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𐒼𐓂𐒼𐓂𐓆𐒰 π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°
𐒼𐓂𐒼𐓂𐓆𐒰 π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’½π“‚Μπ’½π“‚π“†π’° π“€π’»ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°noun1sow𐒼'π“Žπ’Ό'π“Žπ“†π’° π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Ό'π“Žπ“Žπ“†π’° π“€π’»Ν˜π’°π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ“‚π“†π’°π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°
𐒼𐓂𐒼𐓂𐓆𐒰 π“ˆπ’°
𐒼𐓂𐒼𐓂𐓆𐒰 π“ˆπ’°π’½π“‚Μπ’½π“‚π“†π’° 𐓉𐒰̋noun1porkpig meatπ’Όπ“‚π’Όπ“‚π“†π’°π“ˆπ’°
𐒼𐓂𐒼𐓂𐓆𐒰 𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻
𐒼𐓂𐒼𐓂𐓆𐒰 𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻𐒽𐓂𐒽𐓂́𐓆𐒰 𐓏𐒷́𐒿𐒻noun1lard2pork fat𐒼𐓂𐒼𐓂𐓆𐒰𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·Μnoun1hackberryCeltis occidentalis2hackberriesCeltis occidentalis
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’· π’Ήπ“Ž
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’· π’Ήπ“Žπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·Μ π’Ήπ“Žnoun1hackberry treeCeltis occidentalisπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·π’Ήπ“Ž
𐒼𐓂𐓄𐓇𐒷
𐒼𐓂𐓄𐓇𐒷𐒽𐓂̋𐓄𐓇𐒷intransitive verb1sneak offπ’°π’½π“‚Μ‹π“„π“‡π’·π“‡π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ 𐒰̄𐓄𐒷́she says I'm always sneaking off2flee3run awayπ“‡π’»ΜΝ˜π“‰π“‚π““π’»Ν˜ π“π’»Ν˜ 𐒻̄𐓍𐒰́𐓍𐒷 𐒽𐓂̋𐓄𐓇𐒻 𐒰𐓄𐒱the boy that I saw was running away𐒼𐓂𐓄𐓇𐒻
𐒼'π“‚Ν˜π“†π“Ž
𐒼'π“‚Ν˜π“†π“Žπ’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π“†π“ŽπŸ”Šnoun1dice𐒼'π“‚ΜΝ˜π“†π“Ž 𐒼'π“‚ΜΝ˜ 𐒰𐓍𐒰̋𐓄𐒷 𐓆𐒼𐒰I guess they went to play dice2Osage dice𐒼'π“‚Ν˜π“†π’·
𐒼'π“‚Ν˜π“†π“Žπ’Ό'π“‚Ν˜
𐒼'π“‚Ν˜π“†π“Žπ’Ό'π“‚Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚ΜΝ˜π“†π“Žπ’Ό'π“‚ΜΝ˜noun1Osage dice game𐒼'π“‚Ν˜π“†π“Žπ’Ό'π“‚Ν˜
𐒼𐓂𐓇𐒰
𐒼𐓂𐓇𐒰𐒼𐓂𐓇𐒰noun1curve
π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°
π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ“‚Μ„π“ˆπ’°Μadverb1farther over there2beyond3on the other side of somethingπ““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐒰́𐓄𐒰𐓉𐒰 π’Όπ“‚Μ„π“ˆπ’°Μ π’·π“Šπ’»Μthe tree is on the other side of the fence4aheadπ“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°
π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π’Όπ“‚Μ„π“ˆπ’°Μπ’Ήπ’°adverb1to/from farther away (in space)2farther back, farther ahead (in time or space)3beyond4the next to last5the one before last6the one after next7the one past the next8go away9departπ’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜
π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚Μπ“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°ΜΝ˜1that standing animate object, in sight, which is beyond a certain point or placeπ’Όπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°π’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜Dorsey notes that, "The correlative of π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜ is π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜."
𐒼𐓂𐓍𐒰
𐒼𐓂𐓍𐒰𐒽𐓂́𐓍𐒰noun1friend𐒽𐓂́𐓍𐒰 𐓍𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷they were friendslit:he was a friend, they said𐒽𐓂́𐓍𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐒽𐒰́𐓏𐒰 π“π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“„π’°Μ π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·Μπ’½π’»π’½π“‚Ν˜ π“π’°Μ„π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“„π’·my friend has two horses just alike𐒼'π“Žπ“π’°π’»π’Όπ“‚π“π’°This kinship/relationship term is uninflected (i.e., not conjugated), but instead uses the stand-alone possessive pronouns wita (my), thita (your), etc.
