Osage Indians -- Folklore; Osage language -- Texts
| Káxe-wáhü-san’, | cŭnta, | wisŭñ’ʞa, | úʇan*d*e | añʞáxe tá*d*etsé:
|á*d*intaú,
| Káxe-wáhü-san’ | awhile longer | my younger brother | attention | we
must make | he really said
| Tsiká!
| O grandfather!
9 | Watsé-ʇúʞa | ¢iñcí ĕ’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Male animal that touched a foe | the std. to it an. ob. | arrived and
stood | he really said | O grandfather!
| Há, | wítsiʞué! | ɔiñʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñʞa*d*e, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú,
| Tsiká!
| Ho | grandfather! | child | body | they have none | he was saying that |
he really said | O grandfather!
| Wakan’ʇa | uɔañ’ʞe | ts’é | watséqi | *d*¢in’ | e¢aú: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | road | to die | difficult | I am | indeed | he really
said | O grandfather!
12 | Wakan’ʇa | ʞána | *d*¢in-máɔĭ, | éʞiʞíe añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying to him what
precedes | he really said |O grandfather!
| Cŭn’ŭnckíta | úʇan*d*e¢acé tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!
| Káxe-wáhü-san’, | cŭnta, | wisuñ’ʞa, | úʇan*d*e | añʞáxe tá*d*etsé:
|á*d*intaú,
| Káxe-wáhü-san’ | awhile longer | my younger brother | attention | we
must make | he really said
| Tsiká!
| O grandfather!
15 | Wá*d*aha | ¢iñkcĕ’ʇsi| hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Bier | to the st. an. ob. | arrived and stood | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Há, | wítsiʞué! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñʞa*d*e, | éʞi añka: | á*d*intaú,
| Tsiká!
| Ho | grandfather! |child | body |they have none | he was saying that |
he really said |O grandfather!
| Wakan’ʇa | uɔañ’ʞe | ts’é | watséqi | *d*¢in’ | e¢aú: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | road | to die | difficult | I am | indeed | he really
said | O grandfather!
18 | Wakan’ʇa | ʞána | *d*¢in-máɔĭ, | éʞiʞíe añka: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying to him what
precedes | he really said |O grandfather!
| Cŭn’ŭnckíta | úʇan*d*e¢acé tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!
20 | Káxe-wáhü-san’, | cŭnta, | wisuñ’ʞa, | úʇan*d*e | añʞáxe tá*d*etsé:
|á*d*intaú,
| Káxe-wáhü-san’ | awhile longer | my younger brother | attention | we
must make | he really said
| Tsiká!
| O grandfather!
| ʇaɥ’pa | ¢iñcĕ’ʇsi | hi’ nacin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Circle | to the st. an. ob. | arrived and stood | he really said |O
grandfather!
| Há, | wítsiʞué! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞa*d*e, | éʞi añka: |
á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | grandfather! |child | body |they have none | he was saying that |
he really said |O grandfather!
| Wakan’ʇa | uɔañ’ʞe | ts’é | watséqi | *d*¢in’ | e¢aú: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | road | to die | difficult | I am | indeed | he really
said | O grandfather!
24 | Wakan’ʇa | ʞána | *d*¢in-máɔĭ, | éʞiʞíe añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
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