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𐓁𐒰
𐓁𐒰𐓁𐒰adverb1only2just3solely4not anything else than5not anything butπ“π’°Ν˜
-𐓁𐒰
-𐓁𐒰𐓁𐒰1a sign of past action, added to classifiers, verbs, nounssfxThis 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’°Ν˜interj1now2but3well4I wonderQuintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 149) that, "Used at the beginning of the sentence, nΔ… adds a speculative tone to an otherwise simple question and is often glossed as 'wonder'."π’·π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜1always2repeatedly3habitually4customarily5usually6recurringly7continually8continue to9used toπ“π’°π“π“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π“Šπ’»π“‡π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜1distributed to eachπ“π’°π“π“‚Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜noun1woodπ““π’°Ν˜La Flesche notes that this term is an "archaic word for wood."
π“π’°Ν˜-
π“π’°Ν˜-π“π’°Μ„Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜1on or with one's foot or feetpfx2action of the feetpfx3by footpfx𐓁𐒰-𐒼𐒰-𐓄𐒰-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.
π“π’°Ν˜π’΄π“‚Ν˜π’΄π“‚Ν˜π“†π’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’΄π“‚Ν˜π’΄π“‚Ν˜π“†π’·π“π’°Ν˜π’΄π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π“‚π“†π’·transitive verb1make ice crack repeatedly by walking on itπ“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π“ŽΝ˜π“„π“π“ŽΝ˜π“†π’·π“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’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°ΜΝ˜noun1bark of a tree2outer bark of a tree3boardπ“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π““π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’·π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’° π’°Μπ“π’°Ν˜π’½π“‚Μπ’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°Μ π’°Μπ“π’°Ν˜π’½π“‚Μπ’Όπ’·noun1plank2board3floorboard4floorπ“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“Žπ’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° 𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° 𐒴𐒰𐒼'π’°π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’° 𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰́noun1board2plank3lumberπ“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° 𐓄𐓍𐒰𐒼'π’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π’΄π’°π’Ό'𐒰
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’»
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’»π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ήπ’° π’»ΜΝ˜π“‹π’»noun1bark lodgeπ“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’»π“Šπ’»π“π’°Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π’»Ν˜π“Šπ’»
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’½π’°noun1back (of a human or animal's body)2back
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°adverb1maybeπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Ώπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Ώπ’·π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’½π’°π’Ώπ’·noun1saddleπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Όπ“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’°π’Ώπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’·π“π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’·intransitive verb1run2run, as an animal, not as a personπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚ΜΝ˜π“π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚ΜΝ˜transitive verb1hear𐒻́𐒷 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 talking2hear aboutTony π“π’°π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜?did you hear about Tony?3understand𐓁𐒰𐒼'π“ŽΝ˜π“π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“ŽΝ˜π“π“‚Λ™π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜
𐓁𐒰𐒼𐓃
𐓁𐒰𐒼𐓃𐓁𐒰𐒽𐓃́1bothpronoun2pair, couple, the two of themπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π“π’»Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“ŽΝ˜π’»Ν˜π“π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°π“‡π’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°π“‡π’·π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°Μπ“‡π’·1continuative aspect postverbal marker (indicating ongoing action or state in present, past, or future time) for 2nd plural (i.e., plural addressee) sitting subject2ye whoπ“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“‡π’·π“π’°π’Όπ“π’°π“‡π’·π“π’°π’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’·π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’·π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°This is the second-person conjugation of π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°. Since π“π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’° is inherently plural, so is this term, which expresses "you-all."
