thunder, distant thunder, little thunder (also a personal name)

 

ka-ni  zhi-ka  (kaní žįka)

 
thunder - little Speaker - Odestine McWatters
   
  Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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ka-ni zhi-ka (k͓aní jik͓á)

male name, Little Thunder (not, Thunder -being), called Ambrose by white people: a Kwapa man, living in 1877 (JOD-Quapaw)

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ka-noⁿ-zhi-ke (kanǫžíke), ga-no-zhi-ge (ganožíge)

thunder, distant, probably [kanį+žįka] (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ka-ni-ni (kaníni), ka-niⁿ-niⁿ (kanįnį), ga-ni-ni (ganiní) - thunder (RR-Quapaw)

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  • ka-niⁿ taⁿ-ka (kanį ttą́ka) - thunder, loud rolling (RR-Quapaw)
  • ka-niⁿ taⁿ-ka (k͓aní tań´k͓a) - male name, Chas Quapaw (JOD-Quapaw)
  • ka-ni zhi-ka (k͓aní jik͓͓á) - male name, Little Thunder (not, Thunder -being), called Ambrose by white people: a Kwapa man, living in 1877 (JOD-Quapaw)
  • ka-noⁿ-zhi-ke (kanǫžíke), ga-no-zhi-ge (ganožíge) - thunder, distant, probably [kanį+žįka] (RR-Quapaw)