English to Quapaw Dictionary

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saber - scarf	scarlet - seeds	seesaw  -  shaman	shame - shore
short - sigh	sight - sitting	six - slivers	slow - soak
soap - soul	sound - spits	splash - stands	star - stockings
stomach - stretching	stride - Sunday	sunrise - syrup

 

six

► sha-pe šappé) - six

► sha-pe (šappé) - six [MS, MR, FR, AB, OM]

► sha-pe (schappeh) - 6 [GI]

► sha-pe (šáppe) - six [FS]

► sha-pe (shápe) - six [ASG]

► ex: de-ska-de sha-pe (déskade šappé) - seventy-five cents, six bits [FR, OM]

► Dhegiha: sha-pe (shape) - six [Omaha]; sha-ʰpe (shá-pe) - six [FL-Osage]; sha-ʰpe (šáʰpe) - six [CQ-Osage]; sha-pe (shápe) - six, be six in number [Kaw]

 

six times

► hi-sha-piⁿ (híšappį́) - six times

► cf. hi …. iⁿ (hí … į́) - times; sha-pe (šappé) - six

 

sixes, by sixes, 6 apiece or at a time

► sha-pe naⁿ-naⁿ (šáppe ną́ną) - by sixes, 6 apiece, 6 at a time

► cf. sha-pe šappé) - six; na-na (-naná), naⁿ-naⁿ (-ną́ną) - distributive of numerals

► Dhegiha: sha-pe yaⁿ-ye (shápe yáⁿye) - six apiece, six each, distributive [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: thoⁿ-thoⁿ (thóⁿthoⁿ) - distributive term [Omaha/Ponca]; wiⁿ-thoⁿ-thoⁿ (wíⁿ-thoⁿ-thoⁿ) - one apiece, one by one [FL-Osage]; yaⁿ-ye (-yáⁿye) - distributive suffix for numerals, apiece [Kaw]

 

sixteen

► sha-pe a-kniⁿ (šappé áknį) - sixteen, 6 sitting on (10)

► sha-pe a-kniⁿ (šappé áknį) - sixteen [MS]

► kde-bnaⁿ-taⁿ (kdébnąttą́ šappé áknį) - sixteen (long form), “10 when 6 is sitting on”

► Dhegiha: a-gthiⁿ sha-pe (agthíⁿshape) - sixteen [Omaha/Ponca]; a-gthiⁿ sha-ʰpe (a-gthíⁿ sha-pe) - sixteen [FL-Osage]; a-liⁿ sha-ʰpe (álįį šáʰpe), le-braⁿ a-liⁿ sha-ʰpe (lébrą álįį šáʰpe) - sixteen [CQ-Osage]; a-li sha-pe (àlishápe) - sixteen [Kaw]

 

sixteen times

► hi-sha-pe-a-kniⁿ (híšappeaknį́) - sixteen times

► cf. hi …. iⁿ (hí … į́) - times; sha-pe a-kniⁿ (šappé áknį) - sixteen

 

sixteens, by sixteens, 16 each

► sha-pe a-kniⁿ naⁿ-naⁿ (šappé áknį ną́ną) - by sixteens, 16 each

► cf. sha-pe a-kniⁿ (šappé áknį) - sixteen; na-na (-naná), naⁿ-naⁿ (-ną́ną) - distributive of numerals

► Dhegiha: thoⁿ-thoⁿ (thóⁿthoⁿ) - distributive term [Omaha/Ponca]; wiⁿ-thoⁿ-thoⁿ (wíⁿ-thoⁿ-thoⁿ) - one apiece, one by one [FL-Osage]; yaⁿ-ye (-yáⁿye) - distributive suffix for numerals, apiece [Kaw]

 

sixth

► i-sha-pe (íšappe) - sixth

► Dhegiha: we-sha-pe (wéshape) - the sixth (one) [Omaha/Ponca]; we-sha-pe (wéshape) - sixth [Omaha]; we-sha-pe (wé-sha-pe) - sixth [FL-Osage]; we-sha-pe (wéshape) - sixth [Kaw]

 

sixty

► kde-bdaⁿ sha-pe (kdébdą šappé) - sixty

► kde-bdaⁿ sha-pe (kdébdą šappé) - sixty [MS]

► cf. kde-bnaⁿ (kdébną), kde-bdaⁿ (kdebdą) - ten; sha-pe (šappé) - six

► Dhegiha: gthe-ba sha-pe (gthébashápe) - sixty [Omaha/Ponca]; gthe-bthoⁿ sha-ʰpe (gthé-bthoⁿ sha-pe) - six tens; sixty [FL-Osage]; le-braⁿ sha-ʰpe (lébrą šáʰpe) - sixty [CQ-Osage]; le-blaⁿ sha-pe (léblaⁿ shápe) - sixty [Kaw]

 

size

► na-ska (-naská) - size

► ex: de-na-ska (denaská) - size, of this size

► ex: e-naⁿ-ska (enąska) - of a certain size

► ex: ha-na-ska (hánaská) - how big or small, what size

► ex: ha-na-ska naⁿ-naⁿ (hánaska ną́ną) - how big (is) each

► ex: ha-na-ska-ska (hánaskáska) - how big (is) each

► ex: ha-na-ska-ska hi-te (hánaskáska hitté) - whatever size, however big

► ex: ka-na-ska (kanaská) - size, of that size

► ex: kaⁿ-ze a-na-ska (kką́ze ánaska) - size, of equal or like

► ex: ko-i-na-ska (kóinaská) - size of that distant object

► ex: miⁿ-de-na-ska (mįdénaska) - half that size

► ex: she-na-ska (šenaská) - big enough size, of that size

 

size of that distant object

► ko-i-na-ska (kóinaská) - size of that distant object

► cf. ko-i (kói) - that, there

 

size, half that size

► miⁿ-de-na-ska (mįdénaska) - half that size

► cf. miⁿ-de (mįdé) - half (of that measure); miⁿ-de-na-ska (mįdénaska) - half that size; miⁿ-de-naⁿ (mįdéną) - half that many, quantity; miⁿ-de-tʰoⁿ (mįdétʰǫ), miⁿ-de-toⁿ (mįdéttǫ) - half that length; miⁿ-de-tʰaⁿ-ha (mįdétʰąha) - half that depth; miⁿ-de-tʰaⁿ-ka (mįdétʰąká) - half that height

► Dhegiha: wiⁿ-de-na-ska (wiⁿdénaska) - half size, half that size, half as big [Omaha/Ponca]; wiⁿ-de-thoⁿ-ska (wiⁿdéthoⁿska) - half, half the size, half as big [Omaha/Ponca]

 

size, of a certain size

► e-naⁿ-ska (enąska) - of a certain size

► cf. e (e) - that, he, she, it

► ex: e-aⁿ-naⁿ-ska (eą́nąska) - of my size [JOD)]

► ex: wa-x’o zhi-ka wi e-aⁿ-naⁿ-ska ke e-hoⁿ we-niⁿ-tʰaⁿ pa naⁿ, wa-x’o zhi-ka ke wa-hiⁿ zhi-te i-niⁿ aⁿ-taⁿ o-zha pa naⁿ (waxʔó žiká wi eą́nąska ke ehǫ́ wénįtʰą ppá ną, waxʔó žiká ke wahį́ žítte ínį ą́ttą óža ppá ną) - the old women of my size, they also wore clothing, the old women wore red broad cloth when they danced [JOD]

► ex: e-ti o-ma-ni-ka kde-bnaⁿ-taⁿ sa-taⁿ a-kniⁿ e-aⁿ-na-ska a-ni-he maⁿ (etí ománikka kdébnąttą́ sattą́ aknį́ eą́naska aníhe mą́) - I was fifteen years of age there

► Dhegiha: e-thoⁿ-ska (éthoⁿska) - of that size (i.e., the size of a measure or standard): refers to inanimate objects only [Omaha/Ponca]

 

size, of equal or like size

► kaⁿ-ze a-na-ska (kką́ze ánaska) - size, of equal or like

► cf. kaⁿ-ze (kką́ze), koⁿ-ze (kkǫ́ze) - equal in

► Dhegiha: goⁿ-ze ’thoⁿ-ska (goⁿ-çé ’thoⁿ-çka) - equal in size; same in size; as large as [FL-Osage]; go-ze e-yoⁿ-ska (góze éyoⁿska) - equal in size, as large as, same size [Kaw]; go-ze e-yoⁿ-ska xtsi (góze éyoⁿskáxci) - exactly the same size [Kaw]

 

size, of that size

► she-na-ska (šenaská) - big enough size, of that size

► cf. she (še) - that; there [JOD]

► Dhegiha: she-na-ska (shénaska), she-thoⁿ-ska (shéthoⁿska) - that size: refers to small things [Omaha/Ponca]; she-yoⁿ-ska (shéyoⁿska) - that size, that big; the size of the visible object [Kaw]

 

► ka-na-ska (kanaská) - size, of that size

► cf. ka (ka) - that [JOD]

► Dhegiha: ga-thoⁿ-ska (gáthoⁿska) - so large; of that size [Omaha/Ponca]; ga-yaⁿ-ska (gáyaⁿska), ga-yoⁿ-ska (gáyoⁿska) - that size, be that big [Kaw]

 

size, of this size

► de-na-ska (denaská) - size, of this size

► cf. de (de) - this

► Dhegiha: the-thoⁿ-ska (théthoⁿska) - this size, this large [Omaha/Ponca]; the-thoⁿ-ska (thé-thoⁿ-çka) - this size [FL-Osage]; ye-yaⁿ-ska (yéyaⁿska) - size, this size, this large [Kaw]

 

size, what size

► ha-na-ska (hánaská) - how big or small, what size

► ex: ti tʰe ha-naⁿ-ska e (tti tʰe hánąska e) - how big is the house?

► Dhegiha: ha-tha-skaⁿ (háaðaską) - how big, how small [CQ-Osage]; ha-yoⁿ-ska (háyoⁿska), ha-yaⁿ-ska (háyaⁿska) - how big, what size? how big is it? [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: a-thoⁿ-ska a (á-thoⁿ-çka a) - of what size is it? how large? [FL-Osage]; ha-yoⁿ-ska e (háyoⁿskà e) - how big? (interrogative form) [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: a-thoⁿ-ska (athoⁿçka) - size [Omaha]; ha-thoⁿ-ska (há-thoⁿ-çka) - size (as measurement); the size of a coat or of anything that is measurable [FL-Osage]

 

size, what size is each

► ha-na-ska-ska (hánaskáska) - how big (is) each

► cf. ha-na-ska (hánaská) - how big/small, what size; ha-na-ska-ska hi-te (hánaskáska hitté) - whatever size, however big; ha-na-ska naⁿ-naⁿ (hánaska ną́ną) - how big (is) each

► Dhegiha: a-thoⁿ-ska-ska (áthoⁿskáska) - of what size is each? [Omaha/Ponca]

 

► ha-na-ska naⁿ-naⁿ (hánaska ną́ną) - how big (is) each

► cf. ha-na-ska (hánaská) - how big or small, what size; na-na (naná), naⁿ-naⁿ (ną́ną) - distributive of numerals, each, apiece

► Dhegiha: wiⁿ thoⁿ-thoⁿ (wiⁿthoⁿthoⁿ) - each [Omaha]; wiⁿ-thoⁿ-thoⁿ (wíⁿ-thoⁿ-thoⁿ) - one apiece, one by one [FL-Osage]; miⁿ yaⁿ-ye (míⁿ yaⁿye) - one apiece, one to each, distributive [Kaw]

 

size, whatever size

► ha-na-ska-ska hi-te (hánaskáska hitté) - whatever size, however big

► cf. ha-na-ska (hánaská) - how big or small, what size; ha-na-ska-ska (hánaskáska) - how big (is) each; hi-te (hitté) - indefinite prn., (what)-ever; i-te (-itté) - indefinite prn. marker, -ever; ha-na-ska naⁿ-naⁿ (hánaska ną́ną) - how big (is) each

► Dhegiha: a-thoⁿ-ska-ska (áthoⁿskáska) - of what size is each? [Omaha/Ponca]

 

skillet

► o-zhe-knaⁿ (ožékną) - skillet [MS]

► Dhegiha: u-zhe-gthoⁿ (úzhegthoⁿ) - something for roasting a piece of meat in before a fire: a gridiron [Omaha/Ponca]; u-zhe-gthoⁿ (uzhégthoⁿ) - to bake meat, etc. in an iron bake oven or skillet [Omaha/Ponca]

