none, to have none, be lacking

 

ni-ke (niké)

none, to have, be lacking (RR-Quapaw)

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The dog didn't have no ear.

 

shoⁿ-ke  naⁿ-ta  ni-ke  niⁿ-khe  (šó̜ke nąttá niké nįkhé)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw
dog - ear - none - he, she sitting, doing that  

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Little boy ain't got no milk.

 
she-to  zhi-ka  ma-ze-ni  ni-ke  niⁿ  (šétto žíka mazéni niké nį) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
boy - little - breast - water - none - he/she moving, doing that  

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There ain't no milk.

 
ma-ze-ni  ni-ke  (mazéni niké) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
breast - water - none  

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There is none.

 
ni-ke  hi  (niké hí) Speaker - Odestine McWatters
to have none, be lacking - * arrive, reach there, have been  
* possibly from, hi (hi) - arrive, reach there, have been (RR-Quapaw), similar to wa-zha-zhe i-e e a-hi-pe (wažáže íe ðįké ée ahípe) - the Osage language is all gone, Osage language - none - we arrived (CQ-Osage)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

·         ni-ke (niké) - none, to have, be lacking, aⁿ-ni-ke (ąníke) - I have none, lacking, di-ni-ke (diníke) - you have none, lacking (RR-Quapaw)

·         thiⁿ-ge (thiⁿgé) - lack, to lack, to not have, there is none, aⁿ-thiⁿ-ge (aⁿðiñge) - I am lacking, I have none, thi-thiⁿ-ge (¢i¢iñge) - you are lacking, you have none, wa-thiⁿ-ga i (wa¢iñgai) - we are lacking, we have none (Omaha/Ponca)

·         thiⁿ-ge (thiⁿ′-ge) - (Omaha same) to have none, nothing, da-doⁿ oⁿ-thiⁿ-ge (dá-doⁿ oⁿ-thiⁿ-ge) - I have nothing, da-doⁿ thi-thiⁿ-ge (dá-doⁿ thi-thiⁿ-ge) - you have nothing, da-doⁿ wa-thiⁿ-ga i (dá-doⁿ wa-thiⁿ-ga i) - we have nothing (FL-Osage)

·         thiⁿ-ke (ðįįké), iⁿ-ke (įįké) - lack a thing, be devoid of, be lacking, not have something any longer, have nothing, aⁿ-thiⁿ-ke (ąðį́įke) - I lack it, I have none, I don’t have any, thi-thiⁿ-ke (ðiðį́įke) - you lack it, you have none, wa-thiⁿ-ke (waðį́įke) - we lack it, we (two or more) don’t have any (CQ-Osage)

·         thiⁿ-ke (ðįké), iⁿ-ke (įké) - be none, be gone, absent, extinct, nonexistent, lacking, pass away, vanish, not, not at all (CQ-Osage)

·         yi-ge (yíge) - lack, none, be none, be without (Kanza)