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- circle
- dáwiⁿ
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- To sail round and round, like an eagle soaring.
- circular
- bthúga
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- Round; round and long, like a cane.
- Round; circular, like a tribal circle.
- Entire, whole, all.
- city
- tóⁿwoⁿgthoⁿ
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- Tribe or nation dwelling in a town or village; hence, a tribe, nation, or people.
- Town, city.
- clabber
- mazéni uskúske
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- Clotted or curdled milk; clabber.
- clam
- tíhaba
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- Clam, oyster, mussel.
- Oyster shell.
- clam shell
- gashpé uíⁿ
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- Oblong pieces of clam-shell, from two to six inches long, worn as ear-pendants by Ponca men and women.
- clan
- Míⁿxasoⁿ wétʰazhi
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- "Those who do not touch swans"; an Omaha sub-clan.
- claw rattle
- tasháge
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- Rattle made of animal claws or hoofs.
- clay-colored
- xi
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- Reddish brown, clay-colored.
- clean
- basíhi
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- To clean a gun barrel with a stick.
- To brush a floor clean.
- cleanse
- sóⁿthe
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- To cleanse or whiten; to whitewash.
- clear
- kíkiza
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- Clear patches; places here and there where one can see distant things, as the fog breaks away.
- clear
- gaspé
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- Clear, clear-sighted.
- clear eyes
- ishtá úsihi
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- Clear eyes; refers to the clear blue eyes of some children.
- clear-sighted
- gaspé
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- Clear, clear-sighted.
- cleft lip
- í uznége
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- Hare-lipped; to be hare-lipped, have a cleft lip.
- cleft stick
- zhóⁿ zhiⁿga niní íbista
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- A cleft stick formerly used by the Omahas and Poncas as tongs and for lighting a pipe; "stick which presses (fire) against the tobacco".
- cliff
- moⁿá
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- Steep place; cliff or river bank.
- clock
- míⁿdoⁿbe
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- Clock, hour.
- close
- ábapʰu
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- To push straight together and close, as sliding doors.
- To turn up the sole of a moccasin over the top.
