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π“π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“π’·π“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“π’·Μπ“€π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·noun1frost (on the ground)2frost3dew
𐓐𐒷𐓄𐒷
𐓐𐒷𐓄𐒷𐓐𐒷́𐓄𐒷adjective1shallow
𐓐𐒷𐓐𐒷
𐓐𐒷𐓐𐒷𐓐𐒷́𐓐𐒷verb1roar or patter frequently2rustle repeatedly𐓐𐒷This 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."
*𐓐𐒻
*𐓐𐒻𐓐𐒻verb1wake2awaken3become awakeThis 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.
π“π’»Ν˜
π“π’»Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜adjective1light in color
𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰
𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓐𐒻́𐓍𐒰intransitive verb1fall2stumble3fall down4stumble and fall5euphemism for 'die'6die7perish8pass away9topple (as a tree topples)
𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰
𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰́transitive verb1lack of confidence
𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓐𐒰
𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓐𐒰𐓐𐒻́𐓍𐒰𐓐𐒰noun1breechcloth2loincloth3diaper𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰𐒹𐒰
𐓐𐒻𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰
𐓐𐒻𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰𐓐𐒻́𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰intransitive verb1stumble repeatedlyπ“Š'π’°Μπ’»π““π’»Ν˜ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐓐𐒻́𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱́the old man is stumbling2go stumbling along𐓐𐒻𐓍𐒰This 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“‚Ν˜
π“π“‚Ν˜π“π“‚ΜΝ˜adjective1broken2break3broke, without money or penniless (a loan translation)π“π“ŽΝ˜π’Ώπ’·π’Όπ’·
𐓐𐓂𐒼𐒰
𐓐𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓐𐓂́𐒽𐒰1sing dancing songsintransitive verb2singers and drummersnoun𐓐𐓂́𐒽𐒰 π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°ΜΝ˜π“‡π’·all you singers3all singers of dancing songsnoun𐓐𐒰𐒼𐒷
𐓐𐓂𐒼𐒰
𐓐𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓐𐓂̋𐒼𐒰noun1badger
𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒷
𐓐𐓂𐓄𐒷𐓐𐓂́𐓄𐒷1sacredadjective2consecratedadjective3holyadjective4supernatural powernoun5sanctitynounπ“Šπ’·π“π’»
π“π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π“‚Μπ“‰π’°Ν˜adjective1small2little3fine (e.g., fine raindrops)π““π’»Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“π“‚π“Šπ’·
π“π“‚π“Šπ’·π“π“‚Μπ“Šπ’·πŸ”Šadjective1gray2dull (color or finish)3faded4grayish like ashes5smokyπ“π“‚π’·π“π“Žπ“Šπ’·
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“Šπ’·πŸ”Šnoun1cedarπ“π’°π’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π“ˆπ’° π’»π““π’»ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’· π’»Μ„π’Ήπ“‚ΜΝ˜ π“…π’°π“π’»Μ‹Ν˜ π’»Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’· π“π“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“Šπ’· π’»Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’· 𐒼𐒰̋𐓑𐒻 𐒰𐓄𐒱they're making the cedar like Mary's hair
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“Šπ’·adjective1sloppy2slouchy3unkempt4messed up
π“π“‚π“Šπ’· 𐓇𐒰𐓄𐒷
π“π“‚π“Šπ’· π“‡π’°π“„π’·π“π“‚Μπ“Šπ’· 𐓇𐒰́𐓄𐒷adjective1dark grayπ“π“Žπ“Šπ’· π“‡π’°π“„π’·π“π“‚π“Šπ’·π“‡π’°π“„π’·
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Ž
