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wa-x'o (waxʔó)
woman,
also female animal (RR-Quapaw)
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old lady, old woman |
|
wa-x'o
naⁿ-haⁿ (waxʔó
ną́hą) |
Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
woman - old, grown up, mature |
|
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young lady, young woman |
|
wa-x'o
zhi-ka (waxʔó
žíka) |
Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
woman - young, little, small |
|
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white woman |
|
wa-jhi-ni
wa-x'o
(waǰíni waxʔó) |
Speaker -
Alice Crawfish Gilmore |
American, white race - woman |
|
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all the women |
|
wa-x'o
koi-ke (wa-xʔó
kóike) |
Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore |
woman - those remote plural/standing/visible/animate |
|
* ka-ke (káke)
- those plural/standing/not visible/animate |
|
* ka-iⁿ-khe (káįké) - plural/reclining/not
visible |
|
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wife (my wife) |
|
wa-x'o
wi-ta
(waxʔó wítta) |
Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
woman - my, mine |
|
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hen chicken |
|
si-ka wa-x'o
(síkka
waxʔó) |
Speaker - Odestine McWatters |
chicken - woman |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
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wa-x'o (waxʔó)
- woman, also female animal (RR-Quapaw)
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wa-u (wau)
- woman (Omaha)
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wa'-u (wa'ú)
- woman (Omaha/Ponca)
-
wa-ʰk'o (wa-ḳ'ó)
- woman or women (FL-Osage)
-
wa-k'o (wakʔó)
- woman, wife, my wife, queen in a deck of cards (CQ-Osage)
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wa-k'o (wak'ó)
- woman, female, wife (Kanza)