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𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒷𐓄𐒰́𐓆𐒷transitive verb1cut with a sharp edge2cut hair with a knife3cut bread, meat, clothing, sticks, etc., with a knife𐓄𐒰-*π“†π’·π’Όπ’°π“†π’·π“„π’°π“†π’·π“„π“‚π“†π’·π“π“Žπ“†π’·
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒻𐒼𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒻𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰̄𐓆𐒻́𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰̋𐓆𐒻𐒼𐒷1push or thrust at something and cause pieces to fly out in all directionstransitive verb2splattertransitive verb3splatterintransitive verb4spraytransitive verb5sprayintransitive verb6splashtransitive verb7splashintransitive verb8squirttransitive verb9squirtintransitive verb10splintertransitive verb11splinterintransitive verb12cause to fly out into piecestransitive verb13fly out in piecesintransitive verbπ“„π’°π“†π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“„π’°-π’Όπ’°π“†π’»π’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’»π’Όπ’·Most verbs using instrumental prefixes have the stress on the second syllable in their base forms (third-person singular). However, this entry either has a second pronunciation variant that has stress on the first syllable, or simply only has stress on the first syllable.
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒹𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰́𐒹𐒰transitive verb1thrust a stick, etc., into mud𐓄𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰́𐓄𐒷transitive verb1thrust a stick, etc., once into mud, etc.𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒹𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒷́𐓄𐒷transitive verb1scrape by pushing with the end of a stick, etc., held firmly against the object𐓄𐒰-𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒷
π“„π’°π“†π’Όπ“Žπ’Ήπ’°
π“„π’°π“†π’Όπ“Žπ’Ήπ’°π“„π’°Μπ“†π’Όπ“Žπ’Ήπ’°π“„π’°π“†π’Όπ“ŽΜπ’Ήπ’°adverb1alongside2beside3adjacent4parallel (to)
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐓂𐓏𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓆𐓂𐓏𐒷𐓄𐒰𐓆𐓂́𐓏𐒷transitive verb1make corn rattle by pushing the ears into a bag2make rattle by pushing, as the tail of a rattlesnake3make ice, etc., give a crunching sound, by pushing at itπ“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“π’·π“„π’°-𐓆𐓂𐓏𐒷
π“„π’°π“†π“„π’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“†π“„π’°Ν˜π“„π’°Μ„π“†π“„π’°ΜΝ˜transitive verb1touch with the fingers2nudge3punchπ’°π’Ώπ’»Μ‹Ν˜ π“‡π“‚Ν˜ π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·Μ π’°Ν˜π“„π’°Μ‹π“†π“„π’°Ν˜π“„π’·I was sitting there and he punched me4push one with the end of a stick, etc., held against him, so as to attract his attention𐓄𐒰-π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜
π“„π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·
π“„π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“„π’°Μπ“†π“‹π’·π’Όπ’·transitive verb1gash the skin, etc., once by drawing a knife over it𐓄𐒰-π’Όπ’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“„π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“π“Žπ“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·
π“„π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·
π“„π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“„π’°π“†π“‹π’·Μπ’Όπ’·transitive verb1slit or gash the skin by pushing the hand, etc., against a splinter, or by pushing a stick lengthwise along the hand, without penetrating the flesh𐓄𐒰-π’Όπ’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“„π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“π“Žπ“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·
π“„π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·
π“„π’°π“†π“Šπ’·π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“„π’°Μπ“†π“‹π’·π“†π“‹π’·Μπ’Όπ’·transitive verb1gash the skin, clothing, etc., repeatedly by drawing a knife over the object𐓄𐒰-π’Όπ’°π“†π“Šπ’·π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·π“π“Žπ“†π“Šπ’·π“†π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’·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’°π“†π“Ž
π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“…π’°π“†π“ŽΜnoun1tip or point of an object2tip of nose
π“„π’°π“†π“Ž
π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“„π’°Μπ“†π“Žnoun1hail
π“„π’°π“†π“Ž π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’·
π“„π’°π“†π“Ž π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’·π“„π’°Μπ“†π“Ž π’Ώπ’°ΜΝ˜π“π’·noun1large hailπ“„π’°π“†π“Ž π’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π“π’·π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’·
π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ’Όπ“‚π“‡π’°
π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ’Όπ“‚π“‡π’°π“…π’°π“†π“ŽΜπ’Όπ“‚π“‡π’°noun1paisley, paisley patterned clothcurved pointsπ“„π’°π“†π“Žπ’Όπ“‚π“‡π’°Quintero notes on page 79 of her Osage Dictionary (2009) that paisley is "said to be the first cloth that Osages saw."
