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𐓄

π“„π’»π“†π“Žπ’Ήπ“Ž
π“„π’»π“†π“Žπ’Ήπ“Žπ“…π’»π“†π“ŽΜπ’Ήπ“Žnoun1oakacorn treeπ“„π“‚π“†π“Žπ’Ήπ“Ž
π“„π’»π“ˆπ’°π““π’»
π“„π’»π“ˆπ’°π““π’»π“„π’»π“ˆπ’°Μπ““π’»transitive verb1extinguish2cause to become extinct𐓄𐒻-π“ˆπ’°π““π’»π“π“Žπ“ˆπ’°π““π’»
π“„π’»π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’°
π“„π’»π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’»π“‹π’·Μπ’Όπ’°transitive verb1polish2make bright𐓄𐒻-π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’°
π“„π’»π“Šπ“Žπ“π’°
π“„π’»π“Šπ“Žπ“π’°π“„π’»π“Šπ“ŽΜπ“π’°transitive verb1wear clothes into shreds, or rags𐓄𐒻-π“Šπ“Žπ“π’°
π“„π’»π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“„π’»π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“„π’»π“π’»ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’·1wear (something) down to nothingtransitive verb2worn downadjective3threadbareadjective𐓄𐒻-π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“„π’»π“π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’»π“π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“„π’»π“π“‚Μπ“‰π’°Ν˜transitive verb1straighten by pressure of the handπ“„π’»π“π“Žπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“„π’»-π“π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
𐓄𐒻𐓓𐒻
π“„π’»π““π’»π“…π’»Μ‹π““π’»πŸ”Šadjective1bad2awful3evil4wickednot goodπ’°π““π’»π’Ήπ“‚Ν˜π““π’»To date, only three terms use "pi." This term is used more frequently in related langauges such as Ponca and Otoe-Missouria. The idea of "pi" refers to "good" in those languages, and the usage here seems to approximate that idea.
𐓄𐒻𐓓𐒻 π’°π““π’»Ν˜
𐓄𐒻𐓓𐒻 π’°π““π’»Ν˜π“…π’»Μ‹π““π’» π’°π““π’»ΜΝ˜transitive verb1hate a person2think ill of someone3hold someone in contemptπ“„π’»π““π’»π’°π““π’»Ν˜
𐓄𐓂
𐓄𐓂𐓄𐓂noun1black hawLa Flesche notes, "The fruit of the black haw (Viburnum prunifolium) was used for food by the Osage." Dorsey also notes that the black haw was "eaten by the Osages."Viburnum prunifoliumπ“„π“Ž
𐓄𐓂-
𐓄𐓂-𐓄𐓂verbpfx1by means of sudden intrusive action (e.g., 'by shooting', 'by punching')2denotes that the effect is caused by shooting3the action of water, as a fountain, a volcano, medicines, and sometimes of the wind; and the cold, snow, etc.π“„π“Ž-𐒼𐒰-π“π’°Ν˜-𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐒰-π“„π“Ž-π“ˆπ’°-𐓍𐒰-π“π“Ž-This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.This instrumental prefix is one of three (ba- (cutting motion), bo- (force), and da- (extreme temperature)) that has stress if it is the first syllable of a word. Noting this can be helpful since ba- can be confused with other instrumental prefixes that are spelled the same (e.g., ba- (by pushing)), but have stress on the following syllable.
