pretty, good

 

ho-taⁿ i  (hóttą i)

 
good, pretty

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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ho-taⁿ (hóttą)

good (RR-Quapaw)

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pretty day  
haⁿ-pa  ho-taⁿ (hą́pa hóttą) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
day - good, pretty  

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It's a pretty day outside.

 
haⁿ-pa  ho-taiⁿ  a-shi-ti  (hą́pa hóttąį ášitti) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
day - very good, pretty - outside  

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pretty girl

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

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Today was a nice day, and I am glad to be here.

 
a-tʰi miⁿ-khe aⁿ-da-kni, hoⁿ-ba-de, de ho-taⁿ-xti, hotaⁿ miⁿ-khe Speaker - Mary Lane Redeagle

(atʰí mįkhé ą́dakni hǫ́bade, dehóttą xti, hóttą mįkhé)

 
I arrive, I have come here - I sitting, doing that - I'm happy, I'm pleased - day - this - good - very - good - I sitting, doing that

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • 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)