yes

 

e  (ée)

 
yes

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

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Yes, I saw it.

 

e  wi-e  a-de  (ée wíe áde)

Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore

yes - I - *

* conjugates i-de (íde) - to see, as a-de (áde), expected conjugation i-da-de (idáde) - I see (RR-Quapaw)

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • e (ée) - yes, used by children (RR-Quapaw)
  • e (eh) - yes [oie] (GI-Quapaw)
  • hoⁿ (hǫ) - yes (RR-Quapaw)
  • aⁿ (âⁿ) - yes (LH-Quapaw)
  • hau (hau) - yes (RR-Quapaw)

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  • a (ă) - yes (Omaha/Ponca)
  • oⁿ (oⁿ) - yes (Omaha/Ponca)
  • o-w'uⁿ (ow'uⁿ) - yes (Omaha)

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  • oⁿ (oⁿ) - yes (FL-Osage)
  • ho-we (hó-we) - yes, male speaking (FL-Osage)
  • ho-ve (ho-ve) - yes, woman speaking (FL-Osage)

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  • aⁿ (ą́ą) - yes, female speaking (CQ-Osage)
  • aⁿ-haⁿiⁿ (ąhą́į) - yes, female speaking (CQ-Osage)
  • haⁿ-e (hąąé) - yes, response when listening to a story (CQ-Osage)
  • ho-we (howé) - yes, men's speech only (CQ-Osage)

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  • aⁿ-ha (aⁿhá), oⁿ-ha (oⁿhá) - yes, female speaking, women’s speech (Kanza)
  • ho-we (howé) - yes, male speech (Kanza)