► Dhegiha: we-zhe-gthoⁿ (wézhegthoⁿ) - something for roasting meat on before a fire; a gridiron, it has legs - a bake-oven [Omaha/Ponca]; we-zhe-gthoⁿ (we-zhe-gthoⁿ) - a skillet [FL-Osage]

► Dhegiha: zhe-gthoⁿ (zhégthoⁿ) - to cook food by putting it on a fire, to heat stones on a fire, for a sweat bath, to cook food in a pan on top of or inside of an oven or stove [Omaha/Ponca]; zhe-gthoⁿ (zhégthoⁿ) - bake; fried; roast [Omaha]; zhe-la (žéela) - fried; fried in greese in a skillet; deep fried [CQ-Osage]; zhe-laⁿ (zhélaⁿ) - bake [Kaw]

 

skin

► xi-ha (xihá) - skin [ASG]

► Dhegiha: xiⁿ-ha (qiⁿhá) - the skin (of the human body) [Omaha/Ponca]; xiⁿ-ha (xiⁿha) - human skin; any kind of skin [Omaha]; xu-ha (xú-ha), xiⁿ-ha (xiⁿ-ha) - the skin of a person or animal; skin of a human being or bark of a tree [FL-Osage]; xu-ha (xúhaa) - skin, hide, bark [CQ-Osage]; xu-ha (xuhá) - skin of a human or animal; a hide; bran, the outer skin of corn kernels [Kaw]

 

skin an animal

► pa-wa-di-shta (páwadišta) - skin an animal ► pa-a-wa-di-shta (páawádišta) - I, pa-da-wa-di-shta (pádawádišta) - you

► cf. pa (pá)  - by cutting with a knife; wa-di-shta (wadíšta) - visible, plain; ba-wa-di-shta (bawádišta) - knock into view; da-wa-di-shta (dawádištá) - declare a thing to be something; ka-wa-di-shta (kawádišta) - uncover, open up; naⁿ-wa-di-shta (nąwádišta) - uncover with the feet; po-wa-di-shta (pówadišta) - punch, shoot into view; ta-wa-di-shta (táwadíšta) - burn off, clear by burning

► Dhegiha: ma-wa-thi-shna (má-wa-¢í-c͓na) - to cut off the skin of an animal, causing the flesh to appear [JOD-Omaha]

► Dhegiha: wa-thi-shna (wa-¢í-c͓na) - to be visible, clear, plain [JOD-Omaha]; wa-yu-shta (wayúshta) - visible, to be in sight [Kaw]

 

skin or flay with a knife

► di-xa (diγá) - flay, skin with a knife ► bdi-xa (bdíγa) - I, ti-xa (ttíγa) - you

► Dhegiha: thi-xa-be (thixábe) - to flay with a knife; to strip or pull off the skin of an animal [Omaha/Ponca]; thi-xa-be (thi-xá-be) - to flay, to strip off skin, to torture [FL-Osage]; gha-be (ghábe), gha-we (gháwe) - root flay, strip, remove skin [Kaw]

 

skin, bark, hide, shell

► ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell

► ha (hah) - hide, skin (peau) [GI]

► ha (há) - skin [ASG]

► ex: ha kʰe (há kʰe) - the skin, the bark

► ex: i-ta ha (ítta há) - egg shell

► ex: hiⁿ-ha (hįhá) - fringe, border of a hide

► ex: ke ha (kkéhá) - turtle shell

► ex: ke-ha a-na-xa-da (kehá anaɣáda) - shell shaker, stomp dance shells [MS]

► ex: o-zhi ha (óžiha) - sack, bag, pocket, “skin in which things are put”

► ex: pa-hi ha (ppahíha) - scalp “head skin”

► ex: zhaⁿ ha (žąhá), zhoⁿ ha (žǫhá) - bark of tree, “tree skin”

► ex: ha kʰe bdo-ka hi o-di-shto-te (há kʰe bdóka hí odíštotte) - he pulled off all the skin [JOD]

► ex: koi-shoⁿ-taⁿ ha kʰe ma-shtiⁿ-ke o-ba-haⁿ (kóišǫ́ttą há kʰe maštį́ke obáhą) - then the rabbit put the skin on [JOD]

► ex: haⁿ-ka e-zhiⁿ-ke ha kʰe o-di-shto-te o-ba-haⁿ a-taⁿ ma-xi-wa-de tʰaⁿ i-ya-we, haⁿ-ka e-zhiⁿ-ke i-niⁿ-aⁿ-we ke i-ya-we, ma-shtiⁿ-ke e-tʰaⁿ i-ya-we (hą́ka ežį́ke há kʰe odíštotte obáhą attą́ maγíwadé tʰą́ iyáwe, hą́ka ežį́ke etʰą́ inįą́we ké iyáwé, maštį́ke etʰą́ iyáwe) - he skinned Haⁿ-ka’s son, put on his skin and tricked them, they thought that rabbit was Haⁿ-ka’s son, they say [JOD]

► ex: ki-di-za-we e-shoⁿ haⁿ-ka e-zhiⁿ-ke ha kʰe o-ba-haⁿ tʰaⁿ o-naⁿ-shto-te naⁿ da taⁿ ni-a-ta ko-e-kde i-ya-we (kídikizáwe ešǫ́ hą́ka ežį́ke há kʰe obáhą tʰą oną́štotte ną dá tą niátta koékde iyáwe) - after they made a way for him, he started to run back towards the water, he kicked off Haⁿ-ka’s son’s skin in which he had been wearing, they say [JOD]

► Dhegiha: ha (ha) - skin, hide, bark [Omaha/Ponca]; ha (ha) - leather, skin, shell [Omaha]; ha (ha) - skin of any animal, the bark of a tree, shell of nuts, cuticle [FL-Osage]; ha (háa) - hide, skin of an animal, rind, fabric, cloth, surface [CQ-Osage]; ha (ha) - hide, skin [Kaw]

 

skin, beaver skin or hide

► zha-we ha (žawéha) - beaver skin

► zha-we ha (jaweh-hah) - beaver hide (peau de beaver) [GI]

► cf. zha-we (žáwe) - beaver; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell

► Dhegiha: zha-be xu-ha (zhábexuha) - beaver skin [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: zha-be (zhábe) - beaver [Omaha/Ponca]; zha-be (zhábe) - beaver [Omaha]

zha-be (zhá-be) - beaver [FL-Osage]; zha-pe (žápe) - beaver [CQ-Osage]; zha-be (zhábe) - beaver [Kaw]

 

skin, bird skin or hide

► wa-zhiⁿ-ka ha (wažįkáha) - birds’ skins

► cf. wa-zhiⁿ-ka (wažį́ka) - bird; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell

► ex: wa-zhiⁿ-ka ha o-ki-pa-tʰe (wažį́ka ha okkíppatʰe) - bird skin/sewed together [JOD]

► ex: e-shoⁿ wa-zhiⁿ-ka ha o-ki-pa-tʰe zho-i-ka bdo-ka hi we-niⁿ-tʰaⁿ naⁿ, i-ya (ešǫ́ wažį́ka ha okkíppatʰe žoíka bdóka hi wénįtʰą́ ną, iyá) - and then he clothed his entire body, sewing bird skins together, it is said [JOD]

► Dhegiha: wa-zhiⁿ-ga (wazhiⁿga) - chicken, fowl, any bird [Omaha]; wa-zhiⁿ-ga (wa-zhíⁿ-ga) - any bird or fowl [FL-Osage]; wa-zhiⁿ-ka (wažį́ka) - bird [CQ-Osage]; wa-zhiⁿ-ga (wazhíⁿga) - bird, small birds [Kaw]

 

skin, black bear skin or hide

► wa-sa ha (uassah-hah) - bear hide, black bear hide (peau d'ours) [GI]

► cf. wa-sa (wasá) - black bear; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell

► Dhegiha: wa-sa-pe (waçábe) - black bear [Omaha]; wa-sa-be (wa-sá-bĕ) - black bear [JOD-Omaha]; wa-sa-pe (wa-ça-be) - black bear [FL-Osage]; wa-sa (wasá), wa-sai (wasái), wa-sa-pe (wasápe) - bear, especially black bear [CQ-Osage]; wa-sa-be (wasábe) - bear, black bear [Kaw]

 

skin, black mole on the skin

► wa-sha (wašá) - black mole (on the skin)

► wa-sha (wašá) - black mole (on the skin) [MS]

► cf. sha (ša) - dark, indistinct black

► Dhegiha: sha-be (shábe) - dark [Omaha/Ponca]; sha-be (shá-be) - dark in color [FL-Osage]; sha-pe (šápe) - dark in color, shaded, darkened [CQ-Osage]; sha-be (shábe) - dark, a distant black, brown [Kaw]

 

skin, buckskin leggings

► ta-ha hi-niⁿ-ke (ta ha hǐ nǐ kya) - buckskin leggings, from Louis Angel Tallchief [MH]

► cf. ta ha (ttahá) - deerskin; hi-niⁿ-ke (hinį́ke), hi-ni-ke (hiníke) - leggings

► Dhegiha: ta-xti ha (táqtiha) - deer hide, deer skin [Omaha/Ponca]; ʰta ha (ṭa-ha) - deer skin [FL-Osage]; ʰta ha (ʰtaaháa) - buckskin, deerskin [CQ-Osage]; ta ha (tahá) - deerskin [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: hiu-iⁿ-ge (hiú-iⁿ-ge) - leggings (man’s) [FL-Osage]; hu-iⁿ-ke (húuįke), hiⁿ-oⁿ-ke (hį́įǫke) - hosiery, stockings, socks, leggings [CQ-Osage]; hu-yoⁿ-ge (húyoⁿge), hu-yu-yiⁿ-ge (húyuyiⁿge) - leggings [Kaw]

 

skin, buffalo skin or hide

► te-ha (ttehá) - buffalo skin, hide

► te-ha (ttehá) - buffalo hide, buffalo skin [MS]

► te-ha (teh-hah) - buffalo hide (peau de buffle) [GI]

► cf. te (tte) - buffalo; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell

► Dhegiha: te-ha (téha) - buffalo hide, buffalo skin, buffalo hide obtained during the summer hunt, with thin hair [Omaha/Ponca]; ʰtse-ha (ṭsé-ha) - buffalo skin, buffalo hide [FL-Osage]; tse-ha (céha) - buffalo robe [Kaw]

 

skin, buffalo skin robe

► te-ha maⁿ-iⁿ-taⁿ (ttehá mąįttą) - buffalo robe

► cf. te-ha (ttehá) - buffalo skin, hide; maⁿ-iⁿ-taⁿ (mą́įttą) - robe, blanket, rug

 

skin, deerskin or deer hide

► ta ha (ttahá) - deerskin

► ta ha (tah-hah) - deer hide (peau de chevreuil) [GI]

► cf. ta (tta) - deer; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell

► ex: ta-ha hi-niⁿ-ke (ta ha hǐ nǐ kya) - buckskin leggings, from Louis Angel Tallchief [MH]

► ex: ta ha hoⁿ-pe (ttahá hǫpé) - moccasins made of deerskin

► ex: ta ha o-ki-kdi-xda (ttahá okkíkdixdá) - man’s shirt, coat, tunic, made of buckskin

► ex: ta ha wa-ka-xe (ttahá wakáγe) - to tan deerskin

► Dhegiha: ta-xti ha (táqtiha) - deer hide, deer skin [Omaha/Ponca]; ʰta ha (ṭa-ha) - deer skin [FL-Osage]; ʰta ha (ʰtaaháa) - buckskin, deerskin [CQ-Osage]; ta ha (tahá) - deerskin [Kaw]

 

skin, fat skin

► wa-shiⁿ-ha (wašį́ha) - bacon, fatskin

► cf. wa-shiⁿ (wašį́) - fat, fat meat; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell; shiⁿ (šį) - fat, as a person or animal

► Dhegiha: wa-shiⁿ-ha (wašį́haa) - Baconrind, personal name [CQ-Osage]

► Dhegiha: wa-shiⁿ (washiⁿ) - fat [Omaha]; wa-shiⁿ (wa-cíⁿ) - fate meat; pork; fat not tried out [JOD-Omaha]; wa-shiⁿ (wa-shíⁿ) - meat with very little lean, fat meat [FL-Osage]; wa-shiⁿ (wašį́)- bacon, fat meat, salt pork, be fat, be overweight [CQ-Osage]; wa-shiⁿ (washíⁿ) - fat, bacon, also any kind of fat [Kaw]

