mean

 

wa-zhiⁿ  shi-ke  (wažį́ šíke)

 

disposition, will power, personality - bad

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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wa-zhiⁿ ska (wa-jĭⁿ-skă)

masculine name of the Kwapa Oⁿpaⁿ - gens: “White Disposition,” Wise.  The csuñga or younger brother of Wakanta Kahike or John Medicine (JOD-Quapaw)

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shi-ke (šíke)

bad, ugly (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • wa-zhiⁿ ʰpi-zhi (wa-zhiⁿ´-p̣i-zhi) - to be very angry (FL-Osage)
  • wa-zhiⁿ ʰpi-zhi (wažį́ ʰpíiži) - enraged, mad, angry (CQ-Osage)
  • wa-zhiⁿ pi-zhi (wazhíⁿpizhi) - being hateful, spiteful, literally "bad thoughts", wa-zhiⁿ aⁿ-pi-zhi (wazhíⁿaⁿpizhi) - I’m being hateful, wa-zhiⁿ yi-pi-zhi (wazhíⁿyipizhi) - your being hateful, wa-zhiⁿ pi-zhi (wazhíⁿpizhi) - he/she/it is geing hateful, wa-zhiⁿ wa-pi-zhi-be (wazhíⁿwapizhibe) - we are being hateful, wa-zhiⁿ pi-zhi-be (wazhíⁿpizhibe) - you all are being hateful, wa-zhiⁿ pi-zhi-be (wazhíⁿpizhibe) - they are being hateful (Kanza)

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  • wa-zhiⁿ (wazhiⁿ) - will power (Omaha)
  • wa-zhi (wa-zhiⁿ´) - own will, volition (FL-Osage)

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  • shi-ke (šíke) - bad, ugly, aⁿ-shi-ke (ąšíke) - I am bad, ugly, di-shi-ke (dišíke) - you are bad ugly, wa-shi-ke (wášíke) - we are bad, dual, wa-shi-ka-we (wášíkawe) - we are bad, plural  (RR-Quapaw)
  • shi-ge (shíge) - bad, evil, injury, aⁿ-shi-ge (ąšíge) - I am bad, yi-shi-ge (yišíge) - you are bad, wa-shi-ge (wášíge) - we are bad, dual, wa-shi-ga-be (wášígabe) - we are bad, plural (Kanza)