Friday

ta  da-tʰa  zhi  (tta dátʰa ži)
deer - to eat, chew - not	Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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ta da-tʰa zhi (tta dátʰa ži)

Friday, eat no meat (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• ta da-tʰa zhi (tta dátʰa ži) - Friday, eat no meat (RR-Quapaw)
• ʰta tha-ta zhi hoⁿ-ba (t̩a-thá-ta-zhi hoⁿ-ba) - t̩a - meat, tha-ta - eat, zhi - not, hoⁿ-ba - day, day not eat meat, Friday (FL-Osage)
• haⁿpa ʰta tha-tsʰa zhi (hą́ąpa ʰtaaðáacʰaži) - Friday, literally, day of no meat eating (CQ-Osage)
• ta ya-cha zhi (ta yáchazhi) - Eats no Deer, subclan of the Kaw deer clan (Kanza)

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• ta (tta) - deer, ruminant, meat, especially dried meat (RR-Quapaw)
• ta (ta) - dried meat, especially buffalo, elk, or deer meat, jerky (Omaha/Ponca)
• ta-xti (táxti) - deer (Omaha/Ponca)
• ʰta (t̩a) - the deer, meat of any kind, deer, archaic - ta-xtsi, the flesh of this animal was used by the Osage and Omaha for food and the skin for clothing, the sinew was used for sewing (FL-Osage)
• ʰta (ʰtáa) - deer, doe, fawn, buck, meat (CQ-Osage)
• ta (ta) - deer, meat of any sort (Kanza)
• ta-xtsi (tàxcí) - deer (Kanza)

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• da-tʰa zhi (d¢atáji) - ate not (JOD-Quapaw)
• da-tʰa zhi (datháži) - fast, not to eat, bda-tʰa zhi (bdáthaži) - I fast, not eat, ta-tʰa zhi (ttáthaži) - you fast, not eat (RR-Quapaw)
• wa-tha-ta zhi (wathatazhi) - fast (Omaha)

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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, bla-che (bláche) - I eat something, hna-che (hnáche) - you eat something, ya-cha-be (yachábe) - he/she/it eat something, aⁿ-ya-cha-be (aⁿyáchabe) - we eat something, hna-cha-be (hnáchabe) - you all eat something, ya-cha-be (yachábe) - they eat something (Kanza)

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• zhi (ži) - negative (RR-Quapaw)
• zhi (zhi) - not (Omaha/Ponca)
• zhi (zhi) - not (FL-Osage)
• a-zhi (aží), zhi (ži) - not, negative, negator (CQ-Osage)
• zhi (zhi) - negative suffix of verbs (Kanza)