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π“‚π“π“ˆπ’° 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷
π“‚π“π“ˆπ’° π’Όπ’°π“π’·π“‚Μπ“π“ˆπ’° 𐒼𐒰̄𐓐𐒷transitive verb1hold sacred2consider precious3regard as holy4prize highly5hold a thing as precious or valuableπ“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’°π“π’·π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π“π’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’»π“π’·
π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’»π“π’·π“‚Μπ“π“ˆπ’°π’½π’»π“π’·intransitive verb1make oneself important2make oneself right and respectable3cherish each other𐒼𐒻𐒼-π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’»π“π’·
π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’»π“π’·π“‚Μπ“π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’»π“π’·transitive verb1make dear, make special, give special status to a relative or someone close𐒼𐒻𐒼-π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π“π’·π“‚Μπ“π“ˆπ’°π“π’·transitive verb1be fond of a person2likeπ“ˆπ’°π“„π“‚π“†π’Όπ’° π“π’»π“ˆπ’° π“‚π“π“ˆπ’°π’°π’Όπ’»π“π’·.I like my school-teacher.3make precious, special, or importantπ“‚π“π“ˆπ’°-π“π’·π“‚π“π“ˆπ’° 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐓂𐓒𐓂
𐓂𐓒𐓂𐓂𐓒𐓂́noun1lowland2low wooded level3wooded lowland4lowland having trees here and thereπ“Šπ’·π“π’·
π“‚π““π’°Ν˜
π“‚π““π’°Ν˜π“‚Μπ““π’°Ν˜1lie abed, lie downverb2lie down intransitive verb3bed, place one lies innoun𐓂-π““π’°Ν˜π’°π““π’°Ν˜
π“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“‚Μπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“‚π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’·πŸ”Šnoun1road, highway, thoroughfare, route, path, pathway, orbit
π“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’· π“‚π’Ώπ’»Ν˜
π“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’· π“‚π’Ώπ’»Ν˜π“‚π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’· π“‚π’Ώπ’»Μ‹Ν˜πŸ”Š1be a roadmanintransitive verb2roadman in the peyote religion, minister of a religious entity, preacher, pastor, priestnounsit in the road [altar in the peyote religion]π“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“‚π’Ώπ’»Ν˜This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’· π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜
π“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’· π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π“‚π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’· π“‚π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜π“π’°Ν˜noun1streetroad betweenπ“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜
π“‚π““π’·π“Šπ’»
π“‚π““π’·π“Šπ’»π“‚π““π’·Μπ“‹π’»π“‚Μπ““π’·π“‹π’»πŸ”Šnoun1bathroom, toilet room, john, water closet, outhouse𐓂-π““π’·π“Šπ’»π“‚π“Šπ’·π““π’·π“Šπ’»
𐓂𐓓𐒷𐓍𐒷
𐓂𐓓𐒷𐓍𐒷𐓂́𐓓𐒷𐓍𐒷𐓂𐓓𐒷́𐓍𐒷adjective1feel tired, be fatigued, weary, tired𐓂𐓓𐒷𐓍𐒰
𐓂𐓓𐒻𐓓𐒻𐒷
𐓂𐓓𐒻𐓓𐒻𐒷𐓂𐓓𐒻́𐓓𐒻𐒷transitive verb1bait or coax someone to say or do something2egg on3encourage4incite5convince𐓂𐓓𐒻𐓓𐒷
𐓂𐓓𐓂
𐓂𐓓𐓂𐓂𐓓𐓂́adjective1principalπ“Žπ““π“Ž
𐓂𐓓𐓂𐒼'𐒰
𐓂𐓓𐓂𐒼'𐒰𐓂́𐓓𐓂𐒼'𐒰noun1bet2wagerπ“Žπ““π“Žπ’Ό'π’°Ν˜
𐓂𐓓𐓂𐒼'𐒰 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐓂𐓓𐓂𐒼'𐒰 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷𐓂́𐓓𐓂𐒼'𐒰 𐒼𐒰̋𐓐𐒷intransitive verb1make a bet2wagerπ“Žπ““π“Žπ’Ό'π’°Ν˜ 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷𐓂𐓓𐓂𐒼'𐒰𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“‚π““π“Ž
π“‚π““π“Žπ“‚Μ„π““π“ŽΜ1put intransitive verb2pour or serve liquids or small solids such as beanstransitive verb3pour for someonetransitive verb4plant or sow (e.g., seed in the ground)transitive verbQuintero adds (Osage Dictionary, page 181) "'put in' plants".5receptaclenoun6containernoun7bottlenoun8cupnoun9bowlnoun10jarnoun11shakernoun12holder (for pourable dry or liquid substances)noun𐓂-π’°π““π“ŽWhen used as a noun describe the kind of container, Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 181) that "π“‚π““π“Ž follows the noun naming the filler substance."
