to, toward, at

 

ta (tta)

to, toward, at

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town (to town)  

toⁿ  ta  (ttǫ tta)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

town - to, towards

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I’m going to town.

 

taⁿ  ta  bde  (ttą́ tta bdé)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

town - to, towards - I go

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I'm going to my house.

 

ti-kde  ta  bde  (ttikdé  tta  bdé)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

village, collection of lodges, housekeeping, to set up, to live together in same tent - to, towards - I go

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I'm going home.

 

a-kde  ta  ta  miⁿ-khe  (akdé  ta  tta  mįkhé)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

I go home, start homeward - to, toward - will be - I sitting, doing that

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Come on, we are going to town.

 

kdi,  toⁿ  ta  aⁿ-ka-da  taⁿ-niⁿ-khe  (kdi, ttǫ tta ąkáde tta ąnįkhe)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

come back here - town - to, towards - we go - we, I and one other, sitting, doing that

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ta (ta) - to, at, suffix of position, motion to a place (Omaha/Ponca)
  • ʰta (ṭa) - in that direction (FL-Osage)
  • ʰta (ʰta) - toward, in the direction of, from, inside, to the inside of, into (CQ-Osage)
  • ta (ta) - in, at, towards (Kanza)

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  • e-ʰta (e-ṭá) - thitherward, toward the person (FL-Osage)
  • e-ʰta (eʰtá) - to the inside of that (CQ-Osage)
  • e-ta (éta) - there, towards that place (Kanza)
  • a-ta (ata) - at, to (Omaha/Ponca)
  • e-ta thi-shoⁿ (eta thishoⁿ) - toward (Omaha)

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  • e-ʰta-ha (éʰtaha) - toward (CQ-Osage)
  • e-ʰta-ha (ée ʰtáha) - in the direction of, toward that direction, over there, along that way, toward that time, in that time, near that time (CQ-Osage)
  • e-ta-ha (étaha) - there, over there, thither (Kanza)