eel

ho ste-te (hostétte)  

fish - long

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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ho ste-te (hostétte)

eel (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ho ste-te (hostétte) - eel (RR-Quapaw)

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  • ho (ho) - fish (RR)
  • hu-hu (huhú) - fish (Omaha/Ponca)
  • ho (ho) - fish, both Osage and Omaha use fish for food (FL-Osage)
  • ho (hó) - fish (CQ-Osage)
  • ho (ho) - fish (Kanza)

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  • ste-te (stétte) - tall, long (RR-Quapaw)
  • zne-de (çnede) - long (Omaha/Ponca)
  • stse-dse (stse-dsé), stse-e (stse-e)  - tall, a tall man, long (FL-Osage)
  • stse-tse (scéce) - tall, long (CQ-Osage)
  • stse-je (scéje) - long, tall (Kanza)