personality, disposition, will

 

wa-zhiⁿ (wažį́)

disposition, will, mind

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mean  
wa-zhiⁿ  shi-ke  (wažį́ šíke) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
disposition, will power, personality - bad  

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • wa-zhiⁿ (wazhiⁿ) - will power (Omaha)
  • wa-zhiⁿ (wajĭⁿ′) - disposition (Omaha-JOD)
  • wa-zhiⁿ (wa-zhiⁿ´) - own will, volition (FL-Osage)
  • wa-zhiⁿ (wažį́) - will, mind, idea (CQ-Osage)

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  • wa-zhiⁿ ʰpi-zhi (wa-zhiⁿ´-p̣i-zhi) - to be very angry (FL-Osage)
  • wa-zhiⁿ ʰpi-zhi (wažį́ ʰpíiži) - enraged, mad, angry (CQ-Osage)
  • wa-zhiⁿ pi-zhi (wazhíⁿpizhi) - being hateful, spiteful, Lit. "bad thoughts", wa-zhiⁿ aⁿ-pi-zhi (wazhíⁿaⁿpizhi) - I’m hateful, wa-zhiⁿ yi-pi-zhi (wazhíⁿyipizhi) - you’re hateful, wa-zhiⁿ pi-zhi (wazhíⁿpizhi) - he/she/it hateful, wa-zhiⁿ wa-pi-zhi-be (wazhíⁿwapizhibe) - we hateful, wa-zhiⁿ pi-zhi-be (wazhíⁿpizhibe) - you all are hateful, wa-zhiⁿ pi-zhi-be (wazhíⁿpizhibe) - they’re hateful (Kanza)

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  • wa-zhiⁿ ska (wa-jĭⁿ-skă) - masculine name of the (Kwapa) Oⁿpaⁿ gens: “White Disposition, Wise. The csuñga or younger brother of Wakanta kahike or John Medicine (Quapaw-JOD)
  • wa-zhiⁿ ska (wazhiⁿçka) - genius, intelligent, intelligence, wise, knowledge, clever, smart, sober (Omaha)
  • wa-zhiⁿ ska (wazhíⁿska) - name, white mind, Iⁿshtázuⁿda-Washétoⁿ clan (Omaha-JOD)

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  • wa-zhiⁿ de-da-zhi (wažį́ dédaži) - patience, to lose (RR-Quapaw)