A fragmentary survey with focus on Siouan
Osage grammar and examples database
68 Osage verb stems
ID | Verb root | Word class | Morphological type | Grammatical function | Description | Notes | Examples | Filed under |
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193 | áalõði (áa_lõði) | V | STEM | STEM | forget | 1 example | ||
179 | azã | V | STEM | lie down | 5 examples | |||
82 | aðée (a_ðée) | V | STEM | STEM | go | 1 example | ||
52 | aðĩ (a_ðĩ) | V | STEM | STEM | carry | 1 example | ||
86 | cˀe | V | STEM | STEM | kill | 2 examples | ||
15 | é | V | PREV | PREV | pre-verb | Element of the verb before the root. Between pre-verb and root are slots for PAT and AGT inflection. | ||
120 | hkió̃ðe | V | STEM | STEM | separate, divorce (lit. 'throw each other away') | based on ó̃ðe 'throw away' | ||
8 | íbrã (í_brã) | V | STEM | STEM | be sated with, have enough of | 11 examples | ||
93 | iihõ (ii_hõ) | V | STEM | STEM | ask | 1 example | ||
107 | iiná̃hĩ (ii_ná̃hĩ) | V | STEM | STEM | agree | 1 example | ||
112 | íšcewai (í_šcewai) | V | STEM | STEM | dress up | Exhibits paradigmatic fluidity with regard to active/stative inflection, according to Quintero. | 5 examples | |
104 | iðáahpe (i_áahpe) | V | STEM | STEM | wait | According to Quintero, ð is epenthetic with all i-verbs between i and accented á. | 4 examples | |
178 | kaakšĩce | V | STEM | miss (like a target) | Compound form of (cf.) kšĩce involving the instrumental kaa 'by striking'. | 2 examples | →04. Instrumentals |
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172 | kaaléke | V | STEM | shatter, break by hitting | Transitivized léke ~ hleke 'break' by combination with INST kaa. | →04. Instrumentals |
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198 | kaaskíke | VS | STEM | STEM | be tired | 1 example | ||
180 | kaazá̃ | V | STEM | scold (lit., lie (somebody) down, i.e. slam (somebody)) | compound form of ACC kaa and azã | 3 examples | →07. Ergative kaa |
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42 | káaɣe | V | STEM | STEM | make | 2 examples | ||
100 | kípã (_kí_pã) | V | STEM | STEM | invite another | |||
190 | kíšupe | V | pay, pay back, pay him/her | This is the historical stem, which got reinterpreted to ki + šupe. Therefore today šupe is the stem and ki the patient 3rd dative marker. | 7 examples | →02.The morpheme kaa |
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67 | kó̃ða (kó̃_ða) | V | STEM | STEM | want | 1 example | ||
177 | kšĩce | V | STEM | miss | There are several - possibly lexicalized - compound form variants involving prefixes, cf. kaakšĩce. | 2 examples | →07. Ergative kaa |
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79 | kʔo | V | STEM | STEM | belch | |||
122 | kˀó̃he | V | STEM | STEM | lay into | |||
173 | léke ~ hléke | V | STEM | break, shatter | intransitive | 2 examples | ||
84 | lúuža (_lúuža) | V | STEM | STEM | wash | 1 example | ||
22 | mã | V | PREV | PREV | ||||
131 | mãði | V | STEM | STEM | go | 1 example | ||
111 | nakˀó̃ | V | STEM | STEM | listen | 1 example | ||
85 | ochí̃ (o_chí̃) | V | STEM | STEM | hit | 1 example | ||
121 | ohkíõðe (o_hkíõðe) | V | STEM | STEM | toss oneself into a place | based on ó̃ðe 'throw away' | 1 example | |
160 | okábra | V | STEM | STEM | disperse | transitive or intransitive | ||
123 | ókˀõhe (ó_kˀõhe) | V | STEM | STEM | interrupt, (lit.) lay oneself into | Based on kˀó̃he 'lay into' | 1 example | |
192 | ožú | V? | put.inside | 1 example | ||||
61 | ó̃õðe | V | STEM | STEM | Toss, throw away, leave behind | |||
