devil

sh'a  taⁿ-ka  (šʔa ttą́ka)  

devil

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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sh'a taⁿ-ka (šʔa ttą́ka), ch'a taⁿ-ka (čʔa ttą́ka)

evil spirit, Satan (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         sh'a taⁿ-ka (šʔa ttą́ka), ch'a taⁿ-ka (čʔa ttą́ka) - evil spirit, Satan (RR-Quapaw)

·         sh'a taⁿ-ka o-ma-ni ʔattą́ka ománi) - Devil's Promenade, OK (RR-Quapaw)

·         ts'a toⁿ-ga (t̩s'á t̩oⁿ-ga) - ts'a (t̩s'á), a contraction of we-ts'a (we-t̩s'á) - snake, toⁿ-ga (t̩oⁿ-ga) - big, Satan, the Osage did not know the name of Satan till the missionaries came (FL-Osage)

·         ts'a ʰtaⁿ (cʔá htą́ą) - devil, Satan, possibly a contraction of we-ts'a (wécʔa) - snake + ʰtaⁿ (htą́ą), ʰtaⁿ-ka (htą́ka) - big, perhaps borrowed from English Satan (CQ-Osage)

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·         taⁿ-ka (ttą́ka) - big, large (RR-Quapaw)

·         toⁿ-ga (toⁿgá) - large, big, great (Omaha/Ponca)

·         ʰtoⁿ-ga (t̩oⁿ-gá) - big, large (FL-Osage)

·         ʰtaⁿ-ka (ʰtą́ka), ʰtaⁿ (ʰtą́ą) - big, large, great, grand (CQ-Osage)

·         taⁿ-ga (táⁿga) - be large (Kanza)