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π“„π’°π“π“‚Ν˜
π“„π’°π“π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°Μ„π“π“‚ΜΝ˜transitive verb1break a long object by pushing2break off by pushing (e.g., a limb)3break off a branch, etc., by pushing with a stick, etc.π“„π’°π“π“ŽΝ˜π“„π’°-π“π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π“‚Ν˜
𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂 π“„π’°π“†π“Ž
𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂 π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“„π’°π“π“‚Μ π“…π’°π“†π“ŽΜnoun1sharp peakπ“„π’°π“π“Ž π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“„π’°π“π“‚π“„π’°π“†π“Ž
𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂 π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“†π“Ž
𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂 π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“†π“Žπ“„π’°π“π“‚Μ π“…π’°π“†π“ŽΜπ“†π“Žnoun1succession of sharp peaks2chain or range of hillsπ“„π’°π“π“Ž π“„π’°π“†π“Žπ“†π“Žπ“„π’°π“π“‚π“„π’°π“†π“ŽThis 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."
𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂 π“ˆπ“‚π“„π’°
𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂 π“ˆπ“‚π“„π’°π“„π’°π“π“‚Μ π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“„π’°adjective1four corneredπ“„π’°π“π“Ž π“ˆπ“Žπ“„π’°π“„π’°π“π“‚π“ˆπ“‚π“„π’°
π“„π’°π“π“‚π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“π“‚π“Šπ’·π“„π’°Μπ“π“‚π“Šπ’·noun1Ioway or Iowa Indians (a tribe living in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma and in earlier days in Iowa)gray snowπ“„π’°π“π“‚π“Šπ’·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“‚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’°
𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓏𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓏𐒷𐓄𐒰̄𐓐𐓂́𐓏𐒷transitive verb1push along2push someone or something steadily (making the person or object move along)3make an object, as a book on a table, slide or slip along by pushing it4make the sound heard when one slides or pushes a book, etc., along on a table, etc., or when one scrapes a hideπ“„π’°π“π“‚π“„π’°π“π“‚π’·π“„π’°π“π“Žπ“π’·π“„π’°-𐓐𐓂𐓏𐒷Most verbs using instrumental prefixes have the stress on the second syllable in their base forms (third-person singular). However, this entry either has a second pronunciation variant that has stress on the first syllable, or simply only has stress on the first syllable.
π“„π’°π“π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π“π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“π“ˆπ’°ΜΝ˜transitive verb1push or thrust the end of a stick, etc., against a barrel or other vessel containing a liquid, forcing it over, and spilling its contents𐓄𐒰-
π“„π’°π“π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“π“Šπ’·π“„π’°Μ„π“π“‹π’·Μtransitive verb1tie up into a bundle or sheaf2tie down (e.g., a drum)3place or push two or more things together and tie them4bind, handcuff5gather and tie in a bundle or bundles𐓄𐒰-
π“„π’°π“π“Žπ“π’·
π“„π’°π“π“Žπ“π’·π“„π’°π“π“ŽΜπ“π’·transitive verb1break by pushing, as any small or thin object, requiring little force, as a pecan nut𐓄𐒰-π“π“Žπ“π’·π’Όπ’°π“π“Žπ“π’·π“„π’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓄𐒰̄𐓒𐒷́noun1breast2udder3mamma or female breast
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷
π“„π’°π“’π’·π“…π’°Μπ“’π’·πŸ”Šnoun1evening2evening, in the evening time, not quite dark yet, night𐓅𐒰́𐓒𐒷 𐓍𐒷this evening𐓅𐒰́𐓒𐒷 π’»Μπ“‰π’°Ν˜when it gets evening𐓍𐒷́ 𐓅𐒰́𐓒𐒷that evening3latter part of the afternoon, near sunset
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷 π’Ήπ“Ž
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷 π’Ήπ“Žπ“„π’°Μπ“’π’· π’Ήπ“ŽΜnoun1pine wood2pine treeπ’Ήπ“Ž
