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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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         wa-da-tʰe (wadátʰe) - food (RR-Quapaw)

·         wa-tha-te (watháte) - eat, food, lunch, meal (Omaha)

·         wa-tha-tse (wa-thá-tse) - the eating of certain kinds of food (FL-Osage)

·         wa-ya-che (wayáche) - food, different kinds of food (Kanza)

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·         wa (wa) - people, folks, things, stuff, they, them (CQ-Osage)

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·         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 (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 (yaché) - eat something (Kanza)