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𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓇𐒻
𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓇𐒻𐒰́𐓏𐒰𐓇𐒻transitive verb1work for, accomplish a task or tasks for someone (especially drumming for someone else's singing in a peyote meeting)𐒰-𐓏𐒰𐓇𐒻
π’°π“π’°π“Šπ’»
π’°π“π’°π“Šπ’»π’°Μπ“π’°Μ„π“Œπ’»transitive verb1dance for𐒰-π“π’°π“Šπ’»
π’°π“π’°π“π’»π’Ώπ’°Ν˜
π’°π“π’°π“π’»π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π’°Μπ“π’°π“π’»π’Ώπ’°Ν˜transitive verb1meditate on2deliberate over3consider𐒰-π“π’°π“π’»π’Ώπ’°Ν˜
π’°π“π’°π“π“Žπ“π’»Ν˜
π’°π“π’°π“π“Žπ“π’»Ν˜π’°Μπ“π’°π“π“Žπ“π’»Ν˜verb1buy stuff for someone𐓏𐒰-π’°π“π“Žπ“π’»Ν˜
𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓆𐒻
𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓆𐒻𐒰́𐓏𐒻𐓆𐒻transitive verb1jump over𐒰-𐓏𐒻𐓆𐒻
𐒰𐓐𐒰
𐒰𐓐𐒰𐒰́𐓐𐒰transitive verb1beat someone, as in a race𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒰
𐒰𐓐𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐒰𐓐𐒰𐒼𐒷𐒰́𐓐𐒰̄𐒼𐒷transitive verb1cry for𐒰-𐓐𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒻
𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒻𐒰́𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒻transitive verb1desecrate2show dishonor to𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒷𐒰𐓓𐒻This term is composed of a verb plus the negator "azhi." Both the term AND azhi need to be conjugated properly.
𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒷
𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒷𐒰́𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒷transitive verb1honor𐒰-𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒷
π’°π““π’°Ν˜
π’°π““π’°Ν˜π’°Μπ““π’°Ν˜πŸ”Š1lie downintransitive verb2bednoun3benchnoun𐒰-π““π’°Ν˜π“‚π““π’°Ν˜
π’°π““π’°Ν˜ π““π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π’°π““π’°Ν˜ π““π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’°Μπ““π’°Ν˜ π““π’»ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°noun1divanπ’°π““π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π’°π““π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜
π’°π““π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜π’°Μπ““π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜noun1small cotπ’°π““π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜
𐒰𐓓𐒻
𐒰𐓓𐒻𐒰𐓓𐒻́1not (negative, negator)2is not𐓓𐒻If this term follows a word ending in -e, this term's beginning letter a- usually replaces the -e and merges with the previous term.
π’°π““π’»Ν˜
π’°π““π’»Ν˜π’°π““π’»ΜΝ˜transitive verb1think or suppose that (something has happened, etc.)2think or believe regarding someone3hold an opinion of something
π’°Ν˜π““π’»
π’°Ν˜π““π’»π’°Ν˜π““π’»Μ1but𐒻́𐒷 π’°Ν˜π“π’°Μπ“π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜ π“‡π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜π“‡π“ˆπ’° π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·Μ 𐓄𐒰̄𐓇𐒷́ π’°Ν˜π““π’» 𐒻𐓍𐒰́𐒷 π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’·Μyou all don't want to hear me talk, but I'm talkingπ’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π’΄π’»ΜΝ˜π’· π’°Ν˜π““π’» π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜ π’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’° π“€π’°Ν˜π““π’»Μthat's the way I am, but I don't want to be that way𐒻́𐒽𐒻𐒽𐒰𐓏𐒻 𐓅𐒰̋𐓑𐒷 π’°Ν˜π““π’» π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π“’π’·π“†π’Όπ’° π’΄π“ŽΜ‹π“’π’· π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·ΜI exchanged it, but I took moneyπ“€π“‚ΜΝ˜π““π“‚Ν˜ π“π’°Μ‹π’Ώπ’»Ν˜ 𐓍𐒷́𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“€π“‚ΜΝ˜π““π“‚Ν˜ 𐓍𐒷́𐒼𐓇𐒷 π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·Μ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐓓𐒻 𐒻́𐒷 𐓏𐒻́𐓉𐒰 π“‡π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“‡π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’· 𐒰𐓍𐒷̋ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall endure2or𐓏𐒰̄𐓆𐓄𐒷́ 𐓉𐒰 π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·Μ π’°Ν˜π““π’» 𐓇𐒡𐒷̋ 𐓉𐒰 π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·Μ?are you going to stay or are you going to go?𐒰́𐓇𐒼𐒰 π“€π’°ΜΝ˜π’»Ν˜π“„π’± π’°Ν˜π““π’» 𐓂𐓍𐒰́𐓐𐓄𐒰𐒷 𐓉𐒰 𐓍𐒰̄𐓇𐒷́stay close or you'll get lost
𐒰𐓓𐒻 π“π’°Ν˜
𐒰𐓓𐒻 π“π’°Ν˜π’°π““π’»Μ π“π’°Ν˜1neverπ’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π’°π““π’» π“ˆπ’°This version of never refers to the past. For example, "I never played baseball."
𐒰𐓓𐒻 π“ˆπ’°
𐒰𐓓𐒻 π“ˆπ’°π’°π““π’»Μ 𐓉𐒰1never will be2never will3will notπ’°π““π’»π“ˆπ’°π’°π““π’» π“π’°Ν˜This version of never refers to the future. For example, "I will never go skydiving."
π’°Ν˜π““π“‚Ν˜ π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π’°Ν˜π““π“‚Ν˜ π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·π’°ΜΝ˜π““π“‚Ν˜ π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·interj1goodness2my goodness!3I don't have the mind or nerve!π“π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π’°π““π“Ž
π’°π““π“Žπ’°Μπ““π“Žπ’°Μ‹π““π“Žtransitive verb1put a number of small objects on top of any object2put out, set out (multiple items)3place, array, display (multiple items) on top of something else4pour something on or over another surface5put a pourable substance on something else𐒰-π“‚π““π“Ž
π’°π““π“Ž
π’°π““π“Žπ’°Μπ““π“Žnoun1arm above the elbow2shoulder𐒰𐒴𐓂

