people, person, men
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ni-ka-shi-ka (níkkašíka)
person, people, a man (RR-Quapaw)
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poor people |
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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 |
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ni-ka-shi-ka
wa-x′o kai ikhe shi-zhi-ka
(níkkašíka waxʔó
kai ikhé šižíkka) |
Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore |
men - woman - * - children |
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* possibly, ko-i-ke (kóike)
- those remote plural/standing/vi/animate |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
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ni-ka-shi-ka (níkkašíka) - person, people, a man (RR-Quapaw)
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ni-a-shiⁿ-ga (nía˘iⁿga)
- persons (Omaha-JOD)
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ni-a-shiⁿ-ga (níaciⁿga)
- person, persons, human (Omaha-JOD)
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ni-ka-shiⁿ-ga (níkashíⁿga),
(níkʰashíⁿga) - people, person (Omaha/Ponca)
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ni-ka-shiⁿ-ga (nikashiⁿga)
- person, people, human, citizen (Omaha)
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ni-ʰka-shi-ga (ní-ḳa-shi-ga)
- a people (FL-Osage)
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ni-ʰka-shi-ka (níʰkašika)
- the people, a people, live, exist (CQ-Osage)
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ni-ka-shiⁿ-ga (níkashiⁿga)
- person, people, men, clan (Kanza)
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