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𐓏𐒻𐓇𐒻𐒼𐓐𐒰͘𐓏𐒻𐓇𐒻́𐒼𐓐𐒰͘noun1sister-in-law (husband's sister, older or younger) (my)2sister-in-law (brother's wife) (my)3sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife) (my)4sister-in-law (my)Female𐓏𐒻𐓆𐒻𐒼𐓐𐒰͘𐓏𐒻-𐓇𐒻𐒼𐓐𐒰͘𐒻𐓇𐒻𐒼𐓐𐒰͘𐓇𐒻𐒼𐓐𐒰͘𐓍𐒻𐓇𐒻𐒼𐓐𐒰͘

𐓏𐒻𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓈𐒰͘

𐓏𐒻𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐓏𐒻𐓇𐒼𐒻́𐓈𐒰͘1I too2me too3I, for my part4I too, or for my partMale𐓏𐒻𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓏𐒻𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓈𐒰𐓏𐒻-𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒷𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐓍𐒻𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻𐓈𐒰͘

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰𐓏𐒻́𐓉𐒰poss1my2mine𐓂̋𐒿𐒰͘𐒼𐒷 𐓍𐒷́ 𐓏𐒻́𐓉𐒰this hat is mine𐓏𐒻-*𐓈𐒰𐒰͘𐒼𐓂𐓈𐒰𐒻𐓈𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓈𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒹𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓉𐒰́͘𐒹𐒰noun1uncle (father's sister's husband) (my)2brother-in-law (wife's brother) (my)3brother-in-law (sister's husband, of a male) (my)𐓏𐒻-𐓈𐒰͘𐒹𐒰𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒹𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒹𐒰Quintero notes in Osage Grammar (2004), page 481 that, "Osage kinship terms with first person possessor ('my') are used both vocatively - that is, in speaking to that relative - and referentially - that is, in speaking about one's relative to someone else."

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓉𐒰́͘𐒼𐒷noun1sister (older) (my)Quintero notes, on page 249 of her dictionary, that this term is "used when speaker is male or female."2sister (my)Quintero notes, on page 249 of her dictionary, that this term is "loosely used mutually among unrelated younger and older female speakers to show respect)."3wife (my)Quintero notes, on page 249 of her dictionary, that this sense is "used to refer to speaker's wife when they have no children and possibly to address her."𐓏𐒻-*𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐓍𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒰͘Quintero notes, "The 'older sister' terms designate the older of the sisters, not necessarily someone older than the person speaking. They are also used between two female friends without regard to relative age."

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒷𐓓𐒻͘

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒷𐓓𐒻͘𐓏𐒻𐓉𐒷́𐓓𐒻͘noun1sister (younger) (my)𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰𐒷𐓓𐒻͘𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒱𐓓𐒻͘𐓏𐒻-*𐓈𐒷𐓓𐒻͘𐒻𐓈𐒷𐓓𐒻͘𐓍𐒻𐓈𐒷𐓓𐒻͘Quintero notes on page 484 of her Osage Grammar (2004) that, "The sister designated by a 'younger sister' term need not be younger than the speaker, just younger than another sister."

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐓂͘𐓊𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓈𐓂͘𐓊𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓉𐓂́͘𐓊𐒷noun1son-in-law (daughter's husband) (my)𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒻𐓈𐓂͘𐓊𐒻𐓏𐒻-*𐓈𐓂͘𐓊𐒷𐒻𐓈𐓂͘𐓊𐒷𐓍𐒻𐓈𐓂͘𐓊𐒷

𐓏𐒻͘𐓊𐒷𐒼𐒻

𐓏𐒻͘𐓊𐒷𐒼𐒻𐓏𐒻͘𐓊𐒷́𐒼𐒻

🔊noun1uncle (mother's brother) (my)𐓏𐒻͘𐓊𐒷𐒼𐒷𐓏𐒻͘-*𐓊𐒷𐒼𐒻𐒻͘𐓊𐒷𐒼𐒻𐓍𐒻͘𐓊𐒷𐒼𐒻Quintero notes in Osage Grammar (2004), page 481 that, "Osage kinship terms with first person possessor ('my') are used both vocatively - that is, in speaking to that relative - and referentially - that is, in speaking about one's relative to someone else."

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻́𐒼𐓂

🔊noun1grandfather (my)2father-in-law (my)𐓏𐒻-𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂𐓊'𐒰𐒼𐒷 𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂Quintero notes in Osage Grammar (2004), page 481 that, "Osage kinship terms with first person possessor ('my') are used both vocatively - that is, in speaking to that relative - and referentially - that is, in speaking about one's relative to someone else."

