quit, finish

 

ki-ha (kihá)

 
quit Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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ki-ha (kihá)

finish (RR-Quapaw)

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Monday

 
ki-ha oⁿ-pa (kihá ǫ́ppa) Speaker - Maude Supernaw
quit - day  
* Omaha’s English translation for Monday is “day - holy - finish”  

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divorced, they quit  

ki-ha-we (kiháwe)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw
divorced, they quit  

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ki-ha (kihá) - finish (RR-Quapaw)
  • ki-ha zhi (kiháži) - fail to finish, a-ki-ha zhi (akíhaží) - I fail to finish, da-ki-ha zhi (dakíhaží) - you fail to finish (RR-Quapaw)