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𐒷

𐒷
𐒷𐒷̋transitive verb1say2ask or tell someone to do something
𐒷
𐒷𐒷̋pronoun13rd person emphatic or contrastive pronoun (that one, that person, she/her, he/him; those persons, them; this [pragmatically obvious] person or thing; the foregoing; she herself, he himself, they themselves)2he, she, it3thatπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“π’»π’·π“π’»π’·
𐒷 𐒼𐓇𐒷
𐒷 𐒼𐓇𐒷𐒷̋ 𐒼𐓇𐒷pronoun1that one lying down (animate or inanimate)𐒷𐒼𐓇𐒷
𐒷 π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
𐒷 π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π’·Μ‹ 𐓉𐒰́𐒹𐒰adverb1in the direction of2toward that direction3over there4along that way5toward that time6in that time7near that timeπ’·π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
𐒷 π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π““π’»
𐒷 π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π““π’»π’·Μ‹ 𐓉𐒰́𐒹𐒰𐓓𐒻1wrong2out of reason3unlikely4unsuitably5unreasonable6unreasonably7off the subject8pointlesslynot toward there𐒷 π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π’°π““π’»
𐒷𐒼𐒻𐒷
𐒷𐒼𐒻𐒷𐒷́𐒼𐒻𐒷1saytransitive verb2talk for anotherverb3talk in the presence of othersverb𐒼𐒻-𐒷
π’·π’Όπ’»π“‚Ν˜
π’·π’Όπ’»π“‚Ν˜π’·Μπ’Όπ’»π“‚Ν˜transitive verb1do something (in the presence of others or for others)2proceed or go ahead with something (in the presence of others or for others)3can, be able to𐒼𐒻-π’·π“‚Ν˜
π’·π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜
π’·π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π’·Μπ’Όπ’»π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜1it's time again𐒼𐒻-π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜
𐒷𐒼𐒻𐓍𐒷
𐒷𐒼𐒻𐓍𐒷𐒷́𐒼𐒻𐓍𐒷verb1think about, consider, think so𐒷𐓍𐒷
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜π’·Μ„π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜1likeadverbπ“€π’°ΜΝ˜π““π’°Ν˜ 𐓍𐒷𐒼𐒰́𐒹𐒰 π“ˆπ’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’°ΜΝ˜ π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’»Μ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱there's nothing like it here on earthπ’Ήπ’°π“π’»ΜΝ˜ π’Όπ“‚Μ‹π“Šπ’» π“‡π’΅π“ŽΜ„π“π’°π“†π“Ž π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ 𐓏𐒻́𐒷 π“„π’°π“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’»Ν˜, 𐓋𐒷́𐒼𐒰 𐒷̋ π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱if you will clean that old [striped] blanket, I'll bind it and it will be like newπ’Ήπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π’· π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜somebody like her2similar toadverb3like thatadverbπ’Όπ’»Μ‹Ν˜ π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐓏𐒰́𐒿𐒻 π’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’±, π“‰π’°Μ‹π““π’»Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐒷́𐒼𐒻𐒰𐓄𐒷"if only I could fly like that," the little deer saidπ“π’»π“‡π’Όπ’»Μπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜ 𐓇𐒷̋ π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π’΄π’»ΜΝ˜π’·me too, I'm just like thatπ’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐒼𐒰̋𐓑𐒷make it like that4likewiseadverb𐓓𐒰́𐓓𐒷 𐓍𐒻́𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 π“π’°Μ‹π’Ώπ’»Ν˜π’·, π““π“ŽΜπ“‚π’Όπ’° π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐒰𐓇𐒡𐒻́𐒷your name is pretty and your body is likewise5similarlyadverb6kind ofadverb7ratheradverb8slightlyadverb9a bitadverb10rightadjectiveπ’·π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π“Šπ’»just right, exactly rightπ’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐓓𐒰̄𐓀𐒻́I think it's rightπ’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐓓𐒰̄𐓓𐒻you think it's rightπ’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐒷́𐒼𐒻𐓇𐒷you said it right11correctlyadverb12correctadjective13correct!adjective14appropriateadjective15appropriatelyadverb16that is rightadjective17true!adjective18that's the way!19thusconn20thereforeconn21mean, signifyintransitive verb𐒷́𐒡𐓂𐓍𐒻 π“€π“‚Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ“‚Μ 𐓁𐒻𐒽𐒰́𐓇𐒻 𐒻́𐒷 'π“‰π’°Μ‹π““π’»Ν˜' π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱Echogee in the Creek language means 'little deer'22happenintransitive verbπ“‚Μπ“π’°Ν˜π““π’» π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐓓𐒻́ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱́anyway it's never going to happen23soadverb24be soverb25be as . . . asverbπ“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“‘π’· 𐓉𐓂́𐒹𐓂 π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·he was as blue as the sky26be so or likeverb27somewhatverbπ’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’· π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜somewhat broad𐓂̄𐒿𐒰̋𐓓𐒻 π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐒼𐒻́𐒷he is somewhat lacking28a littleverb29resembleverbπ’·π’Όπ’°Ν˜π’·π’Όπ“ŽΝ˜π’Ήπ’°π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π’°π““π’»
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π’°π““π’»π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’°Μ„π““π’»verb1be sorry about being a certain way2not want to be a certain wayπ’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π’°π’°π““π’»Quintero notes in her Osage Dictionary (2009) on page 51 that "this phrase is the closest Osage equivalent to 'I'm sorry.'"
