people, person, men

 

ni-ka-shi-ka (níkkašíka)

 
people Speaker - Maude Supernaw
   
  Speaker - Odestine McWatters
   
  Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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ni-ka-shi-ka (níkkašíka)

person, people, a man (RR-Quapaw)

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poor people  
ni-ka-shi-ka  wa-xpa-ni  (níkkašíka waxpání) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
people - poor, pitiful  

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men, the woman, and the children  
ni-ka-shi-ka  wa-x′o  kai ikhe  shi-zhi-ka   (níkkašíka waxʔó kai ikhé šižíkka) Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
men - woman - * - children  
* possibly, ko-i-ke (kóike) - those remote plural/standing/vi/animate

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ni-ka-shi-ka (níkkašíka) - person, people, a man (RR-Quapaw)
  • ni-a-shiⁿ-ga (nía˘iⁿga) - persons (Omaha-JOD)
  • ni-a-shiⁿ-ga (níaciⁿga) - person, persons, human (Omaha-JOD)
  • ni-ka-shiⁿ-ga (níkashíⁿga), (níkʰashíⁿga) - people, person (Omaha/Ponca)
  • ni-ka-shiⁿ-ga (nikashiⁿga) - person, people, human, citizen (Omaha)
  • ni-ʰka-shi-ga (ní-ḳa-shi-ga) - a people (FL-Osage)
  • ni-ʰka-shi-ka (níʰkašika) - the people, a people, live, exist (CQ-Osage)
  • ni-ka-shiⁿ-ga (níkashiⁿga) - person, people, men, clan (Kanza)