here, right here, this place

de-do (dédo)

 

right here, this place

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

 

 
 

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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de-do (dédo)

here (RR-Quapaw)

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I’m sitting right here (I will be arriving here).

 

wi-e  de-do  a-tʰi  ta  miⁿ-khe  (wíe dédo atʰí ta mįkhé)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

I - here - I arrive, I have come here - will be - I sitting, doing that

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • de-do (dédo) - here (RR-Quapaw)
  • the-tho (¢é¢u) - here (Omaha-JOD)
  • the-tho (thé-tho) - here at this place (FL-Osage)
  • ye-yo (yèyó) - here, right here (Kanza)