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐓆𐒼𐒰
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π“†π’Όπ’°π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐓆𐒼𐒰verb1I guess that's rightπ’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“†π’Όπ’°
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π“π’°π“Šπ’·
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π“π’°π“Šπ’·π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π“π’°Μ„π“Šπ’·Μtransitive verb1say something right or correctlyπ’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π’°π“Šπ’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·π’·Μ„π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜ π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·Μadjective1unsound2not right3waywardπ’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“†π’Όπ’° 𐒹𐒰
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“†π’Όπ’° π’Ήπ’°π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“†π’Όπ’° 𐒹𐒰1make-believeπ’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“†π’Όπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π“Šπ’»
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π“Šπ’»π’·π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π“Šπ’»1correct2correctlyπ’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π“Šπ’»
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π““π’»
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π““π’»π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜π““π’»π’·π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π““π’»1not be like this or thatverb2be not thusverb3be otherwiseverb4unseemlyadjective5inappropriateadjective6not rightadjective7unsuitableadjective8unfittingadjective9ill-advisedadjective10wrongadjectiveπ’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π’°π““π’»
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π““π’»π’· 𐓆𐒼𐒰
π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π““π’»π’· π“†π’Όπ’°π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜π““π’»π’· 𐓆𐒼𐒰1improbablenot thus I suppose
𐒷𐒼𐓃𐒼𐒷
𐒷𐒼𐓃𐒼𐒷𐒷𐒼𐓃́𐒼𐒷1crazy, crazily, inappropriately, unsuitably2off, not where or how it is supposed to be, off target, out of line, incorrectlyπ’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π““π’»
π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π““π’»π’·Μπ“€π’°Ν˜π“‰π’°π““π’»adverb1the other wayπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π’°π““π’»π’»π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π““π’»π’Ήπ’°
π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π““π’»π’Ήπ’°π’·Μπ“€π’°Ν˜π“‰π’°π““π’»Μπ’Ήπ’°adverb1not toward that wayπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π““π’»π’Ήπ’°
𐒷𐓁𐒰
𐒷𐓁𐒰𐒷̄𐓁𐒰́𐒷̋𐓁𐒰1be the only (one)intransitive verb2therefore3that's why4that only5enoughadjectiveπ’·π’Ήπ“π’°π’·π“π’°Ν˜
π’·π“π’°Ν˜π““π’»
π’·π“π’°Ν˜π““π’»π’·Μ„π“π’°ΜΝ˜π““π’»adjective1insufficient2not enoughπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π’°π““π’»
π’·π“‚Ν˜
π’·π“‚Ν˜π’·Μπ“‚Ν˜transitive verb1do (not in the presence of others or for others)
𐒷𐓆𐒼𐒰
𐒷𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒷́𐓆𐒼𐒰1oh that𐒷𐓆𐒼𐒰 π“π’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’·π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π’Όπ“‚Ν˜Oh that I was like this standing animate object.2would thatπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜Dorsey notes that this term is "used in optative phrases, at the end of which π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ must be used."
