clock, watch

 

ma-ze  ti-ta  (máze ttítta)

  

iron, metal - imitating tick tock

Speaker  - Maude Supernaw

sound or live, be live

  
  Speaker  - Maude Supernaw

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ma-ze ti-ta (mazé ttítta)

clock, literally, “living iron” (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ma-ze ti-ta (mazéttítta) - clock, lit. "living iron" (RR-Quapaw)
  • ma-ze ti-ta zhi-ka (mazéttítta žíka) - watch (RR-Quapaw)

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  • ma-ze (máze) - iron, gun (RR-Quapaw)
  • moⁿ-ze (móⁿ-çe) - iron, metal (Omaha/Ponca)
  • moⁿ-ze (moⁿ́-çe) - iron or any kind of metal (FL-Osage)
  • maⁿ-ze (mą́ze) - metal of any kind, lead or iron, wire, cable (CQ-Osage)
  • maⁿ-ze (máⁿze) - iron, metal in general (Kanza)

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  • ti-ta (ttítta) - onomatopoeia - the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it, as buzz, hiss, tick tock
  • ti-ta (tittá) - live, be alive (RR-Quapaw)