eat, chew

da-tʰe  (datʰé)

eat, chew (RR-Quapaw)

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I'm eating a banana.

 

to-zhoⁿ-ke  bda-tʰe  miⁿ-khe  (tožó̜ke bdátʰe mįkhé)  

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

banana - I eat - I sitting, doing that

 

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Eating.  

da-tʰe  wa-naⁿ-bde  (datʰé waną́bde)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

eat, chew - to eat a meal, dine

 

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Friday.

 

ta  da-tʰa  zhi  (tta dátʰa ži)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

deer - to eat, chew - not

 

* da-tʰe changes to da-tʰa when followed by zhi negation

 

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Food.    

wa-da-tʰe  (wadátʰe)

Speaker - Fannie Goodeagle Richards

that which is eaten

 

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         da-tʰe (datʰé) - eat, chew, bda-tʰe (bdátʰe) - I eat chew, ta-tʰe (ttátʰe) - you eat, chew (RR-Quapaw)

·        tha-tʰe (thatʰé) - eat, to eat, to eat an item of food, btha-te (b¢ate) - I eat, shna-te (c͓nate) - you eat, aⁿ-tha-te (aⁿ´¢ate) - we (dual) eat, aⁿ-tha-tai (aⁿ¢atai) - we eat (Omaha/Ponca)

·         tha-te (thaté) - chew (Omaha)

·         tha-tse (tha-tsé) - to eat, btha-tse (bthá-tse) - I eat, sta-tse (sta-tse) - you eat, oⁿ-tha-tsa i (oⁿ-thá-tsa i) - we eat (FL-Osage)

·         tha-tsʰe (ðaacʰé) - eat, bra-tsʰe (bráacʰé) - I eat, shta-tsʰe (štáacʰé) - you eat, aⁿ-tha-tsʰa pe (ąðaacʰa pe) - we eat (CQ-Osage)

·       ya-che (yačhé) - eat something, to eat, to chew up bla-che (bláčhe) - I eat, chew, ʰna-che (ʰnáčhe) - you eat, chew, aⁿ-ya-che (ąyáčhe) - we dual eat, chew, aⁿ-ya-cha-be (ąyáčhabe) - we eat, chew, ʰna-cha-be (ʰnáčhabe) - you all eat, chew, ya-cha-be (yačhábe) - they all eat, chew (Kanza)