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			mountain, heaven, upper, 
			upward 
			  
			
				
					
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						maⁿ-shi  (mąší) |  |  
						| mountain, heaven, upper, upward | Speaker - Odestine McWatters |  
				
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				maⁿ-shi  (mąší) 
				heaven, upper, upward 
				(RR-Quapaw) 
				
				
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				maⁿ-shi  taⁿ-ka  
				(mąší ttą́ka) 
				mountain
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						God is up there (God resides in heaven). |  |  
						| maⁿ-shi  
						wa-koⁿ-ta  kniⁿ
						niⁿ-khe (mąší wakǫ́ta knį nįkhé) | 
						
						Speaker - Maude Supernaw |  
						| 
						
						heaven, upper, upward - God - sit, be in a place, camp - 
						he, she sitting, doing that |  
				
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						Father (God) is up in heaven. |  |  
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						iⁿ-ta-te  wa-koⁿ-ta  
						
						maⁿ-shi  
						niⁿ-khe  (įttátte wakǫ́ta mąší nįkhé) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |  
						| my father - god - upward, heaven - he, she sitting, 
						doing that |  
				
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				Dhegiha Language Family Comparison 
					
					
					
					maⁿ-shi (mąší) 
					- upper, upward, heaven (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					moⁿ-shi a-di (moⁿshíadi) 
					- tall, be very tall, extend from the ground far up into the 
					air (Omaha/Ponca)
					
					
					moⁿ-shi a-ha (moⁿshiaha) 
					- high (Omaha)
					
					
					moⁿ-shi (moⁿ́-shi) 
					- up above, the arch of heaven, zenith (FL-Osage)
					
					
					maⁿ-shi (mą́ši) 
					- be upward or upright (CQ-Osage)
					
					
					maⁿ-shi (máⁿshi) 
					- high up, as the sun in the sky (Kanza)
					
					
					maⁿ-shi-ta (maⁿshíta) 
					- above, upper, e.g. upper teeth (Kanza) |