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o-ki-no-da (okinodă)
valley (JOD-Quapaw)
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o-ki-noⁿ-te (okkínǫtté)
valley (RR-Quapaw)
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
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o-ki-noⁿ-te (okkínǫtté)
- valley (RR-Quapaw)
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o-ki-no-da (okinodă)
- valley (JOD-Quapaw)
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u-zhnu-shka (uzhnúshka)
- valley (Omaha/Ponca)
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o-hno-shka (ohnóshka)
- valley, shallow hollow (Kanza)
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o-ga-hno-shka (ogáhnoshka)
- any shallow ravine without water (Kanza)
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noⁿ-sha (noⁿ′-ça)
- intrenchment (FL-Osage)
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ʰtse noⁿ-sha kshi-xa-bi ga-xa (ṭse-noⁿ′-ça kshi-xa-bi ga-xa) - where a trench was built
for buffalo, the buffalo were so plentiful at one time that
frequently when they stampeded they rushed through the Osage
villages, injuring many of the people, for protection
against them a deep trench was built around the village,
this is the site of Beaver Creek, Okla (FL-Osage)
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ti-yu-shaⁿ
(tíiyusháⁿ)
- canyon, very deep gorge, nighúje yiⁿgé
reckons five classes of ravines or hollows: the shortest is
the ti-yu-shaⁿ (tiiyúshaⁿ); the next,
o-k'o-be zhiⁿ-ga (ok'óbe zhíⁿga), or o-ga-stsu-we
(ogascuwe); the third, o-ga-shtsa (ogashca)
or o-ga-sta (ogasta); the fourth, tsaⁿ-saⁿ-ga
(caⁿsaⁿga); and the longest, ga-xa (gaxá)
(Kanza)
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naⁿ-tse ka-xe (ną́ce káaɣe)
- trench (CQ-Osage)
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naⁿ-tse-a-ha (ną́ceaha)
- trench, small ditch around tipi for drainage (CQ-Osage)
