she-mi  ho-taⁿ  hi  (šémi hóttą hi)
girl - good, pretty - very	Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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she-mi (šémi)

girl, not yet reached puberty (RR-Quapaw)

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ho-taⁿ (hóttą)

good (RR-Quapaw)

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hi (hi)

very; with numerals: just, only (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• she-mi (šémi) - girl, not yet reached puberty (RR-Quapaw)
• she-mi zhi-ka (šémižíka) - baby girl (RR-Quapaw)
• she-miⁿ zhiⁿ-zhiⁿ-ga (shémiⁿzhiⁿzhíⁿga) - young woman, maiden, girl, young women, maidens, of various sizes (Omaha/Ponca)
• shi-mi zhiⁿ-ga (shí-mi-zhiⁿ-ga) - a baby girl, a damsel, a maiden, a lassie (FL-Osage)
• shiⁿ-miⁿ zhiⁿ (ší̜mįžį) - girl, baby girl, girlfriend (CQ-Osage)
• shi-miⁿ hiⁿ-ga (shímiⁿhìⁿga) - girl, young woman (Kanza)

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• ho-taⁿ (hóttą) - good, aⁿ-ho-taⁿ (ąhóttą) - I’m good, di-ho-taⁿ (dihóttą) - your good (RR-Quapaw)
• u-daⁿ (údaⁿ) - good, to be good, aⁿ-u-daⁿ (aⁿúdaⁿ) - I am good, thi-u-daⁿ (¢iúdaⁿ) - you are good, wa-u-daⁿ i (waúdaⁿi) - we are good (Omaha/Ponca)