 

skin, flesh, meat

► zho (žo) - flesh, meat

► zho (žo) - flesh, skin [MS, OM]

► zho (jŭh) - meat (viande) [GI]

► zho (žo) - flesh [FS]

► zho (zhó) - flesh [ASG]

► ex: zho zhi-te (žožítte) - Indian, a modern term, “red skin/flesh”

► ex: i-ha-zho (íhažó) - lip, “mouth skin/flesh”

► ex: te-ska zho (tteská žo) - beef, cow flesh/meat” [AB, AG]

► ex: ta zho (ttažó) - venison, “deer flesh/meat” [JOD]

► ex: wa-sa zho (wasá žo) - black bear meat, “black bear flesh/meat [JOD]

► ex: zho-i-ka (žoíka), (žóika) - body, self

► ex: zho i-kdi-za-za (žo íkdizáza) - flesh/adhering here and there to its own [JOD]

► ex: shi-naⁿ zho i-kdi-za-za hi ni-ha e-ti-ni-kʰa naⁿ, i-ya (ši-ną́ žo íkdizáza hí nihá ettí-nikʰá ną, iyá) - on and on, some (corpses) were sitting there with their flesh adhering here and there, it is said [JOD]

► ex: zho-ka-te (žókkatte) - fever, “flesh/skin hot”

► ex: zho do-ka-niⁿ hi (žó dokkánį hí) - naked, nude

► ex: ni-te-a-zho (nitteážo) - rump, buttocks

► ex: zho iⁿ-de (jŭ-indeh) - pain (douleur) [GI]

► ex: zho de-kʰe za-ni hi (žó dékʰe záni hí) - flesh (body)/this reclining object/all/very [JOD]

► ex: aⁿ-t’e taⁿ zho de-kʰe za-ni hi ta-xaⁿ-ki-da ni-he,” i-ke naⁿ (“ątʔé tą žó dékʰe záni hí táxąkkidá-nihé,” iké ną) - when I’m dead, you barbecue my entire flesh for me, he said to her [JOD]

► ex: shoⁿ-hi-te aⁿ-t’e ta miⁿ-kʰe, aⁿ-t’e taⁿ zho za-ni ta-x’aⁿ-ki-da ni-he, aⁿ-naⁿki-ye (šǫ́hite ątʔé tta mįkʰé, ątʔé tą žó zaní táxʔąkidá-nihé, ąną́kiye) - well/at any rate I am going to die, when I'm dead barbecue all my flesh for me, he said to me [JOD]

► ex: zho bdo-ka hi (žo bdóka hi) - body/all (entire)/very [JOD]

► ex: koi-shoⁿ-taⁿ zho bdo-ka hi we-s’a o-do-hi i-ya-we, we-s’a-xti kde-zhe pe-xe ttaⁿ e-koⁿ o-do-hi i-ya-we (kóišǫ́ttą žo bdóka hi wésʔa odóhi iyáwe, wésʔaxti kdežé ppéγe ttą ekǫ́ odóhi iyáwe) - then her entire flesh/body turned into a snake, they say, turned into a rattlesnake (spotted real snake) with a rattle, like that, they say [JOD]

► ex: ni-ka-shi-ka zho tʰe (níkkašíka žó tʰe) - human being/flesh/the collection [JOD]

► ex: ti-te-de naⁿ o-zhi o-ki-zhi tʰaⁿ i-ya, ni-ka-shi-ka zho tʰe (títtede-ną́ óži ókiži tʰą iyá, níkkašíka žó tʰe) - when it was done, she filled the bowl for him (Rabbit) with the human flesh [JOD]

► Dhegiha: zhu (zhu) - flesh, body [Omaha/Ponca]; zhu (ju) - flesh; a body [JOD-Omaha]; zhu (zhu) - flesh or body [FL-Osage]

 

skin, fox skin or hide

► to-ka ha (ttókka ha) - fox hide

► to-ka ha (tukkah-hah) - fox hide (peau de renard) [GI]

► cf. to-ka xo-te (ttókka xótte) - fox, grey; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell

► Dhegiha: ti-kʰa xu-de (tíkʰaqúde) - fox, the common fox, which is gray and about a foot long [Omaha/Ponca]; ti-koⁿ xu-de (tikoⁿ xude) - red fox [Omaha]

 

skin, gash or slit the skin with something

► i-ka-shte (íkašte) - gash, slit the skin with something

► cf. i (i) - with which to; ka-shte (kašté) - gash, slit something striking it; ki-kda-shte (kkikdášte) - cut, gash one’s own; i-ba-shte (íbašte) - split by falling against [JOD]; ma-ze we-pa-shte (mozeh-wepaschtŭh) - knife, “iron with which to cut” (épée) [GI]; o-di-shte (odíšte) - saw, split by sawing; pa-shte (pášte) - cut; shte-ke (štéke) - split in two; zhoⁿ di-shte (žǫ díšte) - plank, “split wood”

 

skin, moccasins made of deerskin

► ta ha hoⁿ-pe (ttahá hǫpé) - moccasins made of deerskin

► ta ha hoⁿ-pe (ta-áhambe) - moccasins (deer-skin shoes) [ASG]

► cf. ta ha (ttahá) - deerskin; hoⁿ-be (hǫbé), hoⁿ-pe (hǫpé) - shoe, moccasin

► Dhegiha: ta-xti ha (táqtiha) - deer hide, deer skin [Omaha/Ponca]; ʰta ha (ṭa-ha) - deer skin [FL-Osage]; ʰta ha (ʰtaaháa) - buckskin, deerskin [CQ-Osage]; ta ha (tahá) - deerskin [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: hiⁿ-be (hiⁿ-bé) - moccasins [Omaha/Ponca]; hiⁿ-be (hiⁿbe) - moccasins [Omaha]; hoⁿ-be (hoⁿ-bé) - moccasins [FL-Osage]; hoⁿ-pe (hǫǫpé) - moccasins, shoes [CQ-Osage]; haⁿ-be (haⁿbé), hoⁿ-be (hoⁿbé) - shoes, moccasins [Kaw]

 

► ta hoⁿ-be (tta hǫbé) - moccasin, “deer shoes” [MS, AB, OM]

► cf. ta (tta) - deer; hoⁿ-be (hǫbé), hoⁿ-pe (hǫpé) - shoes, moccasins

 

skin, otter skin or hide

► to-shnaⁿ-ke-ha (tošną́keha) - otter skin

► cf. to-shnaⁿ-ke (tošną́ke) - otter; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell;

► Dhegiha: nu-zhnoⁿ-ha (nuzhnóⁿha) - otter skin [Omaha/Ponca]; do-haⁿ-ge-xu-ha (doháⁿgexuha) - otter skin [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: nu-zhnoⁿ (nuzhnóⁿ) - otter [Omaha/Ponca]; nu-zhnoⁿ (nuzhnoⁿ) - otter [Omaha]; ʰto-hnoⁿ-ge (ṭo-hnóⁿ-ge) - otter, the Osage and the Omaha used the otter skin for making ornamental caps, quivers, collars, etc., the Omahas used the skin of the otter when it was fresh for divining powers, the fur traders dealt extensively with these two tribes for otter skins [FL-Osage]; ʰto-naⁿ-ke (ʰtónąke), ʰto-ʰnaⁿ-ke (ʰtoʰną́ke) - otter, otter skin, otter hide (e.g., in Osage dance clothes) [CQ-Osage]; do-hnaⁿ-ge (dohnáⁿge), to-hnaⁿ-ge (tóhnaⁿge) - otter [Kaw]

 

skin, owl skin headdress

► iⁿ-tʰaⁿ ha pa-hi o-knaⁿ (įtʰą́ ha ppáhi ókną) - owl skin headdress

► cf. iⁿ-tʰaⁿ (į́tʰą) - owl; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell; pa-hi o-knaⁿ (ppáhi ókną), pa-ho-knaⁿ (ppahókną) - hat, cap, “head is put inside”

► ex: iⁿ-tʰaⁿ ha pa-hi o-knaⁿ mi (įtʰą́ ha ppáhi ókną mí) - owl skin/head covering/one [JOD]

► ex: e-shoⁿ iⁿ-tʰaⁿ ha pa-hi o-knaⁿ mi ki-ka-xe naⁿ, i-ya (ešǫ́ įtʰą́ ha ppáhi ókną mí kíkaγé ną, iyá) - and then he made an owl skin headdress for him, it is said [JOD]

► Dhegiha: ma-shoⁿ pa-gthoⁿ (máshoⁿpágthoⁿ) - headdress, feather bonnet, eagle feathers [Omaha/Ponca]; te-he pa-gthoⁿ (tehépagthóⁿ) - buffalo horn headdress [Omaha/Ponca]; wa-xu-pa-gthoⁿ(wáqupágthoⁿ) - hat, cap “white man’s head covering” [Omaha/Ponca]

 

skin, owl skin or hide

► iⁿ-tʰaⁿ ha (įtʰą́ha) - owl skin with feathers on

► iⁿ-tʰaⁿ ha (įtʰą́ ha) - owl-skin [JOD]

► cf. iⁿ-tʰaⁿ (į́tʰą) - owl; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell

► ex: shi-naⁿ iⁿ-tʰaⁿ ha hoⁿ-pe ni-kaⁿ-ni o-tʰaⁿ naⁿ, i-ya (šíną įtʰą́ ha hǫpé níkkąní otʰą́ ną, iyá) - and he (Rabbit’s son) put on a pair of owl skin moccasins, it is said [JOD]

► Dhegiha: iⁿ-choⁿ soⁿ (iⁿchuⁿ çuⁿ), (iⁿtcaⁿ saⁿ) - Snowy Owl [Omaha]; i-toⁿ (í-toⁿ) - the horned owl, the horned owl figures in the tribal war rites of the Osage as a symbol [FL-Osage]; iⁿ-khaⁿ (íⁿkhaⁿ), i-khaⁿ (íkhaⁿ), iⁿ-thaⁿ (íⁿthaⁿ) - owl [Kaw]

 

skin, scrape hair from a hide or skin

► ka-x’i (kaxʔí) - scrape, as hair from a hide ► a-x’i (áxʔi) - I, da-x’i (dáxʔi) - you

► cf. a-da-x’i (ádaxʔi) - make grating sound by gnawing on, as a rat gnawing on wood or metal; shoⁿ-ke ta wa-hi a-da-x’i (šǫ́ke ttawáhi ádaxʔí) - the dog gnawed the deer bone; a-pa-x’i (ápaxʔi) - cut meat from the bone

 

skin, shirt made of buckskin

► ta-ha o-ki-kdi-xda (ttahá okkíkdixdá) - man’s shirt, coat, tunic; made of buckskin

► cf. ta-ha (ttahá) - deerskin; o-ki-kda-xda (okkíkdaxda), o-ki-kdi-xda (okkíkdixda) - shirt

► Dhegiha: ta-xti ha (táqtiha) - deer hide, deer skin [Omaha/Ponca]; ʰta ha (ṭa-ha) - deer skin [FL-Osage]; ʰta ha (ʰtaaháa) - buckskin, deerskin [CQ-Osage]; ta ha (tahá) - deerskin [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: o-ʰku-laⁿ (oʰkúlą), o-ʰki-laⁿ (oʰkílaⁿ) - clothes, lit., ‘that which one puts oneself into’ [CQ-Osage]; o-ʰku-laⁿ (óʰkulą), o-ʰki-laⁿ (oʰkílą), o-ʰki-o-laⁿ (óʰkioolą́) - put on oneself or dress in a shirt or dress, dress oneself, put on clothes [CQ-Osage]; o-ki-lo-xla (ókiloxla), o-ki-laⁿ-xla (ókilaⁿxla) - clothes, coat, shirt, tunic [Kaw]

 

► ta a-shi-niⁿ (tta ášinį) - buckskin coat

► ta a-shi-niⁿ (táshinne) - coat (buckskin coat) [ASG]

► cf. ta (tta) - deer; a-shi-niⁿ (ášinį) - coat

 

skin, tan a hide or skin

► wa-ka-xe (wakáγe) - tan a hide ► wa-pa-xe (wappáγe) - I, wa-shka-xe (waškáγe) - you, oⁿ-wa-ka-xa-we (ǫwákaγawe) - we

► cf. ka-xe (káγe) - make, do, cause

► ex: ta ha wa-ka-xe (ttahá wakáγe) - to tan deerskin

► Dhegiha: wa-ga-xe (wa-gá-xe) - to make; to cause to be; also used in expressing the idea of making things; a picture of; a symbol of [FL-Osage]; wa-ga-ghe (wagághe) - to make them [Kaw]

