wa-shkaⁿ (wašką́)

strong, be strong (RR-Quapaw)

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wa-shkaⁿ hi (wašką́hi), wa-shkoⁿ hi (waškǫ́hi)

hard, with great effort (RR-Quapaw)

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Make loud talking (talk louder to me).
i-e  wa-shkaⁿ-hi  aⁿ-da-ki-de  (íe wašką́hi ą́dakide)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
word, say, talk - hard, with great effort, strong - to me, you cause/make happen

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• wa-shkaⁿ hi (wašką́hi), wa-shkoⁿ hi (waškǫ́hi) - hard, with great effort (RR-Quapaw)

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• wa-shkaⁿ (wašką́) - strong, be strong, a-wa-shkaⁿ (awášką) - I am strong, da-wa-shkaⁿ (dawášką) - you are strong (RR-Quapaw)
• wa-shkoⁿ (wa-shkoⁿ′) - strength, might, force, power, to struggle hard, effort, to make an effort, a-wa-shkoⁿ (a-wá-shkoⁿ′) - I made an effort, wa-tha-shkoⁿ (wa-thá-shkoⁿ) - you made an effort, oⁿ-woⁿ-shkoⁿ i (oⁿ-woⁿ′-shkoⁿ i) - we made an effort (FL-Osage)
• wa-shkaⁿ (waašką́) - try hard, do one's best, make an effort, struggle, strength, might, force, power, aⁿ-wa-shkaⁿ ʰkoⁿ-bra (ąwáašką ʰkǫ́bra) - I want to do my best, a-wa-shkaⁿ ʰta miⁿ-kshe (awáašką ʰta mįkšé) - I'll try my best, I'm going to try hard, wa-tha-shkaⁿ ʰta niⁿ-kshe (waaðášką ʰta nįkšé) - you will do your best, aⁿ-wa-shkaⁿ ʰta aⁿ-ka-the (ąwáašką ʰta ąkáðe) - we'll do our best, wa-shkaⁿ (waašką́) - try your best (CQ-Osage)
• wa-shkaⁿ (washkáⁿ) - try, do one's best, make an effort, a-wa-shkaⁿ (awáshkaⁿ) - I try, do my best, make an effort, wa-ya-shkaⁿ (wayáshkaⁿ) - you try, do your best, make an effort, wa-shkaⁿ (washkáⁿ) - he/she/it try, do he/she/it best, make an effort, aⁿ-maⁿ-shkaⁿ-be (aⁿmáⁿshkáⁿbe) - we try, do our best, make an effort,  wa-shkaⁿ aⁿ-ga-gha-be (washkáⁿ aⁿgághabe) - we tried our best, wa-ya-shkaⁿ-be (wayáshkaⁿbe) - you all try, you all do your best, make an effort, wa-shkaⁿ-be (washkáⁿbe) - they try, they do their best, make an effort (Kanza)

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• a-wa-shkoⁿ (awashkoⁿ) - struggle (Omaha)
• u-wa-shkoⁿ (úwashkoⁿ) - of wa-shkoⁿ (wackaⁿ), strength (Omaha/Ponca)
• we-wa-shkoⁿ (wéwashkoⁿ) - of wa-shkoⁿ (wackaⁿ), that which makes people exert themselves or make efforts (Omaha/Ponca)

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• wa-shkaⁿ taⁿ-ka (wašką́ttąka) - powerful, all-powerful, a-wa-shkaⁿ taⁿ-ka (awáškąttąka) - I am powerful, da-wa-shkaⁿ taⁿ-ka (dawáškąttąka) - you are powerful (RR-Quapaw)
• wa-shkoⁿ toⁿ-ga (washkoⁿ toⁿga) - strong, stout, brawn, mighty (Omaha)
• wa-shkoⁿ ʰtoⁿ-ga (wa-shkoⁿ′ ṭoⁿ-ga) - great strength - wa-shkoⁿ′, strength; ṭoⁿ-ga, large or great, wa-thi-shkoⁿ ʰtoⁿ-ga (wa-thi-shkoⁿ ṭoⁿ-ga) - you have great strength (FL-Osage)
• wa-shkaⁿ ʰtaⁿ-ka (waašką́ʰtąka) - strong having great strength (CQ-Osage)