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Žπ“π“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Žπ“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·Μπ’Ήπ“Žnoun1cedar treeπ“π“ŽΝ˜π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Žπ“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Ž
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Ž 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷 π’Ήπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’°
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Ž 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷 π’Ήπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π“π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“Šπ’·Μπ’Ήπ“Ž 𐒼𐒰̋𐓐𐒷 π’Ήπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“„π’°noun1Christmascedar tree preparation dayπ“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Žπ’Όπ’°π“π’·π’Ήπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π“π’°π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“ˆπ’° π’»π““π’»Ν˜π’Όπ’· π’»π’Όπ’»π“ˆπ’°π“π’·
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’»
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’»π“π“‚Μ‹Ν˜π“Šπ’·Μπ“π’»Μ„noun1cedar teaπ“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’»
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ“‚π“π’»π’΄π’°
π“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ“‚π“π’»π’΄π’°π“π“‚Μ„Ν˜π“Šπ“‚Μπ“π’»π’΄π’°verb1smoke cedar (cause cedar to smoke), smell cedar, smoke a house with cedar or use in a peyote meeting to smoke a personπ“π“‚Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“‚π“π’»π’΄π’°Ν˜
𐓐𐓂𐓏𐒷
𐓐𐓂𐓏𐒷𐓐𐓂𐓏𐒷́𐓐𐓂́𐓏𐒷1roar, as the waves or a waterfallOnomatope2roar, as the wind or the waterfallOnomatope3the roar of falling waterOnomatope4roarOnomatope5the noise made by sand in an hourglass, or that of grain poured from a bagOnomatope6sighOnomatope7sough, as the wind in the treesOnomatope8rumbleOnomatope9growlOnomatope10resoundOnomatope11the sound made in tearing calicoOnomatope12the sound heard in sawing or in scraping wood by pushingOnomatope13the whizzing of a whirled stickOnomatope14noisenounπ“π“‚π’·π“π“‚π“π’»π“π“Žπ“π’·
𐓐𐓄𐒷𐒼𐒰
𐓐𐓄𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓐𐓄𐒷́𐒼𐒰adjective1dull, not shiny2languid or "blah" feeling one gets in winter𐓇𐓄𐒷𐒼𐒰
𐓐𐓄𐒻
𐓐𐓄𐒻𐓐𐓄𐒻1flatulence, fartnoun2expel gas from the bodyintransitive verb
π“π“ˆπ“‚π’·
π“π“ˆπ“‚π’·π“π“ˆπ“‚Μπ’·adjective1snotty, filled with mucus
π“π“Šπ’»
π“π“Šπ’»π“π“Šπ’»1real𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰́𐓓𐒷 π“π“Šπ’» π’΄π’»ΜΝ˜π’·I'm a real Osage2reallyπ““π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“π’·π““π’»Ν˜ π“π“ŽΜ„π“’π’±Μ π“Š'𐒷́𐓍𐒰 π“π“Šπ’»take a stick and really kill someone3exactly4very5fully6indeed7precisely-π“π“Šπ’»Ν˜
π“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°
π“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°π“π“ŽΜπ’Ήπ’°Μ„noun1skin of a person or animal2skin3hide4bark𐒹𐒰
π“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°π“†π’Όπ’°
π“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°π“†π’Όπ’°π“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°Μ‹π“†π’Όπ’°noun1white person2Caucasianπ“π“Žπ’Ήπ’°π“†π’Όπ’°π’»Ν˜π“‡π“ˆπ’°π“π’»Ν˜
π“π“Žπ“π’°
π“π“Žπ“π’°π“π“ŽΜπ“π’°πŸ”Šπ“π“Žπ“π’°Μnoun1eagleπ“π’»π“π’°π’Ήπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’° 𐒿𐒷𐓓𐒷
π“π“Žπ“π’°
π“π“Žπ“π’°π“π“ŽΜ‹π“π’°adjective1wrinkled2ragged
π“π“Žπ“π’° 𐓄𐒰 π“†π’°Ν˜
π“π“Žπ“π’° 𐓄𐒰 π“†π’°Ν˜π“π“Žπ“π’°Μ 𐓅𐒰 π“†π’°Ν˜noun1bald eagleeagle with the whitish headπ“π“Žπ“π’°π“„π’°π“†π’°Ν˜
