slimy, muddy, ropy, viscus

 

kdo-kdo (kdókdo)

slimy, muddy, ropy, viscous (RR-Quapaw)

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gravy  

we-ga kdo-kdo  (wéka kdókdo)

Speaker - Louis Quapaw

…. - slimy, muddy, ropy, viscous

 
  Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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syrup

 

wa-zhoⁿ-ke  ski-de  kdo-kdo  (wažǫ́ke skíde kdókdo)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

sugar - ropy, viscous

 

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cabbage  

a-be-jhi-ʰnoⁿ-ʰno (abeǰíʰnǫʰnǫ)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

you see

 

leaves - slimy

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

* a-be-di-kno-kno (ahpeh-dihknokenoh) - cabbage [choux], 1825 George Izard Quapaw Material

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • kdo-kdo (kdókdo) - slimy, muddy, ropy, viscous (RR-Quapaw)

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  • tho-tho (thó-tho) - oily, greasy, a stain (FL-Osage)
  • tho-tho (ðóðo) - greasy, stain (CQ-Osage)