back again. (request)   

shi-naⁿ  kdi  hne  (šíną kdi hné)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

again - come back here - request

 

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You (all) come back again and dance. (request)  

shi-naⁿ  o-zha  kdi  hne  za-ni  (šíną óža kdi hné zaní)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

again - dance - come back here - request - all, everyone

 

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 Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         kdi (kdi) - come back here, to have, a-kdi (akdí) - I come back here, da-kdi (dakdí) - you come back here, oⁿ-ka-kdi (ǫkákdi) - dual, we come back here (RR-Quapaw)

·         ghti (gthi) - to come home, to return home, a-gthi (a-gthí) - I come home, tha-gthi (tha-gthí) - you come home, oⁿ-ga-gthi i (oⁿ-gá-gthi i) - we come home (FL-Osage)

·         a-li (alí), li (lí) - arrive back here, arrive home here, return here, come back, get back, motion accomplished, a-li (alí) - I come back, tha-li (ðalí) - you come back, aⁿ-ka-li (ąkáli) - we come back (CQ-Osage)

·         li (li) - to have come home, to have come back, a-li (alí) - I have come back, ya-li (yalí) - you have come back, a-li-be (alíbe) - he/she/it have come back, aⁿ-ga-li-be (aⁿgálibe) - we have come back, ya-li-be (yalíbe) - you all have come back, a-li-be (alíbe) - they have come back (Kanza)