wa-po-ka  (wappoka)
owl, hoot owl	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
	Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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wa-po-ka (wappoka), wa-poⁿ-ka (wappǫ́ka)

owl, bogeyman (RR-Quapaw)

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There’s a booger out there.
wa-po-ka  toⁿ-ni  (wappóka ttǫni)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
hill - on top of
owl - *
* possibly, taⁿ-iⁿ (ttą́į́) - visible, in sight (RR-Quapaw); to-hi-niⁿ (tóhinį), (tóhinyį) - that singular/moving/animate object that arrived on this side (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• wa-po-ka (wappoka), wa-poⁿ-ka (wappǫ́ka) - owl, bogeyman (RR-Quapaw)
• wa-po-ka he taⁿ (wappóka he ttą́) - owl great horned, bubo virginianus (RR-Quapaw)
• wa-po-ka wa-na-xe (wappóka wanáγe) - owl, eared, asio otus (RR-Quapaw)
• wa-pʰú-ga-ha-da (wapʰúgahada), wa-pʰu-ga-ha-ha-da (wapʰúgahaháda) - short-eared owl (Omaha/Ponca)
• wa-ʰpo-ga (wa-p̣ó-ga) - the gray owl, the gray owl is an Osage symbol of night, it is also a life symbol, it is a bird that succeeds in bringing its young safely to maturity (FL-Osage)
• wa-ʰpo-ga toⁿ-ga (wa-p̣ó-ga ṭoⁿ-ga) - the great gray owl (FL-Osage)
• wa-ʰpo-ka (waʰpóka) - owl (CQ-Osage)
• wa-poⁿ-ga (wapóⁿga) - small owl, not the screech owl, hoot owl (Kanza)