Words for family members and other relatives in Quapaw, a Siouan language spoken mainly in Quapaw in the northeast of Oklahoma in the USA.
| Quapaw | |
|---|---|
| family | ti o-zhaⁿ (ttí ožą́) |
| relative | e-ta-ni (ettáni) |
| father | in-da-te (idátte), iⁿ-ta-te (įttátte) |
| mother | i-haⁿ (ihą́), i-hoⁿ (ihǫ́), e-haⁿ (ehą́), iⁿ-da (įdá) |
| child, children | shi-zhi-ka (šižíka) |
| son | i-zhiⁿ-ke (ižį́ke) |
| daughter | i-zhaⁿ-ke (ižą́ke), e-zhaⁿ-ke (ežą́ke), wi-zhoⁿ-ke (wižó̜ke) |
| husband | ni-ka i-ta (níkka ittá) |
| wife | wa-x'o wi-ta (waxʔó wítta) |
| brother | i-zhiⁿ-de (ižį́de) - man's elder brother wi-saⁿ-ka (wisą́ka), i-saⁿ-ka (isą́ka), i-soⁿ-ka (isǫ́ka) - man's younger brother wi-ti-to (wittítto) - woman's elder brother |
| sister | i’-tunk-eh (elder sister) we-hay (younger sister) |
| uncle | in-da-te (idátte) - paternal wi-tse-ke (maternal) |
| aunt | wi-ti-mi (wittími) - paternal iⁿ-da-nyoⁿ-hoⁿ (įdanyó̜hǫ) - maternal - older than mother iⁿ-da-zhi-ka (įdážika) - maternal - younger than mother |
| cousin | wi-saⁿ-ge (wisą́ge), i-saⁿ-ke (isą́ke)- male |
| nephew | i-taⁿ-shka (ittą́ška), i-toⁿ-shka (ittǫ́ška), e-taⁿ-shka (ettą́ška) |
| niece | i-zhaⁿ-ke (ižą́ke), e-zhaⁿ-ke (ežą́ke) |
| grandfather | wee-zee-koh (patnernal) in-dah (matnernal) i-ti-kaⁿ (ittíką), e-ti-kaⁿ (eTíką) |
| grandmother | i-kaⁿ (ikką́), e-kaⁿ (eką́) - patnernal in-dah (matnernal) |
| grandchild | i-to-shpa (ittóšpa), e-to-shpa (eTóšpa) |
| grandson | wi-to-shpa she-to (wittóšpa šétto) |
| granddaughter | wi-to-shpa she-mi (wittóšpa šémi) |
| brother-in-law | i-ta-haⁿ (ittáhą) - man's sister's husband i-shi-k’e (išíkʔe) - woman's husband's brother |
| daughter-in-law | i-ti-ni (ittíni), e-ti-ni (eTíni) |
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