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				ma-ze ti-ke (maze ttíke) 
				
				spoon (RR-Quapaw) 
				
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				Dhegiha Language Family Comparison 
					
					
					
					ma-ze ti-ke (maze ttíke) 
					- spoon (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					moⁿ-ze ʰtsiu-ge (moⁿ´-çe ṭsiu-ge), moⁿ-ze ʰtsu-ge (moⁿ´-çe 
					ṭsu-ge) - an iron spoon or shell,
					moⁿ´-çe, metal; ṭsiu-ge, mussel 
					shell, a name applied to spoons; an iron spoon, before the 
					introduction of spoons the mussel shell was used (FL-Osage)
					
					
					maⁿ-ze ʰtsu-ke (mą́ze ʰcúke) 
					- metal spoon (CQ-Osage)
					
					
					maⁿ-ze ci-ho-ba (máⁿze cihóba) 
					- metal spoon, "iron clam shell" (Kanza) 
				
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					ma-ze (máze) 
					- iron, gun (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					moⁿ-ze (móⁿ-çe) 
					
					- iron, metal (Omaha/Ponca)
					
					
					moⁿ-ze (moⁿ́-çe) 
					- iron or any kind of metal (FL-Osage)
					
					
					maⁿ-ze (mą́ze) 
					
					- metal of any kind, lead or iron, wire, cable (CQ-Osage)
					
					maⁿ-ze (máⁿze) 
					- iron, metal in general (Kanza)
					 
				
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					ti-ke (ttíke) 
					- cup, ladle made of horn, refers to clam shell spoon 
					etymologically (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					ti-ke ma-ni (ttíke máni) 
					- clam (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					tsiu-ge (ṭsiu-ge) 
					- a spoon, a shell spoon, before metal spoons were known to 
					the Indians shells were used for spoons (FL-Osage)
					
					
					tsiu-ge-ska (tsiú-ge-çka) 
					- mussels (FL-Osage)
					
					
					ʰtsu-ke (ʰcúke) 
					- spoon, abalone shell, Osage spoons were originally 
					clamshells from creeks, used only for scraping corn, with 
					little ones for children, larger ones for adults, this term 
					is now used for spoons of other materials such as metal, 
					plastic, or wood (CQ-Osage)
					
					
					ti-ha-ba (tíhaba) 
					- clam, oyster, mussel, oyster shell (Omaha/Ponca)
					
					
					tsu-ha-ba-ska (cúhabaská) 
					- clam shell (Kanza) |