sister

 

i-taⁿ-ke (ittą́ke), i-toⁿ-ke (ittǫ́ke)

 

sister

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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i-taⁿ-ke (ittą́ke), i-toⁿ-ke (ittǫ́ke)

sister, man's elder (RR-Quapaw)

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my sister, my older sister  
wi-taⁿ-ke  (wittą́ke)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

my sister, my older sister

 
  Speaker - Mary Lane Redeagle
   
  Speaker - Anna Beaver
   
  Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
   
  Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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My sister is coming pretty soon (your older sister, my will be coming).  
   Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
jhi-taⁿ-ke  wi-ta  kjhi  ta  niⁿ-khe  (ǰíttą́ke wítta kǰi tta nįkhé)
you older sister - my - he, she come back here - will be - he, she sitting, doing that
* uses term for “your older sister - di-taⁿ-ke (dittą́ke)”, would expect “my older sister”

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • i-taⁿ-ke (ittą́ke), i-toⁿ-ke (ittǫ́ke) - sister, man's elder, wi-taⁿ-ke (wittą́ke) - my elder sister, di-taⁿ-ke (dittą́ke) - your elder sister (RR-Quapaw)
  • wi-taⁿ-ge (wiʇañ′ge) - my sister (Omaha-JOD)
  • i-ʰtoⁿ-ge (í-ṭoⁿ′-ge) - sister, his elder sister, thi-ʰtoⁿ-ge (thi-ṭoⁿ′-ge) - your sister (FL-Osage)
  • i-ʰtaⁿ-ke (iʰtą́ke) - his/her older sister, i.e., the oldest among a group of sisters; not necessarily older than the person referred to by "his" or "her", wi-ʰtaⁿ-ke (wiʰtą́ke) - my older sister, used when speaker is male or female, my sister, loosely used mutually among unrelated younger and older female speakers to show respect, my wife, lit., "my sister", used to refer to speaker's wife when they have no children and possibly to address her, thi-taⁿ-ke (ðiʰtą́ke) - your older sister, used by anyone speaking to a man or a woman, referring both to a sister older than the addressee and to the oldest of the addressee's sisters, who may not be older than the addressee (CQ-Osage)
  • i-taⁿ-ge (itáⁿge) - man's or woman's younger sister, wi-taⁿ-ge (witáⁿge) - my younger sister, yi-taⁿ-ge (yitáⁿge) - your younger sister (Kanza)