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π“€π’°Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜noun1related to the ground or the earthπ“€π’°Ν˜π““π’°Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“€π’°ΜΝ˜noun1arrow2staff used at peyote meetingsπ“€π“‚Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ήπ’»ΜΝ˜π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Μ‹Ν˜noun1grass2hayπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜πŸ”Šnoun1knifeπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ 𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒷
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π’Όπ’°π“†π’·π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ήπ’»ΜΝ˜ 𐒼𐒰̄𐓆𐒷́verb1cut the grassπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’» π’Όπ’°π“†π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ 𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒷This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ 𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒷
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“„π’°π“†π’·π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ήπ’»ΜΝ˜ 𐓄𐒰̄𐓆𐒷́transitive verb1cut the grassπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’» π“„π’°π“†π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“„π’°π“†π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ 𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒷This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“„π’°π“†π“Ž
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“…π’°π“†π“ŽΜnoun1knife pointπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“„π’°π“†π“Ž
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ήπ’»ΜΝ˜ π“‰π“‚Μπ’Ήπ“‚πŸ”Šadjective1greenblue/green grassπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’» π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚ π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜The term toho historically could refer to blue or green. In modern Osage, this term is used to specify green.
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚ π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚ π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ήπ’»ΜΝ˜ 𐓉𐓂́𐒹𐓂 π’·Μ‹π’Όπ“‚Ν˜adjective1greenlike blue/green grassπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚The term toho historically could refer to blue or green. In modern Osage, this term is used to specify green.
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“„π’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“„π’°π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ήπ’»ΜΝ˜π“…π’°noun1ragweedbitter grassπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“„π’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“†π“„π’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“†π“„π’·π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“†π“…π’·noun1axeπ“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’»π“†π“„π’· π“π’°ΜΝ˜π“‘π’· π’Όπ’°Μ„π“π“‚ΜΝ˜he broke the ice with his axeπ“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’»π“†π“„π’· π“π“ŽΜ„π“’π’°Μ, π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’· π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Μ‹π“†π’· π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’±Μ 𐓋𐒷get the axe and let's go cut some wood2spade (e.g., for gardening)3spades (suit in a deck of cards)π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»π“†π“„π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π’»π“„π’°π’Ήπ’»π“„π’· π“π’°π’Ήπ’°π“Š'π’°π““π’»π“Šπ“Žπ’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“†π“„π’·π““π’»Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“†π“„π’·π““π’»Ν˜π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“†π“…π’·π““π’»Ν˜noun1hatchetπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“†π“„π’·π““π’»Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“‰π’°Μ‹Ν˜noun1superintendant (as of the Osage Agency)2officer or other white person of rank3the government4white person (archaic or rare)big knifeπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μnoun1medicine2aspirin, or any other kind of medicine3peyoteπ“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’½π’°π““π“‚Μπ’»π’Όπ’° π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’»Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱, π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’· 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 π’Ήπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“„π’°π’Ήπ“Žlit:peyote is moving throughout his body, but he will recover at/by dawnhe's haywire with peyote, but he'll be all right at daylightπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°πŸ”Šnoun1skunkπ“€π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° π’°π“π’»Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° π’°π“π’»Ν˜π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μ π’°π“π’»ΜΝ˜noun1pharmacist2druggist3one who has medicineπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜ π’°π“π’»Ν˜π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’°π“π’»Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° π“‚π“π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’·π“π’°Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° π“‚π“π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’° π“‚π“π’°Μ‹π“‰π’°Ν˜ π’·Μ„π“π’°ΜΝ˜noun1liquid medicine2medicine that comes in liquid form onlyπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“‚-π“π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’·π“π’°Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° 𐓂𐓍𐒻𐒼'𐒷
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° 𐓂𐓍𐒻𐒼'π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μ 𐓂𐓍𐒻́𐒼'𐒷transitive verb1administer a shot or innoculationπ“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μ 𐓂𐓏𐒻́𐒴𐒻𐒼'𐒷I gave you a shotπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜ 𐓂𐓍𐒻𐒼'π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“‚π“π’»π’Ό'𐒷This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° 𐓄𐒻𐓓𐒻
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° π“„π’»π““π’»π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μ 𐓅𐒻̋𐓓𐒻noun1poisonπ“‹π’·Μπ“π“‚π“„π’·π’Ήπ“ŽΜ„π“†π“Šπ’·Μ„ 𐒰𐓄𐒰 π“π’°π“π’°Μ‹π“π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’· π“Œπ’· π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Ν˜ 𐓅𐒻̋𐓓𐒻𐓄𐒷the bite of a tarantula is poisonlit:tarantulas biting folks is poison2bad medicineπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜ π“„π’»π““π’»π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’»π““π’»
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° 𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° π“†π’°π’Όπ’»π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μ 𐓆𐒰̄𐒼𐒻́noun1gayfeatherLiatris punctata2dotted gayfeatherLiatris punctata3Kansas gayfeatherLiatris punctata4blazing starLiatris punctata5dotted button-snake-rootLiatris punctata6starworthard/strong medicineπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’°π’Όπ’»Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 139) that the "roots were stored to be used for their sweetness."
