spring water, cold water

 

ni-sni (nisní)     

 

water - cold

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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ni-sni (nisní), (nísni)

spring, literally "cold water" (RR-Quapaw)

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Baxter Springs, Kansas  
ni-sni  toⁿ  (nísni ttǫ)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

water - cold - town  

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Tulsa, Oklahoma  

ni-sni  ta-shi  (nísni ttaší)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

water - cold - ….

 

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Baxter Springs, Kansas  
ni-sni  toⁿ  ta  (nísni ttǫ ttá)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

water - cold - town - ….

 

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Spring River  

ni-sni  wa-tʰi-ska  (nísni watʰíska)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

cold water, spring - creek, river

 

* ni-sni wa-tʰi-shka (nísni watʰíška) - Spring River, I.T. (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ni-sni (nisní), (nísni) - spring, literally "cold water" (RR-Quapaw)
  • ni-zni (niçní) - water pump (Omaha)
  • ni-zni (ni-çni) - a spring of cold water (FL-Osage)
  • ni-ʰni (ni-hní) - water cold, a spring or well (FL-Osage)
  • ni-ni (níini) - spring, well, sources of water (CQ-Osage)
  • ni-ʰniⁿ (nihníⁿ) - well water (Kanza)

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  • ni (ni) - water, liquid, stream, lake (RR-Quapaw)
  • ni (ni) - water, liquid, river (Omaha/Ponca)
  • ni (ni) - juice, the juice of fruit (FL-Osage)
  • ni (ni) - water, river, rivulet, creek (FL-Osage)
  • ni (níi) - water, any fluid, liquid (CQ-Osage)
  • ni (ni) - water, river, liquid (Kanza)

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  • sni (sni) - cold, to be cold, aⁿ-sni (ą́sni) - I’m cold, di-sni (dísni) - you cold (RR-Quapaw)
  • zni (zni) - cool, cold (Omaha/Ponca)
  • u-zni (úçni) - cold (Omaha)
  • a-zni (açni) - cool, chilly (Omaha)