dark color, indistinct black

 

sha  (ša)

dark, indistinct black (RR-Quapaw)

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ma-kaⁿ  sha  (makką́ ša)  

Speaker - Maude Supernaw
medicine - dark   

Speaker - Anna Beaver
   

Speaker - Mary Lane  Redeagle
   

Speaker - Odestine McWatters
 

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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African American, negro  
i-shta-xi  sha  (ištáxi šá)  
Frenchman, Whiteman - dark Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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oak, black oak, black tree  

zhaⁿ  sha  (žą  šá)

  

tree - dark

 Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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mole, as on the skin  

wa-sha (wašá)

  

that which is dark, black

 Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • sha (ša) - dark, indistinct black (RR-Quapaw)
  • sha-be (shábe) - dark (Omaha/Ponca)
  • sha-be (shá-be) - dark in color (FL-Osage)
  • sha-pe (šápe) - dark in color, shaded, darkened (CQ-Osage)
  • sha-be (shábe) - dark, shadowy, distant black, brown (Kanza)