It's almost dark.
pa-ze-de  haⁿ-ke  (ppázedé hąké) this evening - almost, nearly * pa-zi de haⁿ-ke (ppázi dé hąké) - nearly night, JOD (RR-Quapaw)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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dark.
haⁿ-naⁿ-pa-ze  (hą́nąppáze) dark	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         pa-ze-de (ppazéde) - evening (RR-Quapaw)

·         ʰpaze the (ʰpazé ðe) - this evening (CQ-Osage)

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·         pa-ze (ppáze) - evening (RR-Quapaw)

·         pa-ze (páze) - evening, dusk; time between afternoon and night (Omaha/Ponca)

·         ʰpaze (p̩á-çe) - evening, close of the day (FL-Osage)

·         ʰpaze (ʰpazé) - evening, in the evening time, not quite dark yet, night (CQ-Osage)

·         pa-ze (páze) - evening, late afternoon (Kanza)

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·         de (de) - this, now (RR-Quapaw)

·         the (the) - this, these, he/she went, go (Omaha)

·         the (the) - this (FL-Osage)

·         the (ðée) - that, this, those, these, they (CQ-Osage)

·         ye (ye) - this, here, hither (Kanza)