Osage Indians -- Folklore; Osage language -- Texts
| Ho | younger brother | child | body | they have none | he was saying
that | he really said | O grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | añʞúʞiʇsé tatsé: | ádintaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | body | we shall seek ours | he really said | O grandfather!
| Máxe úsakí*d*a | ʇú*d*a | ĕ’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!(11)
| Parallel upper worlds | four | there | came and stood | he really said |
O grandfather!
18 | Ĕʇsíqtsi | níkacíʞa é(12): | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Just there | they were human beings | he really said | O grandfather!
| Cŭn’ŭnckíta | ɔiñ’ʞa | cuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞa*d*e ¢añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | child | body | they were without | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | añʞúʞiʇse | anman’¢in tá*d*etse: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | body | we seek ours | we shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
21 | Máxe úsakí*d*a | ¢á*d*¢ni | ĕ’ʇsi tsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Parallel upper worlds | three | there came this way and stood | he
really said | O grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa-*d*áɔĭ | é | e¢á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | had no bodies | that | indeed, he really said | O grandfather!
| Há, | wisŭñ’ʞa! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞe, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Ho | younger brother | child | body | they have none | he was saying
that | he really said | O grandfather!
24 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | añʞúʞiʇse | anman’¢in tá*d*etse: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Child | body | we seek ours | we shall walk | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Máxe úsakí*d*a | ¢ŭn’*d*a | ĕ’ʇsi tsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Parallel upper worlds | two | there came this way and stood | he really
said | O grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | kíi¢a-*d*áɔĭ: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | body | they did not find for | he really said | O grandfather!
27 | Há, | wisŭñ’ʞa! | ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞe, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú,
| Tsiká!
| Ho | younger brother | child | body | they have none | he was saying
that | he really said | O grandfather!
| Cŭn’ŭnckíta | úʇan*d*e | añʞáxe tá*d*etse: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | examination | we shall make | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Máxe usakí*d*a | win’qtsi | ĕ’ʇsi tsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Parallel upper worlds | one | there came this way and stood | he really
said | O grandfather!
30 | Pü’sühü | win | átsi ánaɔin añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Red oak | one | they came to and stood on | he really said | O
grandfather!
31 | Hŭn’*d*a | ¢áʞ¢inqtsi | ĕ’ʇsi | tsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Day | very good | there | came and stood | he really said | O
grandfather!
| Káxe-wáhü-san(13) | ¢é-na: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Crow bone white | he who was mv. in the past | he really said | O
grandfather!
33 | ¢útsi naɔin’ | é | e¢á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Came directly to him and stood | he said | indeed, he really said | O
grandfather!
| Há, | wiɔin¢é: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | elder brother! | he really said | O grandfather!
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