 

skin, to pull off the skin

► ha kʰe o-di-shto-te (há kʰe odíštotte) - to pull off the skin

► cf. di-shto-te (dištótte) - pull off, uproot; hi di-shto-te (hi dištótte) - pull a tooth; hoⁿ-pe ki-di-shto-te (hǫpé kidištótte) - to pull off someone’s moccasins; ka-shto-te (kaštótte) - open a barrel; kdi-shto-te (kdištótte) - take off, remove one’s own; o-naⁿ-shto-te (oną́štotte) - to kick off, remove by kicking [JOD]; o-shto-te (oštótte) - broken in, caved in

► ex: ha kʰe bdo-ka hi o-di-shto-te (há kʰe bdóka hí odíštotte) - skin/the lg. ob./all/very/he pulled it off [JOD]

► ex: ka-xdi naⁿ, Haⁿ-ka e-zhiⁿ-ke ha kʰe bdo-ka hi o-di-shto-te (kaxdí ną, hą́ka ežį́ke há kʰe bdóka hí odíštotte) - when he (Rabbit) killed him (Haⁿ-ka’s son), he (Rabbit) pulled all of the skin off of Haⁿ-ka’s son [JOD]

► ex: ha kʰe o-di-shto-te o-ba-haⁿ (há kʰe odíštotte obáhą) - skin/the lg. ob./he pulled it off/he pushed into it [JOD]

► ex: haⁿ-ka e-zhiⁿ-ke ha kʰe o-di-shto-te o-ba-haⁿ a-taⁿ ma-xi-wa-de tʰaⁿ i-ya-we, haⁿ-ka e-zhiⁿ-ke i-niⁿ-aⁿ-we ke i-ya-we, ma-shtiⁿ-ke e-tʰaⁿ i-ya-we (hą́ka ežį́ke há kʰe odíštotte obáhą attą́ maγíwadé tʰą́ iyáwe, hą́ka ežį́ke etʰą́ inįą́we ké iyáwé, maštį́ke etʰą́ iyáwe) - he skinned Haⁿ-ka’s son, put on his skin and tricked them, they thought that rabbit was Haⁿ-ka’s son, they say [JOD]

► Dhegiha: thi-zhnu-de (thizhnúde) - to pull off, as a garment; to pluck off, as feathers; to pull out of [Omaha/Ponca]; thi-zhnu-de (¢iɔnúde) - pulled off; pulling it off [JOD-Omaha]; thi-stsu-dse (thi-stsú-dse) - to draw or pull off; to draw, as to pull [FL-Osage]; thi-shto-e (ðiištóe), thi-shto-we (ðiištówe), thi-shto-wi (ðiištówi), thi-shto (ðiištó) - take off or remove a garment; undress; remove or take off by pulling, pull off (e.g., a shoe or boot); pull (e.g., a tooth) to remove it [CQ-Osage]; yu-shto-je (yushtóje) - remove a garment; take off an article of clothing; undress [Kaw]; yu-shtso-je (yushcóje), yu-shto-je (yushtóje) - pull up a peg, pull up on something [Kaw]

 

skin, to tan deerskin

► ta ha wa-ka-xe (ttahá wakáγe) - to tan deerskin

► cf. ta (tta) - deer; ha (ha) - skin, bark, hide, shell; ta ha (ttahá) - deerskin; wa-ka-xe (wakáγe) - tan a hide; ka-xe (káγe) - make, do, cause

► Dhegiha: wa-ga-xe (wa-gá-xe) - to make; to cause to be; also used in expressing the idea of making things; a picture of; a symbol of [FL-Osage]; wa-ga-ghe (wagághe) - to make them [Kaw]

 

skinny

► xda (xdá) - skinny

► xda (xdá) - skinny [AG]

► ex: si-ke xda (síke xdá) - skinny girl, (skinny first daughter) [AG]

► Dhegiha: xtha (qtha) - lean, thin, poor [Omaha/Ponca]; xtha (xtha) - reduce [Omaha]; xtha (xtha) - haggard; weary from work [FL-Osage]; xla (xla) - be thin, lean, skinny, poor, weak [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: xtha zhiⁿ-ga (xtha zhíⁿ-ga) - lean; gaunt; haggard; slender; slim; thin [FL-Osage]; la zhiⁿ (lažį́į) - skinny, slim, slender, thin; lean; poor, pitiful, gaunt, haggard [CQ-Osage]

 

skins, flesher for hides or skins

► we-ka-k’o (wékakʔo) - flesher for hides

► cf. wa-ka-k’o (wakákʔo) - paw the ground, as dog or horse; we-ba-k’o (wébakʔo) - scraper or flesher for hides

► Dhegiha: we-ga-’u (wéga’u) - scraper, scarper used in fleshing hides [Omaha/Ponca]; we-ga-ʰk’u (wé-ga-ḳ’u) - skin scraper [FL-Osage]; we-ga-k’o (wégak’o) - scraper, flesher for hides [Kaw]

 

► we-ba-k’o (wébakʔo) - scraper or flesher for hides

► cf. we-ka-k’o (wékakʔo) - flesher for hides

 

skins, headdress made of eagle skins

► xi-da o-kdaⁿ-ke (xidá okną́ke) - headdress made of eagle skins

► cf. xi-da (xidá) - eagle; o-kdaⁿ-ke (ókdąke) - hat or cap

► Dhegiha: xi-tha u-gthoⁿ-ge (xi-tha-ú-gthoⁿ-ge) - eagle feather headdress [FL-Osage]; xu-tha-laⁿ-ke (xúðalą́ke) - eagle headdress [CQ-Osage]; xu-ya o-laⁿ-ge (xuyá oláⁿge), xu-yo-laⁿ-ge  (xuyólaⁿge) - war bonnet, a headdress made of eagle feathers or of entire eagles [Kaw]

 

skirt, dress

► wa-tʰe (watʰé) - skirt, long skirt, dress

► wa-tʰe (watʰé) - dress [MS, OM]

► ex: maⁿ-tʰe wa-tʰe (mą́tʰe watʰé) - slip, undergarment

► ex: wa-tʰe shte-ka (watʰé šteká) - short dress [JOD]

► ex: wa-tʰe di-shiⁿ (watʰé díšį) - apron [OM]

► ex: a-shi a-toⁿ-we taⁿ a-hi-pʰe, maⁿ-da hi a-zhaⁿ, wa-tʰe aⁿ-ka-ze hi kaⁿ hi a-zhaⁿ, e-shoⁿ t’e paⁿ-ze miⁿ-kʰe (áši atǫ́we tą ahipʰé, mąda hí ažą́, watʰé ąkaze hí ką́ hi ažą́, éšǫ́ tʔe ppą́ze mįkʰe) - when I looked back I fell down, I laid there on my back, my dress flew up on me, so I laid there pretending to be dead [JOD]

► ex: wa-tʰe naⁿ ki-ka-ze kaⁿ-kʰe i-ya-we (watʰé ną kikáze ką-kʰé iyáwe) - dress/only(?)/it flew up on her/she lay so for awhile (or, doing nothing)/they say [JOD]

► ex: wa-x’o naⁿ-haⁿ ke wa-tʰe shte-ka i-niⁿ pa naⁿ (waxʔó nąhą́ ke watʰé šteká inį́ pa ną́) - grown women wore short dresses [JOD]

► ex: wa-tʰe koⁿ-bda (watʰé kkǫbdá) - I want a dress [OM]

► ex: wa-tʰe shkoⁿ-ta (watʰé škǫttá) - do you want a dress? [OM]

► ex: she-mi wa-tʰe (šémi watʰé) - girl’s dress [OM]

► ex: wa-tʰe a-bi-saⁿ-te koi-tʰe di-ha-knaⁿ da (watʰé ábisątte kóitʰe dihákną dá) - go iron your dress! [AG]

► ex: a-shi-ti he-saⁿ o-ki-te wa-tʰe kdi-da-ki aⁿ-taⁿ he-saⁿ t’e-wa-de kaⁿ-niⁿ-kʰe (ášitti hesą́ okítté watʰé kdídaki ą́tą hesą́ tʔéwade ką́-nįkʰé) - so she sat awhile outside, she turned down the waist of her skirt, looking for lice on herself and killing them [JOD]

► Dhegiha: wa-te (waté) - skirt, woman’s dress [Omaha]; wa-te (wa-té) - an Indian woman’s skirt [JOD-Omaha]; wa-tse (wa-tsé) - skirt, dress [FL-Osage]; wa-tsʰe (wáacʰe) - skirt with ribbon work or other decorations [CQ-Osage]; wa-che (waché) - dress, woman’s skirt [Kaw]

 

skull

► pa-hi xe-ka (ppahí xéka) - skull, lit. “dried head”

► cf. pa-hi (ppahí) - head; xe-ka (xéka) - dry, without sap; di-xe-ka (dixéka) - dry out from breaking (limbs)

► Dhegiha: xe-ga (qéga) - dried, dead, as a branch or tree [Omaha/Ponca]; xe-ga (xé-ga) - dead, as tall grass or tree [FL-Osage]; xe-ka (xéka) - dead from drying up, e.g., a vegetable, dried [CQ-Osage]

 

► ta pa-hi (tta ppáhi) - deer’s head or skull

► cf. ta (tta) - deer, meat; pa-hi (ppahí) - head

► Dhegiha: ta-pa (tapá) - Deer Head, the name of an Omaha gens [Omaha/Ponca]; ʰta-pa (ṭa-pá) - Deer Head, the Osage name for the Pleiades [FL-Osage]; ta-pa (tápá) - the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters), lit., “the deer’s head” [Kaw]

 

skunk

► maⁿ-ka (mą́ka) - skunk

► maⁿ-ka (mą́ka) - skunk [MS]

► Dhegiha: moⁿ-ga (moⁿga) - skunk [Omaha]; moⁿ-ga (móⁿga) - skunk [FL-Osage]; maⁿ-ka (mą́ka), moⁿ-ka (mǫ́ka) - skunk [CQ-Osage]; maⁿ-ga (máⁿga), moⁿ-ga (móⁿga) - skunk [Kaw]

 

sky blue color

► ma-xpi to (maxpí tto) - blue, sky blue color

► cf. ma-xpi (maxpí) - cloud; to (tto) - blue, green, grue

► Dhegiha: ma-xpi a-to (maxpíato) - blue clouds [Omaha]

► Dhegiha: ma-xpi (maqpí) - a cloud; clouds [Omaha/Ponca]; moⁿ-xpi (moⁿxpí) - cloud ; low clouds; thunder clouds [Omaha]; moⁿ-xpi (moⁿ-xpí) - cloud, cloudy [FL-Osage]; maⁿ-xpu (mą́xpu) - cloud, cloudy [CQ-Osage]; maⁿ-xpu (maⁿxpú) - cloud [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: tu (tu) - blue, green [Omaha/Ponca]; tu (tu) - any blue; green [Omaha]; ʰto (ṭo) - blue or green blue [FL-Osage]; to (to) - blue, green [Kaw]

 

sky, clear sky

► ke-da (kkéda) - clear sky, clear

► ex: ke-da ka-xe (kkéda káγe) - Clear Sky Maker, masculine name [JOD]

► ex: ke-da mi (kkéda mi) - Clear Sky Female, female personal name [JOD]

► ex: ke-da taⁿ-iⁿ (kkéda ttą́į) - Visible Clear Sky, female personal name [JOD]

► ex: ke-da tʰi haⁿ-ka (kkéda tʰi hą́ka) - Sacred Clear Sky Has Arrived, masculine name [JOD]

► ex: ke-da ʰto (kkéda tto) - Blue Sky, masculine name [JOD]

► ex: ke-da zhi-ka (kkéda žíka) - Young Clear Sky; Small Clear Sky, masculine name [JOD]

► Dhegiha: ke-tha (k͓é-¢a) - the sky; the clear sky [JOD-Omaha]; ʰke-tha (ḳé-tha) - the sky, the unclouded or clear sky [FL-Osage]; ʰke-tho (ʰkéðo) - clear sky, as after a storm [CQ-Osage]; ke-ya (kéya) - be clear, as sky or water [Kaw]

 

sky, upper world

► ma-xe (máxe) - sky, cloudless, also “the upper world”

► ex: ma-xe ni-ʰka-shi-ka (máxe níkkašíka) - Upper World people, identical to wa-ʰkaⁿ-ʰta e-ni-ʰka-shi-ka (wakką́tta énikkašíka) - the Thunder Being gens, obtained from George Redeagle and Buffalo Calf [JOD]

