zhi (ži)

negative (RR-Quapaw)

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Friday, they call same thing white people, don’t eat meat.
ta  da-tʰa  zhi  (tta dátʰa ži)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
deer - to eat, chew - not
* da-tʰe changes to da-tʰa when followed by zhi negation

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I don’t want you to say.
i-she  koⁿ-bda  zhi  (išé kkǫbdá ži)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
you say - I want - not

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How come he (dog) doesn’t bark when you come around?
hoⁿ-niⁿ-taⁿ  o-ho  zhi  da-tʰi  ta  (hǫní̜ttą óho ži datʰí tta)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
why - bark - not - you arrive - when

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I didn't hear you.
wi-na-x'oⁿ  zhi  (winaxʔó̜  ži)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
I to you - hear - not

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crazy, wild
wa-haⁿ-ka  zhi  (wáhąká ži), wa-hoⁿ-ka  zhi  (wáhǫká ži)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
well behaved - not
	Speaker - Mary Wilson
	Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• zhi (ži) - negative, wa-zhi (waží) - negative 1pl, we not (RR-Quapaw)
• zhi (zhi) - not, ma-zhi (májĭ) - I not, ba-zhi (bájĭ) - we not (Omaha/Ponca)
• zhi (zhi) - not, moⁿ-zhi (moⁿ´-zhi) - I do not (FL-Osage)
• zhi (ži), a-zhi (aží) - not, negative, negator, maⁿ-zhi (mąží) - I’m not (CQ-Osage)
• zhi (zhi) - negative suffix of verbs, ma-zhi (mazhi) - I'm not, I don't, I didn't (Kanza)