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𐓆𐒰𐓆𐒰noun1a tall grass, growing in ponds, to the height of about ten feet, used for mats2rushLa Flesche notes that this rush is "out of which mats are made."Eleocharis interstincta
𐓆𐒰͘𐓆𐒰͘1plaitedadjective2plaitnoun
𐓆𐒰 𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒰 𐒴𐒰́𐓆𐒼𐒰noun1a stem-grass, growing about five feet high, in ponds𐓆𐒰 𐓄𐓍𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒰𐒴𐒰𐓆𐒼𐒰
𐓆𐒰͘𐒹𐒰͘𐓆𐒰́͘𐒹𐒰͘adjective1white2whitish3grayish4distant white5a distant white, as distinguished from 𐓆𐒼𐒰, a near white𐓆𐒰͘𐓆𐒼𐒰This term refers to what is white or whitish (even grayish) in the distance. If you were near the object, the term 𐓆𐒼𐒰 (white) would be used. This term describes the effect of viewing a white object from a distance, with the atmosphere (containing dust, smoke, and other impurities) slightly affecting the color.
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓆𐒰̄𐒼𐒻́1hardadjective2hard (in texture)adjective3solidadjective4firmadjective5strongadjective6muscularadjective7difficult, hard to do things withadjective8tightadjective9tightlyadverb10fastadverbThe idea of fast here doesn't refer to speed, but rather being rigidly held in place. For example, to be stuck fast.
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻 𐒹𐓂𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻́ 𐒹𐓂noun1Sac and Fox (tribe or tribal member)𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐒰𐓀𐒰𐓐𐒰𐒲𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐒹𐒰𐓐𐒻͘𐒿𐒷𐓓𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷𐒹𐒻͘𐓇𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐒼𐒰𐓍𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒼𐒰͘𐓒𐒷𐓀𐓎𐓆𐒼𐓂𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰 𐓈𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂͘𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻͘𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓀𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓊𐒷𐓄𐓂͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓏𐒰𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓇𐒰𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓇𐒰𐒹𐒰͘𐓇𐒰𐒿𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓁𐒻͘𐓊𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒷𐓊𐒻𐓄𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓄𐒰 𐓁𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓇𐓂𐒹𐒿𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷𐓏𐒰𐓓𐓂𐒿𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓈𐒰
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻 𐓄𐒰𐓈𐒰͘𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻́ 𐓄𐒰𐓈𐒰́͘transitive verb1push firmly against𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓄𐒰𐓈𐒰͘This entry is composed of more than one word. Any conjugations need to be done on the LAST word.
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻 𐓇𐓂͘𐓇𐓂͘𐓏𐒷𐓆𐒰̄𐒼𐒻́ 𐓇𐓂̄͘𐓇𐓂́͘𐓏𐒷adjective1permanent𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓏𐒰𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻́𐓏𐒰noun1Sac and Fox (tribe or tribal member)2Saks or Sacsmake it tight𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓏𐓂𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐒰𐓀𐒰𐓐𐒰𐒲𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐒹𐒰𐓐𐒻͘𐒿𐒷𐓓𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷𐒹𐒻͘𐓇𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐒼𐒰𐓍𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒼𐒰͘𐓒𐒷𐓀𐓎𐓆𐒼𐓂𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰 𐓈𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂͘𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻͘𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓀𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓊𐒷𐓄𐓂͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻 𐒹𐓂𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓇𐒰𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓇𐒰𐒹𐒰͘𐓇𐒰𐒿𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓁𐒻͘𐓊𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒷𐓊𐒻𐓄𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓄𐒰 𐓁𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓇𐓂𐒹𐒿𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷𐓏𐒰𐓓𐓂𐒿𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓈𐒰
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻́𐓓𐒻͘noun1Sac and Fox (tribe or tribal member)𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒰𐓀𐒰𐓐𐒰𐒲𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐒹𐒰𐓐𐒻͘𐒿𐒷𐓓𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷𐒹𐒻͘𐓇𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐒼𐒰𐓍𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒼𐒰͘𐓒𐒷𐓀𐓎𐓆𐒼𐓂𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰 𐓈𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂͘𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻͘𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓀𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓊𐒷𐓄𐓂͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻 𐒹𐓂𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓏𐒰𐓇𐒰𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓇𐒰𐒹𐒰͘𐓇𐒰𐒿𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓁𐒻͘𐓊𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒷𐓊𐒻𐓄𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓄𐒰 𐓁𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓇𐓂𐒹𐒿𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷𐓏𐒰𐓓𐓂𐒿𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓈𐒰
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒰̄𐒼𐒻́𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰adjective1slimhard small𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐓎𐓆𐒰́𐒽𐓎🔊noun1watermelon
𐓆𐒰𐒼𐓎 𐓇𐓎𐓄𐒷 𐓒𐒻𐓆𐒰́𐒽𐓎 𐓇𐓎́𐓄𐒷 𐓒𐒻́noun1yellow-meated watermelon
𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓆𐒰́𐓄𐒷🔊adjective1black𐓆𐒰𐓆𐒱𐓇𐒰𐓄𐒷
𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷 𐓓𐒻𐒹𐒻𐓆𐒰́𐓄𐒷 𐓓𐒻́𐒹𐒻adjective1color of walnut wood𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓓𐒻𐒹𐒻
𐓆𐒰𐓆𐒷𐓆𐒰́𐓆𐒷noun1shavings2cuttings*𐓆𐒷This 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."
𐓆𐒰𐓈𐒰𐓆𐒰́𐓈𐒰adjective1straightened out2stiff3rigid4stiffened5stiff-jointed
𐓆𐒰𐓈𐒰͘𐓆𐒰́𐓉𐒰͘adjective1five𐓉𐓂̋𐓓𐓎 𐓆𐒰́𐓉𐒰͘ 𐒰𐒴𐒻́͘I have five meat pies𐓆𐒰𐓈𐒰
*𐓆𐒷𐓆𐒷verb1cutThis 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.
𐓆𐒻𐓆𐒻̋noun1foot2feet
𐓆𐒻𐒷𐒼𐓂͘𐓆𐒻́𐒷𐒼𐓂͘🔊noun1meat piefoot-like𐓆𐒻𐒷𐒼𐓂͘𐓈𐓂𐓓𐓎Quintero notes (Osage Dictionary, page 200) that the idea of "foot" in this term is "referring to the shape of the traditional meat pie," and that this term is "Especially used in the Grayhorse district."
𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒻́͘𐒼𐒰🔊noun1squirrel2red squirrel3reddish-gray squirrel, or fox squirrel, common in Dakota, Nebraska, etc.𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓐𐓂𐓊𐒷𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓒𐒻𐒹𐒻
𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓄𐒰𐒿𐒷𐓒𐒷𐓆𐒻́͘𐒼𐒰 𐓅𐒰𐒿𐒷́𐓒𐒷noun1square danceQuintero notes on page 201 of her Osage Dictionary (2009) that this term is "a square dance call equivalent to 'Swing your partners.'"stripe-nosed squirrel𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰𐒿𐒷𐓒𐒷
𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓆𐒻́͘𐒼𐒰 𐓆𐒰́𐓄𐒷noun1black squirrel𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓐𐓂𐓊𐒷𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓒𐒻𐒹𐒻
𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓐𐓂𐓊𐒷𐓆𐒻́͘𐒼𐒰 𐓐𐓂́𐓊𐒷noun1gray squirrel𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓐𐓎𐓊𐒷𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓊𐒷𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓆𐒰𐓄𐒷𐓆𐒻͘𐒼𐒰 𐓒𐒻𐒹𐒻