winter, cold weather, cold

 

sni-wa-te  (sníwatte)

 
winter

Speaker - Fannie Goodeagle Richards

   
  Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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sni-wa-te  (sníwatte)

 
cold weather Speaker - Maude Supernaw
   
  Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

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sni-wa-te  hi  (sníwatte hi)            

 

cold weather - very

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

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sni-wa-te (sníwatte)

north, winter (RR-Quapaw)

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sni-wa-te (sniwátte)

power of winter, male (RR-Quapaw)

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hi (hi)

very; with numerals: just, only (RR-Quapaw)

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Cold outside.  

a-shi  sni-wa-te  (áši sníwatté)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

outside - cold weather

 

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • sni-wa-te (sníwatte) - north, winter (RR-Quapaw)
  • sni-wa-te (sniwátte) - power of winter, male (RR-Quapaw)
  • ʰni-wa-tse (hní-wa-tse) - to be cold (FL-Osage)
  • ʰni-wa-ʰtse (ʰní-wa-ṭse) - cold weather, a cold day (FL-Osage)
  • ni-wa-tse (ní-wa-tse) - it is cold (FL-Osage)
  • ni-wa-ʰtse (níwaʰce) - be cold, an impersonal weather expression, not used for people (CQ-Osage)
  • ʰni-wa-tse (hniwace) - cold, as the weather, winter, the cold months, approximately September - February (Kanza)

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  • sni-tʰe (snítʰe) - cold, to have a cold, sni-aⁿ-tʰe (sníątʰe) - I am cold, sni-di-tʰe (snídithe) - you are cold (RR-Quapaw)
  • zni-tʰe (znítʰe) - to be cold, said of humans, zni-aⁿ-te (s͓niaⁿ′te) - I am cold, zni-thi-te (s͓ní¢ite) - you are cold, zni-a-wa-ta i (s͓niáwatai) - we are cold, zni-wa-ta i (s͓niwatai) - they are cold (Omaha/Ponca)
  • zni-te (çní-te) - chill (Omaha)
  • ʰni-ʰtse (hní-ṭse) - cold, ʰni-oⁿ-ʰtse (hni-oⁿ-ṭse) - I am cold, ʰni-thi-ʰtse (hni-thí-ṭse) - you are cold, ʰni-a-wa-ʰta i (hni-a-wa-ṭsa i) - we are cold (FL-Osage)
  • ni-ʰtse (níʰce) - be cold, feel cold, animate subject, ni-aⁿ-ʰtse (níąʰce) - I’m cold, ni-thi-ʰce (níðiʰce) - you’re cold,  (CQ-Osage)
  • ʰni-tse (hníce) - to be cold, as a person, ʰni-aⁿ-tse (hníaⁿce) - I’m cold, ʰni-yi-tse (hníyice) - you’re cold, ʰni-tse (hníce) - he/she/it is cold, ʰni-wa-ta-be (hníwatabe) - we’re cold, ʰni-yi-ta-be (hníyitabe) - you all are cold, ʰni-ta-be (hnítabe) - they’re cold (Kanza)

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  • sni (sni) - cold, to be cold, aⁿ-sni (ą́sni) - I’m cold, di-sni (dísni) - you’re cold (RR-Quapaw)
  • zni (s͓ni) - cold, cool (Omaha/Ponca)
  • u-zni (úçni) - cold (Omaha)
  • a-zni (açni) - cool, chilly (Omaha)

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  • ni-ni (níni) - be cold, used for inanimates only, cool to the touch, cool, as weather (CQ-Osage)
  • ʰni-hiⁿ (hníhiⁿ) - something to be cold, but not the body (Kanza)