𐓄𐓂𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰
𐓄𐓂𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐓄𐓂́𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰transitive verb1flatten by shooting𐓄𐓂-𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰
π“„π“‚π’Ήπ“Ž
π“„π“‚π’Ήπ“Žπ“„π“‚Μπ’Ήπ“Žnoun1black hawthornπ“„π“Žπ’Ήπ“Žπ“„π“‚π’Ήπ“Ž
π“„π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“„π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“…π“‚ΜΝ˜π’½π’°noun1Ponca (tribe or tribal members)π’°π“€π’°π“π’°π’²π“„π’°π“π“‚π’Ήπ’°π“π’»Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π““π’·π’Όπ’°π“π’·π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“‡π’°π’Ήπ“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Όπ’°π“π“‚π“π’°π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“’π’·π“€π“Žπ“†π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’·π“„π’° π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“„π’°π“π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π“π’»Ν˜π“„π’°π“π’»π“€π’°π’Ήπ’°π“„π’°π“π“‚π“Šπ’·π“†π’°π’Όπ’» π’Ήπ“‚π“†π’°π’Όπ’»π“π’°π“†π’°π’Όπ’»π““π’»Ν˜π“‡π’°π’°π’Όπ’·π“‡π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π“‡π’°π’Ώπ’°π’Όπ’»π“‡π’°π“π’°π“π’»π“‡π’°π“π’°π“π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’»π’Όπ’°π“‡π’·π“Šπ’»π“„π“‚π“π’°π’Ήπ“‚π“π’°π’Ήπ’°π“π’°π“„π’° π“π’»π’Όπ’°π“π’°π“‡π“‚π’Ήπ’Ώπ’°π“π’°π“π’°π“π’»π“π’°π““π’°π““π’·π“π’°π““π“‚π’Ώπ’°π“π’»π“Šπ’»π“ˆπ’°
π“„π“‚π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“„π“‚π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“„π“‚Μπ’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·transitive verb1miss the mark in shooting with a gun or bow, because the missile passes by2fail in trying to wound or kill with an arrow or bulletπ“„π“Žπ’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“„π“‚-*π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Όπ’°π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“„π’°π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“„π’°π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’»π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’»π’Όπ“‡π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“„π“‚π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°
π“„π“‚π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π“„π“‚Μπ’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°transitive verb1miss any markπ“„π“‚π’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π“π’°π“„π“‚-*π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π“„π’°π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π“„π’°π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π“„π’»π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π“π“Žπ’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’°
𐓄𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐓄𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓐𐒷𐓄𐓂́𐓄𐒰𐓐𐒷transitive verb1break a cord or string in two by shooting or punchingπ“„π“Žπ“„π’°π“π’·π“„π“‚-π“„π’°π“π’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“π’·π“„π’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“„π’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“π’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“π’»π“„π’°π“π’·
𐓄𐓂𐓆𐒷
𐓄𐓂𐓆𐒷𐓄𐓂́𐓆𐒷transitive verb1cut by shootingπ“„π“Žπ“†π’·π“„π“‚-*π“†π’·π’Όπ’°π“†π’·π“„π’°π“†π’·π“„π’°π“†π’·π“π“Žπ“†π’·
𐓄𐓂𐓆𐒻𐓆𐒻
𐓄𐓂𐓆𐒻𐓆𐒻𐓄𐓂́𐓆𐒻𐓆𐒻noun1pulseπ“„π“Žπ“†π’»π“†π’»π“„π“‚-La Flesche notes that this term "refers to the throbbing of the pulse."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“‚Μπ“†π“ŽπŸ”Šnoun1rice
π“„π“‚π“†π“Ž
π“„π“‚π“†π“Žπ“…π“‚π“†π“ŽΜnoun1acornπ“„π’»π“†π’»π“„π“Žπ“†π“Ž
π“„π“‚π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜
π“„π“‚π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“„π“‚Μπ“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜transitive verb1make something move (once) by some sort of force𐓄𐓂-π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜
π“„π“‚π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜
π“„π“‚π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“„π“‚Μπ“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜transitive verb1make an object move repeatedly by punching with the end of a stick, or other large object, or by shootingπ“„π“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“„π“‚-π“‡π’Όπ’°Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ’°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."
𐓄𐓂𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒷
𐓄𐓂𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒷𐓄𐓂́𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒷transitive verb1make a slight indentation in wood or an animal, by shooting, without penetrating the objectπ“„π“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’»π’Όπ’·π“„π“‚-*𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒷𐓍𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒷Dorsey notes that for this term, it "refers to the object rather than to the instrument."
