lightning, forked lightning (also personal name)

 

di-kdi-ze (dikdíze)  
lightning    

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

 

 
 

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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che-ka-zhi-ze (čekažíze)

 
de-ka-di-zhe (dekadíže) Speaker - Odestine McWatters
lightning  
  Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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di-kdi-ze (dikdíze)

lightning, forked (RR-Quapaw)

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di-kdi-ze (d˘i-ktgí-ze)

masculine, name of the Kwapa tand˘ań or tand˘ań wantañ́k͓a gens, Forked Lightning (JOD-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • di-kdi-ze (dikdíze) - lightning, forked (RR-Quapaw)
  • di-kdi-ze (d˘i-ktgí-ze) - masculine, name of the Kwapa tand˘ań or tand˘ań wantañ́k͓a gens, Forked Lightning (JOD-Quapaw)
  • thi-gthi-ze (thigthíze) - lightening, forked lightening (Omaha/Ponca)
  • thi-the-ze (thi gtheze) - streak (Omaha)
  • thi-gthi-ze (thi-gthí-çe) - to make striped marks (FL-Osage)
  • thi-gthe-ze (thi-gthé-çe) - to draw stripes (FL-Osage)
  • thi-gthe-gthe-ze (thi-gthé-gthe-çe) - the lightning that breaks into branches, forked lightning (FL-Osage)
  • thi-le-le-ze (điléleze) - reduplicated form, forked lighting, literally, making repeated stripes (CQ-Osage)
  • yu-le-le-ze (yuléleze) - forked lightning (Kanza)