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷 π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷 π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·π“„π’°π“’π’·Μ 𐒻𐓉𐒰́𐓐𐒷noun1nipple2teatπ“„π’°π“’π’·π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷 π“π’°π“π“‚Ν˜π’΄π’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷 π“π’°π“π“‚Ν˜π’΄π’·π“…π’°Μπ“’π’· π“π’°π“π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’·noun1supper𐓅𐒰́𐓒𐒷 π“π’°π“π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’· π“π’»Μ‹Ν˜π“„π’·?did you all eat supper?𐓅𐒰́𐓒𐒷 π“π’°π“π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’· π“‚Μπ“π“‚Ν˜π’΄π’· π“π“ŽΜπ“π’»Ν˜ π“‚Μπ’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π““π’» π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’·ΜI was slow buying groceries for supper2evening mealπ“„π’°π“’π’·π“π’°π“π“‚Ν˜π’΄π’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷 π“π’°π“Šπ’»
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷 π“π’°π“Šπ’»π“…π’°Μπ“’π’· π“π’°Μ„π“Œπ’»Μnoun1night danceπ“„π’°π“’π’·π“π’°π“Šπ’»
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻
π“„π’°π“’π’·π“π’»π“„π’°Μ„π“’π’·Μπ“π’»Μ„πŸ”Šnoun1milkbreast liquid OR breast water𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓄𐒰̄𐓒𐒷́𐓁𐒻̄ 𐓆𐒰̄𐒼𐒻́noun1cheese𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻 𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 π“†π’Όπ“Žπ“π’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 π“†π’Όπ“Žπ“π’·π“„π’°Μ„π“’π’·Μπ“π’»Μ„ π“†π’Όπ“ŽΜπ“π’·noun1sweet milkπ“„π’°π“’π’·π“π’»π“†π’Όπ“Žπ“π’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 π“π’»π“‡π“Šπ“Žπ’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 π“π’»π“‡π“Šπ“Žπ’·π“„π’°Μ„π“’π’·Μπ“π’»Μ„ π“π’»Μ„π“‡π“Šπ“ŽΜπ’·transitive verb1milk𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻𐓄𐒰̄𐓒𐒷́𐓁𐒻̄ π“π’·Μπ’Ώπ’»πŸ”Šnoun1butter2creammilk grease𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻 𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻 𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓄𐒰̄𐓒𐒷́𐓁𐒻̄ 𐓏𐒷́𐒿𐒻 𐓆𐒰̄𐒼𐒻́noun1cheesehardened cream𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓏𐒷𐒿𐒻𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓄𐒰𐓒𐒷𐓁𐒻 𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻
π“„π’°π“’π’·π“Šπ’·
π“„π’°π“’π’·π“Šπ’·π“…π’°Μπ“’π’·π“Šπ’·1last eveningπ“„π’°π“’π’·π“Šπ’·
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐓂
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓒𐓂́noun1pokeweedLa Flesche notes (A Dictionary of the Osage Language, page 20) that "This is similar to the Indian poke used as an emetic."Veratrum viride2inedible red berry that grows in the woodsπ“„π’°π“’π“Ž
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐓂
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐓂𐓄𐒰́𐓒𐓂noun1finger2score or point(s) in a game
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐓂 π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
𐓄𐒰𐓒𐓂 π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π“’π“‚Μ π’·π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜adjective1maroon2dark red colorresembling berriesπ“„π’°π“’π“‚π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π““π“Žπ“Šπ’· 𐓄𐒰𐓒𐓂 π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰́𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷transitive verb1enlarge a hole or split by cutting with a knife𐓄𐒰-*𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰́𐒼𐒷transitive verb1enlarge a hole or split by pushing with the end of a stick, etc.𐓄𐒰-*𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒰́𐓓𐒰𐓄𐒷transitive verb1peel and split with a knife, as fruit, bark, or vegetables𐓄𐒰-*π““π’°π“„π’·π“„π’°π““π’°π“„π’·π“π“Žπ““π’°π“„π’·Dorsey notes that "This is used when the knife is pulled or drawn towards the agent."
