𐓩𐓣̋

Osage

Alternative forms

𐓩𐓣̋͘

Etymology

From Proto-Dhegiha *nį́, from Proto-Mississippi-Valley *mnį́, from Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́·.^[1]

Cognate with Crow bilí, Hidatsa wirí, wíri, Mandan wįrį́ʔ, Lakota, Dakota, and Assiniboine mní, Chiwere ñį́, Winnebago nį́į, Omaha-Ponca ni, Kansa niⁿ, Quapaw nį, Biloxi ani and Tutelo manī.

Noun

𐓩𐓣̋ (Latin script nī́)

water
(by extension):
1. any fluid or liquid
2. sap (juice of a plant)
3. any natural watercourse, including:
  1. rivulet (smaller size)
  2. creek (medium size)
    1. Synonym: 𐓤𐓘́𐓸𐓘
  3. river (larger size)
    1. Synonyms: 𐓩𐓣́ 𐓻𐓶́𐓲𐓟, 𐓩𐓣̋𐓺𐓶̄𐓲𐓟

Derived terms

𐓣́𐓩𐓣̄𐓵𐓘̄𐓱𐓘͘, 𐓩𐓣̋𐓵𐓘̄𐓱𐓘͘ (“ladle, dipper”)
𐓥𐓘̋͘𐓲𐓟𐓩𐓣̄ (“juice”, literally “water”)
𐓨𐓘́͘𐓺𐓟 𐓩𐓣̋ 𐓰𐓘̋𐓥𐓘𐓲𐓟 𐓤𐓘̋𐓸𐓟 (“hot water heater”)
𐓩𐓘́͘𐓸𐓟𐓩𐓣̄, 𐓩𐓘́͘𐓹𐓟 𐓩𐓣̋ (“ice water”)
𐓩𐓣́ 𐓻𐓶́𐓲𐓟, 𐓩𐓣̋𐓺𐓶̄𐓲𐓟 (“river”, literally “red water”)
𐓩𐓣́𐓧𐓪͘𐓺𐓟, 𐓩𐓣𐓧𐓪́͘𐓺𐓟, 𐓩𐓣́𐓤𐓵𐓶͘𐓺𐓟, 𐓩𐓣𐓤𐓵𐓶́͘𐓺𐓟 (“scrambled, mushed”)
𐓩𐓣̄𐓡𐓘̋ (“surface tension, algae”)
𐓩𐓣̄𐓤𐓘̋𐓬𐓸𐓪𐓥𐓟 (“soft drink, soda”, literally “exploding water”)
𐓩𐓣̄𐓪́𐓥𐓣𐓘𐓲ʼ𐓣͘ (“mirror”, literally “peer at oneself through the water”)
𐓁𐓣̄𐓪́𐓯𐓪 (“Neosho, OK”)
𐓩𐓣̄𐓰𐓘̋𐓭𐓘, 𐓩𐓣̋𐓰𐓘̋𐓭𐓘, 𐓩𐓣̋ 𐓰𐓘̋𐓭𐓘 (“pond”, literally “round water”)
𐓩𐓣̋ 𐓘́𐓬𐓶𐓸𐓟 (“beer”, literally “boiling/foaming water”) (archaic)
𐓩𐓣̋ 𐓩𐓣́𐓩𐓣 (“cold water”)
𐓩𐓣̋ 𐓱𐓘́͘𐓤𐓘 (“ocean, sea”, literally “big water”)
𐓩𐓣̋ 𐓲ʼ𐓘̋𐓵𐓟 (“vinegar”, literally “sour water”)
𐓩𐓣̋ 𐓷𐓟́𐓲ʼ𐓘 (“water moccasin”)
𐓩𐓣̋𐓨𐓘͘𐓮𐓟, 𐓩𐓣̄𐓘́𐓨𐓘͘𐓮𐓘, 𐓩𐓣̄𐓘́𐓨𐓘͘𐓮𐓟 (“abroad, overseas”)
𐓩𐓣̋𐓩𐓣, 𐓩𐓣̋𐓩𐓣͘ (“spring, well”)
𐓩𐓣̋𐓪̄𐓻𐓶́ (“water jug, pitcher”)
𐓩𐓣̋𐓮𐓤𐓶𐓵𐓟, 𐓩𐓣̄𐓮𐓤𐓶́𐓵𐓟 (“salt”, literally “sweet water”)
𐓩𐓣̋𐓯𐓪𐓲𐓟 (“rain (noun)”, literally “water smoke”)
𐓩𐓣̋𐓰𐓘 (“floodwater”)
𐓩𐓣̋𐓸𐓪𐓲𐓟 (“ashes”)
𐓩𐓣̋𐓻𐓶 (“to rain”)
𐓩𐓣͘𐓘́𐓨𐓘͘𐓵𐓣͘ (“water strider (bug)”)
𐓬𐓘̄𐓺𐓟́𐓩𐓣̄ (“milk”, literally “breast water”)
𐓭𐓟́𐓻𐓟𐓩𐓣̄ (“tea”, literally “weed water”)
𐓭𐓟̋𐓲𐓟𐓩𐓣̄ (“alcohol, whiskey”, literally “fire water”)
𐓻𐓘́͘𐓩𐓣 (“sugar”, literally “tree water”)

References

^ Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #55”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Osage Nation (2018–), “𐓩𐓣̋”, in Osage Dictionary‎^[2], Osage, OK: Webonary
Carolyn Quintero (17 February 2010), “níi”, in Osage Dictionary, Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, pages 156–7

[1] Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #55”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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