north

 

sni-wa-te (sníwatte)

 

north

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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cold

 
sni-wa-te  (sní watte) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
cold weather  
  Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
   
  Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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cold

 
sni-wa-te  hi  (sní watte hi) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
cold weather - very  

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winter  
sni-wa-te  (sní watte) Speaker - Fannie Goodeagle Richards
winter  
  Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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sni-wa-te (sníwatte)

north, winter (RR-Quapaw)

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sni-wa-te (sniwátte)

power of winter, male (RR-Quapaw)

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Cold outside.  
a-shi  sni-wa-te  (áši sníwatté) Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

outside - cold weather

 

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • sni-wa-te (sníwatte) - north, winter (RR-Quapaw)
  • sni-wa-te (sniwátte) - power of winter, male (RR-Quapaw)
  • ʰni-wa-tse (ʰní-wa-tse) - to be cold (FL-Osage)
  • ʰni-wa-ʰtse (ʰní-wa-t̩se) - cold weather, a cold day (FL-Osage)
  • ni-wa-tse (ní-wa-tse) - it is cold (FL-Osage)
  • ni-wa-ʰtse (níwaʰce) - be cold, an impersonal weather expression, not used for people (CQ-Osage)
  • ʰni-wa-tse (ʰniwace) - cold, as the weather, winter months (Kanza)

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  • sni-tʰe (snítʰe) - cold, to have a cold (RR-Quapaw)
  • zni-tʰe (znítʰe) - to be cold, said of humans (Omaha/Ponca)
  • zni-te (çní-te) - chill (Omaha)
  • ʰni-ʰtse (hní-t̩se) - cold (FL-Osage)
  • ni-ʰtse (níʰce) - be cold, feel cold, animate subject (CQ-Osage)
  • ʰni-tse (ʰníce) - to be cold, as a person (Kanza)