► ex: ma-xe o-ta-saⁿ-haⁿ (maγe ottasąhą) - aurora

► Dhegiha: moⁿ-xe (moⁿxe) - sky [Omaha]; ma-xe (má-xe), maⁿ-xe (máⁿ-xe) - the upper world [JOD-Omaha]; moⁿ-xe (móⁿ-xe) - the sky [FL-Osage]; maⁿ-xe (mą́ąɣe) - sky, weather, the upper world [CQ-Osage]; maⁿ-ghe (máⁿghe) - sky, weather, the upper world [Kaw]

 

slap

► naⁿ-pe bda-ska i-tʰiⁿ (nąpé bdaská itʰį́) - slap, “to hit with flat hand”

► cf. naⁿ-pe (nąpé), noⁿ-pe (nǫpé) - hand; bda-ska (bdáska) - flat; i-tʰiⁿ (itʰį́) - hit, strike with something

► Dhegiha: i-tʰiⁿ (í-tʰiⁿ) - to hit an object with something the name of which precedes the verb [Omaha/Ponca]; i-tsiⁿ (í-tsiⁿ) - club, hatchet [FL-Osge]; i-tsʰiⁿ (iicʰį́) - hit with, strike with [CQ-Osage]; i-chiⁿ (íchiⁿ) - strike with something [Kaw]

 

slap, strike, hit

► o-tʰiⁿ (otʰį́) - strike, slap, hit ► o-a-tʰiⁿ (oátʰį) - I, o-da-tʰiⁿ (odátʰį) - you, oⁿ-ko-tʰiⁿ-we (ǫkótʰįwe) - we

► cf. o-tʰiⁿ-kde (otʰį́kde) - touch, tap to gain attention; o-tʰiⁿ-tʰiⁿ (otʰį́tʰį) - pat; o-tʰiⁿ-ye (otʰį́-ye) - to have struck, etc.; de-ho-di-ki o-tʰiⁿ (dehodíkki otʰį́) - drumstick [MS]; de-xo-di-tiⁿ o-tʰiⁿ (d^¢exud^¢itiⁿ utiⁿ) - drum, beat drum, strike [JOD]; i-tʰiⁿ (itʰį́) - hit, strike with something;

► ex: o-wa-tʰiⁿ (owátʰį) - I hit him [MS]

► ex: o-wi-tʰiⁿ (owítʰį) - I hit you

► ex: a-ka-ze hi o-da-tʰiⁿ (ákaze hí odátʰį) - you hit an object softly or carefully

► ex: o-aⁿ-tʰiⁿ (oą́tʰį) - she/he hit me

► ex: o-aⁿ-da-tʰiⁿ (oą́datʰį) - you hit me

► ex: maⁿ-ke o-tʰiⁿ (mą́ke otʰį́) - Hit in the Breast, male personal name [JOD]

► Dhegiha: u-tiⁿ (utiⁿ) - beat, hit, spank, strike, a blow, club [Omaha]; u-tʰiⁿ (utʰíⁿ) - to hit or strike him [Omaha/Ponca]; u-tsiⁿ (ú-tsiⁿ) - to maul, to beat, to pound, to strike, to give a drubbing, to thrash [FL-Osage]; o-tsʰiⁿ (ocʰí) - whip strongly, beat up, spank or get someone, drub, thrash [CQ-Osage]; o-tsʰiⁿ (ócʰį) - hit or beat things, such as a drum [CQ-Osage]; o-chiⁿ (ochíⁿ) - hit [Kaw]

 

slash or cut and cause to bleed

► ka-wa-paiⁿ kawappaį́) - cut, slash and cause to bleed ► a-wa-paiⁿ (áwappaį) - I, da-wa-paiⁿ (dáwappaį) - you

► cf. ka (ka) - by striking, by action of the wind or water; wa-paiⁿ (wappaį́) - blood

► Dhegiha: ga (ga) - by striking, wind, water [Omaha/Ponca]; ga (ga) - by blows [FL-Osage]; ka (kaa) - by striking, by sudden application of force or sudden movement [CQ-Osage]; ga (ga) - instrumental prefix: by striking or impact [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: wa-mi (wamí) - bleed, bloody [Omaha/Ponca]; wa-biⁿ (wa-bíⁿ) - blood, bleeding [FL-Osage]; wa-piⁿ (wa-pį́), wa-peiⁿ (wapéį) - bleed, blood [CQ-Osage]; wa-biⁿ (wa-bíⁿ) - blood [Kaw]

 

sleep

► zhaⁿ i-de (žą́ idé) - sleep ► a-zhaⁿ i-bde (ažą́ ibdé) - I, da-zhaⁿ i-te (dažą́ itté) - you

► zhaⁿ i-de (žą́ idé) - sleep [MS]

► cf. zhaⁿ (žą), zhoⁿ (žǫ) - lie, recline; i-de (idé) - do, go; i-de (idé) - departed [JOD]; hi-de (hidé) - go, to have gone somewhere

► ex: da-zhaⁿ i-te naⁿ hoⁿ-bde (dažą́ itté ną hǫ́bde) - when you go to sleep, you dream [MS]

► Dhegiha: zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - to recline, to lie down, to sleep, to be asleep [Omaha/Ponca]; zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - to sleep [FL-Osage]; zhaⁿ (žą́ą) - sleep, go to sleep, lie down to sleep, go to bed, sleep over, stay all night, night’s rest, overnight stay [CQ-Osage]; zhaⁿ (zhaⁿ) - lie down, sleep [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: i-the (i-¢é) - to have gone [JOD-Omaha]; i-the (í-the) - he has gone [FL-Osage]; hi-the (híðe) - send there, literally, cause to arrive there [CQ-Osage]; hi-the (hi-thé) - to have gone, to have departed, to cause to reach there, to send thither [FL-Osage]; i-ye (iyé), hi-ye (hiyé) - to have gone to a particular place, to have set as the sun; to have gone (somewhere), send [Kaw]

 

► zhoⁿ i-he (žǫ́ ihé) - be lying down ► a-zhoⁿ i-he (ažǫ́ ihé) - I, da-zhoⁿ i-he (dažǫ́ ihé) - you, oⁿ-zhoⁿ i-ha-we (ǫžǫ́ ihawe) - we

► cf. zhaⁿ (žą), zhoⁿ (žǫ) - lie, recline; i-he (íhe) - horizontal, in a lying position

► Dhegiha: zhoⁿ i-he (zhóⁿ-i-he) - to sleep [FL-Osage]

► Dhegiha: i-he (i-hé) - after verbs, to be placed or laid [JOD-Omaha]; i-he (ihé) - lying object acted upon, post-verbal [Kaw]

 

sleep, go to sleep

► a-zhaⁿ iⁿ-ke (ážą́ įké) - go to sleep [MS]

► cf. a-zhaⁿ (ážą) - bed, bedstead; iⁿ-ke (įké) - lying objects, plural/lying/animate, collections of lying objects take the sitting art. as a bundle

► ex: e za-ni zhaⁿ iⁿ-ke (é zaní žą́ įké) - they all reclining

► Dhegiha: a-zhoⁿ (á-zhoⁿ) - bed, bedstead, couch, lounge [FL-Osage]; a-zhaⁿ (ážą) - bed, lie down [CQ-Osage]; a-zhaⁿ (ázhaⁿ) - bed, bench [Kaw]

 

► a-zhoⁿ ti-ke (ažǫ́ tiké) - go to sleep [OM]

► cf. a-zhaⁿ (ážą) - bed, bedstead; ti (-tti) - at, by, in; kʰe (kʰe) - the singular/lying/animate or inanimate

► Dhegiha: a-zhoⁿ (á-zhoⁿ) - bed, bedstead, couch, lounge [FL-Osage]; a-zhaⁿ (ážą) - bed, lie down [CQ-Osage]; a-zhaⁿ (ázhaⁿ) - bed, bench [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: di (-di) - in, to, at [JOD-Omaha]; dsi (dsi) - there, designating place [FL-Osage]; tsi (ci) - in, to, at [CQ-Osage]; ji (-ji), jhi (-ǰi) - to, at, in [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: kʰe (kʰe) - the inanimate lying, the inanimate horizontal, be positioned horizontally, an extended action in a lying position [Omaha]; kshe (kshe) - to prostrate, that lies, to lay down, to place flat on the ground or to be prostrate on any surface, the length of time from the beginning of a vigil [FL-Osage]; kshe (kše) - positional article for an entity that is lying down or long; positional article that indicates plurality of an inanimate entity that takes tsʰe (cʰe) “standing” positional in the singular [CQ-Osage]; kshe (kše) - lying down or long [CQ-Osage]; khe (khe) - “the”; definite article for lying/inanimate objects [Kaw]

 

sleep, lie down to sleep

► zhoⁿ-ki-de (žǫ́kkidé) - lie down to sleep ► zhoⁿ-a-ki-de (žǫ́akkidé) - I, zhoⁿ-da-ki-de (žǫ́dakkidé) - you, aⁿ-zhoⁿ-ki-de (ąžǫ́kkidé) - we, I and one other, zhaⁿ-ki-da-wi (žáⁿkkidáwe), zhoⁿ-ki-da-wi (žǫkkidáwi) - they

► cf. zhaⁿ (žą), zhoⁿ (žǫ) - lie, recline; ki-de (kkíde), ki-de (kíde) - cause oneself

► ex: zhoⁿ-ki-de ta miⁿ-kʰe (žǫ́kkidé tta mįkʰé) - I want to lay down (I am going to lie down to sleep [MS]

► ex: a-zhoⁿ-ki-de a-tʰaⁿ-he (ažǫ́kkide atʰąhé) - I am sleeping now [ASG]

► ex: aⁿ-zhoⁿ-ki-de aⁿ-ki-wi-taⁿ (ąžǫ́kkidé ąkiwittą́) - let’s go to bed [MS]

► ex: zhaⁿ-ki-da-wi (žąkkidáwi) - they lay down in order to go to sleep [JOD]

► ex: kda-tʰe ki-ha-i naⁿ zhaⁿ-ki-da-wi i-ya-we pa-ze-de naⁿ (kdatʰé kihaí ną žąkkidáwi iyáwe ppáze dé ną) - when they were finished eating (their own food), they went to sleep after dark, they say [JOD]

► ex: zhaⁿ-ki-da-wi (žáⁿkkidáwe) - they lay down in order to go to sleep [JOD]

► ex: wa-naⁿ-bde ki-ha naⁿ, pa-ze de naⁿ, zhaⁿ-ki-da-we, i-ya-we (waną́bde kihá ną, ppáze dé ną, žáⁿkkidáwe, iyáwe) - that evening, when they had finished eating, they went to sleep, they say [JOD]

► Dhegiha: zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - to recline, to lie down, to sleep, to be asleep [Omaha/Ponca]; zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - to sleep [FL-Osage]; zhaⁿ (žą́ą) - sleep, go to sleep, lie down to sleep, go to bed, sleep over, stay all night, night’s rest, overnight stay [CQ-Osage]; zhaⁿ (zhaⁿ) - lie down, sleep [Kaw]

 

sleep, recline, lie

► zhaⁿ (žą), zhoⁿ (žǫ) - lie, recline ► a-zhaⁿ (ažą́) - I, da-zhaⁿ (dažą́) - you, aⁿ-zhaⁿ (ąžą́) - we, I and one other, zhaⁿ-wi (žą́wi), zhaⁿ-we (žą́we) - they

► zhoⁿ (jon) - sleep (dormir) [GI]

► cf. a-zhaⁿ (ážą) - bed, bedstead, “lie upon”; ki-kda-shaⁿ zhaⁿ (kkikdášą žą́) - lie on one’s stomach; zhaⁿ-kʰe (žąkʰé), zhoⁿ-kʰe (žǫkʰé) - continuative be lying, reclining; naⁿ-pa zhoⁿ (nąpá žǫ) - Tuesday, lit. “two sleeps”; da-bni zhoⁿ (dábni žǫ) - Wednesday, “three sleeps”; a-bi-saⁿ-te zhaⁿ (ábisątte žą́) - roll over on something; throw oneself down on; ti o-zhaⁿ (ttí ožą́) - household, family, “sleep within the home”; o-zhaⁿ wa-kniⁿ-zhi (óžą waknį́ži) - enemy within the tribe, “a bad person to sleep among”

► ex: a-zhoⁿ (ažǫ́) - I sleep [MS]

