ni-zhi (niží)
rain	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
	Speaker - Anna Beaver
	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
	Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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ni-zhi (niží)

rain, it is raining (RR-Quapaw)

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It’s going to rain.
ni-zhi  te  (niží tte)	Speaker - Odestine McWatters
rain - future, potential or optative marker

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Do you want the rain?
jhi-e  ni-zhi  shkoⁿ-ta  (jhíe niží škǫttá)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
you - rain - you want

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They want rain.
ni-zhi  koⁿ-da  niⁿ-khe  (niží kǫdá nįkhé)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
rain - he/she want - he, she sitting, doing that

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• ni-zhi (niží) - rain, it is raining (RR-Quapaw)
• na-zhiⁿ (nazhíⁿ) - rain, to rain (Omaha/Ponca)
• ni-zhiu (ni-zhiú) - rain (FL-Osage)
• ni-zhu (níižu) - rain (CQ-Osage)
• ni-zhu (nizhú), nu-zhu (nuzhú)- rain (Kanza)