𐒷𐓇𐒷
𐒷𐓇𐒷𐒷̋𐓇𐒷interj1golly (slang)
𐒷𐓇𐒼𐒻
𐒷𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒷́𐓇𐒼𐒻1else2also3otherwise
π’·π“‡π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π’·π“‡π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’·π“‡π’Όπ’»Μπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜1he, she, it, or that too2he, for his part3he/she too, it too, they tooMaleπ’·π“‡π’Όπ’»π’·π“‡π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ’°π’·-π“‡π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’»π“‡π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’»π“‡π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’·Μπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’·π“ˆπ’°ΜΝ˜1thereforeconn2becauseconn3whenadverb4whileadverb
π’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’·π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜1wellinterj2thenπ’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π“π’°Ν˜
π’·π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π’·π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π’·Μπ“‰π’°π’Ήπ’°1towardπ“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π’·π“ˆπ’°π“π’°
π’·π“ˆπ’°π“π’°π’·Μ‹π“ˆπ’°π“π’°1that is whyπ“‚π“„π’°Μπ“π’»Ν˜π“‘π’· 𐓄𐓇𐒻́𐒷 π’·Μ‹π“ˆπ’°π“π’° π’°ΜΝ˜π“‡π’Όπ’»π’Όπ’·I went riding and that is why I'm tiredπ’½π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“’π’» π’°Μπ“π“‚Ν˜π’΄π’· π’°Μπ““π“Ž π“π’°Ν˜π“„π’·Μ π’·Μ‹π“ˆπ’°π“π’° π’΄π“ŽΜπ“π’»Ν˜they usually put oranges on the table, that's the reason I bought some2therefore𐒷́𐓏𐒰𐒽𐒻𐒼'π“‚Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱, π’·Μ‹π“ˆπ’°π“π’° 𐓍𐒰𐒼'𐒷́𐓍𐒷 π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°Μdon't pity him because he did it himselfπ’Ήπ“‚π’΄π’»ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’· π“‚Μ„π“π’°Μπ’Ήπ’°Ν˜ 𐓉𐒰 π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·Μ π’Όπ’°π“†π’»ΜΝ˜, π’·Μ‹π“‰π’°π“π’°Ν˜ π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π“π’· π’΄π“ŽΜ‹π“π’°π“†π“ŽΜ 𐓉𐒰 π“π’»ΜΝ˜ π“‚Μ„π“π’°Μπ““π“Ž 𐓉𐒰I'm going to cook beans tomorrow, therefore tonight I'll clean them and put them in water3thus4soπ’·π“ˆπ’°π“π’°Ν˜π’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜
π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜
π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π’·Μ‹π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π’·π“ˆπ“π’°ΜΝ˜1stilladverb2it is timeintransitive verbπ“π“‚ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’° π’·Μ‹π“ˆπ’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π“„π’·it's almost timeπ“π’°Μ„π“Œπ’»Μ π“π“‚ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’°Ν˜ π’·Μ‹π“ˆπ’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π“„π’·it's almost time to dance𐒹𐒰́𐓄𐒰 π“‚Μ‹π““π“Ž π’·Μ‹π“ˆπ’Όπ“π’°Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱́it's time to plant corn3time, the moment for somethingnounπ“‚Μπ“π’°π’Ώπ’»Ν˜, π’·Μπ“ˆπ’Όπ“π’°Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐒰𐒹𐒻́ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱hurry up, it is time4whenadverb5that (standing animate)pronounat the time thatπ’·π’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π’·π“ˆπ’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π’·π“ˆπ“π’°
π’·π“Šπ’»
