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			today, this day 
			  
				 
				
				
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				hoⁿ-ba de (hǫ́bade)today (RR-quapaw) 
				
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						Today was a nice day, and I am glad to be here. |  |  
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						a-tʰi miⁿ-khe aⁿ-da-kni 
						
						hoⁿ-ba-de, 
						de-ho-taⁿ xti, ho-taⁿ miⁿ-khe | Speaker - Mary Lane Redeagle |  
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						(atʰí 
						mįkhé ą́dakni hǫ́bade, dehóttą xti, hóttą mįkhé) |  |  
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						I 
						arrive - I sitting, doing that - I’m glad - day - this - 
						good - very - good - I sitting, doing that |  
				
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				Dhegiha Language Family Comparison 
					
					
					
					hoⁿ-ba de (hǫ́bade) 
					- today (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					oⁿ-ba the (oⁿbáthe) 
					- today, "this day" (Omaha/Ponca)
					
					
					hoⁿ-ba the (hoⁿ´-ba the) 
					- today (FL-Osage)
					
					
					hoⁿ-pa the (hǫ́ǫpa ðé), haⁿ-pa the (hą́ąpa ðé) 
					- today, literally, this day (QC-Osage)
					
					
					haⁿ-ba ye (háⁿbaye) 
					- today, this day (Kanza) 
				
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					haⁿ-ba (hą́ba),
					haⁿ-pa (hą́pa), hoⁿ-ba (hǫ́ba),
					hoⁿ-pa (hǫ́pa) - day, daytime (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					haⁿ-ba (hąbá),
					hoⁿ-ba (hǫbá) - light, the morning light 
					(RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					hoⁿ-pa (hǫ́pa) 
					- day (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					aⁿ-ba (ą́ba) 
					- morning, before daybreak (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					hoⁿ-ba (hom-bâ) 
					- a day, 24 hours (LH-Quapaw)
					
					
					oⁿ-ba (óⁿba) 
					- day (Omaha/Ponca)
					
					
					hoⁿ-ba (hoⁿ́-ba) 
					- day (FL-Osage)
					
					
					haⁿ-pa (hą́ąpa) 
					- day, today (CQ-Osage)
					
					
					haⁿ-ba (háⁿba) 
					- day (Kanza) 
				
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					de (de) 
					- this, now (RR-Quapaw)
					
					
					the (the) 
					- this, these, he/she went, go (Omaha)
					
					
					the (the) 
					- this (FL-Osage)
					
					
					the (ðée) 
					- that, this, those, these, they (CQ-Osage)
					
					
					ye (ye) 
					- this, here, hither (Kanza) |