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ȼi-bȼiⁿ J. says that this cannot be used without ȼa. Catherine Rudin Edit
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ba-gȼáⁿ-ȼa C. Le Clerc, Apl. 21, 1873, rendered bagȼaⁿȼa dáⁿctĕáⁿi by He has not missed any at all (!). This has been marked as wrong. Michelle Lanternier Edit
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ba-gȼé-je This seems to be a definition given by a speaker? (Omaha followed by English translation) "Edádaⁿ ctéctewaⁿ búbuṭa, sásabe, gáxai: whatsoever is made spotted by writing, as when the object is covered with round black figures of various sizes." Catherine Rudin Edit
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á-cka Comment crossed out: "F. says that acka is obsolescent, being replaced by ukiacka. and so with the compounds of acka". Pencil notation: "Still used often Wdj". Mark Awakuni-Swetland http://omahalanguage.unl.edu/dictionary_images/Aci/opd.01.007.02b.jpg Edit
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á-ȼaⁿ-ȼaⁿ-ska Probably obsolesecent, as F. and W. had not heard it. Stacy Rickel Edit
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á-bi J. gave as the Tc. equivalent of the first clause, Núⁿá Maⁿ tcó-nayiⁿ tcḳiáre ée ré nuásku. David Nesheim Edit
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da-daⁿ-cté-gaⁿ Same as edadaⁿ ci gaⁿ, edadaⁿ de de (Wdj.) Catherine Rudin Edit
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bá-t'u-i-ȼä́-ȼa J. made this bát'uiȼaȼa (prob. bát'u iȼaȼa). Catherine Rudin Edit
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cíⁿ-ci Wdj. does not know this word. Catherine Rudin Edit
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ṭe-zíⁿ-ha-zí F. prefers tejiⁿhazi. Catherine Rudin Edit
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wé-ci Wdj. denies the second definition. Catherine Rudin Edit
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á-sku F. pronounces this áçku. JOD Mark Awakuni-Swetland Edit
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ṭé-skă cá-ge Wdj. Mark Awakuni-Swetland Edit
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dí-xe JOD: 2 R gave this as the eq. of the D. taxu, an old buffalo bull, a poor scabby bull. Mark Awakuni-Swetland Edit
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hí u-qá-qa-be Wdj. agrees with this and also with the Ponca meaning of the word (1888) Catherine Rudin Edit
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Si-ȼé-ma-káⁿ Mary Clay called this character "Medicine Tracks" in English (story "Medicine Tracks and the Wild Potatoes; C. Rudin tape 16, side A, 9/19/1990). Catherine Rudin Edit
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wí-u-ȼi-daⁿ ṭá-ce L., though an Omaha, gave the meaning "door knob" (which is generally the Ponca meaning; see separate Ponca lexeme). Wdj. denies the "door knob" meaning for Omaha. Catherine Rudin Edit
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wa-gȼí-cka ha cú-ga Confirmed as 'cockroach' by AFS 6/17/2012. Mark Awakuni-Swetland Edit
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ba-tcí-je Can also be used to describe a person voluntarily running into a thicket without worrying about the thorns in order to allude a fierce animal. Mark Awakuni-Swetland Emmaline Walker Sanchez 1/3/2012 Edit
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i-ȼé-ba-á-xe Denied. Catherine Rudin F. Edit
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