π“‚π““π“Ž
π“‚π““π“Žπ“‚Μ‹π““π“Ž1put stuff inintransitive verb2plant stuffintransitive verb3pocketnoun4bottlenoun5containernoun6vesselnoun𐓏𐒰-π“‚π““π“Ž
π“‚π““π“Žπ’Ήπ’°
π“‚π““π“Žπ’Ήπ’°π“‚Μ‹π““π“Žπ’Ήπ’°Μ„noun1bag, sack, pouch made of hide or leatherskin into which to put stuffπ“‚π““π“Žπ’Ήπ’°

𐓄

𐓄𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐓅𐒰́noun1nose2snout3protuberance4bulge5mound
𐓄𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐓅𐒰́adjective1bitter
𐓄𐒰
π“„π’°π“„π’°ΜπŸ”Šnoun1snow
𐓄𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐓄𐒰1positional article for plural nonsubjectπ’·π“Šπ’»Μ 𐓄𐒰 π““π“‚Μπ’°Ν˜π“π’°π’Ώπ’· 𐓇𐒻́𐒷 𐓍𐒷you brought me to themπ“†π“ŽΜπ’½π’°π“‰π’°Μ‹Ν˜ π“€π’»Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’° 𐒷́𐓓𐒻 𐓄𐒰 π“π’°Μπ“π’»π’Ήπ“‚π“ˆπ’° π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’· π’»Μπ“„π’°π’Ήπ“‚Ν˜ π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’» 𐒰̋𐓄𐒷turkey hen knew she had done everything she could to fool the others [them]𐓁𐒻́𐒽𐒰𐓇𐒻 𐓄𐒰 π“π’°Μ‹π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’°take care of those men [standing or sitting], look after those peopleπ’Όπ’·π’Όπ“‡π’·π“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“π’·π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·
𐓄𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐓅𐒰́noun1head
𐓄𐒰-
𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐒰̄verbpfx1by means of pushing2by pushing away or by hand3by pushing or pressing on something (either compacting or spreading it)4by pushing up and away with the hands𐒼𐒰-π“π’°Ν˜-𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐓂-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.
𐓄𐒰-
𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐒰́verbpfx1by means of cutting or sawing2by cutting3by use of a sharp edge4verbal prefix, showing that the action is performed by cutting with a knife drawn across the object, or by sawing with a hand-saw𐒼𐒰-π“π’°Ν˜-𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐓂-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.
-𐓄𐒰
-𐓄𐒰𐓄𐒰conn > verbsfx1andπ’·π“Šπ’» π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜ π’°π’Όπ“Žπ“„π’° 𐒰𐒿𐒰𐓄𐒻 π’°π“ŽHe is coming back hither from that place, and he is going homeward.π“Šπ’» π“Šπ’» π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜ π’°π’Ήπ“Žπ“„π’° 𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓄𐒻 π’°π“ŽHe is coming from the lodge, and he is going on.This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
π“„π’°Ν˜
π“„π’°Ν˜π“„π’°ΜΝ˜intransitive verb1holler2yell3scream4shout
𐓄𐒰 π’Ήπ“Žπ“π’·
𐓄𐒰 π’Ήπ“Žπ“π’·π“„π’°Μ π’Ήπ“ŽΜπ“π’·1snow, snowfall, snow coming down, falling snownoun2snowintransitive verb𐓄𐒰
𐓄𐒰 π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
𐓄𐒰 π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·π“…π’°Μ 𐒻𐓉𐒰́𐓐𐒷noun1tip of the noseπ“„π’°π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·π“„π’°π““π“Žπ““π’· π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
𐓄𐒰 𐒼𐒰𐓓𐒻
𐓄𐒰 𐒼𐒰𐓓𐒻𐓅𐒰́ π’Όπ’°Μ„π““π’»ΜΝ˜transitive verb1blow one's nose𐓄𐒰𐒼𐒰𐓓𐒻
𐓄𐒰 π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°
𐓄𐒰 π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°π“…π’°Μ π“ˆπ“‚Μ‹π’½π’°noun1Comanche (tribe or tribal member)2Kiowa (tribe or tribal member)'wet noses' or 'dew on the head'π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚π’Όπ’°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“„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“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°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’΄π’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π’΄π’°Ν˜π“„π’°π’΄π’°ΜΝ˜transitive verb1make a bad odor arise from a corpse, etc., by pushing against it with a stick, etc.π“„π’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π“„π’°-π’΄π’°Ν˜
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐓄𐒰́𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰transitive verb1flatten by cutting2make flat by using a sharp edge3plane (as wood with a woodplane)4make a piece of wood have a flat surface by cutting it with a knife, or saw𐓄𐒰𐓄𐓍𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐓄𐒰-𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰́𐒼'𐒰transitive verb1plane a flat surface on a board or piece of wood𐓄𐒰𐓄𐓍𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐓄𐒰-𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓄𐒰́𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷transitive verb1slit or cut open a skin, etc., by drawing a knife blade across it𐓄𐒰𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓄𐒰-𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰́𐓒𐒷transitive verb1slit or cut open a skin by pushing the point of a knife along it𐓄𐒰𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓄𐒰-𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰́𐒴𐒷𐒽𐒰transitive verb1cut meat in thin slices for drying, etc.𐓄𐒰𐓄𐓍𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰-𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒷́𐒽𐒰transitive verb1make thin by planning𐓄𐒰𐓄𐓍𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰-𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰
