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𐒴-
𐒴-𐒴verbpfx1IThis is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐒴𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐒴𐒰verb1open2spread out𐓄𐓍𐒰
π’΄π’°Ν˜
π’΄π’°Ν˜π’΄π’°Ν˜πŸ”Š1smellintransitive verbπ’΄π’°Ν˜ π“π’°Μ‹π’Ώπ’»Ν˜it smells goodπ’΄π’°Ν˜ 𐓅𐒻̋𐓓𐒻it smells badπ“π’°π’΄π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’»Ν˜ π’΄π’°ΜΝ˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱he/she smells like perfumeThe idea of smell here refers to giving off a smell/odor, not the act of smelling something.2emanate an odorintransitive verb3give off a fragranceintransitive verb4emit or exhale an odorintransitive verb5smellnoun6odornoun7scentnounπ’΄π’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π“‚π“π’»π’΄π’°Ν˜
π’΄π’°π’΄π’°π“Šπ’·
π’΄π’°π’΄π’°π“Šπ’·π’΄π’°π’΄π’°Μπ“Šπ’·adjective1straight, as the hypotenuse of an inclined plane, or the side of a hill2sloping, as a hillπ“„π“π’°π“„π“π’°π“Šπ’·
𐒴𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐒴𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷𐒴𐒰́𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷adjective1torn in several places2chapped, as the hands, face, etc.𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓒𐒷𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷This term uses reduplication which means part of the word (usually just one syllable) is repeated to express the idea of an action or idea occurring over and over. If the syllable being reduplicated ends in "e," it almost always changes to "a." For example, "-se" would become "-sasa" or "-sase."
𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐒴𐒰́𐒼'𐒰adjective1flat2flat, as a chair bottom, the broad surface of a board, etc.3flat board𐓄𐓍𐒰𐒼'π’°π’΄π’°π“†π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“‡π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“π’°π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
π’΄π’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π’΄π’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·Pawhuska𐒴𐒰́𐓄𐓐𐒰̄𐒼𐒷noun1mosquitoπ’Ώπ’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰̋𐓆𐒼𐒰adjective1flat2level3straight, as a line on a stove-pipe, or other long cylindrical body4rounded and long𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'π’°π’΄π’°π“‡π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“π’°π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
𐒴𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰́𐓇𐒼𐒰adjective1having a flat surface in the middle, with the edges rounded and curving downward, as a door knob, or the top of a hat (convex objects)𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'π’°π’΄π’°π“†π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“π’°π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
𐒴𐒰𐓍𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐓍𐒰𐒴𐒰̋𐓍𐒰adjective1broad2wide3wide and smooth, as a prairie4smoothed out (e.g., icing on a cake, a fabric or tablecloth lying flat on a surface, but not a blanket on a bed or pallet)5having a flat surface in the middle, with the edges rounded and curving upward, as in a plate or other concave objects𐒴𐒰𐓍𐒷𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓍𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'π’°π’΄π’°π“†π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“‡π’Όπ’°π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
𐒴𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐒴𐒰𐓐𐒷𐒴𐒰̋𐓐𐒷1edgenoun2edging (e.g., a fabric or ribbon sewn around the edges of a blanket or garment)noun3straight or flat, as the top or edge of a box's side, the narrow edge of a plank, etc.adjective𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷𐒴𐒰́𐓒𐒷adjective1torn2rent𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰
𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒷́𐒽𐒰adjective1lean2thin𐓄𐓍𐒷𐒼𐒰
π’΄π’·π“’π’°Ν˜π“π’°
π’΄π’·π“’π’°Ν˜π“π’°π’΄π’·π“’π’°ΜΝ˜π“π’°adjective1drooping, languid, as one who has not recovered his strength after sickness2as applied to vegetation, it means withered and fallen over, past recoveryπ’΄π’·π“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π’·π“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π’·π“’π’°Ν˜π“π’°
π’΄π’»Ν˜
π’΄π’»Ν˜π’΄π’»Ν˜intransitive verb1I am2I was3I am characterized by (e.g., I have a certain condition)4I am present5I was presentπ’°π“π’»Ν˜π’΄π’»Ν˜π’·π’΄-π“π’»Ν˜π“€π’»Ν˜
π’΄π’»Ν˜
π’΄π’»Ν˜π’΄π’»Ν˜transitive verb1scatter right and left, as wet wheat or corn, by pushing with a shovel or pitchfork: this is done to dry itπ“„π“π’»Ν˜
𐒴𐓂𐒼𐒰
π’΄π“‚π’Όπ’°π’΄π“‚Μπ’Όπ’°πŸ”Š1in bulk (e.g., a purchase of fruit, coffee, or kerosene)2wholesale3in large quantities4overall5undivided6by the yard (fabrics)𐒴𐓂́𐒼𐒰 π’΄π“ŽΜπ“π’»Ν˜ 𐓉𐒰 π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·ΜI'm going to buy it [fabric] by the yard (rather than made up into articles such as shawls and blankets)7in large pieces, not merely pieces of some item but the entire item (cooking)8in its entirety9fully10wholeπ“†π“ŽΜπ’½π’° 𐒴𐓂́𐒼𐒰 π“‚Μ„π’Ήπ“‚ΜΝ˜!cook a chicken whole!11entire12complete13dollarnoun𐒴𐓂́𐒼𐒰 𐓆𐒰́𐓉𐒰five dollars14round, as a pencil, stove pipe, etc.adjective15cylindrical, but not necessarily perpendicularadjectiveπ“„π“π“Žπ’Όπ’°
π’΄π“Ž
π’΄π“Žπ’΄π“Žadjective1powdered2pulverized3fineπ“„π“π“Ž
π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°π’΄π“ŽΜ‹π“†π’Όπ’°adjective1flat, wadded upπ“π’»Μ„π’Όπ’°Μ‹π“„π“π“‚π’Όπ’·π“‚Μ„π““π“Ž π“‡π“ˆπ’°Μ‹π“‡π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π“ˆπ’°Ν˜, π“π’»π’΄π“ŽΜ‹π“†π’Όπ’°when you are through with the pop can, wad it up𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓍𐒰