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wa-jhi-ni ka-hi-ke (waǰíni kahike)
President, Indian agent (RR-Quapaw)
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
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wa-jhi-ni (waǰíni) - American; derived from Virginia (RR-Quapaw)
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wa-dsi-ni (wá-dsi-ni) - a disease, a malady (FL-Osage)
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wa-tsʰi-ni (wácʰini),
wa-tsi-ni-e (wácinie) - probably from "Virginia"
which may have been used to mean "white man". Perhaps
venereal disease was later associated with wa-tsʰu (wachú)
'copulate' and thus may have substituted tsʰ (ch)
for ts (c), giving the variants
wa-tsʰi-ni (wáchini) and
wa-tsi-ni-e (wácinie), Robert Rankin, personal
communication. Additionally, wa-tsi-ni-e (wácinie)
may contain or be influenced by ni-e (níe)
'hurt' (CQ-Osage)
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wa-ji-ne (wáji ne) - disease, a malady (Kanza)
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ka-hi-ke (kahíke),
ga-hi-ge (gahíge) - chief (RR-Quapaw)
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ga-hi-ge (gahíge)
- chief (Omaha)
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ga-hi-ge (ga-hí-ge)
- the great one, the chief (FL-Osage)
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ka-hi-ke (ka-hí-ke)
- chief (CQ-Osage)
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ga-hi-ge (gahíge)
- chief, to be chief, rule over (Kanza)