π“π“Žπ“π“‚π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“π“Žπ“π“‚π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“π“Žπ“π“‚Μπ’Ώπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·noun1headdress made of entire eaglesπ“π“Žπ“π“Žπ’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“π“Žπ“π’°π“‚π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“ˆπ’°π“†π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“π“Žπ“π’·
π“π“Žπ“π’·π“π“ŽΜπ“π’·adjective1broken in, as any hollow object
π“π“Žπ“π“Žπ“π’·
π“π“Žπ“π“Žπ“π’·π“π“ŽΜπ“π“Žπ“π’·1that cracks or crumbles

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π“’π’°Ν˜
π“’π’°Ν˜π“’π’°Μ‹Ν˜noun1country2prairie3timbers
𐓒𐒰𐓁𐒻
π“’π’°π“π’»π“’π’°Μ‹π“π’»πŸ”Šπ“’π’°Μ‹π“π’»Μ„π“’π’°π“π’»Μ1alladjective2wholeadjective3allpronoun4every onepronoun5everyonepronoun6everybodypronoun
π“’π’°Ν˜π“’π’»
π“’π’°Ν˜π“’π’»π“’π’°ΜΝ˜π“’π’»noun1sour odor2acrid smell (such as armpit odor or onion smell)
𐓒𐒻
π“’π’»π“’π’»ΜπŸ”Šadjective1yellow
𐓒𐒻 𐓇𐒰𐓄𐒷
𐓒𐒻 𐓇𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓒𐒻́ 𐓇𐒰́𐓄𐒷adjective1dark yellow𐓒𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓄𐒷
𐓒𐒻 π““π“Žπ“Šπ’· π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
𐓒𐒻 π““π“Žπ“Šπ’· π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜π“’π’»Μ π““π“ŽΜ„π“Šπ’· π’·Μπ’Όπ“‚Ν˜πŸ”Šadjective1orangeyellow that is redlikeπ“’π’»π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·π’·π’Όπ“‚Ν˜
𐓒𐒻𐒹𐒻
π“’π’»π’Ήπ’»π“’π’»Μπ’Ήπ’»πŸ”Šadjective1brown2yellow𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻𐓓𐒻𐒹𐒻
π“’π’»π“Šπ’·
π“’π’»π“Šπ’·π“’π’»π“Šπ’·ΜOnomatope1sound word - hissing sound
𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻
𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻́𐓒𐒻adjective1brown𐓒𐒻𐓒𐒻𐒹𐒻𐓓𐒻𐒹𐒻This 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."

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π““π’°Ν˜
π““π’°Ν˜π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜1sleepintransitive verb2go to sleepintransitive verb3lie down to sleepintransitive verb4go to bedintransitive verb5sleep overintransitive verb6stay all nightintransitive verb7sleepnounThe idea here is "a sleep" as a way to express a day.8night's restnoun9overnight staynoun10daynounπ““π’»Ν˜π’Ήπ’·
π““π’°Ν˜
π““π’°Ν˜π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜πŸ”Šnoun1wood2tree3log4lumber5stick6pole7woods8forestπ“π’°Ν˜Since this term is rather broad, Dorsey notes, "When they wish to distinguish between a tree and a log or wood, π““π’°Ν˜ π“π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’· is used for the former, π““π’°Ν˜ for wood and π““π’°Ν˜ π’Όπ’°π“π“‚Ν˜ for a log." Each of these have their own entry.
π““π’°Ν˜ π’°π’Όπ’°π“†π“ˆπ“‚π“π’·
π““π’°Ν˜ π’°π’Όπ’°π“†π“ˆπ“‚π“π’·π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ π’°Μπ’Όπ’°Μ„π“†π“ˆπ“‚π“π’·noun1sleigh2sledπ““π’°Ν˜π’°-𐒼𐒰-π“†π“ˆπ“‚π“π’·
π““π’°Ν˜ π’°π“π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜
π““π’°Ν˜ π’°π“π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜π““π’°ΜΝ˜ π’°Μπ“π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜noun1laddera wood to stand onπ““π’°Ν˜ π’°π“π’°π““π’»Ν˜π““π’°Ν˜π’°-π“π’°Ν˜π““π’»Ν˜
π““π’°Ν˜ π’°π“Šπ’·
π““π’°Ν˜ π’°π“Šπ’·π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ π’°Μ‹π“Šπ’·noun1vineembraces the treeπ““π’°Ν˜π’°π“Šπ’·
π““π’°Ν˜ 𐒹𐒿𐒰
π““π’°Ν˜ π’Ήπ’Ώπ’°π““π’°ΜΝ˜ 𐒹𐒿𐒰noun1buds or blossoms of fruit treesπ““π’°Ν˜ π“π“π’°π““π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’Ώπ’°π““π’°Ν˜ π“ˆπ’°π“‡π“„π“Ž