Osage Moons

Month Osage Moons Meaning Corresponding Hotcâk Moons
January Hô´bastsedse Moon of the Long Days -
February Míukôdsi Solitary Moon -
March Miúk'ôdsi thîge Idle Days -
April Íwabi Planting Moon Moinkewira (Planting Time), about May
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 Waábi Preparing the Ground for Planting Moon Mâîna'ûwira (Earth Cultivating Month), June
May Hiúwathixthaxtha zhudsa bi Moon when the Sensitive Rose becomes Red in Bloom -
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 Xthçka zhîga tsethe Killer of Flowers -
June Tsedo ga Mônôxa bi Moon when the Buffalo Bulls Rut -
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 Tsédoga gishî bi Moon when the Buffalo Bulls Regain Fat -
July Tsekíthexa bi Moon when the Buffalo Rut -
August Xthaçibi Yellow Flowers Moon -
September Tômi pahôgthe kshe First Moon of Autumn -
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 Xthaçibthogaçi All Yellow Flowers Blossom -
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 Tabiçpabi Does Crouch to Hide Moon -
October Tákithixabi Deer Rutting Moon Tcakiruxewira (The Month of the Deer Running), about October
November Tahébaxôbi Moon when the Deer Shed Their Horns Tcahewaktcunwira (Deer Horn Season, when the deer shed their horns), about November
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 Mikákithixa bi Moon when the Raccoons Rut Wakékirúxewirá (Raccoon Mating Month), March
December Waçábe wedatha bi Moon when the Black Bear Gives Birth to Its Young Hûtcwira (Bear Season or Month -- when the young she bears have their young), about December

Source

Francis La Flesche, A Dictionary of the Osage Language, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 109 (Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1932) 359.