I to you

 

wi (wi)

first person singular acting on second person forms (RR-Quapaw)

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I didn't hear you.  

wi-na-x'oⁿ  zhi  (winaxʔó̜  ži)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

I to you - hear - not

 

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I'm looking at you.       

wi-toⁿ-we (witó̜we)

Speaker - Mary Lane Redeagle

I to you - to look

 

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I give (I give to you).    

wi-k'i  (wikʔi)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

I to you - give

 

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I bite you.  

wi-bda-xta  (wibdaxtá)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

I to you - I bite

 

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(my aunt) I'm glad to see you.             

wi-ti-mii-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.

 

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.             

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

  • wi (wi) - first person singular acting on second person forms (RR-Quapaw)
  • wi (wi) - combined marker of 1st person sg. Subject and 2nd person object, "I …you" (CQ-Osage)
  • wi (wi) - I/you, where 'I' is the subject and 'you' is the object (Kanza)