Quapaw Language:

girl

*she-mi (šémi)*
girl	Speaker - Maude Supernaw

	Speaker -Mary Lane Redeagle

	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

	Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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she-mi (šémi)

girl, not yet reached puberty (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

she-mi (šémi) - girl, not yet reached puberty (RR-Quapaw)
she-mi zhi-ka (šémižíka) - baby girl (RR-Quapaw)
she-miⁿ zhiⁿ-zhiⁿ-ga (shémiⁿzhiⁿzhíⁿga) - young woman, maiden, girl, young women, maidens, of various sizes (Omaha/Ponca)
shi-mi zhiⁿ-ga (shí-mi-zhiⁿ-ga) - a baby girl, a damsel, a maiden, a lassie (FL-Osage)
shiⁿ-miⁿ zhiⁿ (ší̜mįžį) - girl, baby girl, girlfriend (CQ-Osage)
shi-miⁿ hiⁿ-ga (shímiⁿhìⁿga) - girl, young woman (Kanza)