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π“ˆπ’²π“‰π’²Μnoun1sandpiper2woodcock3curlew4a genus of birds, including the field or prairie lark, spotted sandpiper or tip-up, plover, curlew, etc.π“ˆ'π’»Ν˜
π“ˆπ’² 𐓄𐒰 π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“‰π’°Ν˜π’»ΜΝ˜ 𐓅𐒰 π’·π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜noun1warclub, terminating in a knob, to which an iron point is securedπ“ˆπ’² 𐓄𐒰 π’·π’Όπ“ŽΝ˜π“ˆπ’²π“„π’°π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
π“ˆπ’² π““π’»π’Ήπ’»π“‰π’°Ν˜π’»ΜΝ˜ 𐓓𐒻𐒹𐒻́noun1marbled godwitπ“ˆ'π’»Ν˜ π““π’»π’Ήπ’»π“ˆπ’²π““π’»π’Ήπ’»π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’° π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Dorsey notes that this is "'the reddish-yellow π“ˆ'π’»Ν˜,' smaller than the π“ˆ'π’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°. Eaten by the Osages, when its (sic) is boiled or roasted (π““π’·π’Ώπ’°Ν˜). Its former name was 𐒼𐓂𐒼𐒰 π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°."
π“ˆπ’»π“π’·π“ˆπ’»Μπ“π’·noun1gossip
π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹noun1Indian potato2potato3potatoes4Irish potato5tuberπ“ˆπ“ŽLa Flesche notes on page 37 of his dictionary that this particular species is Glycine apios. That designation is no longer used. Nowadays this species is referred to Apios americana, which is sometimes called American groundnut, potato bean, hopniss, Indian potato, hodoimo, America-hodoimo, cinnamon vine, or groundnut.
π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ“‚Μadverb1barely2hardly3only to a limited degree or barely representative amountπ“ˆπ“‚Ν˜
π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“‰π“‚Ν˜transitive verb1possess
π“ˆπ“‚π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π““π’»π“ˆπ“‚Μπ’·π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π““π’»adjective1greedy2overbearing3excessive4not limited in excessivenessnot as if limitedπ“ˆπ“‚π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π’°π““π’»
π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π“‰π“‚Μπ’Ήπ“‚πŸ”Šadjective1blue2greenπ“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“Žπ“ˆπ“Žπ’Ήπ“Žπ“ˆ'π“Žπ’Ήπ“Žπ’΅π“‚π’Ήπ“‚This term can refer to either blue or green, however in modern Osage, it is usually relegated to blue, with π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚o being used for green. 𐒡𐓂𐒹𐓂 (green), given by Dorsey, does not appear to have made it into modern Osage.
π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚ 𐓁𐒻𐒹𐒰 π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“‰π“‚Μπ’Ήπ“‚ 𐓁𐒻𐒹𐒰́ π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜adjective1greenblue resembling the green scum that rises on water in springsπ“ˆ'π“Žπ’Ήπ“Ž 𐓁𐒻𐒹𐒰 π’·π’Όπ“ŽΝ˜π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π“π’»π’Ήπ’°π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚ π“π“‚π“Šπ’·π“‰π“‚Μπ’Ήπ“‚ π“π“‚Μπ“Šπ’·adjective1bluish-grayπ“ˆ'π“Žπ’Ήπ“Ž π“π“Žπ“Šπ’·π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π“π“‚π“Šπ’·