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π’°
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“π’°π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’°transitive verb1wantπ’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’° π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·ΜI don't want to (do something)𐓇𐒷̋ π“π’»π’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’°I want that for you𐓍𐒷̋ 𐒼𐒰 π“π’»Ν˜ π“‡π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°?do you want one of these?π’Ήπ’°Μ‹π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π“‡π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“‡π“ˆπ’° π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’·Μπ’Όπ’»π“‚Ν˜do whatever you want to do𐓍𐒷̋ π“‡π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°?do you want this?π“‡π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°?do you want [it]?π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’° π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’»Μ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱he/she doesn't want to (do something)π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π“’π’·π“†π’Όπ’° π’Ήπ’°Μ‹Ν˜π“π’° π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’° 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰?how much money does he want?π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’°he/she wants [it], they want [it]π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’°we want [it]𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰́𐓓𐒷𐒻́𐒷 π“…π’»Μπ“‚Ν˜ π’°Μπ’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’°I want him to learn Osageπ“…π’»Μπ“‚Ν˜ π’°Μπ’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’°I want him to learn, I want him to learn it2desire3wish for4prefer
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“’π’·transitive verb1teach something to someoneπ’»Μ„π“π’°ΜΝ˜π““π’»Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“’π’· 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱́my aunt is going to teach himπ’»Μ„π“π’°ΜΝ˜π““π’»Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 π“π’»π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“’π’· 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱́my aunt is going to teach you2show someone how to do somethingπ“π’»π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“’π’· 𐓉𐒰 π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·ΜI'm going to show you
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·
π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·Μverb1pretend2make believe3feignπ’Όπ“ŽΝ˜π“’π’·
𐒼𐓂𐓓𐒻
𐒼𐓂𐓓𐒻𐒽𐓂́𐓓𐒻adverb1a great distanceπ’Όπ“Žπ““π’»
*𐒼𐓃𐓐𐒷
*𐒼𐓃𐓐𐒷𐒽𐓃́𐓐𐒷intransitive verb1turn2turn around
𐒼𐓇𐒷
𐒼𐓇𐒷𐒼𐓇𐒷1positional article for an entity that is lying down or long, used after a noun or pronoun that is not an active subjectπ“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’»π“†π’» 𐓏𐒰𐒼'𐓂́ 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π’°π’΄π’»ΜΝ˜I have the queen of spadesπ’»Μ„π’Ήπ“‚ΜΝ˜ 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’·Μ π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·Μ?is his or her mother [who is bedridden or lying down] all right?π“π’»Μ„π’Ήπ“‚ΜΝ˜ 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’·Μ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱?how is your [bedridden] mother?π“€π“‚ΜΝ˜π““π“‚Ν˜ π“π’°Μ‹π’Ώπ’»Ν˜ 𐓍𐒷́ 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“€π“‚ΜΝ˜π““π“‚Ν˜ 𐓍𐒷́ 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·Μ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰̄𐓓𐒻 𐒻́𐒷 𐓏𐒻́𐓉𐒰 π“‡π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’· 𐒰𐓍𐒷̋ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱heaven and earth shall pass away but my word will endureπ’Όπ“‚Μ‹π“ˆπ’° 𐒼𐓇𐒷 𐓄𐒷̋ 𐒷̋ 𐒼𐓇𐒷?that [one] lying over there, who is it?