► ex: maⁿ-da hi a-zhaⁿ (mąda hí ažą́) - on the (my) back/very/I lay [JOD]

► ex: a-shi a-toⁿ-we taⁿ a-hi-pʰe, maⁿ-da hi a-zhaⁿ, wa-tʰe aⁿ-ka-ze hi kaⁿ hi a-zhaⁿ, e-shoⁿ t’e paⁿ-ze miⁿ-kʰe (áši atǫ́we tą ahipʰé, mąda hí ažą́, watʰé ąkaze hí ką́ hi ažą́, éšǫ́ tʔe ppą́ze mįkʰe) - when I looked back I fell down, I laid there on my back, my dress flew up on me, so I laid there pretending to be dead [JOD]

► ex: shkoⁿ-zhi hi a-zhaⁿ miⁿ-kʰe (škǫ́ži hi ažą́ mįkʰé) - motionless/very/I lay/I who [JOD]

► ex: tʰi naⁿ t’e paⁿ-ze shkoⁿ-zhi hi a-zhaⁿ miⁿ-kʰe (tʰi ną tʔe ppą́ze škǫ́ži hi ažą́ mįkʰé) - when he arrived, I pretended to be dead, I lay there motionless [JOD]

► ex: a-wi-taⁿ-we a-zhaⁿ tta miⁿ-kʰe (áwittą́we ažą́ tta mįkʰé) - I look (down) on you/I will recline [JOD]

► ex: de tʰe o-wa-di-te niⁿ-kʰe a-pa-po e-ta-kaⁿ-za a-wi-taⁿ-we a-zhaⁿ tta miⁿ-kʰe (dé tʰe owáditte nįkʰé áppapo ettákkąza áwittą́we ažą́ tta mįkʰé) - when he (Grizzly bear) goes, I will lie down looking at you, at the edge of the hill directly above the place where you capture the game [JOD]

► ex: ki-ha-ti a-zhoⁿ koⁿ-bda-zhi hi (kihátti ažǫ́ kkǫ́bdáži hí) - below (on the ground)/I sleep/I did not wish/very [JOD]

► ex: kaⁿ miⁿ-kʰe-ti ki-ha-ti a-zhoⁿ koⁿ-bda-zhi hi (ką́-mįkʰé-tti kihátti ažǫ́ kkǫ́bdáži hí) - so, I stayed there awhile, I really didn’t want to sleep on the ground [JOD]

► ex: maⁿ-da kaⁿ-iⁿ zhaⁿ (mą́da kąį́ žą) - on her back/so/she lay [JOD]

► ex: maⁿ-da kaⁿ-iⁿ zhaⁿ e-shoⁿ t’e kaⁿ-ze kʰe, i-ya-we (mą́da kąį́ žą ešǫ́ tʔe ką́ze kʰé, iyáwe) - she laid there on her back pretending to be dead, they say [JOD]

► ex: zhoⁿ koⁿ-da-zhi i-ya-we ki-ha-ti (žǫ kǫdaží iyáwe kihátti) - to sleep/she did not wish/they say at the bottom [JOD]

► ex: koi-shoⁿ-taⁿ haⁿ-naⁿ-pa-ze naⁿ zhoⁿ koⁿ-da-zhi i-ya-we ki-ha-ti (kóišǫ́ttą hą́nąppáze ną žǫ kǫdaží iyáwe kihátti) - then when it was dark, she did not want to sleep on the ground, they say [JOD]

► ex: t’e-xti hi zhaⁿ (tʔéxti hi žą́) - really dead/so he lay [JOD]

► ex: ki-oⁿ-de de-de naⁿ, t’e-xti hi zhaⁿ i-ya sni-wa-te (kíǫde déde ną́, tʔéxti hi žą́ iyá sniwátte) - when he threw it (the head) at him (Winter), Winter laid there stone cold dead, it is said [JOD]

► ex: aⁿ-zhaⁿ (ąžą́) - we slept [JOD]

► ex: e-ti zhoⁿ-wi (ettí žǫ́wi) - they (the two of them) laid down there [JOD]

► Dhegiha: zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - recline, lie, lie down, to sleep; sleep, day, night, 24-hour period, “a sleep” [Omaha/Ponca]; zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - to sleep [FL-Osage]; zhaⁿ (žą́ą) - sleep, go to sleep, lie down to sleep, go to bed, sleep over, stay all night, sleep, night’s rest, overnight stay [CQ-Osage]; zhaⁿ (zhaⁿ) - lie down, sleep, recline; day, a sleep [Kaw]

 

sleeping, to feel like sleeping or lying down

► zhaⁿ ti-aⁿ (žą tią́), zhoⁿ ti-aⁿ (žǫ tią́) - to feel like lying down/reclining/sleeping ► a-zhaⁿ ti-aⁿ (ažą́ tią́) - I, da-zhaⁿ ti-aⁿ (dažą́ tią́) - you

► cf. zhaⁿ (žą), zhoⁿ (žǫ) - lie, recline; ti-aⁿ (tią́) - to feel like, somewhat

► ex: a-zhoⁿ ti-aⁿ (ažǫ́ tią́) - I want to lay down (I feel like lying down) [MS]

► ex: a-zhoⁿ ti-aⁿ (ažǫ́ tią́) - I’m going to bed (I feel like lying down) [OM]

► ex: da-zhoⁿ ti-aⁿ (dažǫ́ tią́) - sleepy (you feel like laying down) [MS]

► Dhegiha: zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - to recline, to lie down, to sleep, to be asleep [Omaha/Ponca]; zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - to sleep [FL-Osage]; zhaⁿ (žą́ą) - sleep, go to sleep, lie down to sleep, go to bed, sleep over, stay all night, night’s rest, overnight stay [CQ-Osage]; zhaⁿ (zhaⁿ) - lie down, sleep [Kaw]

 

sleepy head, get up sleepy head

► zhoⁿ ki-da-kni ki-ta (žǫ kidákni kítta) - get up sleepy head

► cf. zhaⁿ (žą), zhoⁿ (žǫ) - lie, recline, sleep; ki-da-kni (kidákni), ki-da-kniⁿ (kídaknį) - happy, pleased, to like; ki-ta (kítta) - arise, get up

► Dhegiha: zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - recline, lie, lie down, to sleep; sleep, day, night, 24-hour period, “a sleep” [Omaha/Ponca]; zhoⁿ (zhoⁿ) - to sleep [FL-Osage]; zhaⁿ (žą́ą) - sleep, go to sleep, lie down to sleep, go to bed, sleep over, stay all night, sleep, night’s rest, overnight stay [CQ-Osage]; zhaⁿ (zhaⁿ) - lie down, sleep, recline; day, a sleep [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: gi-tha-gthiⁿ (gí-tha-gthiⁿ) - happy, pleased [FL-Osage]; ki-tha-liⁿ (kiðálį) - be glad, feel good, also used as an equivalent of thank you, like, enjoy, be happy about, be pleased with [CQ-Osage]; gi-ya-le (gíyale) - be happy [Kaw]

 

sleeve, to roll up a sleeve

► a a-ki-pa-xta-na (á ákkippáxtana) - to roll up a sleeve; turn up the sleeve of a shirt or coat

► cf. a (a) - arm; a-ki-pa-xta-na (ákkippáxtana) - roll up, turn over; niⁿ-te o-di-shiⁿ a-ki-pa-xta-na (nį́tte ódišį ákkippaxtana) - to turn (roll up) the legs of pants

► Dhegiha: a-ki-pa (akipa) - meet [Omaha]; a-ʰki-ʰpa (á-ḳi-p̣a) - to meet another [FL-Osage]; a-ʰki-ʰpa (áʰkiʰpa) - encounter, meet [CQ-Osage]; a-ki-pa (ákipa) - meet [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: ʰki-ba-xtha (ḳí-ba-xtha) - meet face to face [FL-Osage]; u-ʰki-ba-xtha (u-ḳí-ba-xtha) - to meet face to face [FL-Osage]; o-ki-ki-ba-xla (okíkibaxla) - meet face to face, coming from opposite directions: said of more than one pair [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: u-ki-pa-toⁿ (ukipatoⁿ) - roll [Omaha]; u-ki-pa-taⁿ (ukípatáⁿ) - rolled himself over [JOD-Omaha]; u-ʰki-ʰpa-ʰtoⁿ-tha (u-ḳi-pa-ṭoⁿ-tha) - to roll over and over [FL-Osage]

 

slice meat into thin strips on something

► a-ka (áka) - cut or slice on something; slice meat into thin strips on something ► a-a-ka (áaka) - I, a-da-ka (ádaka) - you, oⁿ-ka-ka-we (ǫ́kakawe) - we

► Dhegiha: a-ga (á-ga) - to cut an object into this slices or strips on something [JOD-Omaha]; a-ga (á-ga) - to slice meat for drying [FL-Osage]; a-ga-ye (ágaye) - to cut, as meat into thin slices, or strips on something [Kaw]

 

slide

► a-sto-we (ástowe) - slide ► a-a-sto-we (áastowe) - I, a-da-sto-we (ádastowe) - you

► cf. a (a) - on, upon; ki-kdi-sto-we (kkikdístowe) - crawl on one’s stomach; di-sto-we (distówe) - lead, pull along

► Dhegiha: znu (znu) - glide, slide [Omaha/Ponca]

► Dhegiha: znu-e (znué) - to slip or slide away, to go slipping [Omaha/Ponca]; stu-e (stu-e), (çtu-e) - slides; slippery [FL-Osage]

► Dhegiha: ga-znu (gaznú) - to strike and make glide along; to make slide by blowing against (said of the wind); said of otters as they slide down high banks or ice [Omaha/Ponca]; ga-snu (gasnu), gaçnu) - glide, slide [Omaha]; a-ga-stu-e (a-ga-çtu-e) - slides [FL-Osage]; ga-sto-be (ga-sto-be (gastóbe) - throw so as to cause to glide along ground [Kaw]

 

slimy, muddy, ropy, viscous

► kdo-kdo (kdókdo) - slimy, muddy, ropy, viscous

► cf. o-ka-kdo (okákdo) - become mired, stuck in mud; ma-ni-ka o-ka-kdo (maníkka okákdo) - quicksand

► ex: wa-zhoⁿ-ke ski-de kdo-kdo (wažǫ́ke skíde kdókdo) - molasses, syrup, “ropy sugar”

► ex: wa-zhoⁿ-ke ski-de kdo-kdo (wažǫ́ke skíde kdókdo) - syrup [OM]

► ex: we-ka-kdo-kdo (wékakdókdo) - gravy

► ex: we-ka-kdo-kdo (wékakdókdo) - gravy [LQ, AG, OM]

► ex: di-kdo-kdo (dikdókdó) - mash, make mushy

► ex: a-be-di-kno-kno (ahpeh-dihknokenoh) - cabbage (choux) [GI]

► ex: a-be-jhi-ʰnoⁿ-ʰnoⁿ (abeǰíʰnǫʰnǫ) - cabbage [AG, OM]

 

sling

► hiⁿ-te o-kdaⁿ-ke-de (hįtté ókdąkedé) - sling

 

slip in eating, talking, etc.

