Osage Indians -- Folklore; Osage language -- Texts
| Pé | ¢é¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | pé | man¢in’ tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Forehead | this cv. ob. | child | forehead | shall walk | he really said
| O grandfather!
| Táhütse | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | táhütse | man¢in’ tatsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Neck | that cv. ob. | child | neck | shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
96 | Wé¢ahnin | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | wé¢ahnin | man¢in’ tatsé: | á*d*intaú,
| Tsiká!
| Gullet | that cv. ob. | child | gullet | shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Mañ’ʞe | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | mañ’ʞe | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Chest | that cv. ob. | child | chest | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| ¢ü’we-uq¢úk’a | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | ¢ü’we-uq¢úk’a | tatsé: | á*d*intaú,
| Tsiká!
| Bowels | that cv. ob. | child | bowels | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
99 | Ɔéʞutañ’ʞa | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔéʞutañ’ʞa | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Thighs | that cv. ob. | child | thighs | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Cí¢anʇse | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | cí¢anʇse | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Knee | that cv. ob. | child | knee | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Náqpü | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | náqpü | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Calf of leg | that cv. ob. | child | calf of leg | shall (be) | he
really said | O grandfather!
102| Sí¢eʇse | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | sí¢eʇse | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Heel | that cv. ob. | child | heel | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Sipá | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | sipá | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Toe | that cv. ob. | child | toe | shall (be) | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Sípu-itáxe | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | sípu-itáxe | tatsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Tip of toe | that cv. ob. | child | tip of toe toe | shall (be) | he
really said | O grandfather!
105 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | its’é | ¢iñʞĕ’qtsi | manhnin’ tá*d*etsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Child | cause of death | without any at all | ye shall walk | he really
said | O grandfather!
106 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | ¢aníkacíʞa |manhnin’ tá*d*etsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Children | you are human beings |you shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | únian | ʞá¢iñkcé | ɔiñ’ʞa | únian’wíkci¢ĕ: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Child | speech (?) | that | child | I cause you to speak (?) | he
really said | O grandfather!
The rest of this tradition was not obtained.
_Translation_.
The following translation is arranged in lines to correspond to the lines
in the original text:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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