young, immature

 

te-ko no-ha (te-ko-no-hă)

young (LH-Quapaw)

* new - old, grown up, mature

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te-koⁿ no-ha (te-kon-no-hă)

young (JOD-Quapaw)

* new - old, grown up, mature

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young  

te-ke  noⁿ-hi  (ttéke nǫ́hi)

Speaker - Odestine McWatters

new - grow up, mature, reach old age

  

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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison

  • te-ko no-ha (te-ko-no-hă) - young (LH-Quapaw)
  • te-koⁿ no-ha (te-kon-no-hă) - young (JOD-Quapaw)
  • ʰtse-ga noⁿ (ṭsé-ga noⁿ) - newly grown, just grown to maturity (FL-Osage)
  • ʰce-ka noⁿ (ʰcéka nǫ́ǫ) - teenager, young person or young people, children in their teens (lit., "recently grown-up" or " recently adult") (CQ-Osage)
  • tse-ga noⁿ (céganoⁿ) - young man (Kanza)
  • wa-k'o tse-ga noⁿ (wak'ó céganoⁿ) - young woman, female just grown (Kanza)

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  • te-ka (ttéka) - new (RR-Quapaw)
  • te-ga (t͓ega) - new (Omaha/Ponca)
  • te-ga (tega), je-ga (jéga) - new (Omaha)
  • ʰtse-ga (ṭsé-ga) - new, recently, anew, early (FL-Osage)
  • ʰtse-ka (ʰcéka) - new, newly, fresh, recent, recently, just now, just a while ago (CQ-Osage)
  • tse-ga (céga) - new, first time, anew, right now, just now (Kanza)

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  • noⁿ-hi (noⁿ-hí) - senility, reaches mature age (FL-Osage)
  • noⁿ-hi (nǫǫhí), noⁿ a-hi (nǫ́ǫ ahí) - grow up, reach maturity, literally, arrive at adulthood (CQ-Osage)
  • noⁿ-hi zhi (noⁿ-hí-zhi) - immature (FL-Osage)
  • noⁿ-hi zhi (nǫ́ǫhiži) - immature, not fully grown (CQ-Osage)

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  • naⁿ-hoⁿ (nąhǫ), naⁿ-haⁿ (ną́hą, nąhą́) - old, grown up, mature (RR-Quapaw)
  • naⁿ-haⁿ zhi-ka (ną́hą žiká) - girl who has reached puberty (RR-Quapaw)
  • naⁿ-hoⁿ de (nąhǫ́de) - cultivate, bring to maturity (RR-Quapaw)
  • noⁿ-hoⁿ (noⁿ´-hoⁿ) - older person (FL-Osage)
  • noⁿ-hoⁿ (nóⁿhoⁿ) - adult (Kanza)

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  • i-da-te naⁿ-haⁿ (idátte nąhą́) - father's older brother, man's (RR-Quapaw)
  • iⁿ-da-nyoⁿ-hoⁿ (įdanyǫ́hǫ) - aunt, older (RR-Quapaw)

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  • she-mi naⁿ-haⁿ (šémi ną́hą) - girl, young (RR-Quapaw)
  • shiⁿ-ʰto noⁿ-hoⁿ (shiⁿ′-ṭo-noⁿ-hoⁿ) - a bachelor, a single young man (FL-Osage)
  • shi-do noⁿ-hoⁿ (shídonoⁿhoⁿ) -  a youth, a young man that is nearly grown (Kanza)

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  • ni-ka naⁿ-haⁿ (níkka ną́hą) - old man, grown man (RR-Quapaw)
  • wa-x'o  naⁿ-haⁿ  (waxʔó  ną́hą) - old lady, old woman (MS-Quapaw)
  • wa-k'o noⁿ-hoⁿ (wa-k’ú núⁿ-húⁿ) - a woman who has been married, but who is now alone, a widow (JOD-Osage)
  • wa-ʰk'oⁿ noⁿ-hoⁿ (wa-ḳ'oⁿ′ noⁿ-hoⁿ) - a woman of questionable chastity, a harlot, a prostitute (FL-Osage)
  • wa-k'o noⁿ-hoⁿ (wa-kʔó nǫǫhǫ́) - prostitute, woman of bad reputation (CQ-Osage)
  • wak'o noⁿ-hoⁿ (wak'ó noⁿhóⁿ) - grown woman (Kanza)

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  • noⁿ (noⁿ) - adult animal, adult person, elder (Omaha)
  • noⁿ (noⁿ) - to mature, to grow, to age, a-noⁿ a-tha (a-noⁿ′ a-tha) - I have grown to maturity, tha-noⁿ a-tha (tha-noⁿ′ a-tha) - you have grown to maturity, oⁿ-noⁿ bi a tha i (oⁿ-noⁿ bi a tha i) - we have grown to maturity (FL-Osage)
  • noⁿ (nǫ́ǫ) - be old, grow up to adulthood, mature, adulthood, grownups, adults, old folks, elders in times past, old ones, advanced age, old age, a-noⁿ miⁿ-kshe (anǫ́ǫ mįkše) - I’m old, tha-noⁿ niⁿ-kshe (ðanǫ́ǫ nįkše) - you’re old, aⁿ-noⁿ aⁿ-ka-txai (ą́nǫǫ ąkatxái) - we plural are old (CQ-Osage)
  • noⁿ (noⁿ) - old, mature, aⁿ-noⁿ (áⁿnóⁿ) - I’m old, yi-noⁿ (yinóⁿ) - you’re old, noⁿ (nóⁿ) - he/she/it is old, wa-noⁿ-be (wanóⁿbe) - we’re old, yi-noⁿ-be (yinóⁿbe) - you all are old, noⁿ-be (nóⁿbe) - they are old (Kanza)

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  • hi (hi) - arrive, reach there, have been, pʰi (pʰi) - I arrive, reach there, have been, shi (ši) - you arrive, reach there, have been (RR-Quapaw)
  • hi (hi) - come, be coming here, not own, pʰi (pʰi) - I come, be coming here, not own, shi (ši) - you come, be coming here, not own, oⁿ-ka-hi-we (ǫkáhiwe) - we come, be coming here, not own (RR-Quapaw)
  • shi (shi) - of hi (hi), you have been there, you reached there (Omaha/Ponca)
  • hi (hi) - to arrive, arrive at, to arrive at a place, has arrived at (FL-Osage)
  • a-hi (a-hí) - he has been to, pshi (pshi) - I have been, shi (shi) - you have been, shi-a (shi a) - Have you been?, oⁿ-ga-hi-i (oⁿ-ga-hi-i) - we have been (FL-Osage)
  • hi (hí), a-hi (ahí) - go there (motion accomplished), come there, arrive there, be there, be in attendance, stop in, go by, come by, get (e.g., ‘get old’), become, begin to, start to, suddenly start to, pshi-e (pšíe) - I went, shi (ší) - you come, shi-e (šíe) - you have arrived, you have been, hi-pe (hípe) - it arrived, a-hi-pe (ahípe) - he came over, he arrived, he became, aⁿ-ka-hi (ąkáhi) - she and I went, we’ve been there, aⁿ-ka-hi-pe (ąkáhipe) - we’ve arrived (CQ-Osage)
  • hi (hi) - arrive, reach there, pʰi (pʰi) - I arrive, reach there, shi (shi) - you arrive, reach there, a-hi-be (ahíbe) - he/she/it arrive, reach there, aⁿ-ga-hi-be (aⁿgáhibe) - we arrive, reach there, shi-be (shíbe) - you all arrive, reach there, a-hi-be (ahibe) - they arrive, reach there (Kanza)