hair, curly hair

ni-zhi-ha  shi-ke  (nižíha šíke)  

hair of the human head - bad, ugly

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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ni-zhi-ha shi-ke (nižíha šíke)

hair, curly (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ni-zhi-ha (nižíha) - hair of the human head (RR-Quapaw)
  • na-zhi-ha (názhiha) - hair, the hair of the human head (Omaha/Ponca)
  • ni-zhu-ha (ni-zhú-ha) - hair of the head (FL-Osage)

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  • shi-ke (šíke) - bad, ugly, aⁿ-shi-ke (ąšíke) - I am bad, ugly, di-shi-ke (dišíke) - you are bad ugly, wa-shi-ke (wášíke) - we are bad, dual, wa-shi-ka-we (wášíkawe) - we are bad, plural  (RR-Quapaw)
  • shi-ge (shíge) - bad, evil, injury, aⁿ-shi-ge (ąšíge) - I am bad, yi-shi-ge (yišíge) - you are bad, wa-shi-ge (wášíge) - we are bad, dual, wa-shi-ga-be (wášígabe) - we are bad, plural (Kanza)