π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚ π““π“Žπ“Šπ’· π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“‰π“‚Μπ’Ήπ“‚ π““π“ŽΜπ“Šπ’· π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜adjective1purplelike blue-red; blue like redπ“ˆπ“Žπ’Ήπ“Ž π““π“Žπ“Šπ’· π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“ˆ'π“Žπ’Ήπ“Ž π““π“Žπ“Šπ’· π’·π’Όπ“ŽΝ˜π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π“’π“Žπ“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚ π“†π’°π“„π’·π““π“Žπ“Šπ’· 𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷
π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“‚Μ„π’½π’°Μadjective1wet2moist3dampπ“ˆπ“Žπ’Όπ’°
π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“‚Μ„π’Όπ’°Μnoun1maleπ“ˆπ“‚π’·π“ˆπ“Žπ’Όπ’°
π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’·π“ˆπ“‚Μ„π’Όπ’·Μnoun1summerπ“ˆπ“‚Μ„π’Όπ’·Μπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜ 𐒹𐒻́𐓄𐒷lit:summer arrived thereit's summerπ“ˆπ“‚Μ„π’Όπ’·Μ π“ˆπ’°Ν˜when it's summer2warm or summer seasonπ“ˆπ“Žπ’Όπ’·
π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚Μ„π’Όπ’·Μπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜1during the summer2when it is summer3summertimeπ“ˆπ“Žπ’Όπ’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“ˆπ“‚π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“‰π“‚Μ‹π’Ώπ’°Ν˜noun1sandwich2meat pie (original meaning)π“ˆπ’°π“‚π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π“‚π’Ώπ’°Ν˜
π“ˆπ“‚π’Ώπ’·π“ˆπ“‚Μπ’Ώπ’·noun1turnips2Indian turnipπ“ˆπ“Žπ’Όπ“π’·π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ“‚π’Ώπ’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“ˆπ“‚π’Ώπ’· π““π“Žπ’·π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π’Ώπ’· π““π“ŽΜπ’·noun1beetπ“ˆπ“‚π’Ώπ’·π““π“Žπ’·
π“ˆπ“‚π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“‰π“‚Μπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“‰π“‚Μπ“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’·π“‰π“‚π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’·πŸ”Šnoun1otter2otter skin, otter hide (e.g., in Osage dance clothes)
π“ˆπ“‚π“π’»π’Ώπ’·π“‰π“‚π“π’»Μπ’Ώπ’·πŸ”Šnoun1rainbowπ“ˆπ“Žπ“π’»π’Όπ“π’·π“ˆπ“Žπ“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“π’·
π“ˆπ“‚π“π’»π“π’·π“ˆπ“‚π“π’»Μπ“π’·transitive verb1scold harshly, bawl out, or "get after" someone2spare someone's life, barely leave someone aliveπ“ˆπ“‚π“π’»π“π’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“ˆπ“‚π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“„π’°πŸ”Šadjective1four𐓋𐒷́𐓆𐒼𐒰 π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“„π’° π’°π’΄π’»ΜΝ˜π’·I have four cattleπ“ˆπ“Žπ“„π’°
π“ˆπ“‚π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“„π’°1someπ“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’½π’°π“†π’° π“ˆπ“‚Μπ’· π’°Ν˜π“π’°ΜΝ˜π““π“Žpour me some coffeeπ“ˆπ“‚Μπ’° π“‡π“ˆπ’°Μ‹π“Œπ’· π“π’°Μ‹π’Ώπ’»Ν˜you ought to eat someπ“ˆπ“‚Μπ’° π“π’·Μπ’Ήπ’»π“Šπ’· π“π’°π“Œπ’»Μπ“„π’·some of you came a long ways𐓇𐒻́ π“ˆπ“‚Μπ’° π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“ŽΜgive me some more [e.g., food]lit:again some give me2anyπ“‰π“‚Μ‹π““π“Ž π“ˆπ“‚Μπ’° π“π’·Μπ“‡π’΅π“Žπ“π’»Ν˜?did you sell any meat pies?π“π’°π“π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’·π“π’»Μ„ π“ˆπ“‚Μπ’° π“‚π“‡π“Šπ’·Μ?is there any peyote tea left?3a part ofπ“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ“‚π’°π“ˆπ“‚π’·π“ˆ'π“Žπ“„π’°While this is the full and/or main version of this term, its variant (usually contracted) is used more often.
