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𐓁𐒰𐓁𐒰adverb1only𐓏𐒰𐒽𐓂́͘𐓈𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐒷̄𐓁𐒰́ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰 𐓁𐒰, 𐓅𐒰𐒹𐒰́͘𐒿𐒷 𐓀𐒸́, 𐒰𐒽𐒻́𐒿𐒰𐓍𐒻͘𐓄𐒱soon it will be only God, put him first, carry yourself that way2just𐓀𐒰̋͘𐒹𐒻͘ 𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎́𐒽𐒰 𐒰́͘𐒼𐒰𐓓𐓎𐓄𐒰𐓓𐒻́, 𐓀𐒰́͘𐓒𐒷𐓋𐓎𐒼𐒰 𐓁𐒰 𐒰͘𐒼𐒰́𐓓𐓎𐓄𐒷we didn't put a knife or fork on, we just put spoons on3solely4not anything else than𐓏𐒰́𐒿𐒻͘ 𐓈𐓂̄𐓊𐒷̋𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒷 𐓏𐒰̄𐓌𐒻́ 𐓁𐒰͘ 𐒰𐓄𐒱́he eats too much and he doesn't do anything but dancelit:indeed he is an over-eater, he only dances5not anything but𐓁𐒰͘
-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.
𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒰͘interj1now𐓁𐒰͘ 𐒹𐒰̄𐒼𐓐𐒰́͘𐓊𐒻 𐒿𐒻̋𐒷?[now,] when did she get back?2but𐓁𐒰͘ 𐒹𐒰̄𐒼𐓐𐒰́͘𐓈𐒰 𐒿𐒻̋𐒷?but when is she coming back?3well𐓁𐒰͘ 𐒹𐒰̄𐒼𐓐𐒰́͘𐓈𐒰 𐒿𐒻̋𐒷?well, when is she coming back?4I wonder𐓁𐒰͘ 𐒹𐒰̋𐒼𐓐𐒰͘𐓉𐒰 𐒿𐒻́?lit:now, when in the future does she return?I wonder when she's coming back?Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 149) that, "Used at the beginning of the sentence, ną adds a speculative tone to an otherwise simple question and is often glossed as 'wonder'."𐒷𐓈𐒰͘𐒹𐒰
𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒰͘1always𐒷́𐒼𐒻𐒷 𐓁𐒰͘𐓄𐒷they always said𐓀𐒻́͘𐓐𐒰 𐓉𐒰̋͘, 𐒹𐒰́͘ 𐓏𐒻́𐒷 𐓁𐒻́ 𐒼𐓇𐒻 𐒰́𐓇𐒼𐒰 𐒴𐒷̋ 𐓁𐒱well, I always go near water, said the goose𐓏𐒰̄𐓌𐒻́𐒷 𐓏𐒰𐓈𐓃́ 𐓇𐓊𐒷̋ 𐓁𐒰͘ 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱you're always going to go to dances𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰́𐓓𐒻͘ 𐒹𐓂̋𐒿𐒰͘ 𐒻𐓍𐒰́𐓓𐓂𐓇𐒻 𐓁𐒰͘I always used to tell the children not to go fishing2repeatedly3habitually4customarily5usually6recurringly7continually8continue to𐒽𐒰́𐓏𐒰 𐓍𐒰̋𐒿𐒻͘𐓄𐒻 𐓁𐒰͘he continues to be a good horse9used to𐓁𐒰𐓁𐓂͘𐒹𐒰𐓊𐒻𐓇𐓈𐒰͘
𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒰͘1distributed to each𐒻𐓉𐒰́ 𐓁𐒰it belongs to each of them𐓁𐒰𐓁𐓂͘
𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒰͘noun1wood𐓓𐒰͘La Flesche notes that this term is an "archaic word for wood."
𐓁𐒰͘-𐓁𐒰̄͘𐓁𐒰͘1on or with one's foot or feetpfx2action of the feetpfx3by footpfx𐓁𐒰-𐒼𐒰-𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐒰-𐓄𐓂-𐓄𐓎-𐓈𐒰-𐓍𐒰-𐓍𐓎-This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐓁𐒰͘𐒴𐓂͘𐒴𐓂͘𐓆𐒷𐓁𐒰͘𐒴𐓂́͘𐒴𐓂𐓆𐒷transitive verb1make ice crack repeatedly by walking on it𐓁𐒰͘𐓄𐓍𐓎͘𐓄𐓍𐓎͘𐓆𐒷𐓁𐒰͘-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."
𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰𐓁𐒰́͘𐒹𐒰𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰́͘noun1bark of a tree2outer bark of a tree3board𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰𐓓𐒰͘𐒹𐒰
𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰 𐒰𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐓂𐒼𐒷𐓁𐒰́͘𐒹𐒰 𐒰́𐓁𐒰͘𐒽𐓂́𐒼𐒷𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰́ 𐒰́𐓁𐒰͘𐒽𐓂́𐒼𐒷noun1plank2board3floorboard4floor𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰 𐒰𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐓎𐒼𐒷𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰𐒰𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐓂𐒼𐒷
𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰 𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐓁𐒰́͘𐒹𐒰 𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰́noun1board2plank3lumber𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰 𐓄𐓍𐒰𐒼'𐒰𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰𐒴𐒰𐒼'𐒰
𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰 𐒻͘𐓊𐒻𐓁𐒰́͘𐒹𐒰 𐒻́͘𐓋𐒻noun1bark lodge𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰 𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓁𐒰͘𐒹𐒰𐒻͘𐓊𐒻
𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐓁𐒰́͘𐒽𐒰🔊noun1back (of a human or animal's body)2back
𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐓁𐒰́͘𐒼𐒰adverb1maybe𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒻̋͘ 𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰͘ 𐓄𐓇𐒻́ 𐓉𐒰 𐓀𐒻͘𐒼𐓇𐒷́maybe I'll go tomorrow𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰 𐓁𐒰̋͘𐒼𐒷 𐓉𐒰 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰maybe he'll run𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰͘
𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐒿𐒷𐓁𐒰́͘𐒽𐒰𐒿𐒷noun1saddle𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐒼𐓍𐒷𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐒰𐒿𐒷
𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒷𐓁𐒰̋͘𐒼𐒷🔊intransitive verb1run2run, as an animal, not as a person𐓈𐒰͘𐓍𐒻͘
𐓁𐒰͘𐒼'𐓂͘𐓁𐒰͘𐒼'𐓂́͘𐓁𐒰̄͘𐒼'𐓂́͘transitive verb1hear𐒻́𐒷 𐒰͘𐓍𐒰́𐓁𐒰͘𐒼'𐓂͘ 𐓇𐒼𐓂́͘𐓇𐓈𐒰 𐒻͘𐒼𐒷́ 𐓄𐒰̄𐓇𐒷́ 𐒰͘𐓓𐒻 𐒻𐓍𐒰́𐒷 𐒰͘𐓈𐓐𐒰͘𐒹𐒷́you all don't want to hear me talk, but I'm talking2hear aboutTony 𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒰́͘𐒼'𐓂͘?did you hear about Tony?3understand𐓁𐒰𐒼'𐓎͘𐓁𐒰͘𐒼'𐓎͘𐓁𐓂˙𐒼'𐓂͘
𐓁𐒰𐒼𐓃𐓁𐒰𐒽𐓃́1bothpronoun2pair, couple, the two of them𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐓂𐓏𐒻͘𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐓎͘𐒻͘𐓍𐓂͘𐓄𐒰
𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐓐𐒰𐓇𐒷𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐓐𐒰́𐓇𐒷1continuative aspect postverbal marker (indicating ongoing action or state in present, past, or future time) for 2nd plural (i.e., plural addressee) sitting subject2ye who𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒷𐓁𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰𐓇𐒷𐓁𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒰͘𐓇𐒷𐓁𐒰͘𐒼𐓐𐒰͘𐓇𐒷𐓍𐒰͘𐒼𐓐𐒰This is the second-person conjugation of 𐓍𐒰͘𐒼𐓐𐒰. Since 𐓍𐒰͘𐒼𐓐𐒰 is inherently plural, so is this term, which expresses "you-all."
𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷𐓁𐒰̄͘𐒿𐒷́𐒼𐒷transitive verb1shatter by foot or with the foot𐓁𐒰𐒹𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷𐓁𐒰𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷𐓁𐒰͘-𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷𐒼𐒰𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰𐒿𐒷𐒼𐒷
𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐓂͘𐒹𐒰𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐓂̋͘𐒹𐒰1sneaky, 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, covertlyadverb𐓁𐒰𐒿𐓂͘𐒹𐒰
𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐓂͘𐒹𐒰 𐒰𐓈𐓂͘𐓄𐒷𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐓂̋͘𐒹𐒰 𐒰́𐓈𐓂͘𐓄𐒷verb1conduct espionage, spy, have under surveillanceon the sly, watch over𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐓂͘𐒹𐒰𐒰𐓈𐓂͘𐓄𐒷This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐓂͘𐒹𐒰 𐓏𐒰𐓁𐒰͘𐒼'𐓂͘𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐓂̋͘𐒹𐒰 𐓏𐒰𐓁𐒰́͘𐒼'𐓂͘verb1eavesdroplisten to things on the sly𐓁𐒰͘𐒿𐓂͘𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒰-𐓁𐒰͘𐒼'𐓂͘This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒰́͘1on and on2continually3keep on with the action of the verb𐓁𐒰𐓁𐒰𐓁𐒰͘Quintero 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."
𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒻͘𐓂͘𐓄𐒰𐓁𐒰͘𐓁𐒻́͘𐓂͘𐓄𐒰noun1pipe2smokeThe 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.𐓁𐒰𐓁𐓎𐓎͘𐓄𐒰