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๐“๐“Ž๐“๐“„๐’ฐ๐“๐’ปอ˜
๐“๐“Ž๐“๐“„๐’ฐ๐“๐’ปอ˜๐“๐“Ž๐“๐“„๐’ฐฬ๐“๐’ปอ˜transitive verb1lift off2remove, take down (e.g., from a shelf or the back of a truck)3unload๐“๐“Ž-
๐“๐“Ž๐“’๐’ฐ๐““๐’ป
๐“๐“Ž๐“’๐’ฐ๐““๐’ป๐“๐“Žฬ„๐“’๐’ฐฬ๐““๐’ปtransitive verb1rejectnot take๐“๐“Ž๐“’๐’ท๐’ฐ๐““๐’ปThis term is composed of a verb plus the negator "azhi." Both the term AND azhi need to be conjugated properly.
๐“๐“Ž๐“’๐’ท
๐“๐“Ž๐“’๐’ท๐“๐“Žฬ„๐“’๐’ทฬ๐“๐“Žฬ‹๐“’๐’ทtransitive verb1take2receive3accept4select5choose6get7draw (water)8gather or pick (e.g., fruit)9pick flowers or berries๐“๐’ป๐“’๐’ท๐“๐“Ž๐“’๐’ป๐“๐“Ž-
๐“๐“Ž๐““๐’ฐ
๐“๐“Ž๐““๐’ฐ๐“๐“Žฬ„๐“’๐’ฐฬtransitive verb1wash2wash (e.g., dishes, parts of the body, food items, a car)๐“๐“Ž๐““๐’ฐอ˜๐“๐“Ž๐““๐’ฐ๐“๐’ฐ๐“๐“Ž-This particular entry is considered the more accurate way to express this idea in modern Osage.
๐“๐“Ž๐““๐’ฐ๐“„๐’ท
๐“๐“Ž๐““๐’ฐ๐“„๐’ท๐“๐“Ž๐““๐’ฐฬ๐“„๐’ทtransitive verb1peel, as a cooked potato, by pulling off the skin2peel off bark (not human or animal skin)๐“๐“Ž-*๐““๐’ฐ๐“„๐’ท๐“„๐’ฐ๐““๐’ฐ๐“„๐’ท๐“„๐’ฐ๐““๐’ฐ๐“„๐’ท
๐“๐“Ž๐““๐“‚๐’ท
๐“๐“Ž๐““๐“‚๐’ท๐“๐“Ž๐““๐“‚ฬ๐’ทtransitive verb1remove the skin or hull of any object by cutting with a knife (the knife being drawn toward the agent)2hull, as beans, hazelnuts, walnuts, etc., when green๐“๐“Ž๐““๐“Ž๐“๐’ท๐“๐“Ž-๐“๐’ฐ๐“ˆ๐’ฐ๐““๐“‚๐’ท