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			woodpecker 
			  
					
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						de-ze ba-xe (déze báxe)  |  |  
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						tongue - * | 
						
						Speaker - Maude Supernaw |  
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						* Descriptive, probably relating to a woodpecker’s unique tongue.  
						Possibly push, dig, thrust, bury, stab, break … |  
				
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			de-ze ba-xe (déze báxe) 
			
			woodpecker (RR-Quapaw) 
			
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			Dhegiha Language Family Comparison 
				
				
				
				de-ze ba-xe (déze báxe) 
				- woodpecker (RR-Quapaw) 
			
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				de-ze (déze) 
				
				- tongue (RR-Quapaw)
				
				
				the-ze (théze) 
				- tongue (Omaha/Ponca)
				
				
				the-ze (thé-çe) 
				- tongue (FL-Osage)
				
				
				the-ze (ðéeze) 
				- tongue (CQ-Osage)
				
				
				ye-ze (yéze), le-ze (léze) 
				- tongue (Kanza) |