I want
koⁿ-bda  (kkǫbdá)	Speaker - Odestine McWatters
I want

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I want a drink.
bda-taⁿ  koⁿ-bda  (bdáttą kkǫbdá)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
I drink - I want

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I want to go hunting.
ta-bde  bde  koⁿ-bda  miⁿ-khe  (tábde bdé kkǫbdá mįkhé)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
hunt - I go - I want - I sitting, doing that

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I want some meat (bacon).
wa-shiⁿ  koⁿ-bda  (wašį́ kkǫbdá)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
fat meat, bacon - I want

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Do you want?
shkoⁿ-ta  (škǫttá)	Speaker - Odestine McWatters
you want

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Do you want to go to the show?
wa-ka-ka-xe  shkoⁿ  ki-de  te  shkoⁿ-ta  (wakákaγe  škǫ  kíde  tté  škǫttá)	Speaker - Odestine McWatters
picture - move - cause itself - you go - you want

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Do you want water?
ni  shkoⁿ-ta  (ni škǫttá)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
water - you want

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Do you want coffee?
jhi-e  ma-kaⁿ  sha  shkoⁿ-ta  niⁿ-khe (jhíe makką́ ša škǫttá nikhé)	Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore
you - medicine - dark - you want - you sitting, doing that

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They want rain.
ni-zhi  koⁿ-da  niⁿ-khe  (niží kǫdá nįkhé)	Speaker - Maude Supernaw
rain - he/she want - he, she sitting, doing that

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

• koⁿ-da (kǫdá) - want, desire, wish, koⁿ-bda (kkǫbdá) - I want, shkoⁿ-ta (škǫttá) - you want, oⁿ-koⁿ-da-we (ǫkǫ́dawe) - we want (RR-Quapaw)
• goⁿ-tha (goⁿtha) - desire, crave, want, koⁿ-btha (koⁿbtha) - I want, shko-na (shkona) - you want (Omaha)
• goⁿ-tha (goⁿ´-tha) - to want, to desire, to prefer, ʰkoⁿ-btha (ḳoⁿ´-btha) - I want, shkoⁿ-shta (shkoⁿ´-shta) - you want, oⁿ-goⁿ-tha i (oⁿ´-goⁿ-tha i) - we want (FL-Osage)
• koⁿ-tha (kǫ́ða) - want, desire, ʰkoⁿ-bra (ʰkǫ́bra) - I want, wi-ʰkoⁿ-bra (wiʰkǫ́bra) - I want for you, shkoⁿ-shta (škǫ́ǫšta) - you want, aⁿ-koⁿ-tha (ąkǫ́ða) - we want (CQ-Osage)
• goⁿ-ya (góⁿya) - want, wish, hope, he/she/it wants it, koⁿ-bla (kóⁿbla) - I want it, wi-koⁿ-bla (wikóⁿbla) - I want for you, shkoⁿ-hna (shkóⁿhna) - you want it, aⁿ-goⁿ-ya (aⁿgóⁿya) - you and I want it, aⁿ-goⁿ-ya-be (aⁿgóⁿyabe) - we want it, shkoⁿ-hna-be (shkóⁿhnabe) - you all want it, goⁿ-ya-be (góⁿyabe) - they want it (Kanza)