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂 𐓀𐒻͘

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂 𐓀𐒻͘𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻́𐒼𐓂 𐓀𐒻̋͘noun1grandfather sun𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂𐓀𐒻͘𐒻𐒼𐓂 𐒿𐓂͘𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂 𐓄𐒷𐓊𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂 𐓄𐒷𐓊𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂 𐓄𐒷𐓊𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻́𐒼𐓂 𐓅𐒷̋𐓊𐒷noun1grandfather fire𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂𐓄𐒷𐓊𐒷𐒻𐒼𐓂 𐒿𐓂͘𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐒼𐓂 𐓀𐒻͘

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓀𐒻

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓀𐒻𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻́𐓀𐒻

🔊noun1aunt (father's sister) (my)𐓏𐒻-*𐓊𐒻𐓀𐒻𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓀𐒻𐓍𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓀𐒻Quintero notes in Osage Grammar (2004), page 481 that, "Osage kinship terms with first person possessor ('my') are used both vocatively - that is, in speaking to that relative - and referentially - that is, in speaking about one's relative to someone else."

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓁𐒻

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓁𐒻𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻́𐓁𐒻noun1daughter-in-law (son's wife) (my)𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓁𐒻͘𐓏𐒻-*𐓊𐒻𐓁𐒻𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓁𐒻𐓀𐒻͘ 𐒰𐓍𐓎𐓐𐒷𐓍𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓁𐒻

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓂𐓓𐒰͘𐒼𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓂𐓓𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻𐓂́𐓓𐒰͘𐒼𐒷noun1niece (brother's daughter, of a female) (my)Female𐓏𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓓𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐓏𐒻-*𐓊𐒻𐓂𐓓𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓂𐓓𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐓍𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓂𐓓𐒰͘𐒼𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓈𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻͘𐓈𐓂

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻͘𐓈𐓂𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻́͘𐓈𐓂noun1brother (older, of a female) (my)Female𐓏𐒻-*𐓊𐒻͘𐓈𐓂𐒻𐓊𐒻͘𐓈𐓂𐓍𐒻𐓊𐒻͘𐓈𐓂

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻́𐓓𐓂noun1cousin (father's sister's daughter) (my)Quintero notes on page 248 of her Osage Dictionary (2009) that "wihcižo as 'cousin, my paternal aunt's daughter' is said by some to be used only by a female speaker."
Remember that "cousin" is an English concept, but this term was defined this way since it fills, in part, but not precisely, the English idea of "cousin," since in English, one's father's sister's daughter is one's cousin.2niece (sister's daughter, of a male) (my)Quintero notes that this term is "used only when speaker is male."𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂𐒷𐓏𐒻-*𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂𐓍𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓓𐓂Quintero notes in Osage Grammar (2004), page 481 that, "Osage kinship terms with first person possessor ('my') are used both vocatively - that is, in speaking to that relative - and referentially - that is, in speaking about one's relative to someone else."

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐒼𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐒼𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓋𐓂́𐓇𐒼𐒰noun1nephew (wife's brother's son) (my)2nephew (sister's son, of a male) (my)3nephew (brother's son, of a female) (my)4cousin (father's sister's son) (my)Remember that "cousin" is an English concept, but this term was defined this way since it fills, in part, but not precisely, the English idea of "cousin," since in English, one's father's sister's son is one's cousin.5grandchild (my)Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 248) that, "Historically, 'grandchild' is an unexpected gloss (perhaps used used only by extension to one's grandniece or grandnephew: i.e., one's sibling's grandchild?)."𐓏𐒻-*𐓊𐓂𐓇𐒼𐒰𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐒼𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐒼𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓋𐓂́𐓇𐓄𐒰

🔊noun1grandchild (my)𐓏𐒻𐓋𐓂́𐓇𐓄𐒰, 𐓍𐒷́𐒼𐒰 𐒼𐓎grandchild, come over here𐓏𐒻-𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰𐓏𐒻𐒵𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐒻𐒹𐒰

𐓏𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐒻𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓋𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰 𐒰́𐒽𐒻𐒹𐒰noun1great-grandchild(ren) (my)𐓏𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰𐒰𐒼𐒻𐒹𐒰𐒻𐓊𐓂𐓇𐓄𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐒻𐒹𐒰This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the FIRST word.

