dipper

ti-ke  (ttíke)  

clam, clam shell

 Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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ti-ke (ttíke)

cup, ladle made of horn, refers to clam shell spoon etymologically (RR-Quapaw)

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spoon

  
ma-ze  ti-ke  (maze ttíke)    Speaker - Maude Supernaw
metal - shell  

 

 Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  •  ti-ke (ttíke) - cup, ladle made of horn, refers to clam shell spoon etymologically (RR-Quapaw)

  •  ti-ke ma-ni (ttíke máni) - clam (RR-Quapaw)

  •  tsiu-ge (t̩siu-ge) - a spoon, a shell spoon, before metal spoons were known to the Indians shells  were used for spoons (FL-Osage)

  • ʰtsu-ke (ʰcúke) - spoon, Osage spoons were originally clamshells from creeks, used only for scraping corn, with little ones for children, larger ones for adults, this term is now used for spoons of other materials such as metal, plastic, wood, abalone shell, shovel (CQ-Osage)