flower

maⁿ-hi  sta  (mąhístą)

 

grass - fragrant (?)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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maⁿ-hi sta (mąhístą)

flower (RR-Quapaw)

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ma-hiⁿ xta (ma̜xta)

flower (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         ma-hiⁿ (mahí̜) - grass (RR-Quapaw)

·         moⁿ-hiⁿ tu (moⁿhiⁿ́tu) - grass (Omaha)

·         moⁿ-hiⁿ (moⁿ-hiⁿ́) - grass (FL-Osage)

·         maⁿ-hiⁿ (mąąhí̜) - grass, hay (CQ-Osage)

·         maⁿ-hiⁿ (maⁿhíⁿ) - grass, weeds (Kanza)

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·         zoⁿ sta (zóⁿsta) - fragrant, smelly, stink, nice-smelling; of fruits or grasses, stinking, having a bad smell, sour or rotten-smelling of animals, meat, milk, etc. When it refers to fruits, grasses, etc., it has a good meaning: emitting a pleasant odor; When applied to animals, meat, etc., it has a bad meaning: emitting a bad smell (Omaha/Ponca)

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·         o-we xda (ówe xdá) - corn blossom (RR-Quapaw)

·         ma-hiⁿ xta (ma̜xta) - flower (RR-Quapaw)

·         zhoⁿ xda (žǫxdá) - bud (RR-Quapaw)

·         xtha (xtha) - reduce, blossom (Omaha)

·         xtha (xtha) - blossoms of any kind (FL-Osage)

·         ʰla ská (ʰlaaská) - flower (CQ-Osage)

·         zhaⁿ ʰla (žą́ąʰlaa ) - blossom or flower on a tree (CQ-Osage)

·         xla (xla) - flower, bud (Kanza)