π’·π“Šπ’»π’·Μπ“Šπ’»1and (in numbers only)π’Ώπ’·Μπ’΄π’°Ν˜ π’Ήπ“ŽΜ„π““π’»ΜΝ˜ π“π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“„π’°Μ π’·Μπ“Šπ’» π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“π“Šπ’»two hundred and oneπ’Ώπ’·Μπ’΄π’°Ν˜ π“π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“„π’°Μ π’·Μπ“Šπ’» π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“π“Šπ’»twenty-one2plusπ’·Μπ“Šπ’» π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“π“Šπ’»plus oneπ’°π’Ώπ’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π“‚Ν˜
π’·π“Šπ’»
π’·π“Šπ’»π’·π“Šπ’»Μ1be present here/thereintransitive verb2exist here/thereintransitive verb3be at that timeintransitive verb4thereadverbπ“†π’»π“ˆπ“‚π“Šπ’» π’·π“Šπ’» π“π’°π“π’°π““π’»Ν˜ π“π’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’·Were you standing there yesterday?5in that placeadverb𐒷𐒡𐒻
π’·π“Šπ’» π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·
π’·π“Šπ’» π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·π’·π“Šπ’»Μ π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·Μ1there where I am, my home (similar to French chez moi)π’·π“Šπ’»π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·
π’·π“Šπ’» 𐓄𐒰
π’·π“Šπ’» π“„π’°π’·π“Šπ’»Μ 𐓄𐒰1them, those who are there/here2there where they are, the place where they are/were, at their place or their home (similar to French chez eux)π’·π“Šπ’»π“„π’°
π’·π“Šπ’» π“Šπ’·
π’·π“Šπ’» π“Šπ’·π’·π“Šπ’»Μ π“Œπ’·intransitive verb1be definitely decided
π’·π“Šπ’»π’Όπ’·
π’·π“Šπ’»π’Όπ’·π’·π“Šπ’»Μπ’Όπ’·1there are, there exist scattered around or dispersedπ’·π“Šπ’»π’Όπ’»π’·π’·π“Šπ’»π’Όπ’·
π’·π“Šπ’»π“π“Šπ’»
π’·π“Šπ’»π“π“Šπ’»π’·π“Šπ’»Μπ“π“Šπ’»1just there2just then or there3at that very time or placeπ’·π“Šπ’»π“π“Šπ’»
𐒷𐓍𐒷
𐒷𐓍𐒷𐒷𐓍𐒷́1indeed2trulyFemale𐒰𐓍𐒰
𐒷𐓍𐒷
𐒷𐓍𐒷𐒷́𐓍𐒷transitive verb1think about2consider3believe𐒷
𐒷𐓍𐓂
𐒷𐓍𐓂𐒷𐓍𐓂́1indeed2indeed!Maleπ’·π“π’°π“Žπ’·π“π’·π“‚π’°π“π“‚Dorsey notes that this "marks a stronger assertion than π’°π“Ž does" (modern 𐓂).
π’·π“π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°
π’·π“π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π’·Μ‹π“π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“„π’°π’·Μπ“π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“„π’°1group including just-mentioned individual(s) (can sometimes be translated as 'both', 'all', 'and another', 'and others', or as 'and I' when followed by a verb with 1st plural inflection)
𐒷𐓏𐒰𐒼𐒻𐒼'π“‚Ν˜
𐒷𐓏𐒰𐒼𐒻𐒼'π“‚Ν˜π’·Μπ“π’°π’½π’»π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜verb1do to oneself𐓏𐒰-𐒼𐒻𐒼-π’·π“‚Ν˜
π’·π“π’°π’Όπ’»π“‚Ν˜π“π’·
π’·π“π’°π’Όπ’»π“‚Ν˜π“π’·π’·Μπ“π’°π’½π’»π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’·intransitive verb1get oneself into something by oneselfπ’Όπ’»π“‚Ν˜π“π’·
π’·π“π’°π““π’»Ν˜
π’·π“π’°π““π’»Ν˜π’·Μπ“π’°π““π’»Ν˜adverb1alone2by oneself3on one's own
π’·π“π’°π““π’»Ν˜ π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π’·π“π’°π““π’»Ν˜ π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π’·Μπ“π’°π““π’»Ν˜ π“π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’·1automobilenoun2carnoun3by caradverbit runs by itself𐒷𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒻 π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π’·π“π’°π““π’»Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“‚π“π’»π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π’·π“π“‚Ν˜
π’·π“π“‚Ν˜π’·Μ‹π“π“‚Ν˜transitive verb1he does (it)2he did (it)π’·π“π’°Ν˜
𐒷𐓓𐒻
𐒷𐓓𐒻𐒷̋𐓓𐒻𐒷́𐓓𐒻adjective1odd2unusual3of a different kind4inappropriate5unsuitable6different7other8otherwise9strange