𐓄𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒷𐓄𐓂́𐓇𐓄𐒷transitive verb1detach a piece from the surface of an object by shooting or punching2shoot a piece out of a treeEven though La Flesche specifies "tree" in his definition, this term could apply to any object.π“„π“Žπ“‡π“„π’·π“„π“‚-*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“ˆπ’°
π“„π“‚π“ˆπ’°π“„π“‚Μπ“‰π’°adverb1with the head downπ“„π“Žπ“ˆπ’°
π“„π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°
π“„π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π“„π“‚Μπ“‰π’°Ν˜π“π’°transitive verb1shoot and send a thing rollingπ“„π“Žπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π“„π“‚-π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°
π“„π“‚π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
π“„π“‚π“ˆπ’°π“π’·π“„π“‚Μπ“‰π’°π“π’·transitive verb1shoot off at a tree, etc., making pieces of the bark, etc., fly in various directionsπ“„π“Žπ“ˆ'𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓄𐓂-
π“„π“‚π“Š'𐒰𐒼𐒷
π“„π“‚π“Š'π’°π’Όπ’·π“„π“‚Μπ“Š'𐒰𐒼𐒷transitive verb1fall short of the desired effect, as, to shoot at a man and wound him instead of killing him2fail to act, as a medicineπ“„π“Žπ“Š'𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓄𐓂-*π“Š'π’°π’Όπ’·π“π’°π“Š'𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐓄𐓂𐓍𐒷
𐓄𐓂𐓍𐒷𐓄𐓂́𐓍𐒷transitive verb1winnow𐓄𐓂-
π“„π“‚Ν˜π“π’·
π“„π“‚Ν˜π“π’·π“…π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’·noun1artichoke2radish3squashπ“„π’°Ν˜π“π’·π“π’·π“π’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜
π“„π“‚Ν˜π“π’· π’°π“Šπ’· π““π’»Ν˜
π“„π“‚Ν˜π“π’· π’°π“Šπ’· π““π’»Ν˜π“…π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’· π’°Μ‹π“Šπ’· π““π’»Ν˜noun1yellow climbing squash (small squash that the Osages used to cultivate, now extinct)little climbing squashπ“„π“‚Ν˜π“π’·π’°π“Šπ’·π““π’»Ν˜
𐓄𐓂𐓐𐓄𐒰
𐓄𐓂𐓐𐓄𐒰𐓄𐓂́𐓐𐓄𐒰noun1woodpecker2generic name of the woodpeckers, etc.π“„π“Žπ“π“„π’°
𐓄𐓂𐓐𐓄𐒰 π“π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’· 𐓆𐒼𐒰
𐓄𐓂𐓐𐓄𐒰 π“π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’· 𐓆𐒼𐒰𐓄𐓂́𐓐𐓄𐒰 π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“Šπ’· 𐓆𐒼𐒰noun1woodpecker with a red head, spotted wings, the rest of the feathers being whitewhite-rumped woodpeckerπ“„π“Žπ“π“„π’° π“π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’· π“†π’Όπ’°π“„π“‚π“π“„π’°π“π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“†π’Όπ’°
𐓄𐓂𐓒𐒰
𐓄𐓂𐓒𐒰𐓄𐓂́𐓒𐒰transitive verb1stick a stake or stick in the ground2plant a post or posts3plant a post in the groundπ“„π“Žπ“’π’°π“„π“‚-
π“„π“‚π“’π’»π“’π’»π“Šπ’·
π“„π“‚π“’π’»π“’π’»π“Šπ’·π“„π“‚Μπ“’π’»π“’π’»Μπ“Šπ’·verb1shooting upward with a hissing sound𐓄𐓂-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."