π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·π“ˆπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“„π’·1seetransitive verb2observetransitive verb3watchtransitive verb4lookverb5look at, on, or upontransitive verbπ“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π’·π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π’·Ν˜π“ˆπ“ƒ
π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’· π’°π“π’·π“ˆπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“„π’· 𐒰𐓍𐒷̋intransitive verb1go lookingπ’Όπ’°π“π“‚ΜΝ˜ π“ˆπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“„π’· 𐒰𐓍𐒰̋𐓄𐒷he started off to see what he could seelit:and he immediately went lookingπ“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·π’°π“π’·
π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·π“π’°π“π’·π“ˆπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“„π’·π“π’°π“π’·verb1be worth looking atπ“ˆπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“„π’·π“π’± 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰it's worth looking at2make someone look or appear a certain way, look like or appearπ’Ώπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·Μπ“π’±he looks like he's drunk𐓋𐒷́𐒼𐒰 π“π’°π“…π’°Μ‹π’Ήπ’°Ν˜ π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·Μπ“π’±you look like you just got upπ“‘π“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“Šπ’· π“ˆπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“„π’·π“π’±it makes you look sloppyπ’°Μ‹π’Ώπ’»Μ„Ν˜ 𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒷́𐒹𐒷 π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·Μπ“π’±the chair looks weakcauses people to look at itπ“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·π“π’°π’»π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·-𐓏𐒰𐓍𐒷
π“ˆπ“‚π“„π’»Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“„π’»Ν˜1four timesπ“ˆπ“Žπ“„π’»Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π“„π’°-π’»Ν˜
π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π“‡π’·π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“„π“‡π’·π“ˆπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“„π“‡π’·noun1frankfurter2Indian sausages (made from strips of round steak encased in entrails and broiled until brown - these sausages where cut two to three inches long)3any sausage or baloney
π“ˆπ“‚π“†π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“†π’Όπ’°πŸ”Šπ“ˆπ“‚Μ„π“†π’Όπ’°Μnoun1white potatoπ“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“†π’Όπ’° 𐒰𐒼'𐒷́ 𐓉𐒰 π’°π“π’»Ν˜π’Ήπ’·ΜI'm going to dig potatoes2Irish potatowhite potatoπ“ˆπ“‚π“†π’Όπ’°
π“ˆπ“‚π“†π’Όπ’·π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“†π’Όπ’·noun1hiccup
π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“Šπ’·π“ˆπ“‚Μ„π“†π“Šπ’·Μ‹noun1sweet potatoπ“ˆπ“‚Μ„π“†π“Šπ’·Μ‹ 𐓍𐒷 𐒹𐓂𐓏𐒲́𐒼𐒷 π“‡π“Šπ“ŽΜπ“π’»Ν˜?where did you buy these sweet potatoes?2yamlong potatoπ“ˆπ“‚π“‡π“Šπ’·π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“Šπ’·π“ˆπ“‚π“†π’Όπ“Žπ’·π“ˆπ“‚π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·
π“ˆπ“‚π“†π“Žπ“ˆπ“‚π“†π“ŽΜnoun1armpitsπ“ˆπ“Žπ“†π“Ž
π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“ˆπ’°adverb1in this direction2on this side of a certain place or pointπ“ˆπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°
π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°ΜΝ˜1warnoun2warpathnoun3go to warverb4scoutingverb5scouting aloneverb6looking for enemiesverbπ“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°ΜΝ˜ π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°noun1war captainπ“ˆπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’Ήπ“Ž π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°ΜΝ˜ π’Ήπ“Ž π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°noun1large war partyπ“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’Ήπ’»Ν˜ π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π’Ήπ“Ž π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ήπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜1the standing animate object, in sight, which is on this side of a certain place or pointπ“ˆπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°π’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“Žπ“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚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˜."
π“ˆπ“‚π“Šπ’·π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“Šπ’·noun1throatπ“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“Šπ’· π’°Ν˜π“π’»Μπ’·I have a sore throatπ“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“Šπ’· 𐓍𐒻𐓁𐒻́𐒷you have a sore throatπ“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“Šπ’· π“‚π“†π“Šπ’»Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’·you took him by the throat2gullet
π“ˆπ“‚π“Šπ’· π“‚π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π“Šπ’· π“‚π“π’»Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’·transitive verb1choke with the hands2stranglegrasp the throatπ“ˆπ“‚π“Šπ’·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“ˆπ“‚π“π’°π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“π’°1that, those (of one or more persons or things that are more remote than someone/something else or whose exact description is unknown or of little importance to the speech eventπ“ˆπ“‚Μπ“π’° π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜ 𐒰́𐓏𐒰𐒼'π“Ž π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·I'm giving stuff to that bunch of peopleπ“ˆπ“‚Μπ“π’° 𐒰𐓄𐒰 π“‚Μπ“π“ŽΜ„π“Š'𐒰𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒷that person is lazyπ“ˆπ“‚Μπ“π’° 𐓁𐒻́𐒽𐒰 𐓅𐒰 𐒷́𐓓𐒻 𐒰𐓄𐒱that man has an odd-looking noseπ“ˆπ“‚Μπ“π’° 𐓁𐒻́𐒽𐒰 π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·Μ π“ˆπ’°Μ‹π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ 𐓓𐒰́𐓓𐒷 𐒰𐓍𐒻́𐒷?what is that man's name?π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“π’° 𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“‡π“Šπ’·Μπ“π’°!doctor him!doctor that one lying thereπ“ˆπ“‚π’°