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒰́𐓄𐒷transitive verb1scrape off by thrusting, as the hair and skin of an animal, when an ox gores it2scrape off the flesh, as a splinter does when stuck into it3peel or pare, as a potato, by pushing the knife from the agent4cut off the skin or bark, by pushing the knife from him𐓄𐒰-*π““π’°π“„π’·π“„π’°π““π’°π“„π’·π“π“Žπ““π’°π“„π’·
π“„π’°π““π’°π“ˆπ’°
π“„π’°π““π’°π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°Μπ““π’°π“‰π’°transitive verb1brand hogs, etc., as white men do, by cutting out the tip of each ear, leaving it forkedDorsey notes that "This is not done by Indians."𐓄𐒰-π““π’°π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°π““π’°π“ˆπ’°
π“„π’°π““π’°π“ˆπ’°
π“„π’°π““π’°π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°π““π’°Μπ“‰π’°transitive verb1make an object forked by pushing with the end of a stick, etc., held firmly against the object𐓄𐒰-π““π’°π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°π““π’°π“ˆπ’°
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒻
𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒻𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒻́transitive verb1make furious or crazy with pain by stabbing𐓄𐒰-
π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜
π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜π“„π’°π““π’»ΜΝ˜transitive verb1push into a hole with a pole, knife, etc., as at a raccoon2push at a person, or animal, in order to attract attention𐓄𐒰-π“„π’°π“†π“„π’°Ν˜
π“„π’°π““π“Žπ““π’· π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
π“„π’°π““π“Žπ““π’· π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·π“…π’°π““π“ŽΜπ““π’· 𐒻𐓉𐒰́𐓐𐒷noun1tip of the noseπ“„π’°π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·π“„π’° π’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒷1positional article for a plural entity in nonrandom arrangement𐓏𐒷̋𐓏𐒻𐓁𐒰 𐓒𐒰̋𐓁𐒻 𐓄𐒷I'm grateful to you all [sitting or standing in rows, not in random pattern]π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ 𐓄𐒷trees (planted in a regular formation such as in rows or in a line; contrast π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ 𐒼𐒷 'trees [as in a forest, occurring naturally with no pattern]')π’Όπ’·π’Όπ“‡π’·π“„π’°π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“π’·π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·
𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒷̋1springtimenoun2springnoun3be springintransitive verb
𐓄𐒷
π“„π’·π“„π’·Μ‹πŸ”Š1who2who?3whom4to who(m)5whose turn?6anybody7anyone8nobody9no one
𐓄𐒷
𐓄𐒷𐓅𐒷̋noun1forehead2brow3head
-𐓄𐒷
-𐓄𐒷𐓄𐒷1very frequent combination of postverbal plural or 3rd person noncontinuative marker 𐒰𐓄𐒻 plus declarative 𐓍𐒷sfx-𐒰𐓄𐒻𐓍𐒷This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐓄𐒷 π’»π“ˆπ’°
𐓄𐒷 π’»π“ˆπ’°π“„π’·Μ‹ 𐒻́𐓉𐒰1whose'who owns [it]?' or 'to whom does it belong?'π“„π’·π’»π“ˆπ’°
𐓄𐒷 𐓍𐒰𐒹𐒰
𐓄𐒷 𐓍𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒷́ 𐓍𐒰𐒹𐒰noun1diamonds (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’Ήπ’»π“Š'π’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“„π’·π“†π’°Ν˜
π“„π’·π“†π’°Ν˜π“„π’·π“†π’°ΜΝ˜transitive verb1fold an object nicely
𐓄𐒷𐓇𐒼𐒻
𐓄𐒷𐓇𐒼𐒻𐓄𐒷̋𐓇𐒼𐒻1everybody2nobody3anybody
π“„π’·π“‡π“ˆπ’°
π“„π’·π“‡π“ˆπ’°π“…π’·Μ„π“‡π“ˆπ’°Μnoun1bald head2smooth forehead or browclear, smooth or bald of browπ“„π’·π“‡π“ˆπ’°π“π’·π’Ώπ’»π“‡π“ˆπ’°
π“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜
π“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°ΜΝ˜transitive verb1fold goodsπ“„π’·π“π’°Ν˜
π“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜
π“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°ΜΝ˜π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜transitive verb1roll or fold up several times, as a blanket2move about or writhe, as one does with the stomach acheπ“„π’·π“ˆπ“π’°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."
π“„π’·π“Šπ’·
π“„π’·π“Šπ’·π“…π’·Μ‹π“Šπ’·πŸ”Šnoun1fire2fire (e.g., cooking fire, meeting fire, cooking stove gas fire)
π“„π’·π“Šπ’· π’°π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“„π’·π“Šπ’· π’°π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“…π’·Μπ“Šπ’· π’°Μπ“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜transitive verb1push together the sticks on a fire, when the ends next to the fire have burned awayπ“„π’·π“Šπ’·π’°-π“„π’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“„π’·π“Šπ’· 𐒻𐓇𐒼𐒰
π“„π’·π“Šπ’· π’»π“‡π’Όπ’°π“…π’·Μ‹π“Šπ’· 𐒻̋𐓇𐒼𐒰noun1heating stove, wood-burning stove (for heat, not cooking)fire to warm oneselfπ“„π’·π“Šπ’·
π“„π’·π“Šπ’· π’»π“ˆπ’°
π“„π’·π“Šπ’· π’»π“ˆπ’°π“„π’·Μ‹π“Šπ’· π’»Μπ“‰π’°πŸ”Šnoun1fireman (a position in Native American Church meetings)his fireπ“„π’·π“Šπ’·π’»π“ˆπ’°