π“„π’°π’΄π’·π“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π’΄π’·π“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“„π’°π’΄π’·Μπ“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜transitive verb1make droop, as a plant by pushing or punching (with the end of the stick held firmly against the object)π“„π’°π“„π“π’·π“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“„π’°-π’΄π’·π“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π’΄π“‚Ν˜π“†π’·
π“„π’°π’΄π“‚Ν˜π“†π’·π“„π’°π’΄π“‚ΜΝ˜π“†π’·transitive verb1make ice, etc., give a crunching sound by pushing it with a stick, etc., held firmly against itπ“„π’°π“„π“π“ŽΝ˜π“†π’·π“„π’°-π“π’°Ν˜π’΄π“‚Ν˜π“†π’·
𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒰
𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒰́transitive verb1show, exhibit an object𐓄𐒰-
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π“„π’°Μ„π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜transitive verb1raise2hold up3raise any object (light or heavy) by pushing or burrowing𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒰-*π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π“π’»π’Ήπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’·1firstπ“π’°π’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π“ˆπ’° 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐒷̄𐓁𐒰́ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐓁𐒰, π“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’· π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’»Ν˜, π’°π’½π’»Μπ’Ώπ’°π“π’»Ν˜ 𐓄𐒱soon it will be only God, put him first, carry yourself that wayπ“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’· π“π’»π“‰π’·Μπ““π’»Ν˜ 𐒻𐓍𐒰́𐒷 π“‡π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“‡π“ˆπ’° π“Œπ’· 𐓏𐒷̋𐓏𐒻𐓁𐒱first, younger sister, I am grateful for your wanting me to speak2first in line3at the outset4from the beginningπ“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’· π“Œπ’·from the beginning5beforeπ“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’·
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’· π“€π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’· π“€π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’· π“€π’°Ν˜π“π’»ΜΝ˜transitive verb1place something or someone firstπ“π’°π’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π“ˆπ’° π“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’· π“€π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜ 𐒷̋ π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐒰𐒽𐒻́𐒿𐒰𐓍𐒻 π“‡π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’·place God first and keep yourself in that way foreverπ“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π“€π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.This term can be conjugated twice. First is ATHA, followed by BRUSH. The ATHA conjugation is sometimes optional.
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’· 𐓍𐒷
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’· π“π’·π“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’· 𐓍𐒷̋verb1precedego firstπ“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π“π’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π“π“Šπ’»
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π“π“Šπ’»π“…π’°π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’·π“π“Šπ’»1the very first2at the very firstπ“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’·π“π“Šπ’»π“„π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π“π“Šπ’»
𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒷𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒷́noun1hill2bluff3high hill4mountain𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂Dorsey notes that this is an archaic term, and that the modern term is 𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂.
𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒻𐓄𐒰̄𐒹𐒻́noun1diamonds (suit in a deck of cards)π’Ήπ’°π“€π’°Ν˜π“†π’»π“€π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“†π“„π’·π“„π’· π“π’°π’Ήπ’°π“Š'π’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·
𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒻𐓄𐒰̄𐒹𐒻́transitive verb1pick or gather from the ground, as fruit, vegetables, etc.2pick or gather (e.g., fruit, flowers)3collect together or pick up (many small, scattered things)4sort (e.g., beans, clothing to be laundered)π“„π’°π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“„π’°-
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’»Ν˜
π“„π’°π’Ήπ’»Ν˜π“…π’°Μ„π’Ήπ’»ΜΝ˜adjective1sharpπ“€π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’» 𐓅𐒰̄𐒹𐒻́sharp knife𐓄𐒰𐒹𐒻