Play ball.
ka-ta-pa-we  (kkattappáwe)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
by striking - ball - plural

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Come on, play ball (command).
oⁿ-ka-kdi  ka-ta-pa  (ǫkákdi  kkattappá)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
plural, come back here - football

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         ka-ta-pa (kkattappá) - football, possibly derived from ka + ttape (RR-Quapaw)

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·         ka (ka) - by striking , wind, water (RR-Quapaw)

·         ka (kaa) - by striking, by sudden application of force or sudden movement (CQ-Osage)

·         ga (ga) - by blows (FL-Osage)

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·         ta-be (tabé) - ball (Omaha/Ponca)

·         ʰta-be (t̩a-bé) - ball, the Osage usually make their balls of the root of a plant called (t̩a-bé hi), ball tree (FL-Osage)

·         ʰta-pe (ʰtaapé) - ball, used in a game (CQ-Osage)

·         ta-be (tabé) - ball (Kanza)