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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• ni-sni wa-tʰi-shka (nísni watʰíška) - Spring River, I.T. (RR-Quapaw)

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• ni-sni (nisní), (nísni) - spring, literally "cold water" (RR-Quapaw)
• ni-zni (niçní) - water pump (Omaha)
• ni-sni (ni-çni), ni-hni (ni-hní)  - water cold, a spring or well, a spring of cold water (FL-Osage)
• ni-ni (níini) - spring, well, sources of water (CQ-Osage)
• ni-hni (nihníⁿ) - well water (Kanza)

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• wa-tʰi-shka (watʰíška) - creek (RR-Quapaw)
• i-kaⁿ-ska-de wa-tʰi-shka (íkąskáde sattą watʰiška) - Five Mile Creek, 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)