football

ka-ta-pa  (kkattappá)

 

football

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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ka-ta-pa  (kkattappá)

football, possibly derived from ka + ttape (RR-Quapaw)

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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

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

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

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

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

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

ˇ         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)

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

ˇ         ta-be (tabé) - ball (Kanza)