I to you
wi (wi)
first person singular acting on second person forms (RR-Quapaw)
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I didn't hear you. |
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wi-na-x'oⁿ
zhi (winaxʔó̜ ži) |
Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
I to you - hear - not |
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I'm looking at you. |
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wi-toⁿ-we
(witó̜we) |
Speaker -
Mary Lane Redeagle |
I to you - to look |
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I give (I give to you). |
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wi-k'i
(wikʔi) |
Speaker -
Alice Crawfish Gilmore |
I to you - give |
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I bite you. |
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wi-bda-xta
(wibdaxtá) |
Speaker -
Maude
Supernaw |
I to you - I bite |
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(my aunt)
I'm glad to see you. |
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wi-ti-mi, i-wi-ki-de aⁿ-da-kni (wittími íwíkide ą́dakní) |
Speaker -
Fannie Goodeagle Richards |
my aunt - I to you - my own - to see - I'm glad |
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I'm glad to see you. |
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i-wi-ki-de
aⁿ-da-kni (íwíkide ą́dakní) |
Speaker -
Anna
Beaver |
I to you - my own - to see - I'm glad |
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I am going to talk to you. |
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o-wi-ki-e
ta miⁿ-khe (owikkie tta mįkhé) |
Speaker -
Maude Supernaw |
I to you - speak, talk with one - will be - I sitting, doing that |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
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wi (wi)
- first person singular acting on second person forms (RR-Quapaw)
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wi (wi)
- combined marker of 1st person sg. Subject and 2nd person
object, "I …you" (CQ-Osage)
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wi (wi)
-
I/you, where 'I' is the subject and 'you' is the object (Kanza)
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