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𐓏𐒰-𐓏𐒰verbpfx1us (on verbs)This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐓏𐒰-𐓏𐒰verbpfx1we (on adjectives)This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐓏𐒰-𐓏𐒰verbpfx1valence reducer2them3somethingHere, the idea of something is used to create a noun out of a verb. For example, adding wa- to thatse (eat) becomes wathatse (something that is eaten, i.e., food).This is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐓏𐒰-𐓏𐒰verb > verbpfx1a sign of the subject of an actionThis is an affix that cannot be used by itself. It is attached to other words or roots.
𐓏𐒰𐒴𐒰͘𐒿𐒻͘𐓏𐒰𐒴𐒰́͘𐒿𐒻͘noun1perfume𐓏𐒰𐒴𐒰́͘𐒿𐒻͘ 𐒴𐒰́͘ 𐒰𐒼𐓐𐒱he/she smells like perfume𐓏𐒰-𐒴𐒰͘𐓍𐒰𐒿𐒻͘
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰́͘noun1yarn
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰͘ 𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰́͘ 𐒼𐒰̋𐓐𐒷noun1yarn work (as product or activity)yarn making𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒷𐒹𐒷𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒷́𐒹𐒷🔊adjective1weak (e.g., a human, an animal, an object, or a material)𐒰̋𐒿𐒻̄͘ 𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒷́𐒹𐒷 𐓈𐓂͘𐓄𐒷́𐓏𐒱the chair looks weak𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒷́𐒹𐒷 𐓀𐒻͘𐒼𐓇𐒷́ 𐒰͘𐓓𐒻͘ 𐓆𐒻́𐓆𐒻 𐓁𐒻͘𐒼𐓇𐒷́I am weak, but thou art strong (line in a Christian hymn)
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂́𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰1funny, amusing, or comical personnoun2one who is always making people laughnoun3jokernoun4clownnoun5funny, amusing, comicaladjective𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓍𐒻𐒹𐓂𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰This 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."
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐒼'𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂́𐒼'𐒰1small, littleadjective2youngadjective3small amountnoun4reduced quantitynoun
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐒼'𐒰𐓓𐒻͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂́𐒼'𐒰𐓓𐒻͘adjective1very small or very young𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐒼'𐒰𐓓𐒻͘
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓇𐓊𐒷𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂́𐓇𐓊𐒷adjective1small, little2narrow, slim𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓆𐓊𐒷𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓇𐒵𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓇𐒵𐒷
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂́𐓈𐒰adjective1be funny, amusing, comical
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂̋𐓉𐒰͘noun1gun2handgun3rifle4shotgun5pistol6revolver𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰𐓏𐒰-𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘ 𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘ 𐓈𐒰𐓄𐒰
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘ 𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂̋𐓉𐒰͘ 𐓂𐓄𐒰̋𐓐𐓂͘noun1breech-loading shotgungun that breaks by pushing on𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐓂-𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘ 𐓈𐒰𐓄𐒰
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘ 𐓈𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂́𐓉𐒰͘ 𐓈𐒰̋𐓅𐒰noun1pistolround gun𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘ 𐓄𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐓈𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘ 𐓂𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂͘
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰𐓍𐒷𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂́𐓈𐒰𐓍𐒷transitive verb1make fun of someone𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰-𐓍𐒷
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂́𐓏𐒰𐒹𐒰́noun1Potawatomi (tribe or tribal member)𐒰𐓀𐒰𐓐𐒰𐒲𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐒹𐒰𐓐𐒻͘𐒿𐒷𐓓𐒷𐒼𐒰𐓐𐒷𐒹𐒻͘𐓇𐒰𐒹𐓂𐓈𐒰͘𐒼𐒰𐒼𐒰𐓍𐓂𐓏𐒰𐒼𐒰͘𐓒𐒷𐓀𐓎𐓆𐒼𐓂𐒼𐒷𐓄𐒰 𐓈𐓂𐒼𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂͘𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻͘𐓄𐒰𐓍𐒻𐓀𐒰𐒹𐒰𐓄𐒰𐓐𐓂𐓊𐒷𐓄𐓂͘𐒼𐒰𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻 𐒹𐓂𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓏𐒰𐓆𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓓𐒻͘𐓇𐒰𐒰𐒼𐒷𐓇𐒰𐒹𐒰͘𐓇𐒰𐒿𐒰𐒼𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓇𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓁𐒻͘𐓊𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒷𐓊𐒻𐓄𐓂𐓏𐒰𐓄𐒰 𐓁𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓇𐓂𐒹𐒿𐒰𐓏𐒰𐓍𐒰𐓁𐒻𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷𐓏𐒰𐓓𐓂𐒿𐒰𐓏𐒻𐓊𐒻𐓈𐒰
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓃𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓃́1address folks with respectintransitive verb𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂̋͘ 𐓅𐒰́𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰I don't know how to address folks𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂̋͘ 𐓁𐒰 𐓍𐒰̋𐒿𐒻͘ 𐒰̋𐓄𐒰 𐓁𐓂̋͘ 𐒰𐓄𐒰they said we should show this respect, the elders2address as friends and relativestransitive verb𐓒𐒰̋𐓁𐒻 𐓏𐒰𐓏𐒻́𐒹𐓃𐓄𐒻I address you all as friends and relatives𐓏𐒻𐓉𐒰́͘𐒼𐒷, 𐓏𐒻𐓓𐒻́͘, 𐓏𐒻𐓆𐓂́͘𐒼𐒰, 𐓏𐒰𐓏𐒻́𐒹𐓃𐓄𐒻sisters, elder brothers, younger brothers, I wish to address you with respect [man speaking]𐓏𐒻𐓓𐓂́͘𐒰, 𐓏𐒻𐓉𐒰́𐒷𐓓𐒻͘, 𐓏𐒻𐓋𐒻́͘𐓈𐓂, 𐓏𐒻𐓆𐓂͘𐒰, 𐓏𐒰𐓏𐒻́𐒹𐓃𐓄𐒻elder sisters, younger sisters, elder brothers, younger brothers, I wish to address you with respect [woman speaking]𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓂͘𐓏𐒰-
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓃𐒼𐒷𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓃́𐒼𐒷1orphannoun2be an orphanverb
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎́noun1bone2bones
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎𐒼𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎́𐒽𐒰🔊noun1fork𐓏𐒰-𐒹𐓎𐒼𐒰
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎𐓁𐒻𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎́𐓁𐒻noun1arthritis2rheumatism3lumbagobone hurt𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎𐓁𐒻𐒷
𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎́𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰noun1button𐓏𐒰𐒹𐓎𐓓𐒻͘𐒼𐒰𐒰𐓍𐒻𐒼𐒰𐓇𐒻͘𐓍𐒷
𐓏𐒰𐒼'𐒰͘𐓏𐒰𐒼'𐒰́͘1glad, happy, joyousintransitive verb2exultintransitive verb3war honorsnoun