crazy, wild

wa-haⁿ-ka  zhi  (wáhąká ži)    

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

well behaved - not  

Speaker - Mary Wilson

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wa-hoⁿ-ka  zhi  (wáhǫká ži)    
well behaved - not Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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wa-hoⁿ-ka zhi (wáhǫká ži)

wild, crazy, ill behaved (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • wa-hoⁿ-ka zhi (wáhǫká ži) - wild, crazy, ill behaved, aⁿ-wa-hoⁿ-ka zhi (ąwáhǫkáži) - I’m wild, crazy, ill behaved, di-wa-hoⁿ-ka zhi (diwáhǫkáži) - you’re wild, crazy, ill behaved (RR-Quapaw)
  • wa-hoⁿ-ga zhi (wáhoⁿgazhi) - fearless, unafraid of the cold, not to be afraid of the cold, as said of one who does not seek a shelter, but continues traveling on foot or horseback, aⁿ-maⁿ-hoⁿ-ga ma-zhi (aⁿmáⁿhoⁿgamazhi) - I am fearless, unafraid of the cold, wa-yi-hoⁿ-ga zhi (wayíhoⁿgazhi) - you are fearless, unafraid of the cold, wa-hoⁿ-ga zhi (wáhoⁿgazhi) - he/she/it fearless, unafraid of the cold, wa-wa-hoⁿ-ga ba-zhi (wawáhoⁿgabazhi) - we are fearless, unafraid of the cold, wa-yi-hoⁿ-ga ba-zhi (wayíhoⁿgabazhi) - you all are fearless, unafraid of the cold, wa-hoⁿ-ga ba-zhi(wáhoⁿgabazhi) - they are fearless, unafraid of the cold (Kanza)

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  • wa-hoⁿ-ka (wáhǫká) - well behaved, to be, aⁿ-wa-hoⁿ-ka (ąwáhǫká) - I’m well behaved, di-wa-hoⁿ-ka (diwáhǫká) - you’re well behaved, wa-wa-hoⁿ-ka-we (wawáhǫkáwe) - we’re well behaved (RR-Quapaw)

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  • zhi (ži) - negative (RR-Quapaw)
  • zhi (zhi) - not (Omaha/Ponca)
  • zhi (zhi) - not (FL-Osage)
  • a-zhi (aží), zhi (ži) - not, negative, negator (CQ-Osage)
  • zhi (zhi) - negative suffix of verbs (Kanza)