what

 

ta-taⁿ (táttą), ta-toⁿ (táttǫ)

 
what

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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ta-taⁿ (táttą), ta-toⁿ (táttǫ)

what, something (RR-Quapaw)

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What are you making?

 

ta-taⁿ  shka-xe  ni-khe  (táttą škáγe nikhé)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

what - you make - you sitting, doing that

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What do you want?

 

ta-toⁿ shkoⁿ-ta (táttǫ  škǫttá)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

what - you want

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What's your name?

 
ta-taⁿ  zha-zhe  a-tiⁿ  (táttą žáže attí̜)

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

what - name - you have

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What is your name?

 

i-zha-zhi  ta-to  jhi-e  (ížáži tátto ǰíe)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

name - what - you

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • ta-taⁿ (táttą), ta-toⁿ (táttǫ) - what, something (RR-Quapaw)
  • ta-ta (tâ-tâ) - what is it (LH-Quapaw)
  • e-da-doⁿ (edádoⁿ) - something, what, a thing (Omaha/Ponca)
  • da-doⁿ (dá-doⁿ) - what, interrogation (FL-Osage)
  • ta-taⁿ (táatą) - what, interrogative, what kind, what sort, what type, what class of, do what, thing, anything, something, whatever (CQ-Osage)
  • da-daⁿ (dádaⁿ) - what, something, thing, things (Kanza)