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ta-taⁿ (táttą), ta-toⁿ (táttǫ)
what, something (RR-Quapaw)
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What are you making? |
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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?
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ta-toⁿ
shkoⁿ-ta (táttǫ škǫttá) |
Speaker - Odestine McWatters |
what - you want |
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What's your name? |
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ta-taⁿ
zha-zhe a-tiⁿ (táttą žáže attí̜) |
Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
what - name - you have |
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What is your name? |
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i-zha-zhi
ta-to jhi-e (ížáži tátto ǰíe)
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Speaker - Odestine McWatters |
name - what - you |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
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ta-taⁿ (táttą), ta-toⁿ (táttǫ)
- what, something (RR-Quapaw)
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ta-ta (tâ-tâ)
- what is it (LH-Quapaw)
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e-da-doⁿ (edádoⁿ)
- something, what, a thing (Omaha/Ponca)
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da-doⁿ (dá-doⁿ)
- what, interrogation (FL-Osage)
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ta-taⁿ (táatą)
- what, interrogative, what kind, what sort, what type, what
class of, do what, thing, anything, something, whatever
(CQ-Osage)
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da-daⁿ (dádaⁿ)
- what, something, thing, things (Kanza)