woodpecker

 

de-ze ba-xe (déze báxe)

 

tongue - *

Speaker - Maude Supernaw

* 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)