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π’Όπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π’Όπ’·π“π’°Μ„Ν˜π’Ώπ’·Μπ’Όπ’·transitive verb1shatter by foot or with the footπ“π’°π’Ήπ’Ώπ’·π’Όπ’·π“π’°π’Ώπ’·π’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜-𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷𐒼𐒰𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’°1sneaky, hide, be sly, secretly scheme against someone, go behind someone's back, be cunning (as Coyote is in stories)intransitive verb2hide, concealtransitive verb3on the sly, covertlyadverbπ“π’°π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’°π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’°π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π’°Μπ“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·verb1conduct espionage, spy, have under surveillanceon the sly, watch overπ“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π’°π“ˆπ“‚Ν˜π“„π’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π“π’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π“π’°π“π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Μ‹Ν˜π’Ήπ’° π“π’°π“π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜verb1eavesdroplisten to things on the slyπ“π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“‚Ν˜π’Ήπ’°π“π’°-π“π’°Ν˜π’Ό'π“‚Ν˜This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°ΜΝ˜1on and on2continually3keep on with the action of the verbπ“π’°π“π’°π“π’°Ν˜Quintero notes for this term, "Placed after verbs. May be pronounced with very relaxed vowels, as (𐓁𐓛𐓁𐓛)."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’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°noun1pipe2smokeThe idea of smoke here refers to the idea of something like a cigarette. For example, "I'm going to go get some smokes." This term does not refer to the smoke that comes from a fire.π“π’°π“π“Žπ“ŽΝ˜π“„π’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° π’°π“Šπ’·π“π’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° π’°π“Šπ’·π“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° π’°Μπ“Šπ’·π“π’·transitive verb1light a pipe by putting a coal of fire on itπ“π’°π“π“Žπ“ŽΝ˜π“„π’° π’°π“Šπ’·π“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π’°π“Šπ’·π“π’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° 𐒻𐓄𐒰
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° π’»π“„π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° 𐒻́𐓄𐒰noun1pipe bowlπ“π’°π“π“Žπ“ŽΝ˜π“„π’° π’»π“„π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° π’Όπ’°π“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° 𐒼𐒰̋𐓐𐒷transitive verb1make a smokeπ“π’°Ν˜π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“‚π“„π’° 𐒼𐒰̋𐓑𐒷 π’½π“‚ΜΝ˜π’΄π’°I want to make a smoke, as in a peyote meeting2roll a cigaretteπ“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°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’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»ΜΝ˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’° π““π“ŽΜπ“Šπ’·noun1pipe with a bowl made of red pipestoneπ“π’°π“π“Žπ“ŽΝ˜π“„π’° π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“π’»Ν˜π“‚Ν˜π“„π’°π““π“Žπ“Šπ’·
π“π’°π“π“Ž
π“π’°π“π“Žπ“π’°π“π“ŽΜnoun1tobaccoπ“π’°π“π“Ž 𐒴𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒷I chew tobacco.π“π’°Ν˜π“π“Žπ“π’°Ν˜π“π“Žπ’Ήπ“Ž
π“π’°π“π“Ž 𐓍𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒷
π“π’°π“π“Ž π“π’°π“‡π’Όπ’»π’Όπ’·π“π’°π“π“ŽΜ 𐓍𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒻́𐒼𐒷transitive verb1chew tobaccoπ“π’°π“π“Ž 𐒴𐒰𐓇𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒷I chew tobacco.π“π’°Ν˜π“π“Ž π“π’°π“‡π’Όπ’»π’Όπ’·π“π’°π“π“Žπ“π’°π“‡π’Όπ’»π’Όπ’·This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
π“π’°Ν˜π“π“Žπ’Ήπ“Ž
π“π’°Ν˜π“π“Žπ’Ήπ“Žπ“π’°Ν˜π“π“ŽΜπ’Ήπ“Žnoun1tobaccoπ“π’°π“π“Ž
π“π’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“π’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“„π’°Μπ“π’·transitive verb1break a cord or string in two with the footπ“π’°Ν˜-π“„π’°π“π’·π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“„π’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“„π’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“„π“‚π“„π’°π“π’·π“ˆπ’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“π’°π“„π’°π“π’·π“π’»π“„π’°π“π’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π“‚π’Όπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π“‚π’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π“‚Μπ’½π’·transitive verb1make an object burst open with a popping sound, by treading or jumping on itπ“π’°Ν˜π“„π“Žπ’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“„π“π“Žπ’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜-𐓄𐓐𐓂𐒼𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓄𐓐𐓂𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰𐓄𐓐𐓂𐒼𐒷𐓍𐒰𐓄𐓐𐓂𐒼𐒷