𐓇𐒷̋ 𐒼𐓇𐒷 𐒼'π’»ΜΝ˜ 𐒰𐒿𐒻́𐓄𐒷they hauled him back, they hauled back that one near you lying down𐒽𐒰́𐓏𐒰 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π’Ήπ“ŽΜπ’Ήπ’·π’Όπ’° 𐒼𐓇𐒷?is that horse lying there sick?π“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’· 𐒷́𐒼𐓇𐒷 π’Ήπ’°Μ‹π““π“‚Ν˜?what are you going to do with that dog lying there?π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ 𐒼𐓇𐒷the one sleeping over thereπ’»Μπ“„π’·π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ 𐓆𐒻́ 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“‚Μ‹Ν˜ 𐒼𐓇𐒻́𐒷put a pillow under his footπ’»Μπ“„π’·π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ 𐒰̋ 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π’»ΜΝ˜ 𐒼𐓇𐒻́𐒷put a pillow under his armπ“ˆπ“‚Μπ“π’° 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“‡π“Šπ’·Μπ“π’°!doctor that one lying there, doctor him!2positional article that indicates plurality of an inanimate entity that takes the tse 'standing' positional in the singular3lying down or long (used clause-finally; often followed by abe, denoting reported informationπ“‡π“ŽΜπ“„π’· π’Όπ’»Μπ’Ήπ“ŽΜπ’Ήπ’·π’Όπ’° 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷he [lying down] has stomach trouble, they said𐓏𐒰́𐒿𐒻 π’Ήπ“ŽΜπ’Ήπ’·π’Όπ’° 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒰 π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜ π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’°π“‘π’·π“†π’Όπ’° 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷she [lying down] is awfully sick, but her mind is all right [they said]π“π’°π“π’°Μ‹π“‰π’°Ν˜ π“‡π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ 𐒷́𐓉𐒰𐓁𐒰 π“Šπ’·Μ‹π“„π’· 𐓅𐒻̋𐓓𐒻 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̄𐓄𐒷he [lying down] has a bad liver from always drinking [they said]π“Šπ’·Μ‹π“„π’· 𐓅𐒻̋𐓓𐒻 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̄𐓄𐒷 π“π’°π“π’°Μ‹π“‰π’°Ν˜ π“‡π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ 𐒷́𐒹𐓁𐒰he [lying down] has a bad liver [they said] because he's always drinking𐓏𐒰́𐒿𐒻 𐓍𐒻̄𐓓𐓂́𐓓𐒻𐓄𐒻 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷he [lying down] has really been hurt, they saidπ““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷that person's lying down, they said𐒷̋ 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷[it is] she lying there, they said𐓄𐒷̋ 𐒷̋ 𐒼𐓇𐒷?who is that over there lying down?π“‡π“ŽΜπ“„π’· π’»Μ„π’Ήπ“ŽΜπ’Ήπ’·π’Όπ’° 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷he [lying down] has intestinal trouble, they said𐒻𐓇𐒻́𐒼'π’°Ν˜ 𐓋𐒷́𐓒𐒷 π’»Μ‹π’Ήπ“Žπ’Ήπ’·π’Όπ’° 𐒼𐓇𐒻́ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷my sister-in-law [lying down] is sick with her stomach, they sayπ’°Ν˜π“π’°ΜΝ˜π“π“„π’°π“π’·, π’»Μπ’Όπ’»π“‡π“‚π“Šπ’· 𐒼𐓇𐒷I was lost in the [overlying] fog4the reclining animate object5the (dead body)6the long inanimate object7the long rectilinear collection, as a forestπ’Όπ“‡π’»π’Όπ’·π“„π’°π“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“π’·π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·
π’Όπ“‡π’·π“Šπ’»
π’Όπ“‡π’·π“Šπ’»π’Όπ“‡π’·Μπ“Šπ’»1at, by, in, or on the horizontal inanimate object2at, by, or on the reclining or dead animate objectπ’Όπ“‡π’·π’·π“Šπ’»π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“Šπ’»π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·π“Šπ’»
𐒼𐓇𐒻𐒿𐒷
𐒼𐓇𐒻𐒿𐒷𐒼𐓇𐒻𐒿𐒷́intransitive verb1have gone back2have come and gone𐒼𐓇𐒻𐒼𐓍𐒷𐒰𐒼𐓇𐒻𐒰𐒿𐒷This term is composed of two motion verbs. When it is conjugated, it is conjugated as one verb.
