Osage Indians -- Folklore; Osage language -- Texts
| Upper world | gyration | the third | there | they arrived and stood | he
really said | O grandfather!
42 | Ĕ’ʇsi | anníɥk‘ăcin’ʞa-*d*áɔĭ: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| There | we were not human beings | he really said | O grandfather!
| Máxe | úʞawin’xe | wéʇu*d*a | ĕ’ʇsi | antsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Upper world | gyration | the fourth | there | they arrived and stood |
he really said | O grandfather!
| Ɔansan’ | antsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Sycamore | they came and stood (on) | he really said | O grandfather!
45 | Maɔan’ | utañ’ʞa | ¢iñkcé | ĕ’ʇsi | antsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Harvest time | the | there | they arrived and stood | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Há, | wísŭñʞaé! | níɥk‘ăcin’ʞa | win’ | siʞ¢á*d*e tsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Ho | younger brother! | person | one | has left a trail | he really said
| O grandfather!
| Há, | wíɔin¢é! | níɥk‘ăcin’ʞa | siʞ¢á*d*e tsé: | éca*d*i’-na, |
níɥk‘ăcin’ʞa
| Ho | elder brother! | person | has left a trail | you have said | person
|¢íakqá | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| this is he | he really said | O grandfather!
48 | Há, | wíɔin¢é!(21) | Hañ’ʞa | ɔiñ’ʞa | *d*¢in’ | e¢aú | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Ho | elder brother! | Hañ’ʞa | young | I am | indeed | he really said |
O grandfather!
| Há, | wísŭñʞaé! | níɥk‘ăcin’ʞa | win’ | siʞ¢á*d*e tsé: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Ho | younger brother! | person | one | has left a trail | he really said
| O grandfather!
| Há, | wíɔin¢é! | níɥk‘ăcin’ʞa | siʞ¢á*d*e tsé: | éca*d*i’-na, |
níɥk‘ăcin’ʞa
| Ho | elder brother! | person | has left a trail | you have said | person
|¢íakqá | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| this is he | he really said | O grandfather!
51 | Há, | wíɔin¢é! | Waɔáɔe | *d*¢in’ | e¢aú | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | elder brother! | Osage | I am | indeed | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Hañ’ʞa | anníɥk‘ăcin’ʞa tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Hañ’ʞa | we shall be people | he really said O grandfather!
| Níɥk‘ăcin’ʞa | ʇ‘u*d*a | siʞ¢á*d*e tsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| People | some | left a trail | he really said | O grandfather!
54 | Hañ’ʞa | utá¢anʇse tsí | iɥtá*d*e, | é | e¢aú: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Hañ’ʞa | apart from the rest | lodge | theirs | that | indeed | he
really said | O grandfather!
| Há, | níɥk‘ăcin’ʞa | ʇ‘ú*d*a | tsi’ añká | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | persons | some | have come | he really said | O grandfather!
| Tsíɔu | Wátsetsi | iʇá*d*e | tsi’ añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Tsíɔu | Wátsetsi | also | have come | he really said | O grandfather!
57 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | uwáqta | e¢éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | what is good for them | they decided (?) | he really said | O
grandfather!
58 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | ʞíwatañ’ʞa | man¢in tatsé, | e¢éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Child | being chiefs over them | they two shall walk | they decided (?)
| he really said | O grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | íts’e ¢iñʞé | man¢in tatsé, | e¢éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
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