Quapaw Language:

finger, fourth finger

*naⁿ-pe o-za i-towa tʰe (nąpé ozá í towa tʰe)*
finger - fourth - the	Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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naⁿ-pe o-za (nąpé ozá)

fingers (RR-Quapaw)

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i-to-wa (ítowa)

fourth, ordinal numeral (RR-Quapaw)

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tʰe (tʰe)

the sg/st/in, cl/in, the act (cf. 'past' meaning) (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

· naⁿ-pe (nąpé), noⁿ-pe (nǫpé) - hand (RR-Quapaw)

· noⁿ-be (noⁿbe) - hand (Omaha)

· noⁿ-be (noⁿ-bé) - the hand (FL-Osage)

· noⁿ-pe (nǫǫpé) - palm of the hand, fist (CQ-Osage)

· naⁿ-be (naⁿbé) - hand, paw (Kanza)

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· naⁿ-pe o-za (nąpé ozá) - fingers (RR-Quapaw)

· u-za-be (uçábe) - fingers (Omaha)

· sha-ge u-za-be (shá-ge u-ça-be) - fingers (FL-Osage)

· o-za-be (ozábe) - digits, fingers and toes (Kanza)

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· to-wa (tówa) - four (RR-Quapaw)

· du-ba (dúba) - four (Omaha/Ponca)

· do-ba (dó-ba) - four (FL-Osage)

· to-pa (tóopa) - four (CQ-Osage)

· to-ba (tóba) - four (Kanza)

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· tʰe (tʰe) - the sg/st/in, cl/in, the act (cf. 'past' meaning) (RR-Quapaw)

· the (ðe) - positional article for something moving entity, that, the aforesaid (CQ-Osage)

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· de (de) - this, now (RR-Quapaw)

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

· the (the) - this (FL-Osage)

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