sun, Little White Sun (personal name)

 

mi ska zhi-ka (mi ská žíka)

 

sun - white - little

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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mi ska (mi ská)

female name of Kwapa, White Female near by (JOD-Quapaw)

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mi ska zhi-ka (miská jík͓a)

female Kwapa name, step mother of …. (JOD-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • mi (mi) - sun, moon, orb (RR-Quapaw)
  • miⁿ (miⁿ) - sun, moon (Omaha/Ponca)
  • mi (mi) - sun (Omaha)
  • mi (mi) - sun (FL-Osage)
  • mi (mí), miⁿ (mį́į) - sun, moon (CQ-Osage)

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  • ska (ska) - white, white nearby (RR-Quapaw)
  • ska (ska) - white, applied to objects nearby, not far away (Omaha/Ponca)
  • ska (çka) - white (FL-Osage)
  • ska (ská) - white, bright, clear (CQ-Osage)
  • ska (ska) - white, clearly defined white (Kanza)

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  • zhi-ka (žiká, žíka), zhi-ga (žigá), zhiⁿ-ka (žįká, žį́ka) - small, little (RR-Quapaw)
  • zhiⁿ-ga (zhíⁿga) - small, little (Omaha/Ponca)
  • zhiⁿ-ga (zhiⁿ-gá) - small, little, young, little children (FL-Osage)
  • zhiⁿ (žį), zhiⁿ-ka (žįká) - a little, small amount of something, small, little, be little, small, children, little ones, kids (CQ-Osage)
  • zhiⁿ-ga (zhíⁿga) - be small (Kanza)