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Come eat.
wa-naⁿ-bde  (waną́bde)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
eat a meal, dine

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I want to eat.
a-wa-naⁿ-bde  koⁿ-bda  (awánąbdé kkǫbdá)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
I eat a meal, dine - I want, desire, wish

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I have eaten.
a-wa-naⁿ-bde (awánąbdé)	Speaker - Odestine McWatters
I eat a meal, dine

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I'm going to eat.
wi-e  a-wa-naⁿ-bde  ta  miⁿ-khe  (wíe awaną́bde ta mįkhé)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
I - I eat a meal, dine - will be - I sitting, doing that

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Have you eaten?
da-wa-naⁿ-bde (dáwanąbdé)	Speaker - Odestine McWatters
you eat * wa-da-naⁿ-bde (wadáną́bdé) - you eat a meal, dine (RR-Quapaw)

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You come eat.
jhi-e wa-naⁿ-bde (jhíe waną́bde)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
you - to eat a meal
* wa-da-naⁿ-bde (wadáną́bdé) - you eat a meal, dine (RR-Quapaw)

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Do you want to eat?
jhi-e  wa-naⁿ-bde  shkoⁿ-ta  (ǰíe waną́bde škǫttá)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
you - eat a meal, dine - you want, desire, wish
* wa-da-naⁿ-bde (wadánąbdé) - you eat a meal, dine (RR-Quapaw)

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We eat.
aⁿ-wa-naⁿ-bde  (ąwánąbdé)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
we eat a meal, dine

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Come on, all of you if you want to eat.
i-za-ni  oⁿ-ka-kdi  wa-naⁿ-bde  shkoⁿ-ta  (ízani  ǫkákdi  waną́bde  škǫttá)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
all - plural, come back here - to eat a meal - you want

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         wa-naⁿ-bde (waną́bde) - eat a meal, dine, a-wa-naⁿ-bde (awáną́bdé) - I eat a meal, dine, wa-da-naⁿ-bde (wadáną́bdé) - you eat a meal, dine (RR-Quapaw)

·         wa-noⁿ-bthe (wanóⁿbthe) - an eater (Omaha/Ponca)

·         wa-noⁿ-bthe toⁿ-ga (wanoⁿ́bthe toⁿga) - big eater, glutten (Omaha)

·         wa-noⁿ-bthe (wa-noⁿ́-bthe) - to eat, to dine, a meal, breakfast, dinner, or supper, nourishment, food, a-wa-noⁿ-bthe (a-wá-noⁿ-bthe) - I  am eating, wa-tha-noⁿ-bthe (wa-thá-noⁿ-bthe) - you are eating, oⁿ-woⁿ-boⁿ-btha i (oⁿ-woⁿ́-noⁿ-btha i) - we are eating (FL-Osage)

·         wa-noⁿ-bre (wanó̜bre) - dine, eat, dinner, supper, meal served at noon or in the evening, a-wa-noⁿ-bre (áwanǫbre) - I eat, wa-tha-noⁿ-bre (waðánǫbre) - you eat, aⁿ-wa-noⁿ-bra-pe (ąwanó̜brape) - we eat (CQ-Osage)

·         wa-noⁿ-ble (wanóⁿble) - eat a meal, dine (Kanza)

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·         o-naⁿ-bde (ónąbde) - food, something to eat (RR-Quapaw)

·         u-noⁿ-bthe (ú-noⁿ-bthe) - food, a grocery (FL-Osage)

·         o-noⁿ-bre (ónǫbre) - food, groceries, rations, meal, dinner (CQ-Osage