𐓄𐒰𐓇𐒰𐓍𐓂
𐓄𐒰𐓇𐒰𐓍𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓇𐒰́𐓍𐓂transitive verb1make a splashing sound by thrusting into waterπ“„π’°π“‡π’°π“π“Žπ“„π’°-π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°π“π“‚
π“„π’°π“‡π’Όπ“‚π“‡π’Όπ“‚π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“‡π’Όπ“‚π“‡π’Όπ“‚π“Šπ’·π“„π’°π“‡π’Όπ“‚Μπ“‡π’Όπ“‚π“Šπ’·transitive verb1make many dents or depressions in wood, the ground, etc., by pushing very rapidly, as hogs do in rooting up the groundπ“„π’°π“‡π’Όπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ“Žπ“Šπ’·π“„π’°-π“‡π’Όπ“‚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’°π“‡π’Όπ“‚π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“‡π’Όπ“‚π“Šπ’·π“„π’°π“‡π’Όπ“‚Μπ“Šπ’·transitive verb1indent in a single place, as wood or the ground, as when the latter is rooted up by a hogπ“„π’°π“‡π’Όπ“Žπ“Šπ’·π“„π’°-π“‡π’Όπ“‚π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“„π’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“„π’°π“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’·transitive verb1bruise fine, crush to powder by pushing (with the end of a stick, etc., held firmly against the object)2root up the ground, as hogs doπ“„π’°π“‡π“ŽΝ˜π’Όπ’·π“„π’°-π’Όπ’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“„π’°π“π“Žπ“π’·Dorsey notes that this act of crushing is done after π“„π’°π“π“Žπ“π’·, which is the initial breaking of a small or thin object, requiring little force (such as a pecan).
π“„π’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜π“π’°
π“„π’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜π“π’°π“„π’°π“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’°transitive verb1push the end of a stick, etc., against a vessel causing some of its contents to be spilt, without upsetting the vesselπ“„π’°π“‡π“ŽΝ˜π“π’°π“„π’°-*π“‡π“‚Ν˜π“π’°π’Όπ’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜π“π’°
𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒰𐓄𐒰́𐓇𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒰transitive verb1cut, as meat, in small pieces with a knife𐓄𐒰-*𐓇𐓄𐒷This 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."
𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒷́transitive verb1punch or saw off a piece of an object: referring to what was never stuck on, but was always part of the object2push a piece out of the edge of an object, by holding the end of a stick, etc., firmly against it𐓄𐒰-*π“‡π“„π’·π“„π’°π“‡π“„π’·π“„π“‚π“‡π“„π’·π“π’°π“‡π“„π’·π“π“Žπ“‡π“„π’·
𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒰́𐓇𐓄𐒷transitive verb1detach a piece from the surface of an object by cutting2cut off the skin, and some of the potato before it is cooked𐓄𐒰-*π“‡π“„π’·π“„π’°π“‡π“„π’·π“„π“‚π“‡π“„π’·π“π’°π“‡π“„π’·π“π“Žπ“‡π“„π’·
π“„π’°π“‡π“„π“Ž
π“„π’°π“‡π“„π“Žπ“„π’°π“‡π“„π“ŽΜnoun1cut corn2fresh corn cut off the cob𐓄𐒰𐓇𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒰-π“„π’°π“‡π“„π“Žπ“π“Žπ“‡π“„π“Ž
π“„π’°π“‡π“„π“Ž
π“„π’°π“‡π“„π“Žπ“„π’°Μπ“‡π“„π“Žtransitive verb1shell off grains of green corn by cutting them with a knife𐓄𐒰-π“„π’°π’Ώπ“Žπ“„π’°π“‡π“„π“Žπ“π“Žπ“‡π“„π“Ž
π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°Μπ’Ήπ’°1make smooth by planingtransitive verb2to be swollen till free from wrinkles, or till smooth𐓄𐒰-π“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π“„π“Žπ“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π“π“Žπ“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°π“Šπ’·π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°Μπ“Šπ’·transitive verb1thrust the hand, a knife point, or the end of a stick, pitchfork, etc., under an object, so as to lift it quickly and throw it off2play ball with the tabesu𐓄𐒰-π“ˆπ’°π“„π’·π“†π“Ž
π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ“‚ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°transitive verb1soften by pushing on2thrust a stick, etc., into a hole at a soft object, as at an animal covered with hair, or to see if the soft object is thereπ“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ“ŽΝ˜π’Όπ’°π“„π’°-π“‡π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“„π’°Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’°
π“„π’°Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’°Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“Šπ’·Μπ’Όπ’°πŸ”Šnoun1strawberryπ“„π’°π“‡π’΅π’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“‡π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’°π“„π“‚Ν˜π“‡π’΅π’·π’Όπ’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“…π’°Μ‹π“‰π’°πŸ”Šnoun1eggπ“…π’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’° 𐒿𐒷́𐓓𐒷 𐒼𐒰̋𐓑𐒷 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱lit:he's making eggs spotted, speckledhe's coloring eggs (e.g., for Easter)𐓍𐒷 π“…π’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’° 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 π’Ήπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱those eggs are bad2egg (of any sort)π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“„π’°Μπ“‰π’°Ν˜1when2andDorsey notes that for this term, "It often connects verbs in the pl., but sometimes it refers to the 3rd. sing."
