koⁿ-da  zhi  (kǫdá ži)

want, desire, wish - not

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koⁿ-da (kǫdá)

want, desire, wish (RR-Quapaw)

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zhi (ži)

negative (RR-Quapaw)

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I don’t like it (I don’t want it).
koⁿ-bda  zhi  (kkǫbdá ži)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
I want - not

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I don’t want you to say.
i-she  koⁿ-bda  zhi  (išé kkǫbdá ži)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
you say - I want - not

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I don't want you coming around my house.
ti  wi-ta  ti  da-tʰi  koⁿ-bda  zhi  (tti wítta tti datʰí kkǫbdá ži)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
house - my - to - you arrive - I want - not

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She didn't like it (he, she didn't want it).
koⁿ-da  zhi  e  (kǫdá ži e)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
he, she want - not - past tense

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         ʰkoⁿ-btha moⁿ-zhi (ḳoⁿ-btha moⁿ-zhi) - I do not want, shkoⁿ-sda zhi a (shkoⁿ-sda zhi a) - you do not want, oⁿ-goⁿ-tha ba-zhi i (oⁿ-goⁿ-tha ba-zhi i) - we do not want (FL-Osage)

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·         koⁿ-da (kǫdá) - want, desire, wish, koⁿ-bda (kkǫbdá) - I want, shkoⁿ-ta (škǫttá) - you want, oⁿ-koⁿ-da-we (ǫkǫ́dawe) - we want (RR-Quapaw)

·         goⁿ-tha (goⁿtha) - desire, crave, want, koⁿ-btha (koⁿbtha) - I want (Omaha)

·         goⁿ-tha (goⁿ´-tha) - to want, to desire, to prefer, ʰkoⁿ-btha (ḳoⁿ´-btha) - I want, shkoⁿ-shta (shkoⁿ´-shta) - you want, oⁿ-goⁿ-tha i (oⁿ´-goⁿ-tha i) - we want (FL-Osage)

·         koⁿ-tha (kǫ́ða) - want, desire, ʰkoⁿ-bra (ʰkǫ́bra) - I want, shkoⁿ-shta (škǫ́ǫšta) - you want, wi-ʰkoⁿ-bra (wiʰkǫ́bra) - I want for you, aⁿ-koⁿ-tha (ąkǫ́ða) - we want (CQ-Osage)

·         goⁿ-ya (góⁿya) - want, wish, hope, he/she/it wants it, koⁿ-bla (kóⁿbla) - I want it, shkoⁿ-hna (shkóⁿhna) - you want it, aⁿ-goⁿ-ya (aⁿgóⁿya) - you and I want it, aⁿ-goⁿ-ya be (aⁿgóⁿyabe) - we want it, shkoⁿ-hna-be (shkóⁿhnabe) - you all want it, goⁿ-ya-be (góⁿyabe) - they want it (Kanza)

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·         zhi (ži) - negative, wa-zhi (waží) - negative 1pl, we not (RR-Quapaw)

·         zhi (zhi) - not, ma-zhi (májĭ) - I not, ba-zhi (bájĭ) - we not (Omaha/Ponca)

·         zhi (zhi) - not, moⁿ-zhi (moⁿ´-zhi) - I do not (FL-Osage)

·         a-zhi (aží), zhi (ži) - not, negative, negator, maⁿ-zhi (mąží) - I not (CQ-Osage)

·         zhi (zhi) - negative suffix of verbs, ma-zhi (mazhi) - I'm not, I don't, I didn't (Kanza)