look

 

toⁿ-we (tǫ́we)     

 
look Speaker - Mary Lane Redeagle

 

 

 

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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toⁿ-we (tǫ́we)

look at something (RR-Quapaw)

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I'm looking at you.

 
wi-toⁿ-we  (witǫ́we) Speaker - Mary Lane Redeagle
I to you - to look

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I see you.

 

wi-e toⁿ ni miⁿ-khe (wíe  tǫ́ ni mįkhé)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

I, me - to look - * - I sitting, doing that

 
* toⁿiⁿ (tǫ́į) a contraction of toⁿ-we (tǫ́we), ni-khe (nikhé) - 2sg continuative sitting, niⁿ (nį) - the singular/moving/animate, niⁿ (nį) - 3sg continuative moving, niⁿ-khe (nįkhé) - 3sg continuative sitting

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         toⁿ-we (tǫ́we) - look at something, taⁿ-we (ttą́we) - I look at, shtaⁿ-we (štą́we) - you look at, taⁿ-we (tą́we) - he, she looks at (RR-Quapaw)

·         aⁿ-taⁿ-we (ŭⁿtaⁿ′wĕ) - to see me (JOD-Quapaw)

·         da-ki-shtaⁿ-we (d¢akíctŭⁿ′we) - you see him, your relation (JOD-Quapaw)

·         doⁿ-be (dóⁿbe) - to look at, to perceive any object, to see it, toⁿ-be (t͓aⁿ-be) - I look, shtoⁿ-be (ctaⁿ-be) - you look, aⁿ-doⁿ-ba i (aⁿdaⁿbai) - we look, doⁿ-ba-ga (daⁿbagă), look, imperative, wi-toⁿ-be (witaⁿbe) - I look at you, aⁿ-shtoⁿ-be (aⁿctaⁿbe) - you look at me  (Omaha/Ponca)

·         doⁿ-be (doⁿ-be) - to see, to perceive, to scrutinize, to watch (FL-Osage)

·         doⁿ-be (doⁿ΄-be) - to see, wa-ʰtoⁿ-be (wa-ṭoⁿ΄-be) - I saw them, wa-shtoⁿ-be (wa-shtoⁿ΄-be) - you saw them (FL-Osage)

·         doⁿ-be (doⁿ΄-be) - to see, ʰtoⁿ-be (ṭoⁿ΄-be) - I see, shtoⁿ-be (shtoⁿ΄-be) - you see, wi-ʰtoⁿ-be (wi-ṭoⁿ΄-be) - I see you, I look upon you (FL-Osage)

·         toⁿ-pe (tǫ́pe), toⁿ (tǫ́), toⁿ-iⁿ (tǫ́į), toⁿ-e (tǫ́e) - see, observe, watch, look, look at, on, or upon, ʰtoⁿ-pe (ʰtǫ́pe) - I watch it, I look, ʰto-iⁿ (ʰtóį) - I look, shtoⁿ-pe (štǫ́pe) - you watch it, toⁿ-pe (tǫ́pe) - he watches it, aⁿ-toⁿ-pe (ątǫ́pe) - we watch it, toⁿ-pa (tǫ́pa) - look! (CQ-Osage)

·         doⁿ-be (dóⁿbe) - see, look at, toⁿ-be (ttǫ́be), (tómbe) - I look at it, shtoⁿ-be (štǫ́be), (shtómbe) - you look at it, doⁿ-be (dǫ́be), (dómbe) - she, he, it looks at it, aⁿ-doⁿ-be (ądǫ́be), (aⁿdómbe) - you and I look at it, aⁿ-doⁿ-be (aⁿdómbabe) - we look at it, shtoⁿ-ba-be (shtómbabe) - you all look at it, doⁿ-ba-be (dómbabe) - they look at it, wi-toⁿ-be (witóⁿbe) - I see you, aⁿ-doⁿ-ba-be (ądǫ́babe), (aⁿdómbabe) - we look at it/them, we looked at it/them (Kanza)