me, I

 

wi-e (wíe)

 
I, me Speaker - Maude Supernaw
   
  Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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wi-e (wíe)

 

I, 1st sg. actor, emphatic or disjunctive (RR-Quapaw)

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I want to go home (I will be going home).

 
wi-e  a-kde  ta  miⁿ-khe  (wíe akdé tta mįkhé) Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
I - I go home - will be - I sitting, doing that  

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I am happy.  
wi-e  ho-taⁿ  (wíe hóttą) Speaker - Mary Wilson

I - good

 

* aⁿ-ho-taⁿ (ąhóttą) - I am good (RR-Quapaw)

 

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • wi-e (wíe) - I, 1st sg. actor, emphatic or disjunctive (RR-Quapaw)
  • wi-e (wíe) - I, me (Omaha/Ponca)
  • wi-e (wí-e) - I, me (FL-Osage)
  • wi-e (wíe) - me, I, it is my turn (CQ-Osage)
  • wi-e (wié) - I, me (Kanza)