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° 𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° π“†π’°π“„π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μ 𐓆𐒰́𐓄𐒷noun1coffeeblack medicineπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜ π“†π’°π“„π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’°π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’±π“€π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’±π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’°π“„π’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° 𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒷
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° π“π“‚π“„π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μ 𐓐𐓂́𐓄𐒷noun1sacred medicine2peyote, as used in a peyote meetingπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π“‚π“„π’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μπ“…π’°πŸ”Šnoun1pepperbitter medicineπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’° 𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’° π“†π’°π“„π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μπ“…π’° 𐓆𐒰́𐓄𐒷noun1black pepperblack bitter medicineπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“†π’°π“„π’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’° π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’° π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μπ“…π’° π““π“ŽΜ‹π“Šπ’·noun1red pepperπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“„π’° π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“‚π““π“Ž
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“‚π““π“Žπ“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μπ“…π’°π“‚Μ‹π““π“Žnoun1pepper shakerπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“‚π““π“Žπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“‚π““π“Ž
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’±π“‚π““π“Ž
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’±π“‚π““π“Žπ“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μπ“†π’±π“‚Μ„π““π“ŽΜnoun1cup, coffee cup: refers to any cupwherein coffee is putπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“†π’±π“‚π““π“Ž
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°π“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°π“Šπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°Μπ“π’°Μ„π“Œπ’·Μnoun1Native American Church meeting, peyote meetingπ“…π“‚ΜΝ˜π’½π’° π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜π“π’°Ν˜ π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’· π“€π’°Ν˜π’½π’°ΜΝ˜π“π’°Μ„π“Œπ’·Μ π“‡π“Šπ’·Μ‹ 𐓉𐒰 𐓍𐒲𐓇𐒷́?are you going to the meeting over at Ponca?eat medicineπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’°π“Šπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π“Šπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°π“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’·noun1chestπ“€π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’· π“„π“Žπ“’π’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’· π“„π“Žπ“’π’·π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’· π“„π“ŽΜπ“’π’·noun1tuberculosis2consumptionπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“„π“Žπ“’π’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’»
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’»π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’½π’»intransitive verb1take hold of one another, similar to wrestling
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’·adverb1down
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’»Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’»Ν˜π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’»ΜΝ˜intransitive verb1go home𐒼𐒻-π“€π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π“„π’»π““π’»
π“€π’°Ν˜π“„π’»π““π’»π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“…π’»Μ„π““π’»noun1worthless thing2something of no value3bad weather4bad shaft of an arrowbad arrowπ“€π’°Ν˜π“„π’»π““π’»
π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π’°π“†π’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π’°π“†π’·π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“†π’°π“†π’·noun1sauerkrautarrow cuttingsπ“€π“‚Ν˜π“†π’°π“†π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π’°π“†π’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π’»Ν˜π’Ήπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π’»Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π“€π’°π“‡π’»ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’°adverb1to or on the other side2opposite
π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“ˆπ“‚
π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“ˆπ“‚π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“†π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“†π“ˆπ“‚1mudnoun2muddyadjectiveπ“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’· 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“†π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“†π“ˆπ“‚the road is muddy𐓋𐒷́𐓍𐒷 π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“†π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“†π“ˆπ“‚a muddy tireπ“€π’°Ν˜This 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."
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°Ν˜ π“‚π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°Ν˜ π“‚π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π“‡π’°Ν˜ π“‚π“π’»Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’·1voteintransitive verb2vote fortransitive verb3endorse, as a checktransitive verbgrasp the featherπ“€π“‚Ν˜π“‡π“‚Ν˜ π“‚π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚Ν˜π“‚π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“†π“Žπ’Όπ’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚Ν˜ π“‚π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π’»
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π’»π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π“‡π’»1up above2the arch of heaven3zenith4be upward or upright𐓀𐒰𐓇𐒻
𐓀𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰
𐓀𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰𐓀𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰́noun1crawfish
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚Ν˜
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚Ν˜π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π“‡π“‚Ν˜noun1feather2feathers of certain kinds of birds (such as eagle, hawk, and macaw)3fan made of feathers or loose feathers (as used in peyote meetings)π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°Ν˜π“€π“‚Ν˜π“‡π“‚Ν˜π’»π’Όπ“Žπ’°π“Šπ’»Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 140) that this term is "not used for more ordinary feathers such as chicken feathers."
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“‡π“‚π“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“‡π“‚π“Šπ’·π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“‚Μπ“‡π“‚π“Šπ’·π“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“‡π“‚Μπ“Šπ’·1dustyπ“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“‡π“‚π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“Šπ’·This 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."
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“Šπ’·π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“‚Μπ“Šπ’·1dusty (as of a table top)π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°Μπ’Ήπ’°π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°Μπ’Ήπ’°adjective1slippery (as of a surface)π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’·π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’·ΜπŸ”Š1be warm weatherverb2hot weathernoun3sunny weathernoun
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“€π’°Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’»ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’»ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°πŸ”Šπ“€π’°ΜΝ˜π“‡π“Šπ’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°noun1rabbit2hare
π“€π’°π“‡π“Šπ“Žπ“Šπ’·
π“€π’°π“‡π“Šπ“Žπ“Šπ’·π“€π’°π“‡π“Šπ“ŽΜπ“Šπ’·intransitive verb1slide (e.g., on ice)
π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°π“€π’°Μ„Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π’½π’°adjective1moistπ“€π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“€π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“Œπ’·Μadverb1in the center of something (centrally located)2within3underneath
π“€π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“ˆπ’°
π“€π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“ˆπ’°π“€π’°Ν˜π“Œπ’·Μπ“‰π’°1inside2within3interior of anythingπ“€π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“ˆπ’°