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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’°
π“ˆπ“‚π“π’° π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“π’° π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·Μpronoun1that one of uncertain or unimportant identity (animate or inanimate)2that person sitting3that object or thing sitting there4that group of objects of uncertain or unimportant identity (not animate if plural)π“ˆπ“‚ π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·π“ˆπ“‚π“π’°π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·π“ˆπ“‚π“π’° π’°π’Όπ“π’°π“ˆπ“‚π“π’° π’°π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚π“π’° π’Όπ’·π“ˆπ“‚π“π’° π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚π“π’° π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“‚π“π’° π“Šπ’·
π“ˆπ“‚π“’π’·π“‰π“‚Μπ“’π’·noun1catfishπ“ˆπ“Žπ“’π’·
π“ˆπ“‚π“’π’·π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“’π’·noun1loonπ“ˆπ“Žπ“’π’·
π“ˆπ“‚π“’π’· π“†π’°π“„π’·π“ˆπ“‚Μπ“’π’· 𐓆𐒰́𐓄𐒷noun1black loonblack loonπ“ˆπ“Žπ“’π’· π“†π’°π“„π’·π“ˆπ“‚π“’π’·π“†π’°π“„π’·
π“ˆπ“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“‰π“‚Μπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·πŸ”Šnoun1banana2pawpaw (archaic meaning)This term originally referred to pawpaws, but today refers to bananas. Today, the term for pawpaw is slightly different.π“ˆπ“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’· π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
π“ˆπ“‚π““π’°π“π’·π“ˆπ“‚π““π’°Μπ“π’·adjective1rotten𐓇𐒷 π’½π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“Šπ’· 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 π“ˆπ“‚π““π’°Μπ“π’· 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱that apple is rotten2decomposed3putrefiedπ’Ήπ’Ώπ’»π“„π’°π“π’·π“Šπ“Žπ’Ό'𐒰
π“ˆπ“‚π““π’·π“ˆπ“‚Μπ““π’·adjective1flat, flattened or mashed (said of a soft object)2squashed, deflated (e.g., an object that formerly contained something)
π“ˆπ“‚π““π“Žπ“‰π“‚Μ‹π““π“ŽπŸ”Šnoun1meat pieπ“‰π“‚Μ‹π““π“Ž π“†π’°Μπ“‰π’°Ν˜ π’°π’΄π’»ΜΝ˜I have five meat piesπ“‰π“‚Μ‹π““π“Ž π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚Μ‹π’Ήπ“‚Ν˜ 𐓉𐒰 π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’±Μwe're going to cook some meat piesπ“ˆπ’°π“‚π““π“Žπ“†π’»π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