syrup

 

wa-zhoⁿ-ke  ski-de  kdo-kdo

  

(wažǫ́ke skíde kdókdo)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

sugar - ropy, viscous

  

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

wa-shoⁿ-ke ski-de kdo-kdo (wašǫ́ke skíde kdókdo) - molasses, syrup, "ropy sugar" (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • wa-zhoⁿ-ke ski-de kdo-kdo (wažǫ́ke skíde kdókdo), wa-shoⁿ-ke ski-de kdo-kdo (wašǫ́ke skíde kdókdo) - molasses, syrup, "ropy sugar" (RR-Quapaw)

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  • wa-zhoⁿ-ke ski-de (wažǫ́ke skíde), wa-shoⁿ-ke ski-de (wašǫ́ke skíde) - sugar (RR-Quapaw)

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  • zhaⁿ (žą), zhoⁿ (žǫ) - wood, tree (RR-Quapaw)
  • zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - wood, tree, yard of cloth, span of horses (Omaha/Ponca)
  • zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - wood, a tree, fuel (FL-Osage)
  • zhaⁿ (žą́ą) - tree, log, wood, lumber, stick, pole, woods, forest (CQ-Osage)
  • zhaⁿ (zhaⁿ) - wood, a tree, or log (Kanza)

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  • ski-de (skíde) - sweet, sour (RR-Quapaw)
  • ski-the (skíthe) - sweet, sour (Omaha/Ponca)
  • ski-the (çkithe) - sweet (Omaha)
  • ski-the (çkí-the) - sweet (FL-Osage)
  • sku-the (skúðe), sku-e (skúe) - sweet (CQ-Osage)
  • sku-we (skúwe) - sweets, be sweet (Kanza)

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  • kdo-kdo (kdókdo) - slimy, muddy, ropy, viscous (RR-Quapaw)
  • tho-tho (thó-tho) - oily, greasy, a stain (FL-Osage)
  • tho-tho (ðóðo) - greasy, stain (CQ-Osage)

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  • zhoⁿ-ni (žǫní) - maple sugar, "tree sap" (RR-Quapaw)
  • zhoⁿ-ni (zhoⁿní) - sugar, syrup, honey, "wood water, wood sap" (Omaha/Ponca)
  • zhoⁿ-ni (zhoⁿ-ní) - zhoⁿ, wood; ni, water: wood water; sugar (FL-Osage)
  • zhaⁿ-ni (žąąníi), zha-ni-e (žaaníe) - sugar, lit., "tree water", originally referring to maple sap or syrup (CQ-Osage)
  • zhaⁿ-ni (zhaⁿní) - sugar, lit. "tree liquid", a reference to maple sap (Kanza)