60 | ó̃ðe | V | STEM | STEM | toss, throw away, leave behind | According to the dictionary (Quintero 2010) ó̃õðe. | 1 example | |
99 | pã | V | STEM | STEM | call | |||
37 | pahõ | V | STEM | STEM | Know | |||
45 | šcewa | V | STEM | STEM | dress up | |||
175 | sí̃ce | V | STEM | close | ||||
159 | šká̃ | VI | STEM | STEM | start; move; change of state | 1 example | ||
157 | šoce | V | STEM | STEM | smoke, suck, drink | 1 example | ||
191 | šupe | V | STEM | STEM | pay | The modern stem for 'pay', while historically it was kíšupe, reinterpreted by speakers as dative marked form ki-šupe 'pay him' | 2 examples | →02.The morpheme kaa |
124 | táa | V | STEM | STEM | freeze | 1 example | ||
91 | waašká̃ (waa_šká̃) | V | STEM | STEM | do one's best | |||
102 | walĩ | V | STEM | STEM | stingy | mono- or ditransitive | 2 examples | |
194 | wanõbre (wa_nõbre) | V | STEM | STEM | dine | 1 example | ||
127 | wéena (wée_na) | VS | STEM | STEM | be grateful | 1 example | ||
14 | wĩ | V | PREV | PREV | Pre-verb | Element of the verb before the root. Between pre-verb and root are slots for PAT and AGT inflection. | ||
92 | wí̃kše (wí̃_kše) | V | STEM | STEM | be truthful | 1 example | ||
90 | ðaacé | V | STEM | STEM | name (V) | |||
83 | ðaaché (_ðaaché) | V | STEM | STEM | eat | 1 example | ||
7 | ðãaše | VS | STEM | STEM | cherish ('honour') | 2 examples | ||
47 | ðaawá | V | STEM | STEM | count | 1 example | ||
158 | ðaaxó̃ | V | STEM | STEM | break with the mouth | ðaa INST.by.mouth + xó̃ 'break'. Cf. ðiixó̃ ~ ðuuxó̃ 'by hand break'. | 2 examples | →04. Instrumentals |
105 | ðée | V | STEM | STEM | go | 1 example | ||
89 | ðihice | V | STEM | STEM | buy | |||
168 | ðiihíce | V | STEM | STEM | tease | Is u/i invariant, as opposed to other similar words; contrasts to ðuuhúuce 'pull'. Contrasts by the ii to čf. ðihice 'buy'. | 1 example | →Variation in u / i |
163 | ðiišúhpe ~ ðuušúhpe | V | STEM | STEM | open (like a door lock) | Speakers tolerance for u/i (and uu/ii) variation, often in the context of ð. | 1 example | →Variation in u / i |
166 | ðiixí ~ duuxí | V | STEM | STEM | wake up (causative) | Speakers tolerance for u/i (and uu/ii) variation, apparently mostly with INST/CAUS ðuu 'by hand'. | →Variation in u / i |
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164 | ðiixó̃ ~ ðuuxó̃ | V | STEM | STEM | break by hand, cause (with the hands) something to break | Cf. ðaaxó̃ 'break by mouth'. Variation uu/ii, apparently mostly with INST/CAUS ðuu 'by hand'. | 1 example | →04. Instrumentals →Variation in u / i |
55 | ðiizíðe | V | STEM | STEM | stretch | 1 example | ||
165 | ðiižóži ~ ðuužóži | V | STEM | STEM | hurt (causative) | Speakers tolerance for u/i (and uu/ii) variation, apparently mostly with INST/CAUS ðuu 'by hand'.. | →Variation in u / i |
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4 | ðĩke | V | STEM | STEM NEG | lack, be none, be gone, be absent, extinct, nonexistent | Also functions as a semantic negation marker. | 3 examples | |
57 | ðísã | v | STEM | STEM | turn, turn back | |||
117 | ðísã | V | STEM | STEM | turn, turn back, turn around | 2 examples | ||
169 | ðuuhúuce | V | STEM | STEM | pull | Is u/i invariant, contrasts to cf. ðiihíce 'tease'. | 1 example | →Variation in u / i |
167 | ðuumáši | V | STEM | STEM | pull up, raise | This is u/i invariant as aopposed to cf. ðiihíce ~ ðuuhúce 'pull down', which is i/u variant. | →Variation in u / i →04. Instrumentals |
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88 | ðuwĩ | V | STEM | STEM | buy | 4 examples |