| 
			
			good 
			
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			ho-taⁿ (hóttą) 
			
			good (RR-Quapaw) 
			
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						| 
						We 
						have good shell shakers. |  |  
						|   | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |  
						| 
			
			ke-ha-na-xa-da  
			
			ho-taⁿ  
			aⁿ-ka-niⁿ-ke  (kehá 
			anaxáda 
			hóttą ąkaní̜ 
			įké) |  
						| 
			shell shaker - good - we have - we all lying, doing that |  |  
				
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						| 
						
						I am happy. |  |  
						| 
			wi-e  
			ho-taⁿ  (wíe hóttą) | Speaker - 
			Mary Wilson |  
						| 
			I - good |  |  
						| 
			* aⁿ-ho-taⁿ (ąhóttą) - I am good (RR-Quapaw) |  |  
				
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						| 
						
						Are you happy? |  |  
						| 
			jhi-e  
			
			ho-taⁿ  
			(ǰíe hóttą) | Speaker - 
			Mary Wilson |  
						| 
			you - good |  |  
						| 
			* 
			di-ho-taⁿ 
			(dihóttą) - you are good (RR-Quapaw) |  |  
				
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						| 
						
						good mother |  |  
						| 
			iⁿ-da ho-taⁿ 
			hi (įdá 
			hóttą hi) | Speaker - 
			Maude Supernaw |  
						| 
			my mother - good - very |  |  
				
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			Dhegiha Language Family Comparison 
				
				
				ho-taⁿ (hóttą) 
				- good, aⁿ-ho-taⁿ 
				
				(ąhóttą) 
				- I’m good, di-ho-taⁿ (dihóttą) - your good 
				(RR-Quapaw)
				
				
				u-daⁿ (údaⁿ) 
				- good, to be good, aⁿ-u-daⁿ (aⁿúdaⁿ) - I am 
				good, thi-u-daⁿ (¢iúdaⁿ) - you are good, 
				wa-u-daⁿ i (waúdaⁿi) - we are good (Omaha/Ponca) 
			
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				doⁿ-he (doⁿ-hé) 
				- decent, clean, of good character, generous (FL-Osage)
				
				
				taⁿ-he (tąhé) 
				- be well, be wonderful (CQ-Osage)
				
				
				doⁿ-he (doⁿhé) 
				- well, good, excellent, fine (Kanza) |