► da-shnoⁿ-da (dašnǫ́da) - slip in eating, talking, etc. ► bda-shnoⁿ-da (bdášnǫda) - I, ta-shnoⁿ-da (ttášnǫda) - you

► cf. da (da) - by mouth; ba-shnoⁿ-da (bašnǫ́da) - push at and fail or miss; bi-shnoⁿ-da (bišnǫ́da) - fail, miss applying pressure; di-shnoⁿ-da (dišnǫ́da) - let slip, fumble something; ka-shnoⁿ-da (kašnǫ́da) - miss the mark striking at something; naⁿ-shnoⁿ-da (nąšnǫ́da) - lose one’s footing, slip; pa-shnoⁿ-da (pášnǫda) - fail to cut something with a knife; po-shnoⁿ-da (póšnǫda) - miss a target shooting

► Dhegiha: tha-zhnoⁿ (thazhnóⁿ) - miss, misspeak, mispronounce, to miss with the mouth, to slip in putting something in the mouth, speaking, reading, or singing [Omaha/Ponca]

 

slip or miss from under

► bi-knoⁿ-da (biknǫ́da) - miss, slip from under ► pi-knoⁿ-da (ppíknǫda) - I, shpi-knoⁿ-da (špíknǫda) - you

► cf. bi (bi) - by pressing, rubbing; ba-knoⁿ-da (baknǫ́da) - miss when thrusting at; da-knoⁿ-da (daknǫ́da) - snap at and miss; di-kdoⁿ-da (dikdǫ́da) - fumble, let slip, fail to hold; ka-knoⁿ-da (kaknǫ́da) - fail in hitting at something; naⁿ-knoⁿ-da (nąknǫ́da) - kick at and be evaded; pa-knoⁿ-da (páknǫda) - miss cutting something elusive; po-knoⁿ-da (póknǫda) - miss in shooting or thrusting

► Dhegiha: bi-gthoⁿ-tha (bí-gthoⁿ-tha) - to miss hold [FL-Osage]

 

slip or miss pushing something

► ba-kʰiⁿ-te (bakʰį́tte) - miss, slip pushing something ► pa-kʰiⁿ-te (ppákʰįtte) - I, shpa-kʰiⁿ-te (špákʰįtte) - you

► cf. ba (ba) - by pushing; bi-kʰiⁿ-te (bikʰį́tte) - rub a slippery surface; di-kʰiⁿ-te (dikʰį́tte) - lose grip, slip over; bi-kʰiⁿ-te (bikʰį́tte) - rub a slippery surface; ka-kʰiⁿ-te (kakʰį́tte) - strike at and miss; kiⁿ-kʰiⁿ-te (kkį́kkįtté) - slippery; naⁿ-kʰiⁿ-te (nąkʰį́tte) - kick at and miss, pass by; pa-kʰiⁿ-te (pákʰįtte) - cut at something and miss it; po-kʰiⁿ-te (pókʰįtte) - graze something while shooting

► Dhegiha: ba-kshiⁿ-dse (ba-kshíⁿ-dse) - to miss an object at which a thrust is made, to scrape a hide [FL-Osage]; ba-khiⁿ-je (bakhíⁿje) - miss, slip with a spear, to fail in cutting an object with a knife; to fail in cutting an object with a knife, etc., because the it slips by the object without touching it [Kaw]; ba-khiⁿ-je (bákhiⁿje) - fail in trying to cut something [Kaw]

 

slip over, lose grip

► di-kʰiⁿ-te (dikʰį́tte) - lose grip, slip over ► bdi-kʰiⁿ-te (bdíkʰįtte) - I, ti-kʰiⁿ-te (ttíkʰįtte) - you

► cf. di (di) - by hand, pulling; cause by using the hands; ba-kʰiⁿ-te (bakʰį́tte) - miss, slip pushing something; bi-kʰiⁿ-te (bikʰį́tte) - rub a slippery surface; da-kʰiⁿ-te (dakʰį́tte) - bite at and miss, snap at; ka-kʰiⁿ-te (kakʰį́tte) - strike at and miss; kiⁿ-kʰiⁿ-te (kkį́kkįtté) - slippery; naⁿ-kʰiⁿ-te (nąkʰį́tte) - kick at and miss, pass by; pa-kʰiⁿ-te (pákʰįtte) - cut at something and miss it; po-kʰiⁿ-te (pókʰįtte) - graze something while shooting

► Dhegiha: thi-kshiⁿ-dse (thi-kshíⁿ-dse) - failure to get a good grasp or hold [FL-Osage]; thi-kshiⁿ-tse (ðikšį́ce) - miss, fail at, be incorrect at, not get right, drop, let slip, let slip away [CQ-Osage]; yu-khiⁿ-je (yukhíⁿje) - slip in grasping or holding, drop something; miss when reaching for something [Kaw]

 

slip, let slip

► di-kdoⁿ-da (dikdǫ́da) - fumble, let slip, fail to hold ► bdi-kdoⁿ-da (bdíkdǫda) - I, ti-kdoⁿ-da (ttíkdǫda) - you

► cf. di (di) - by hand, pulling; cause by using the hands; ba-knoⁿ-da (baknǫ́da) - miss when thrusting at; bi-knoⁿ-da (biknǫ́da) - miss, slip from under; da-knoⁿ-da (daknǫ́da) - snap at and miss; ka-knoⁿ-da (kaknǫ́da) - fail in hitting at something; naⁿ-knoⁿ-da (nąknǫ́da) - kick at and be evaded; pa-knoⁿ-da (páknǫda) - miss cutting something elusive; po-knoⁿ-da (póknǫda) - miss in shooting or thrusting

► Dhegiha: thi-gthoⁿ-tha (thí-gthoⁿ-tha) - fail to get a good grip, to drop by accident [FL-Osage]; yu-laⁿ-ya (yuláⁿya), yu-laⁿ-ye (yulaⁿye) - miss or fumble in trying to grasp or pull an object which is too large to be handled [Kaw]

 

► di-shnoⁿ-da (dišnǫ́da) - let slip, fumble something ► bdi-shnoⁿ-da (bdíšnǫda) - I, ti-shnoⁿ-da (ttíšnǫda) - you

► cf. di (di) - by hand, pulling; ba-shnoⁿ-da (bašnǫ́da) - push at and fail or miss; bi-shnoⁿ-da (bišnǫ́da) - fail, miss applying pressure; da-shnoⁿ-da (dašnǫ́da) - slip in eating, talking, etc.; ka-shnoⁿ-da (kašnǫ́da) - miss the mark striking at something; naⁿ-shnoⁿ-da (nąšnǫ́da) - lose one’s footing, slip; pa-shnoⁿ-da (pášnǫda) - fail to cut something with a knife; po-shnoⁿ-da (póšnǫda) - miss a target shooting

► Dhegiha: zhnoⁿ (zhnoⁿ) - verb root, to miss, let fall, zhnoⁿ-tha (c͓naⁿ¢a), ba-zhnoⁿ (bac͓naⁿ), bu-zhnoⁿ (buc͓naⁿ), tha-zhnoⁿ (¢ac͓naⁿ), thi-zhnoⁿ (¢ic͓naⁿ), ga-zhnoⁿ (gac͓naⁿ), ma zhnoⁿ (mac͓naⁿ), mu-zhnoⁿ (muc͓naⁿ) [Omaha/Ponca]

 

slip, lose one’s footing

► naⁿ-shnoⁿ-da (nąšnǫ́da) - lose one’s footing, slip ► a-naⁿ-shnoⁿ-da (aną́šnǫda) - I, da-naⁿ-shnoⁿ-da (daną́šnǫda) - you

► cf. naⁿ (naⁿ) - by action of the foot; ba-shnoⁿ-da (bašnǫ́da) - push at and fail or miss; bi-shnoⁿ-da (bišnǫ́da) - fail, miss applying pressure; da-shnoⁿ-da (dašnǫ́da) - slip in eating, talking, etc.; di-shnoⁿ-da (dišnǫ́da) - let slip, fumble something; ka-shnoⁿ-da (kašnǫ́da) - miss the mark striking at something; pa-shnoⁿ-da (pášnǫda) - fail to cut something with a knife; po-shnoⁿ-da (póšnǫda) - miss a target shooting

► Dhegiha: zhnoⁿ (zhnoⁿ) - verb root, to miss, let fall, zhnoⁿ-tha (c͓naⁿ¢a), ba-zhnoⁿ (bac͓naⁿ), bu-zhnoⁿ (buc͓naⁿ), tha-zhnoⁿ (¢ac͓naⁿ), thi-zhnoⁿ (¢ic͓naⁿ), ga-zhnoⁿ (gac͓naⁿ), ma zhnoⁿ (mac͓naⁿ), mu-zhnoⁿ (muc͓naⁿ) [Omaha/Ponca]

 

slip, undergarment

► maⁿ-tʰe wa-tʰe (mą́tʰe watʰé) - slip, undergarment

► cf. maⁿ-tʰe (mą́tʰe) - inside, in, within, under; wa-tʰe (watʰé) - skirt, long skirt, dress

► Dhegiha: wa-te moⁿ-te (waté moⁿte) - ladies slip; under skirt [Omaha]; wa-te maⁿ-te (wa-té-maⁿ-te) - a woman’s undergarment or chemise [JOD-Omaha]

► Dhegiha: maⁿ-te (máⁿ-te) - in, into, within [JOD-Omaha]; moⁿ-te (moⁿte) - inside [Omaha]; moⁿ-tse (móⁿ-tse) - in the deepest of secret places [FL-Osage]; maⁿ-tsʰe (mącʰé) - in the center of something (centrally located), within, underneath [CQ-Osage]; maⁿ-che (máⁿche) - underneath, within [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: wa-te (waté) - skirt, woman’s dress [Omaha]; wa-te (wa-té) - an Indian woman’s skirt [JOD-Omaha]; wa-tse (wa-tsé) - skirt, dress [FL-Osage]; wa-tsʰe (wáacʰe) - skirt with ribbon work or other decorations [CQ-Osage]; wa-che (waché) - dress, woman’s skirt [Kaw]

 

slipped off of its own accord

► e-wa-ki-k’aⁿ o-shi-we (éwakkikʔą́ ošíwe) - slipped off of its own accord

► cf. e-wa-ki-k’oⁿ (éwakkikʔǫ́), e-wa-ki-k’aⁿ (éwakkikʔą́) - do something for onself; di-shi-we (dišíwe) - open up, open; i-di-shi-we (ídišíwe) - key

► Dhegiha: e-wa-ki-’aⁿ (ewaki’aⁿ) - of himself, of his own accord, without advice [JOD-Omaha]; e-wa-ki-k’oⁿ (éwakikʔǫ) - do to oneself [CQ-Osage]

► Dhegiha: shi-be (shi-be) - unfasten or open [FL-Osage]

► Dhegiha: thi-shi-be (thishibe) - open, unlock, uncap, unhitch [Omaha]; thi-shi-be (thi-shí-be), thi-shu-be (thi-shú-be) - to open anything that has a lid or a door, to open a covered box, to open as a door, to open or unfasten a door [FL-Osage]; thi-shu-pe (ðiišúpe), thu-shu-pe (ðuušúpe) - open, unlock and open [CQ-Osage]; yu-shu-be (yushúbe), yu-shu-we (yushúwe) - open, as a door or a sacred bundle, unlock, gate [Kaw]

 

slippers

► hoⁿ-biⁿ-te-a-ha ni-ke (hǫbį́tteáha niké) - slippers, lit. “without moccasin flaps”

► cf. hoⁿ-biⁿ-te-a-ha (hǫbį́tteáha) - moccasin flaps; ni-ke (niké) - to have none, be lacking

► Dhegiha: thiⁿ-ge (thiⁿgé) - lack, to lack, to not have, there is none [Omaha/Ponca]; thiⁿ-ge (thiⁿge) - blank, obsolete, zero, vanish, nothing, none, erosion, absent, lack [Omaha]; thiⁿ-ge (thíⁿ-ge) - to have none, nothing [FL-Osage]; thiⁿ-ke (ðįįké), iⁿ-ke (įįké) - lack a thing, be devoid of, be lacking, not have something any longer, have nothing [CQ-Osage]; thiⁿ-ke (ðįké), iⁿ-ke (įké) - be none, be gone, absent, extinct, nonexistent, lacking, pass away, vanish, not, not at all [CQ-Osage]; yiⁿ-ge (yíⁿgé) - lack, none, be none, be without [Kaw]

 

► hoⁿ-biⁿ-te-a-ha shte-ka (hǫbį́tteáha štéka) - slippers, lit., “short moccasin flaps”

► cf. shte-ka (štéka), (šteká) - short; shte-ka hi (štéka hi), (šteká hi) - short [MS]; ma-ze shte-ka (mazé štéka) - pistol, “short gun”; wa-tʰe shte-ka (watʰé šteká) - short dress [JOD]; di-ti wa-hi o-shte-ka (dítti wahi oštéka) - short rib

 

slippery

► kiⁿ-kʰiⁿ-te (kkį́kkįtté) - slippery

► cf. ba-kʰiⁿ-te (bakʰį́tte) - miss, slip pushing something; bi-kʰiⁿ-te (bikʰį́tte) - rub a slippery surface; da-kʰiⁿ-te (dakʰį́tte) - bite at and miss, snap at; di-kʰiⁿ-te (dikʰį́tte) - lose grip, slip over; ka-kʰiⁿ-te (kakʰį́tte) - strike at and miss; naⁿ-kʰiⁿ-te (nąkʰį́tte) - kick at and miss, pass by; pa-kʰiⁿ-te (pákʰįtte) - cut at something and miss it; po-kʰiⁿ-te (pókʰįtte) - graze something while shooting

