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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• ni wa-sh'a-ke (ní wašʔáke) - river (RR-Quapaw)
• ni wa-sh'a-ke hi (ní wašʔáke hí) - bay, large body of water (RR-Quapaw)

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• ni (ni) - water, liquid, stream, lake (RR-Quapaw)
• ni (ni) - water, liquid, river (Omaha/Ponca)
• ni (ni) - water, river, rivulet, creek (FL-Osage)
• ni (níi) - water, any fluid, liquid (CQ-Osage)
• ni (ni) - water, river, liquid (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)