saddle

 

naⁿ-ka a-knaⁿ (ną́kka akną́)

  
animal’s back - put, placed upon Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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naⁿ-ka a-knaⁿ (ną́kka akną́)

saddle, naⁿ-ka (nąkka) + a-knaⁿ (akną) (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • naⁿ-ka a-knaⁿ (ną́kka akną́) - saddle, naⁿ-ka (nąkka) + a-knaⁿ (akną) (RR-Quapaw)
  • noⁿ-ʰka-gthe (noⁿ´-ḳa-gthe) - saddle (FL-Osage)
  • naⁿ-ʰka-le (ną́ʰkale), naⁿ-ʰkai (ną́ʰkai) - saddle (CQ-Osage)
  • naⁿ-ka-le (náⁿkale) -  saddle (Kanza)

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  • naⁿ-ka (ną́kka) - back of an animal (RR-Quapaw)
  • te noⁿ-kʰa (tenóⁿkʰa) - buffalo back, buffalo's back (Omaha/Ponca)
  • noⁿ-ka (noⁿ´ka) - back, get hurt, injured (Omaha)
  • noⁿ-ʰka (noⁿ´-ḳa) - the back, the part of the body from the shoulders to the hips (FL-Osage)
  • naⁿ-ʰka (ną́ʰka) - back of a human or animal's body (CQ-Osage)
  • naⁿ-ka (náⁿka) - the back, may refer to that of a person or animal (Kanza)

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  • a-knaⁿ (ákną), a-kdaⁿ (ákdą) - put a singular, sitting, inanimate (curvilinear-JOD) or cloth, paper, plaster, etc. object upon a surface, a-knaⁿ (áakną) - 1sg, a-da-knaⁿ (ádakną) - 2sg, oⁿ-ka-kdaⁿ-we (ǫkákdąwe) - 1pl (RR-Quapaw)
  • a-gthoⁿ (á-gthoⁿ) - Om. same, to place one thing upon another (FL-Osage)
  • a-laⁿ (álą) - place vertically against, place on, put on (CQ-Osage)
  • a-laⁿ (álaⁿ) - put curved or round/sitting, or cloth, or paper on, JOD sometimes refers to "curvilinear" objects. Although it is not always clear what kinds of objects the term entails, RR notes that the relevant characteristic is that they are more likely "sitting" than "standing", i.e., wider than they are tall.-ed. a-laⁿ (áalaⁿ) - I put on, a-ya-laⁿ (áyalaⁿ) - you put on, a-laⁿ (álaⁿ) - he/she/it put on, aⁿ-ga-laⁿ-be (aⁿgálaⁿbe) - we put on, a-ya-laⁿ-be (áyalaⁿbe) - you all put on, a-laⁿ-be (álaⁿbe) - they put on (Kanza)