* ʰtse-ga noⁿ (ṭsé-ga noⁿ) - newly grown,
just grown to maturity (FL-Osage), ʰtse-ka noⁿ (ʰcéka
nǫ́ǫ) - teenager, young person or young people,
children in their teens, literally, recently grown-up or
recently adult (CQ-Osage), tse-ga noⁿ (céganoⁿ)
- young man (Kanza)
noⁿ (noⁿ)
- to mature, to grow, to age, a-noⁿ a-tha (a-noⁿ′ a-tha)
- I have grown to maturity, tha-noⁿ a-tha (tha-noⁿ′ a-tha)
- you have grown to maturity, oⁿ-noⁿ bi a tha i
(oⁿ-noⁿ bi a tha i) - we have grown to maturity
(FL-Osage)
noⁿ (nǫ́ǫ)
- be old, grow up to adulthood, mature, adulthood, grownups,
adults, old folks, elders in times past, old ones, advanced
age, old age, a-noⁿ miⁿ-kshe (anǫ́ǫ mįkše) -
I’m old, tha-noⁿ niⁿ-kshe (ðanǫ́ǫ nįkše) -
you’re old, aⁿ-noⁿ aⁿ-ka-txai (ą́nǫǫ ąkatxái)
- we plural are old (CQ-Osage)
noⁿ (noⁿ)
- old, mature, aⁿ-noⁿ (áⁿnóⁿ)
- I’m old, yi-noⁿ (yinóⁿ) - you’re old,
noⁿ (nóⁿ) - he/she/it is old, wa-noⁿ-be (wanóⁿbe)
- we’re old, yi-noⁿ-be (yinóⁿbe) - you all are
old, noⁿ-be (nóⁿbe) - they are old
(Kanza)