creek, river

wa-tʰi-shka (watʰíška)  
river, creek Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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wa-tʰi-shka (watʰíška)

creek (RR-Quapaw)

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river, big river  

wa-tʰi-shka  wa-sh'a-ke  hi (watʰíška wašʔáke hi)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

creek, river - large - very

 

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river, Spring River  

ni-sni  wa-tʰi-ska  (nísni watʰíska)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

cold water, spring - creek, river

 

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         wa-tʰi-shka (watʰíška) - creek (RR-Quapaw)

·         i-kaⁿ-ska-de wa-tʰi-shka (íkąskáde sattą watʰiška) - Five Mile Creek, I.T. (RR-Quapaw)

·         ni-sni wa-tʰi-shka (nísni watʰíška) - Spring River, I.T. (RR-Quapaw)

·         wa-chʰi-shka (wachʰíshka) - creek, stream (Omaha/Ponca)

·         wa-chi-shka (wachíshka) - creek, brook (Omaha)

·         wa-zhiⁿ-shka (wazhiⁿshka) - stream (Omaha)

·         wa-chi-shka ga-xa (wachishka gaxa) - canal (Omaha)

·         wa-ʰtsi-shka (wa-t̩si-shka) - a brook, obsolete among the Osage, but still used by the Omaha (FL-Osage)

·         wa-chiⁿ-shka (wachíⁿshka) - river, small, a stream or creek, archaic (Kanza)