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)