Osage Indians -- Folklore; Osage language -- Texts
| Wákanʇá | han’ | ¢iñkcí | ĕ’ʇsi | hi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | night | the st. ob. | there | he arrived and stood | he
really said | O grandfather!
| Há, | wítsiʞué | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | grandfather! | he really said | O grandfather!
57 | Ɔiñʞa | cuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞa*d*e, | wítsiʞué | eʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Child | body |they have none | grandfather! | he was saying that | he
really said | O grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | miñkcé | ¢an’tse: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | body |I who sit | apt | he really said |O grandfather!
| Wákanʇá | ʞána | *d*¢in-máɔĭ, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying that | he really
said |O grandfather!
60 | Cŭn’ŭnckíta | úʇan*d*e¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!
| Mikák’ĕ | pé¢ún*d*a(18) | ¢iñkcí | ĕ’ʇsi | tsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Star | seven | the cv. ob. | to it | he came and stood | he really said
| O grandfather!
| Há, | wítsiʞué | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | grandfather! | he really said | O grandfather!
63 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞa*d*e, | wítsiʞué | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Child | body |they have none | grandfathers! | she was saying that | he
really said |O grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | miñkcé | ¢an’tse: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | body |I who sit | apt | he really said |O grandfather!
| Wákanʇá | ʞána | *d*¢in-máɔĭ, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying that | he really
said |O grandfather!
66 | Cŭn’ŭnckíta | úʇan*d*e¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!
67 | Tá | ¢a*d*¢in | ¢iñkcĕ’ʇsi | tsi’ naɔin’: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Deer | three | to the st. an. object | he came and stood | he really
said | O grandfather!
| Há, | wítsiʞué | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | grandfather! | he really said | O grandfather!
69 | Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | wa¢iñ’ʞa*d*e, | wítsiʞué | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, |
Tsiká!
| Child | body |they have none | grandfather | he was saying that | he
really said |O grandfather!
| Ɔiñ’ʞa | ɔuíʞa | miñkcé | ¢an’tse: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Child | body |I who | apt | he really said |O grandfather!
| Wákanʇá | ʞána | *d*¢in-máɔĭ, | éʞi añká: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Mysterious one | that only |I am I-not | he was saying that | he really
said |O grandfather!
72 | Cŭn’ŭnckíta | úʇan*d*e¢a¢é tatsé: | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Awhile longer | you shall attend to it | he really said | O grandfather!
| Mikák’ĕ | tañ’ʞa | han’*d*a-ʇan’ | ¢iñkci’ | ĕ’ʇsi | tsi’ naɔin’: |
á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Star | large | during the day | the st. ob. | there | he came and stood
| he really said | O grandfather!
| Há, | wítsiʞué! | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká!
| Ho | grandfather! | he really said | O grandfather!
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