π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’°Ν˜π“†π’°Ν˜π“π’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’°Ν˜π“†π’°Ν˜π“π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’°ΜΝ˜π“†π’°Ν˜π“π’°transitive verb1clap (e.g., the hands)
π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’°ΜΝ˜π“Šπ’·transitive verb1hold an object firmly by treading on itπ“π’°Ν˜-
π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’»π’Όπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’»π’Όπ’·π“π’°Ν˜π“†π’»Μπ’Όπ’·transitive verb1make earth, snow, etc., fly in all directions by kickingπ“π’°Ν˜-𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒻𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰𐓆𐒻𐒼𐒷
π“π’°Ν˜π“†π“ˆπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“†π“ˆπ’°π“π’°Μ„Ν˜π“†π“ˆπ’°Μ1kicktransitive verb2stomp the ground, trampling or flattening itintransitive verbmake bare by footπ“π’°π“†π“ˆπ’°π“π’°Ν˜-π“†π“ˆπ’°π’Όπ’°π“‡π“ˆπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°π“π“‚
π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°π“π“‚π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°Μπ“π“‚transitive verb1make small bells, on the clothing, etc., rattle when the wearer dancesπ“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°π“π“Žπ“π’°Ν˜-π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“π’·π“„π’°π“‡π’°π“π“‚
π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ’»
π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ’»π“π’°ΜΝ˜π“‡π’Όπ’»adverb1only, just, even only, merely, solelyπ“π’°π“‡π’Όπ’»π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’Όπ’»
π“π’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜
π“π’°π“‡π“‚Ν˜π“π’°Μπ“‡π“‚Ν˜adverb1at least2leastways𐓁𐒰𐓇𐓂
π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“π’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚π“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π“‚Μπ“π’·transitive verb1make small bells, as on clothing or moccasins, rattle, when the wearer dancesπ“π’°Ν˜π“‡π“Žπ“π’·π“π’°Ν˜-π“‡π“‚π“π’·π“π’°Ν˜π“‡π’°π“π“‚
π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜
π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°Μ„Ν˜π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜noun1ear2external ear3ear (of a person or animal)4outer part of ear5earlobeπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π“π’°Ν˜π“π“Žπ“Šπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°Μ„Ν˜π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°noun1mule2jake mule3donkey4burro5assbig earsπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π’Όπ’°π“π’° π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’° π“†π“Šπ’·While this is the full and/or main version of this term, its variant (usually contracted) is used more often.
π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π“π’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ’°π“π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“‰π’°Μπ“π’°transitive verb1scatter in pieces, as wood or snow, by kicking or treading onπ“π’°Ν˜π“ˆ'π’°π“π’°π“π’°Ν˜-π“ˆπ’°π“π’°
π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“π’°π““π’»
π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“π’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“π’°Μπ““π’»1not apt2he is not aptπ“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π’΅π’°π““π’»
π“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’°π““π’»
π“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π“‹π’°Μπ““π’»1not aptπ“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π“ˆπ“π’°π““π’»π“π’°Ν˜π’΅π’°π““π’»
π“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·π“π’°ΜΝ˜π“‹π’·1aptπ“π’°Ν˜π“Šπ’·
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π“’π’»
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°Ν˜π“’π’»π“π’°ΜΝ˜π“π’°Ν˜π“’π’»1be jealous about someone in regard to the opposite sex (the jealous person is usually female)transitive verb2woman who is jealous (e.g., about her spouse or boyfriend)noun𐓁𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓒𐒷
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°π’Ήπ“Ž
π“π’°Ν˜π“π’°π’Ήπ“Žπ“π’°ΜΝ˜π“π’°π’Ήπ“Žnoun1spine2backboneπ“π“‚Ν˜π“π’°π’Ήπ’»