that there

koi (kói)

there (RR-Quapaw)

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He's a white man.  
wa-jhi-ni  koi  (waǰíni kói)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

white people - there

 

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She's a white woman.

 
wa-jhi-ni  miⁿ  koi  (waǰíni mį kói)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

white people - female - there

 

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That’s my friend.

 
koi  ko-ta  wi-ta  (kói kkóta wítta)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

that, there - friend - my

 

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Gargle my throat, rinsing, washing.

 

ma-kaⁿ  koi  to-te  da-kdi-zha  miⁿ-khe  (makką́ kói tótte dakdižá mįkhé)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

medicine - there - throat - by mouth - wash one’s own - I sitting, doing that

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Might burn you, that fire.  

di-sniⁿ-te  naⁿ-te  pe-te  koi (dísnįte ną́tte ppétte koi)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

you receiving pain, you receiving burn - perhaps, maybe - fire - that, there

* ? conjugated “you” form of pain …. di-iⁿ-te (díįte) - you have a pain (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • koi (kói) - there (RR-Quapaw)
  • gwe (gwĕ) - there (LH-Quapaw)

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  • ko (ko) - beyond speaker and hearer, and farther away (CQ-Osage)
  • go (go) - that distant person or object (Kanza)
  • go (go) - there, yonder: distal prefix of relative location; on the other side; on the far side (Kanza)