on, upon

 

a (a)

on, upon

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table  
a-wa-naⁿ-bde (áwaną́bde) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
upon - to eat  

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horse

 
shoⁿ-ke  a-kniⁿ (šǫ́keáknį) Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
dog - upon - to sit  

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look upon, watch over, oversee  
a-toⁿ-we (átǫwe) Speaker - Mary Lane Redeagle

upon - to look

 

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • a (a) - on (FL-Osage)
  • a (á) - on, upon, for (CQ-Osage)
  • a (á) - locative prefix to verbs; on, at (Kanza)