𐓄𐓇𐒷
𐓄𐓇𐒷𐓄𐓇𐒷́transitive verb1pound
π“„π“Ž-
π“„π“Ž-π“„π“Žverbpfx1by pressing, smoothing, flattening, rubbing2by blowing (as on a fire to get it started, dust from a table top, dandelion fluff into the wind, anything from the palm of the hand)𐓄𐒻-𐒼𐒰-π“π’°Ν˜-𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐓂-π“ˆπ’°-𐓍𐒰-π“π“Ž-This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
π“„π“Žπ’Όπ’°π“‡π’Όπ’·
π“„π“Žπ’Όπ’°π“‡π’Όπ’·π“„π“ŽΜπ’Όπ’°π“‡π’Όπ’·noun1drop feathers (feathers such as those hanging on a staff in a Native American Church meeting, above and to the left of the first group of feathers at the top)
π“„π“Žπ’Όπ“π’°
π“„π“Žπ’Όπ“π’°π“„π“Žπ’Όπ“π’°Μπ“„π“ŽΜπ’Όπ“π’°transitive verb1erase, rub out a mark, etc.2rub or wipe to efface3obliterate, erase, clean off or dust off by wiping4efface5erase6obliterate7wipe out8dry by wipingπ“„π’»π’Όπ’°π“„π“Žπ’Όπ’°π“„π“Žπ“ˆπ’Όπ“π’°π“„π“Ž-
π“„π“Žπ“π’»π’°π““π’»
π“„π“Žπ“π’»π’°π““π’»π“„π“Žπ“π’»Μπ’°π““π’»transitive verb1smother a personπ“„π“Ž-𐓁𐒻𐒰𐒰𐓓𐒻This term is composed of a verb plus the negator "azhi." Both the term AND azhi need to be conjugated properly.
π“„π“Žπ“†π“„π’·
π“„π“Žπ“†π“„π’·π“„π“ŽΜ„π“†π“„π’·Μπ“„π“ŽΜ‹π“†π“„π’·verb1crouch2lurk3lie in wait4hide5hide, conceal oneself6hide or conceal something𐓄𐒻𐓆𐓄𐒷
π“„π“Žπ“†π“„π’· π““π’°Ν˜
π“„π“Žπ“†π“„π’· π““π’°Ν˜π“„π“Žπ“†π“…π’·Μ π““π’°Ν˜verb1crouch𐓄𐒻𐓆𐓄𐒷 π““π’°Ν˜π“„π“Žπ“†π“„π’·π““π’°Ν˜This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“„π“Žπ“†π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“ˆπ’°
π“„π“Žπ“†π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“ˆπ’°π“„π“ŽΜπ“†π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“ˆπ’°noun1blackberry2blackberriesπ“„π“Žπ“†π“ˆπ“Žπ“†π“ˆπ’°π“π’°π“†π’Όπ“Žπ’· 𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷
π“„π“Žπ“†π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“ˆπ’°
π“„π“Žπ“†π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“ˆπ’°π“„π“Žπ“†π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“†π“ˆπ’°transitive verb1mash by pressure, as ripe fruitπ“„π“Žπ“†π“ˆπ“Žπ“†π“ˆπ’°π“„π“Ž-
π“„π“Žπ“‡π“‚
π“„π“Žπ“‡π“‚π“„π“Žπ“‡π“‚Μtransitive verb1take off clean2sweep or clear off allπ“„π“Žπ“‡π“Žπ“„π“Ž-
π“„π“Žπ“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π“„π“Žπ“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π“„π“Žπ“‡π“ˆπ’°Μπ’Ήπ’°π“„π“ŽΜπ“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°transitive verb1make smooth or polished by rubbing2polish an object3ironThis sense refers to the act of ironing clothing, not the metal.4smooth by pressingπ“„π“Žπ“‡π“ˆπ’°π“„π“Ž-π“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π’Όπ’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°π“π“Žπ“‡π“ˆπ’°π’Ήπ’°
π“„π“Žπ“π“‚Ν˜
π“„π“Žπ“π“‚Ν˜π“„π“Žπ“π“‚ΜΝ˜transitive verb1break down, as a chair, but not entirely in two, by weight or pressure, as by sitting on it
π“„π“Žπ“’π’°
π“„π“Žπ“’π’°π“…π“Žπ“’π’°Μnoun1sand
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π“„π“Žπ“’π’·π“„π“ŽΜπ“’π’·adjective1dry2wither3withered
π“„π“Žπ“’π’·π“π’·
π“„π“Žπ“’π’·π“π’·π“„π“ŽΜπ“’π’·π“π’·transitive verb1dryThis definition refers to the act of drying something, not to "be dry."2cause to be dryπ“„π“Žπ“’π’·-π“π’·π“π’»π“„π“Žπ“’π’·