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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• wa-tʰi-shka (watʰíška) - creek (RR-Quapaw)
• i-kaⁿ-ska-de wa-tʰi-shka (íkąskáde sattą watʰiška) - Five Mile Creek, I.T. (RR-Quapaw)
• ni-sni wa-tʰi-shka (nísni watʰíška) - Spring River, I.T. (RR-Quapaw)
• wa-chʰi-shka (wachʰíshka) - creek, stream (Omaha/Ponca)
• wa-chi-shka (wachíshka) - creek, brook (Omaha)
• wa-chi-shka ga-xa (wachishka gaxa) - canal (Omaha)
• wa-ʰtsi-shka (wa-ṭsi-shka) - a brook, obsolete among the Osage, but still used by the Omaha (FL-Osage)
• wa-tsiⁿ-shka (wacíⁿshka), wa-chiⁿ-shka (wachíⁿshka) - river, small, a stream or creek (Kanza)

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• wa-sh'a-ke (wašʔáke), (wášʔaké) - large, be large, aⁿ-wa-sh'a-ke (ąwášʔake) - I’m large, di-wa-sh'a-ke (diwášʔake) - you’re large (RR-Quapaw)

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• zha-ge (zháge) - enlarge, made larger, enlarged, as a hole (Omaha/Ponca)
• ba-zha-ge (bá-zha-ge) - to enlarge a hole with a knife (FL-Osage)
• da-zha-ge (dázhage) - split, enlarge a hole by burning (Kanza)