πΌπ·
Definition
πΌπ·πΌπ·1positional article for dispersed, scattered, or randomly located entities (modifies noun or noun phrase)πΉπ°ΜππΌπ°Μ ππ°ππΜπΉπππ»πΌπ· ππ°ΜπΉπ»Μππ±, ππ΅πΜππ°ππ ππ±be sorting the [scattered] dirty clothes, let's you wash them (i.e., 'how about you [pl.] wash them?')ππ°Μππ°Ν ππ·ΜπΌπ· πΉπΜΝππ»πΌπ·these bad things [scattered around]ππππ·ΜπΌπ·remainders or leftovers that are scattered aroundπΉπ°ππ»ΜΝπΌπ· πππ·ΜππΌππ°Νwrap up those blankets [lying around haphazardly, not stacked neatly]ππ°Μππ»ΜΝπΌπ°πΌπ· ππ°Μππ°Μππ°count the [scattered] birdsπΉπΜΝππ»ΝπΌπ·these bad things aroundπΉπ°ππ»ΜΝ π½πΜΝπ΄π° πΌπ· ππ»Μπ· ππ»πΌ'π π°ππ±the blankets [lying around] that I want are the ones she gave you2around, in dispersed locations or with dispersing actionππ°Μππ°Ν π
π»Μππ»Ν π·ππ»ΜπΌπ· ππ°Νif there are bad things aroundπ·ππ»ΜπΌπ·be around, exist aroundππ°ΜΝππ· ππ°ΜππΜΝπΌπ· ππΝ π°πΌππ±Μwhile he was chewing ice, he broke his toothπΉπΝπ΄π»ΜΝπΌπ· ππ· π
π°ΜπΉπ»ΜπΌπ·I sorted the beansQuintero notes on page 383 of her Osage Grammar (2004), "πΌπ· appears on a few verbs and singular nouns to indicate a single item divided, broken, or shattered into pieces. Thus, for example, from ππ»ππΝ 'break' (transitive) is formed πΉπ» ππ»ππΝπΌπ· 'he broke his tooth (πΉπ») in pieces'. Compare also πΏπ·πΌπ· 'shattered, in pieces'."3the scattered inanimate objectsπΌππ·ππ°ππ·πππ°Νππ·ππ°Νππ·ππ»ΝπΌππ·