► Dhegiha: kshiⁿ-dse (kshiⁿ-dse) - miss, slip, fail, glance [FL-Osage]; kshiⁿ-tse (kšį́ce) - miss, slip, fail [CQ-Osage]; khiⁿ-je (khíⁿje) - miss while attempting something; to fail to produce the desired effect, from missing the object, slipping or brushing by it. The object may jump aside if alive, or remain stationary [Kaw]

 

slippery elm tree

► hiⁿ-te naⁿ-be hi (hį́tte ną́be hi) - elm tree, slippery

► Dhegiha: hiⁿ-dse gthi-gthi-e (híⁿ-dse gthi-gthi-e), hiⁿ-dse ni-stse-stse (híⁿ-dse ni-stse-stse), hiⁿ-dse ni-stsi-stu-e (híⁿ-dse ni-stsi-stu-e)  - slippery elm [FL-Osage]; hiⁿ-je hu (híⁿje hu) - elm tree, bass or linden [Kaw]; hiⁿ-je (híⁿje) - elm [Kaw]; hiⁿ-je shtsu-shtse (híⁿje shcúshce) - slippery elm [Kaw]

 

slippery, rub a slippery surface

► bi-kʰiⁿ-te (bikʰį́tte) - rub a slippery surface ► pi-kʰiⁿ-te (ppíkʰįtte) - I, shpi-kʰiⁿ-te (špíkʰįtte) - you

► cf. ba-kʰiⁿ-te (bakʰį́tte) - miss, slip pushing something; da-kʰiⁿ-te (dakʰį́tte) - bite at and miss, snap at; di-kʰiⁿ-te (dikʰį́tte) - lose grip, slip over; ka-kʰiⁿ-te (kakʰį́tte) - strike at and miss; kiⁿ-kʰiⁿ-te (kkį́kkįtté) - slippery; naⁿ-kʰiⁿ-te (nąkʰį́tte) - kick at and miss, pass by; pa-kʰiⁿ-te (pákʰįtte) - cut at something and miss it; po-kʰiⁿ-te (pókʰįtte) - graze something while shooting

► Dhegiha: bu-khiⁿ-je (bukhíⁿje) - miss sitting down, fall; to miss an object in trying to press or lean on it, sit or lie on it, or push with the hands alone, (thereby) falling or going by it [Kaw]

► Dhegiha: kshiⁿ-dse (kshiⁿ-dse) - miss, slip, fail, glance [FL-Osage]; kshiⁿ-tse (kšį́ce) - miss, slip, fail [CQ-Osage]; khiⁿ-je (khíⁿje) - miss while attempting something; to fail to produce the desired effect, from missing the object, slipping or brushing by it. The object may jump aside if alive, or remain stationary [Kaw]

 

slit or gash something striking it

► ka-shte (kašté) - gash, slit something striking it

► cf. ka (ka) - by striking, by action of the wind or water; i-ka-shte (íkašte) - gash, slit the skin with something; ki-kda-shte (kkikdášte) - cut, gash one’s own; i-ba-shte (íbašte) - split by falling against [JOD]; ma-ze we-pa-shte (mozeh-wepaschtŭh) - knife, “iron with which to cut” (épée) [GI]; o-di-shte (odíšte) - saw, split by sawing; pa-shte (pášte) - cut; shte-ke (štéke) - split in two; zhoⁿ di-shte (žǫ díšte) - plank, “split wood”

 

slit or gash the skin with something

► i-ka-shte (íkašte) - gash, slit the skin with something

► cf. i (i) - with which to; ka-shte (kašté) - gash, slit something striking it; ki-kda-shte (kkikdášte) - cut, gash one’s own; i-ba-shte (íbašte) - split by falling against [JOD]; ma-ze we-pa-shte (mozeh-wepaschtŭh) - knife, “iron with which to cut” (épée) [GI]; o-di-shte (odíšte) - saw, split by sawing; pa-shte (pášte) - cut; shte-ke (štéke) - split in two; zhoⁿ di-shte (žǫ díšte) - plank, “split wood”

 

sliver, shoot or punch to slivers

► po-ste-ste (pósteste) - shoot or punch to slivers ► po-a-ste-ste (póastéste) - I, po-da-ste-ste (pódastéste) - you

► cf. po (po) - by shooting, blowing, punching; po-ste (póste) - graze shooting and gash; ba-ste-ste (bastéste) - cut to shreds, stab repeatedly; ba-ste (basté) - cut into, gash; bi-ste-ste (bistéste) - split repeatedly, shred; bi-ste (bisté) - split, gash; da-ste-ste (dásteste) - chew into slivers, v. split; da-ste (dasté) - split with teeth; di-ste-ste (distéste) - pull into shreds, slivers; di-ste (disté) - split, pull off string; ka-ste-ste (kastéste) - cut or beat to shreds/slivers; ka-ste-ste-ye (kastésteye) - to have cut to shreds; ka-ste (kasté) - gash, split something; naⁿ-ste-ste (nąstéste) - kick or tread to pieces; naⁿ-ste (nąsté) - kick a gash in something; pa-ste-ste (pásteste) - cut to slivers, split often; pa-ste (páste) - gash, cut with a knife blade

► Dhegiha: ba-stse-stse-ge (bá-stse-stse-ge) - to gash the skin with a knife [FL-Osage]; ga-stse-stse-ge (ga-stsé-stse-ge) - to gash the skin repeatedly [FL-Osage]; thi-stse-stse-ge (thi-stsé-stse-ge) - to tear into shreds [FL-Osage]; bu-sce-sce-ge (buscéscege) - wear clothing to shreds [Kaw]; ga-stse-stse-ge (gascéscege) - gash the skin or split wood repeatedly [Kaw]; yu-sce-sce-ge (yuscéscege) - cut into strips, pull to shreds [Kaw]

 

slivers, chew to slivers

► da-ste-ste (dásteste) - chew into slivers ► bda-sta-ste (bdásteste) - I, ta-ste-ste (ttásteste) - you

► cf. da (da) - by mouth; da-ste (dasté) - split with teeth; ba-ste-ste (bastéste) - cut to shreds, stab repeatedly; bi-ste-ste (bistéste) - split repeatedly, shred; di-ste-ste (distéste) - pull into shreds, slivers; ka-ste-ste (kastéste) - cut or beat to shreds/slivers; naⁿ-ste-ste (nąstéste) - kick or tread to pieces; pa-ste-ste (pásteste) - cut to slivers, split often; po-ste-ste (pósteste) - shoot or punch to slivers

 

► da-za-za-te (dazázatte) - chew something to slivers ► bda-za-za-te (bdázazátte) - I, ta-za-za-te (ttázazátte) - you

► cf. da (da) - by mouth; ba-za-za-te (bazázatte) - cut, stab to shreds; bi-za-za-te (bizázatte) - split from pressure; di-za-za-te (dizázatte) - pull to shreds; ka-za-za-te (kazázatte) - chop to pieces, slivers; naⁿ-za-za-te (nązázatte) - kick to pieces, splinters; pa-za-za-te (pázazátte) - split, shred, cut to splinters; po-za-za-te (pózazátte) - punch, shoot apart/to pieces

► Dhegiha: tha-za-za-de (thazázade) - to tear into shreds with the teeth [Omaha/Ponca]; ya-za-za-be (yazázabe) - chew into slivers, chew to pieces [Kaw]

 

slivers, chop to pieces or slivers

► ka-za-za-te (kazázatte) - chop to pieces, slivers ► a-za-za-te (ázazátte) - I, da-za-za-te (dázazátte) - you

► cf. ba-za-za-te (bazázatte) - cut, stab to shreds; bi-za-za-te (bizázatte) - split from pressure; da-za-za-te (dazázatte) - chew something to slivers; di-za-za-te (dizázatte) - pull to shreds; naⁿ-za-za-te (nązázatte) - kick to pieces, splinters; pa-za-za-te (pázazátte) - split, shred, cut to splinters; po-za-za-te (pózazátte) - punch, shoot apart/to pieces

► Dhegiha: ga-za-za-de (ga-zá-za-de) - to hackle, as corn-husks; to tear clothing in shreds or strips [JOD-Omaha]

► Dhegiha: za-za-de (zazade) - ragged [Omaha]; za-za-de (zá-za-de) - extending apart, similar to the sticks of a fan, projecting in fanlike rays, etc. [JOD-Omaha]; i-thi-za-za-de (ithi zazade) - jagged [Omaha]

► Dhegiha: ga-za-za-be (ga-çá-ça-be) - to whip with a switch or a quirt; to thrash [FL-Osage]; ga-za-za-be (gazázabe) - beat a stick into slivers [Kaw]; ba-za-za-be (bazázabe) - push apart into slivers [Kaw]; ba-za-za-be (bázazábe) - cut to slivers with a knife [Kaw]; ya-za-za-be (yazázabe) - chew into slivers, chew to pieces [Kaw]; yu-za-za-be (yuzázabe) - twist to pieces; to twist a stick into slivers [Kaw]

 

slivers, cut or beat to shreds or slivers

► ka-ste-ste (kastéste) - cut or beat to shreds/slivers ► a-ste-ste (ásteste) - I, da-ste-ste (dásteste) - you

► cf. ka-ste (kasté) - gash, split something; ba-ste-ste (bastéste) - cut to shreds, stab repeatedly; bi-ste-ste (bistéste) - split repeatedly, shred; da-ste-ste (dásteste) - chew into slivers, v. split; di-ste-ste (distéste) - pull into shreds, slivers; naⁿ-ste-ste (nąstéste) - kick or tread to pieces; pa-ste-ste (pásteste) - cut to slivers, split often; po-ste-ste (pósteste) - shoot or punch to slivers

► Dhegiha: ga-zne-zne (gaznézne) - to stick a knife into the skin frequently, in order to scarify it; to bleed a person by so doing; to cut beef in strings for the purpose of hanging it up to dry; fringe [Omaha/Ponca]; ga-stse-stse-ge (ga-stsé-stse-ge) - to gash the skin repeatedly [FL-Osage]; ga-stse-stse-ge (gascéscege) - gash the skin or split wood repeatedly [Kaw]

 

slivers, cut to slivers

► pa-ste-ste (pásteste) - cut to slivers, split often ► pa-a-ste-ste (páastéste) - I, pa-da-ste-ste (pádastéste) - you

► cf. pa-ste (páste) - gash, cut with a knife blade; ba-ste (basté) - cut into, gash; ba-ste-ste (bastéste) - cut to shreds, stab repeatedly; bi-ste (bisté) - split, gash; bi-ste-ste (bistéste) - split repeatedly, shred; da-ste (dasté) - split with teeth; da-ste-ste (dásteste) - chew into slivers, v. split; di-ste (disté) - split, pull off string; di-ste-ste (distéste) - pull into shreds, slivers; ka-ste (kasté) - gash, split something; ka-ste-ste (kastéste) - cut or beat to shreds/slivers; naⁿ-ste (nąsté) - kick a gash in something; naⁿ-ste-ste (nąstéste) - kick or tread to pieces; po-ste (póste) - graze shooting and gash; po-ste-ste (pósteste) - shoot or punch to slivers

► Dhegiha: ba-zne-zne (baznézne) - fringe [Omaha/Ponca]; ba-zne-zne (ba-s͓né-s͓ne) - fringe [JOD-Omaha]; ba-stse-stse-ge (bá-stse-stse-ge) - to cut skin or meat into many strips with a knife [FL-Osage]; ba-stse-stse-ge (báscescége) - gash the skin in many places using a blade [Kaw]

 

slivers, pull into shreds or slivers

► di-ste-ste (distéste) - pull into shreds, slivers ► bdi-ste-ste (bdísteste) - I, ti-ste-ste (ttísteste) - you

► cf. di-ste (disté) - split, pull off string; ba-ste-ste (bastéste) - cut to shreds, stab repeatedly; bi-ste-ste (bistéste) - split repeatedly, shred; da-ste-ste (dásteste) - chew into slivers; ka-ste-ste (kastéste) - cut or beat to shreds/slivers; ka-ste-ste-ye (kastésteye) - to have cut to shreds; naⁿ-ste-ste (nąstéste) - kick or tread to pieces; pa-ste-ste (pásteste) - cut to slivers, split often; po-ste-ste (pósteste) - shoot or punch to slivers

► Dhegiha: thi-zne-zne (thiznézne) - to pull or cut an object into shreds with scissors, etc. [Omaha/Ponca]; thi-stse-stse-ge (thi-stsé-stse-ge) - to tear into shreds [FL-Osage]; yu-stse-stse-ge (yuscéscege) - cut into strips, pull to shreds [Kaw]

 

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