heaven, upper, upward
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maⁿ-shi (mąší)
upper, upward, heaven (RR-Quapaw)
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Pray for up (you pray to heaven). |
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da-wa-ta
maⁿ-shi
(dawattá mąší) |
Speaker -
Maude Supernaw |
you pray -
upward, heaven |
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Pray (he, she is praying) |
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maⁿ-shi
o-ki niⁿ-khe (mą́ši okkí nįkhé) |
Speaker -
Maude Supernaw |
upward, heaven - speak, talk with one - he, she sitting, doing that |
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God is up there (God resides in heaven). |
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maⁿ-shi
wa-koⁿ-ta kniⁿ niⁿ-khe (mąší wakǫ́ta knį nįkhé) |
Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
heaven, upper, upward - God - sit, be in a place, camp -
he, she
sitting, doing that |
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Father (God) is up in heaven. |
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Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
iⁿ-ta-te wa-koⁿ-ta
maⁿ-shi niⁿ-khe (įttátte wakǫ́ta mąší nįkhé) |
my father - god - upward, heaven - he, she sitting, doing that |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
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maⁿ-shi (mąší)
- upper, upward, heaven (RR-Quapaw)
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moⁿ-shi a-di (moⁿshíadi)
- tall, be very tall, extend from the ground far up into the
air (Omaha/Ponca)
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moⁿ-shi a-ha (moⁿshiaha)
- high (Omaha)
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moⁿ-shi (moⁿ́-shi)
- up above, the arch of heaven, zenith (FL-Osage)
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maⁿ-shi (mą́ši)
- be upward or upright (CQ-Osage)
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maⁿ-shi
(máⁿshi)
- high up, as the sun in the sky (Kanza)
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maⁿ-shi-ta (maⁿshíta)
- above, upper, e.g. upper teeth (Kanza)
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