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°ΜΝ˜transitive verb1push off or away𐓄𐒰-π“π’»π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“…π’°Μπ“‰π’°Μ„Ν˜noun1hickory nut
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π“π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π“π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·π“…π’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’° π“π’»π’Ώπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“’π’·noun1scrambled eggsπ“…π’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’° π“π’»π’Ώπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“’π’· π’΄π’°Μ‹π“Œπ’· 𐓉𐒰 π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·ΜI'm going to eat scrambled eggsπ“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“π’»π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’·
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π“‚π’Ώπ’»Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π“‚π’Ώπ’»Ν˜π“…π’°π“ˆπ’° π“‚π’Ώπ’»ΜΝ˜noun1womb of an animalπ“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π“Žπ’Όπ“π’»Ν˜π“‚π’Ώπ’»Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°π“…π’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’° π“π“ŽΜπ’Ήπ’°noun1eggshell (the shell of an egg of any kind)π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π““π’·π’Ώπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π““π’·π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“…π’°Μπ“ˆπ’° π““π’·Μπ’Ώπ’°Ν˜noun1omletteπ“„π’°π“ˆπ’° π““π’·π’Όπ“π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π““π’·π’Ώπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“‰π’°Μπ’Ήπ’°Ν˜transitive verb1dull by pushing, as the horns of an ox𐓄𐒰-
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’°π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’°π“Šπ’·π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Μπ’½π’°π“Šπ’·adjective1be hot all over, as when one has a feverπ“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’°π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°π“„π’°Μπ“ˆπ’°π“…π’°transitive verb1cut an object round: refers to cutting out lariats from a buffalo hide, as the knife is drawn around repeatedly, beginning at the outer edge, and gradually nearing the center𐓄𐒰-π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“†π’Όπ’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“†π’Όπ’°π“…π’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’°π“†π’Όπ’°noun1egg whitewhite of eggπ“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“†π’Όπ’°
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“Š'𐒷𐒼𐒰
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“Š'π’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’°Μπ“ˆπ’°π“Š'𐒷𐒼𐒰transitive verb1cut fresh meat thin that it may soon dry2make cornstalks wither by cutting with a knife𐓄𐒰-π“ˆπ’°π“Š'π’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“Š'𐒷𐒼𐒰
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“Š'𐒷𐒼𐒰
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“Š'π’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Μπ“Š'𐒷𐒼𐒰transitive verb1benumb by pushing with a stick held firmly against the limb𐓄𐒰-π“ˆπ’°π“Š'π’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“Š'𐒷𐒼𐒰
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π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“’π’»π“…π’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’°π“’π’»noun1egg yolkyellow of eggπ“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π“’π’»
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π““π’·
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π““π’·π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Μπ““π’·transitive verb1blister, as the hands, by pushing or punching with the end of a stick, etc.𐓄𐒰-
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π““π’·
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π““π’·π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Μπ““π’·verb1puffed up2inflated3swollenπ“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π““π’· π“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’Όπ’°He was swollen up to this size.
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π““π’»
π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°π““π’»π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Μπ““π’»transitive verb1extinguish a fire by pushing with the end of a stick, etc.𐓄𐒰-π“ˆπ’°π““π’»
π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚π““π’·
π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚π““π’·π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚Μπ““π’·transitive verb1pierce a sore, and let out the pus or waterπ“„π’°π“ˆπ“Žπ““π’·π“„π’°-π“ˆπ“‚π““π’·
π“„π’°π“Šπ’°π’Όπ’»
π“„π’°π“Šπ’°π’Όπ’»π“„π’°π“‹π’°Μπ’½π’»transitive verb1thrust a stick into mud holes, containing water, which flies out with a "swish!"𐓄𐒰-
π“„π’°π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“Šπ’·π“„π’°Μπ“Šπ’·π“„π’°π“Šπ’·Μnoun1boat2any kind of boat3canoe