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			money 
			  
			
				
				
				
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				ma-ze ska 
				(mazé ska) 
				
				silver, money, a dollar (RR-Quapaw)______________________________________________________________________________ 
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						| rich people (they have a lot of money). |  |  
						| ma-ze-ska  
						o-she  a-niⁿ  niⁿ  (mazéska óše 
						
						anį́ nį) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |  
						| iron, metal - white - a lot, plenty - he/she moving 
						doing that |  |  
					
						| dollar |   |  
						| ma-ze-ska 
						miⁿ-xti  (mázeska mį́xti) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |  
						| iron, metal - white - one, exactly one |  |  
				
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				Dhegiha Language Family Comparison 
					
					
					
					ma-ze ska 
					(mazé ska) - silver, money, a dollar (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					moⁿ-ze ska (moⁿçeçka) 
					- money, silver, currency (Omaha)
					
					
					maⁿ-ze ska(mą́zeska) 
					- money, coin, silver, literally white metal (CQ-Osage)
					
					moⁿ-ze ska (moⁿ́-çe-çka) - white metal, money (FL-Osage)
					
					
					maⁿ-ze ska (máⁿzeska) 
					- money, esp. silver money (Kanza) 
				
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					ma-ze (máze) 
					- iron, gun (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					moⁿ-ze (móⁿ-çe) 
					
					- iron, metal (Omaha/Ponca)
					
					
					moⁿ-ze (moⁿ́-çe) 
					- iron or any kind of metal (FL-Osage)
					
					
					maⁿ-ze (mą́ze) 
					
					- metal of any kind, lead or iron, wire, cable (CQ-Osage)
					
					
					maⁿ-ze (máⁿze) 
					- iron, metal in general (Kanza) 
				
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					ska (ska) 
					- white, white nearby (RR-Quapaw)
					
					ska (ska) 
					- 
					
					white, applied to objects nearby, not far away (Omaha/Ponca)
					
					ska (çka) 
					- white (FL-Osage)
					
					ska (ská) 
					- white, bright, clear (CQ-Osage)
					
					ska (ska) 
					- white, clearly defined white (Kanza) |