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𐒲𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂
π’²π“„π’°π“π“‚π’°π’»ΜΝ˜π“„π’°π“π“‚noun1copperhead2Arapahoover the mountainπ“„π’°π“π“‚π’°π“€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’°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’°

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𐒴-
𐒴-𐒴verbpfx1IThis is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐒴𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐒴𐒰verb1open2spread out𐓄𐓍𐒰
π’΄π’°Ν˜
π’΄π’°Ν˜π’΄π’°Ν˜πŸ”Š1smellintransitive verbπ’΄π’°Ν˜ π“π’°Μ‹π’Ώπ’»Ν˜it smells goodπ’΄π’°Ν˜ 𐓅𐒻̋𐓓𐒻it smells badπ“π’°π’΄π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’»Ν˜ π’΄π’°ΜΝ˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱he/she smells like perfumeThe idea of smell here refers to giving off a smell/odor, not the act of smelling something.2emanate an odorintransitive verb3give off a fragranceintransitive verb4emit or exhale an odorintransitive verb5smellnoun6odornoun7scentnounπ’΄π’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π“‚π“π’»π’΄π’°Ν˜
π’΄π’°π’΄π’°π“Šπ’·
π’΄π’°π’΄π’°π“Šπ’·π’΄π’°π’΄π’°Μπ“Šπ’·adjective1straight, as the hypotenuse of an inclined plane, or the side of a hill2sloping, as a hillπ“„π“π’°π“„π“π’°π“Šπ’·
𐒴𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐒴𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷𐒴𐒰́𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷adjective1torn in several places2chapped, as the hands, face, etc.𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓒𐒷𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷This 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."
𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐒴𐒰́𐒼'𐒰adjective1flat2flat, as a chair bottom, the broad surface of a board, etc.3flat board𐓄𐓍𐒰𐒼'π’°π’΄π’°π“†π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“‡π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“π’°π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
π’΄π’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π’΄π’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·Pawhuska𐒴𐒰́𐓄𐓐𐒰̄𐒼𐒷noun1mosquitoπ’Ώπ’°π“„π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰̋𐓆𐒼𐒰adjective1flat2level3straight, as a line on a stove-pipe, or other long cylindrical body4rounded and long𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'π’°π’΄π’°π“‡π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“π’°π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
𐒴𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰́𐓇𐒼𐒰adjective1having a flat surface in the middle, with the edges rounded and curving downward, as a door knob, or the top of a hat (convex objects)𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'π’°π’΄π’°π“†π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“π’°π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
𐒴𐒰𐓍𐒰
𐒴𐒰𐓍𐒰𐒴𐒰̋𐓍𐒰adjective1broad2wide3wide and smooth, as a prairie4smoothed out (e.g., icing on a cake, a fabric or tablecloth lying flat on a surface, but not a blanket on a bed or pallet)5having a flat surface in the middle, with the edges rounded and curving upward, as in a plate or other concave objects𐒴𐒰𐓍𐒷𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓍𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'π’°π’΄π’°π“†π’Όπ’°π’΄π’°π“‡π’Όπ’°π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
𐒴𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐒴𐒰𐓐𐒷𐒴𐒰̋𐓐𐒷1edgenoun2edging (e.g., a fabric or ribbon sewn around the edges of a blanket or garment)noun3straight or flat, as the top or edge of a box's side, the narrow edge of a plank, etc.adjective𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐒴𐒰𐓒𐒷𐒴𐒰́𐓒𐒷adjective1torn2rent𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓒𐒷
𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰
𐒴𐒷𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒷́𐒽𐒰adjective1lean2thin𐓄𐓍𐒷𐒼𐒰
π’΄π’·π“’π’°Ν˜π“π’°
π’΄π’·π“’π’°Ν˜π“π’°π’΄π’·π“’π’°ΜΝ˜π“π’°adjective1drooping, languid, as one who has not recovered his strength after sickness2as applied to vegetation, it means withered and fallen over, past recoveryπ’΄π’·π“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π’·π“’π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π’·π“’π’°Ν˜π“π’°
π’΄π’»Ν˜
π’΄π’»Ν˜π’΄π’»Ν˜intransitive verb1I am2I was3I am characterized by (e.g., I have a certain condition)4I am present5I was presentπ’°π“π’»Ν˜π’΄π’»Ν˜π’·π’΄-π“π’»Ν˜π“€π’»Ν˜
π’΄π’»Ν˜
π’΄π’»Ν˜π’΄π’»Ν˜transitive verb1scatter right and left, as wet wheat or corn, by pushing with a shovel or pitchfork: this is done to dry itπ“„π“π’»Ν˜
𐒴𐓂𐒼𐒰
π’΄π“‚π’Όπ’°π’΄π“‚Μπ’Όπ’°πŸ”Š1in bulk (e.g., a purchase of fruit, coffee, or kerosene)2wholesale3in large quantities4overall5undivided6by the yard (fabrics)𐒴𐓂́𐒼𐒰 π’΄π“ŽΜπ“π’»Ν˜ 𐓉𐒰 π“€π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’·ΜI'm going to buy it [fabric] by the yard (rather than made up into articles such as shawls and blankets)7in large pieces, not merely pieces of some item but the entire item (cooking)8in its entirety9fully10wholeπ“†π“ŽΜπ’½π’° 𐒴𐓂́𐒼𐒰 π“‚Μ„π’Ήπ“‚ΜΝ˜!cook a chicken whole!11entire12complete13dollarnoun𐒴𐓂́𐒼𐒰 𐓆𐒰́𐓉𐒰five dollars14round, as a pencil, stove pipe, etc.adjective15cylindrical, but not necessarily perpendicularadjectiveπ“„π“π“Žπ’Όπ’°
π’΄π“Ž
π’΄π“Žπ’΄π“Žadjective1powdered2pulverized3fineπ“„π“π“Ž
π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°
π’΄π“Žπ“†π’Όπ’°π’΄π“ŽΜ‹π“†π’Όπ’°adjective1flat, wadded upπ“π’»Μ„π’Όπ’°Μ‹π“„π“π“‚π’Όπ’·π“‚Μ„π““π“Ž π“‡π“ˆπ’°Μ‹π“‡π“ˆπ’°Ν˜ π“ˆπ’°Ν˜, π“π’»π’΄π“ŽΜ‹π“†π’Όπ’°when you are through with the pop can, wad it up𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓍𐒰

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𐒡𐒰𐓄𐒰
π’΅π’°π“„π’°π’΅π’°Μ‹π“…π’°πŸ”Šadjective1short2rounded and somewhat squat3short and smallπ“ˆπ’°π“„π’°π“Šπ’°π“„π’°Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 28) that this term is a diminutive of π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°.
π’΅π’°π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜
π’΅π’°π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜π’΅π’°Μ‹π“…π’°π““π’»Ν˜adjective1short and smallπ’΅π’°π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜
𐒡𐒷𐓓𐒷
𐒡𐒷𐓓𐒷𐒡𐒷́𐓓𐒷verb1pee-peeπ“Šπ’·π““π’·Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 28) that this term is a diminutive of π“Šπ’·π““π’·.
𐒡𐓂𐒹𐓂
𐒡𐓂𐒹𐓂adjective1greenπ’΅π“Žπ’Ήπ“Žπ“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚
𐒡𐓂𐓄𐒰
𐒡𐓂𐓄𐒰𐒡𐓂̋𐓄𐒰1fewadjective2littleadjectiveThe idea of little here refers to a small amount, such as "a little coffee."3fewnoun4a small amount or numbernoun5a little bitnounQuintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 28) that this term is a diminutive of π“ˆπ“‚π“„π’°.
𐒡𐓂𐓄𐒰 π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐒡𐓂𐓄𐒰 π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜ 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷𐒡𐓂̋𐓄𐒰 π’·π’Όπ“‚ΜΝ˜ 𐒼𐒰́𐓐𐒷transitive verb1lessen2reduce3decreasemake small-like𐒡𐓂𐓄𐒰 π’Όπ’°π“π’·π’΅π“‚π“„π’°π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π’΅π“‚π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜
π’΅π“‚π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜π’΅π“‚Μ‹π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜1a very small amountnoun2very littleadjective3a fewadjectiveπ’΅π“‚π“„π’°π““π’»Ν˜Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 28) that this term is a diminutive of 𐒡𐓂𐓄𐒰.

𐒷

𐒷
𐒷𐒷̋transitive verb1say2ask or tell someone to do something
𐒷
𐒷𐒷̋pronoun13rd person emphatic or contrastive pronoun (that one, that person, she/her, he/him; those persons, them; this [pragmatically obvious] person or thing; the foregoing; she herself, he himself, they themselves)2he, she, it3thatπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π“ˆπ’°π“π’»π’·π“π’»π’·
𐒷 𐒼𐓇𐒷
𐒷 𐒼𐓇𐒷𐒷̋ 𐒼𐓇𐒷pronoun1that one lying down (animate or inanimate)𐒷𐒼𐓇𐒷