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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’°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“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’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
π““π’°Ν˜ π’Όπ’°Ν˜π““π’°ΜΝ˜ π’½π’°Ν˜π““π’°Ν˜ π’Όπ’°ΜΝ˜noun1roots of any plant or tree2root or roots of a tree, bush, etc.3root or roots (of a tree, bush, etc.)π““π’°Ν˜ 𐒼'π’°Ν˜π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Ν˜
π““π’°Ν˜ π’Όπ’°π“π’°π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒰́noun1limb of a tree2limbs, branches, boughs3tree branch, limb, tree branching outπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°
π““π’°Ν˜ π’Όπ’°π“π’»π“π’°π““π’°ΜΝ˜ 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒻́𐓍𐒰transitive verb1fell a treeπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’»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’Ώπ’»Ν˜π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ π“‚π’Ώπ’»Μ‹Ν˜intransitive verb1live in the woods2dwell in the forestπ““π’°Ν˜π“‚π’Ώπ’»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“†π“Žπ““π’°Ν˜ π“‚π“†π“ŽΜnoun1heart of a treeπ““π’°Ν˜ π“Žπ“†π“Žπ““π’°Ν˜π“‚π“†π“Ž
π““π’°Ν˜ π“π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’·π““π’°Ν˜ π“π“‚π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ’·noun1tree2a tree that still stands3a tree, not a logupright treeπ““π’°Ν˜ π“π“Žπ“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’·π““π’°Ν˜π“π“‚π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’°π’Ώπ’·
π““π’°Ν˜ π“π’°π“π“‚Ν˜π“„'π’»Ν˜π““π’°ΜΝ˜ π“π’°π“π“‚ΜΝ˜π“„'π’»Ν˜noun1necklace of woodπ““π’°Ν˜ π“π’°π“π’°Ν˜π“„'π’»Ν˜π““π’°Ν˜π“π’°π“π“‚Ν˜π“„'π’»Ν˜
π““π’°Ν˜ π“π’·π“π’°π“π’°π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜ 𐓏𐒷́𐓍𐒰̄𐓏𐒰noun1measuring stick2ruler3yardstickmeasure stuff using woodπ““π’°Ν˜π“π’·π“π’°π“π’°
π““π’°Ν˜ π“π’·π““π’°π“„π“‡π’·π““π’°ΜΝ˜ 𐓏𐒷́𐓓𐒰𐓄𐓇𐒷noun1spear or dart made entirely of wood, one end being burnt to a pointπ““π’°Ν˜π“π’·π““π’°π“„π“‡π’·
π““π’°Ν˜ π“π“‚π“Šπ’· π’Ήπ“Žπ““π’°Ν˜ π“π“‚Μπ“Šπ’· π’Ήπ“Žnoun1post oakQuercus stellatagray wood treeπ““π’°Ν˜ π“π“Žπ“Šπ’· π’Ήπ“Žπ““π’°Ν˜π“π“‚π“Šπ’·π’Ήπ“Ž
π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π“‚Ν˜π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π“‚ΜΝ˜noun1branch or limb that has been broken off a tree2log3bridgeπ““π’°Ν˜ π’Όπ’°π“π“ŽΝ˜π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π“‚Ν˜π’Όπ’°π“π’°
𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓓𐒰́𐒽𐒷noun1jack (in a deck of cards)Quintero notes on page 256 of her Osage Dictionary that this term is "borrowed from English."
*𐓓𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓓𐒰́𐒼𐒷verb1enlarge a hole or splitThis 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’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’·π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜π’½π“‚π’Όπ’·1boxnoun2wooden boxnoun3coffernoun4trunknoun5thousandadjectiveThis term is used to express "thousand" because historically, payments to the Osage tribe by the U.S. government were done with boxes containing $1,000 each.π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π’°π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π’·π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’·
π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’· 𐒻𐒹𐒰 π’°π’Όπ’°π’΄π’»Ν˜π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’½π“‚π’Όπ’· 𐒻́𐒹𐒰 π’°Μπ’Όπ’°π’΄π’»Ν˜transitive verb1fasten the lid on a boxπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“Žπ’Όπ’· 𐒻𐒹𐒰 π’°π’Όπ’°π“„π“π’»Ν˜π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‚π’Όπ’·π’»π’Ήπ’°π’°-𐒼𐒰-π“Šπ’·π“π’· 𐒻𐒹𐒰 π’°π’Όπ’°π’΄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’Όπ“‡π’·π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ“‡π’·1continuative aspect postverbal marker (indicating ongoing action or state in present, past, or future time) for 2nd singular lying down subject2second-person of kshe𐒼𐓇𐒷Dorsey notes that this term becomes π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“‡π’» if the next word begins with a-.
π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’° π““π’»Ν˜π’Ήπ’·π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ“π’° π““π’»Μ„Ν˜π’Ήπ’·Μintransitive verb1sleep sitting upπ““π’»Ν˜π’Ήπ’·π’Ώπ’»Ν˜π’Ώπ’»Ν˜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“π’·π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’°ΜΝ˜π“π’·noun1logbroad woodπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’°Ν˜π“π’·π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ’°Ν˜π“π’·
π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’°π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’°noun1horseflyπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’·π“‡π’Όπ’°π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’»π“‡π’Όπ’°π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’°
π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° 𐓄𐒰 π’Ώπ’·π“’π’·π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° 𐓅𐒰 𐒿𐒷́𐓒𐒷noun1horsefly with a striped headπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’·π“‡π’Όπ’° 𐓄𐒰 π’Όπ“π’·π“’π’·π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π’Ώπ’·π“’π’·
π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° 𐓄𐒰 π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° 𐓅𐒰 𐓉𐓂́𐒹𐓂noun1horsefly with a green head2green-headed horseflyπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’·π“‡π’Όπ’° 𐓄𐒰 π“ˆ'π“Žπ’Ήπ“Žπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° 𐓄𐒰 π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’°π“„π’°π“ˆπ“‚π’Ήπ“‚
π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° π“†π’°π“„π’·π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° 𐓆𐒰́𐓄𐒷noun1black horseflyπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’»π“‡π’Όπ’° π“†π’°π“„π’·π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’°π“†π’°π“„π’·
π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π““π’°ΜΝ˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° π“‰π’°ΜΝ˜π’Όπ’°noun1large horseflyπ““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’·π“‡π’Όπ’° π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π’»π“‡π’Όπ’° π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π““π’°Ν˜π’Όπ“π“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’° π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°π““π’°Ν˜π’Ώπ“Žπ“‡π’Όπ’°π“ˆπ’°Ν˜π’Όπ’°Dorsey lists this term as "the large horsefly," suggesting he is referring to a specific species rather than simply saying "large/big horsefly."
π““π’°Ν˜π“π’»π““π’°Μ„Ν˜π“π’»Μ‹π““π’°ΜΝ˜π“π’»noun1sugartree waterπ““π’°π“π’»π““π’°π“π’»π’·π““π’°Ν˜π“π’»Quintero notes on page 257 of her Osage Dictionary (2009) that this term was "originally referring to maple sap or syrup."
π““π’°Ν˜π“„π’°π“π’·π““π’°Μ‹Ν˜π“…π’°π“π’·noun1bat (the flying mammal)
*𐓓𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓓𐒰́𐓄𐒷verb1peel2scrape off3pareThis 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’·π““π’°Μ„Ν˜π“„π’·Μnoun1leaf