pray, talk to heaven

 

maⁿ-shi o-ki (mą́ši okkí)

Christian, literally, “talks on high" (RR-Quapaw)

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maⁿ-shi  o-ki  o-ti  (mą́ši okkí ótti)

church, "house to talk above" (RR-Quapaw)

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mo-sho-ki (móšokki)

church (RR-Quapaw)

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Pray (he, she is praying)  
maⁿ-shi  o-ki  niⁿ-khe  (mą́ši okkí nįkhé) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
upward, heaven - speak, talk with one - he, she sitting, doing that  

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church

 

mo-sho-ki  (móšokki)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
heaven - to talk  

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I am going to church in the morning.  

wi-e  mo-sho-ki  a-kde  ta  miⁿ-khe  ka-sa-ni  (wíe  móšokki  akdé  tta  mįkhé  kasáni)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

I - church - I go home, start homeward - will be - I sitting, doing that - tomorrow

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Did you go to church yesterday (you go to church)?

 

jhi-e  mo-sho-ki  da-kde  (ǰíe móšokki dakdé)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

I - church - I go home, start homeward - will be - I sitting, doing that

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • maⁿ-shi o-ki o-ti (mą́ši okkí ótti) - church, "house to talk above" (RR-Quapaw)
  • mo-sho-ki (móšokki) - church (RR-Quapaw)
  • maⁿ-shi o-ki (mą́ši okkí) - Christian, literally, “talks on high" (RR-Quapaw)

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  • maⁿ-shi (mąší) - upper, upward, heaven (RR-Quapaw)
  • moⁿ-shi a-di (moⁿshíadi) - tall, be very tall, extend from the ground far up into the air (Omaha/Ponca)
  • moⁿ-shi a-ha (moⁿshiaha) - high (Omaha)
  • moⁿ-shi (moⁿ́-shi) - up above, the arch of heaven, zenith (FL-Osage)
  • maⁿ-shi (mą́ši) - be upward or upright (CQ-Osage)
  • maⁿ-shi (máⁿshi) - high up, as the sun in the sky (Kanza)
  • maⁿ-shi-ta (maⁿshíta) - above, upper, e.g. upper teeth (Kanza)

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  • o-ki-e (okkie), o-ke (okké), o-kye (okye), o-ki (okí) - speak, talk with one (RR-Quapaw)
  • u-ki-ye (ukiye) - talk with, date, court, talk to (Omaha)
  • u-ki-e (u-k̩í-e) - to speak or to talk to one another, to hold an interview (FL-Osage)
  • o-ʰki-e (oʰkíe), o-ʰki (oʰkí) - call on the telephone, converse with, interview, talk with or to, get together, meeting of a group of people to converse (CQ-Osage)
  • o-ki-ye (okíye) - speak to, talk to, court a woman (Kanza)