Omaha and Ponca Digital Dictionary

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máshizhe (v.a.)

1. To break a knife or notch its blade while trying to use it.

máshkebe (v.a.)

1. To cut a groove or indentation in the ground with a knife.

máshkuda (v.a.)

1. To cut a small groove in wood with a knife or hand saw.

máshoⁿ (n.)

1. Quill feather.

máshoⁿ izíthe (n.phrase)

1. A plant used as yellow dye by Omaha boys; "makes feathers yellow".

máshoⁿpágthoⁿ (n.)

1. Headdress made of eagle tail feathers; a feather bonnet with ends extending down the back.

máshoⁿ skă (n.)

1. White (eagle) feather.

máshpashpa (v.)

1. To cut off many large pieces with a knife or saw.

máshpe (v.)

1. To cut off a large piece with a knife or handsaw.

mashté (v.s.)

1. Warm.

mashtéatáthishoⁿ (p. phrase)

1. South, southward; "toward warmth".

Mashté mazhóⁿ (prop.noun)

1. Indian Territory, Oklahoma; "Warm Land".

mashté waíⁿ (n.phrase)

1. "Warm weather robe;" a robe taken from a buffalo during the summer hunt, when the animal has little hair.

máshtishte (v.)

1. To leave a small quantity of meat after cutting up a carcass.

máshtiⁿ (n.)

1. Generic term for rabbits and hares.

mashtíⁿge (n.)

1. Rabbit.

máshtiⁿ núga (n.phrase)

1. Male rabbit.

máshtiⁿskă (n.)

1. White rabbit.

máshtoⁿ (v.a.)

1. To stop cutting or sawing.

máshude (v.)

1. To cut up fine.