ni-ka-shi-ka  (níkkašíka)
person, people, men, clan	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
	Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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person, people, men, clan
person, people, a man, clan (RR-Quapaw)

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poor people
ni-ka-shi-ka  wa-xpa-ni  (níkkašíka waxpání)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
people - poor, pitiful

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men, women, and the children
ni-ka-shi-ka  wa-x′o …. shi-zhi-ka  (níkkašíka waxʔó …. šižíkka)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
men - women - …. - children

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• ni-ka-shi-ka (níkkašíka) - person, people, a man, clan (RR-Quapaw)
• ni-ka-shiⁿ-ga (nikashiⁿga) - person, people, human, citizen (Omaha)
• ni-ʰka-shi-ga (ní-ḳa-shi-ga) - a people (FL-Osage)
• ni-ʰka-shi-ka (níʰkašika) - the people, a people (CQ-Osage)
• ni-ʰka-shi-ka (níʰkašika) - live, exist (CQ-Osage)
• ni-ka-shiⁿ-ga (níkashiⁿga) - person, people, men, clan (Kanza)

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• ni-ka (níkka) - man, as opposed to a woman (RR-Quapaw)
• nu (nu) - man, human male (Omaha/Ponca)
• ni-ʰka (ní-ḳa) - man (FL-Osage)
• ni-ʰka (níʰka) - man, person, husband (CQ-Osage)
• ni-ka (níka) - man, human male, husband (Kanza)