𐓏𐒻͘𐓍𐒷

𐓏𐒻͘𐓍𐒷𐓏𐒻̄͘𐓍𐒷́1that unique thingnoun2that single item or eventnoun3this particular wayadverb4soley or uniquely soadverb

*𐓏𐒻͘𐓐𐒷

*𐓏𐒻͘𐓐𐒷𐓏𐒻́͘𐓐𐒷verb1turn2spin3whirl4around (as in drive around, turn around, etc.)*𐒻͘𐓐𐒷This term is a bound root which means that while this root has an idea attached to it, it cannot be used alone. It must have something else attached to it, often an instrumental prefix.

𐓏𐒻͘𐓐𐓊𐒻

𐓏𐒻͘𐓐𐓊𐒻𐓏𐒻́͘𐓐𐓊𐒻

🔊adjective1one𐒹𐓂̋͘𐓄𐒰 𐓏𐒻́͘𐓐𐓊𐒻 𐓁𐒰́͘𐓇𐒼𐒻 𐓁𐒻́𐒽𐒰𐓇𐒻 𐒰𐓁𐒻́ 𐒽𐓂́͘𐒴𐒰I want to live one day at a time2a3an𐓏𐒻͘𐓐𐓊𐒷𐓏𐒻͘𐓐𐓊𐒻𐓏𐒻͘

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻́͘𐒼𐒷

🔊noun1son (my)2Sonny (as a nickname, used by either male or female speakers for a son or a friend)3nephew (brother's son, of a male or female) (my)4nephew (sister's son, of a female) (my)𐓏𐒻-*𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷𐓍𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷Quintero notes on page 250 of her Osage Dictionary (2009) that, "Historically, it appears that when this word was used vocatively, its accent would shift to the first and third syllables (𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷)."

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐒹𐓂͘

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐒹𐓂͘𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻́͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻̄𐒹𐓂́͘noun1wife (my)my son's mother𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷𐒻𐒹𐓂͘𐒻𐒿𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 𐒻𐒹𐓂͘𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐒹𐓂͘Quintero notes on page 250 of her Osage Dictionary (2009) that this term is "used to speak about or to one's wife if the first child is a boy."

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓊𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓊𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻́͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐓍𐒰́𐓊𐒷noun1husband (my)my son's father𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓊𐒷𐒻𐒿𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓊𐒷Quintero notes on page 250 of her Osage Dictionary (2009) that this term is "used to speak about or address one's husband if the first child is a boy."

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻𐓈𐒰͘

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻́𐓈𐒰͘1I too, or for my partFemale𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐓏𐒻𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓈𐒰͘

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓍𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓍𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻́͘𐓍𐒷noun1brother (older, of a male) (my)Male𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒷𐓏𐒻-*𐓓𐒻͘𐓍𐒷𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓍𐒷𐓍𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓍𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒰͘

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒰͘𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂́͘𐒰͘noun1sister (older, of a female) (my)Female𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒰𐓏𐒻-*𐓓𐓂͘𐒰͘𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒰͘𐓍𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒰͘𐓏𐒻𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂́͘𐒼𐒷

🔊noun1daughter (my)2niece (brother's daughter, of a male) (my)3niece (sister's daughter, of a female) (my)𐓏𐒻-*𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷𐓍𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐒹𐓂͘

𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐒹𐓂͘𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂́͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻̄𐒹𐓂́͘noun1wife (my)my daughter's mother𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂͘𐒼𐒷𐒻𐒹𐓂͘𐒻𐒿𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 𐒻𐒹𐓂͘𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒷 𐒻𐒹𐓂͘Quintero notes on page 250 of her Osage Dictionary (2009) that "when the oldest child of the husband and wife is a girl, this is what a man calls his wife."

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Vowels
𐒰	A as in awesome
𐒷	E as in egg
𐒻	I as in sleep
𐓂	O as in oh
𐓎	U as in boot
𐒳	U as in buh
Nasal Vowels
𐒰͘	ON as in honk
𐒻͘	IN as in sing
𐓂͘	nasal O
Diphthongs
𐒱	I as in bite
𐒲	𐒰͘ + 𐒻͘
𐓃	𐓂͘ + 𐒻͘
𐒸	𐒷 + 𐒻͘
Consonants
𐒹	H
𐒿	L
𐓀	M
𐓁	N
𐓆	S
𐓏	W
𐓒	Z
𐓐	guttural
𐒴	BR as in brush
𐓊	TS as in hats
𐓍	TH as in the
𐓇	SH as in ship
𐓓	Z as in treasure
𐒵	CH as in chip
𐒾	K+Y
𐒺	H+Y
𐓄	medial of B and P, sometimes B
𐓈	medial of D and T, sometimes D
𐒼	medial of G and K, sometimes G

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