π’Όπ“‡π’»π“‚Ν˜π“’π’·
π’Όπ“‡π’»π“‚Ν˜π“’π’·π’Όπ“‡π’»Μπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·π’Όπ“‡π’»Μπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“’π’·transitive verb1teach2teach something to someone3teach another4instruct5show someone how to do somethingπ’Όπ’΅π’»π“‚Ν˜π“’π’·π’Όπ“‡π“Žπ’»Ν˜π“’π’·π’Όπ’»-π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·π’Όπ“‡π’»π“π’·
*π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·
*π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Όπ“‡π’»ΜΝ˜π“Šπ’·1miss2glance or slide off*π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°
-𐒼𐓇𐒻𐓍𐒷
-𐒼𐓇𐒻𐓍𐒷𐒼𐓇𐒻́𐓍𐒷verb > ???sfx1causative and 1st dative of "-𐓍𐒷"𐒼𐒻--𐓍𐒷This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐒼𐓇𐒻𐓐𐒷
𐒼𐓇𐒻𐓐𐒷𐒼𐓇𐒻́𐓐𐒷transitive verb1make or do something to or for another2make or do something for another3make something for another4make or prepare for someone (e.g., prepare a bed, clothing, or food)5fix (prepare or repair) for someone6have or make something or someone be a certain way, have or make someone do something𐒼𐒡𐒻𐓐𐒷𐒼𐒻-π’Όπ’°π“π’·π’Όπ’»π’Όπ’°π“π’·π’Όπ“‡π’»π“‚Ν˜π“’π’·
𐒼𐓇𐒻𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻
𐒼𐓇𐒻𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻𐒼𐓇𐒻́𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻́noun1a bird which keeps on the ground, i.e., does not sit in trees
π’Όπ“‡π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π’Όπ“‡π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Όπ“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°πŸ”Šnoun1son (second)π’Όπ“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’° π“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’· 𐒻́𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐓄𐒰 𐓒𐒻́𐓄𐒷second son's dog is yellowQuintero (Osage Dictionary, page 129) qualifies this by noting that this is the second son (in any clan).2one of the ordinal birth-names of the second sonπ’Όπ“‡π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°π’Όπ’·π’Όπ“π’°π““π’»Ν˜
𐒼'π“Ž
𐒼'π“Žπ’Ό'π“ŽΜtransitive verb1giveBob 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 Joe π’Ήπ’°π“π’»ΜΝ˜ π“π’»Ν˜ 𐒼'π“ŽΜπ“„π’·Bob gave Joe a blanketπ“€π’»Μ‹Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° 𐓇𐒰́𐓅𐒷 π“π’°Ν˜ 𐒼'π“ŽΜ 𐒰𐓄𐒱, π“π’°π’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’»the doctors gave him only six monthsπ’Ήπ’°π“π’»ΜΝ˜ π“π’»Ν˜ 𐓍𐒻𐒼'π“ŽΜπ“„π’·he gave you a blanketπ’Ήπ’°π“π’»ΜΝ˜ π“π’»Ν˜ π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“ŽΜπ“„π’·he gave me a blanketπ’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“ŽΜπ“„π’·it was given to melit:they gave it to meπ“‚Μπ“π“‚Ν˜π’΄π’· 𐓏𐒰𐒼'π“ŽΜπ“„π’» 𐒰𐓄𐒱we were fedlit:they gave us some foodπ’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“ŽΜπ““π’»they did not give [it] to meπ’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“ŽΜ!give [it to] me!𐓓𐒰́𐓓𐒷 𐒼'π“ŽΜgive him/her an Indian name [imperative]π’Ήπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“„π’° π“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’·π“Œπ’· 𐓓𐒰́𐓓𐒷 𐒼'π“ŽΜ 𐒽𐒻𐒿𐒻̋𐓆𐒼𐒻 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐓄𐒱the first day of the week, they're going to gather together for a naming (i.e., to give [him/her] an Osage name)2give away an object3pass something to someone (e.g., at the table)𐓁𐒻̋ π“ˆπ“‚π’° π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“ŽΜlit:give me some waterpass the water
𐒼'π“Žπ’·
𐒼'π“Žπ’·π’Ό'π“ŽΜπ’·intransitive verb1scratch an itch𐒼'𐒻𐒷
π’Όπ“Žπ“Šπ’·
π’Όπ“Žπ“Šπ’·π’½π“ŽΜπ“Šπ’·1shoottransitive verb2fire a gunintransitive verb3shoot a bow and arrowintransitive verb4shoot someonetransitive verb5shoot at someonetransitive verb
𐒼𐓐𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐒼𐓐𐒰𐒼𐒷𐒼𐓐𐒰́𐒼𐒷noun1son (third and beyond)π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Όπ“π’°π““π’»Ν˜
𐒼𐓐𐒰𐓄𐒱
𐒼𐓐𐒰𐓄𐒱𐒼𐓐𐒰𐓅𐒱́noun1son (baby, of a female)2brother (baby, of a female) (said to be used by a woman to refer to her youngest brother or to her youngest son if she has at least two older sons)3brother (baby, of a female) (my)4brother (baby, of a female) (your)5brother (baby, of a female) (her)π’Όπ“π’°π“„π’°Ν˜Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 129) that this term is used by a female speaker to refer to "her youngest son if she has at least two older sons."
π’Όπ“π’°π““π’»Ν˜
π’Όπ“π’°π““π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°Μπ““π’»Ν˜πŸ”Šnoun1son (third and beyond)π’Όπ“π’°π““π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Όπ“π’°π’Όπ’·