baseball

-améva'ham   vta. throw s.o. fast. especially of a fastball; literally refers to the whizzing sound of a ball going by fast. É-améva'hamóho. He threw him fast. Category: baseball, sounds.

-anó'a'ham   vta. throw s.o. down. É-anó'a'hamóho. He pitched him (a ball, animate) down. as a drop ball pitch. Anó'a'hamameha! Pitch him a drop ball! Category: baseball.

-asėta'ham   vta. throw away s.o., pitch s.o. This refers to throwing an object away from oneself, not of discarding it (-vóho'oestsé). É-asėta'hamóho. He pitched him (for example, ball, animate). (another recording) Asėta'hameha hóhtséme! Throw the ball! Né'-asėta'hameha hóhtséme! Throw the ball to me! Né'-asėta'hameha! Throw him to me! Ta-asėta'hameha ho'honāā'e! Throw the rock! fta: -a'ham; vai: -aseta'hasené. See: -vóho'oestsé ‘discard s.t.’. Category: baseball, throw.

-asėta'hasené   vai. pitch; throw away, pitch baseball. É-asėta'hasēne. He is pitching. Nétȧhé-asėta'hasenémáne! Let's go pitch ball! tsé-asėta'hasēnėstse pitcher. fai: -a'hasené; vta: -aseta'ham. See: -aseváohe; -váohe. Category: baseball.

-asevo'oh(n)   vta. knock away s.o. by tool. É-asevo'ȯhnóho. He knocked him (especially the ball, animate) away. Éma'xe-asevo'ȯhnóho hohtsemono. He hit/knocked the ball a long ways. Variant: -asevo'koh(n); Medial -evo'; fta: -oh(n). Category: baseball.

-ésėsévanóohe   vai. slide in. especially in baseball. É-ésėsévanóohe. Category: baseball.

-ésevo'ešé   vai. slide in. especially in baseball. É-ésevo'ēše. He slid in. Category: lie, baseball.

-ésevo'oh(n)   vta. knock in s.o.pound in s.o. by tool; slam in s.o. É-ésevo'ȯhnóho. He hit him in. Éstamȧsó-esevo'ȯhnótsenóhoono. She really pounded the (horn) in. [1987:271] Émȧhe-ésevo'ȯhnóho. He hit them all in. That word can be used in baseball for a grand slam, but is also used for vulgar humor. The vulgarity would refer to slamming one's balls (testicles) "in" during intercourse. Medial -evo'. Category: vulgar, baseball.

-ésto'an   vta. put s.o. in a group, put s.o. on a committee, put s.o. in. Can refer to putting s.o. in a ballgame. É-ésto'anóho. He put him on a committee. Category: baseball, basketball.

-éstovóhko'a'ham   vta. throw s.o. inside. É-éstovóhko'a'hamóho. He pitched him (a ball) inside. Éstovóhko'a'hamameha! Pitch him an inside ball! See: -ésto'a'ham. Category: baseball.

-hávėséva'ham   vta. throw s.o. badly. É-hávėséva'hamóho. He threw him badly. for example, to throw a ball (animate) badly in baseball. Category: baseball, throw.

-hávėséveváohe   vai. throw badly. for example, throw balls instead of strikes in baseball. É-hávėséveváohe. He threw badly. fai: -váohe. Category: baseball, throw.

-he'amevo'oh(n)   vai. hit s.o. up. This can refer to hitting a fly ball in baseball. É-he'amevo'ȯhnóho. He hit him up. Ná-he'amevo'ōhno. I hit him (a ball) up. Category: baseball, move, hit.

-he'amó'a'ham   vta. throw s.o. up. especially of pitching a riser (ball). É-he'amó'a'hamóho. He pitched him (a ball, animate) a riser. He'amó'a'hamameha! Pitch him a riser! Category: baseball.

he'konėhóhtséme   na. hardball. Usage: loan transl., but probably has been used Category: baseball.

-henamóseaseváen   vta. throw s.o. lefthanded. É-henamóseaseváenóho. He threw him (like, a ball) lefthanded. É-henamóseaseváenóho hóhtsemono. He threw the ball lefthanded. Category: baseball.

-hesto'tova'ham   vta. throw twist s.o. Hestó'tova'hamameha! Pitch him a spinner ball! Category: baseball, record.

-héškoh(n)   vta. tick s.o., foul s.o., nick s.o. especially a ball, animate. É-héškȯhnóho. He ticked him with a tool. Néohkevá'nė-héškȯhmóvo heme'ko. You were just ticking his head. Category: baseball, check.

-hóa'ó   vai. exit quickly, go out quickly, dash outside, out (in baseball) - be. É-hóá'o. He went out quickly. Nėhē'še hó'ótóva móstama'xė-hóa'ȯhevóhe. Then at some time they dashed outside. [1987:255] fai: -a'ó. See: -hóva'xe; -hóehné. Category: baseball.

-hóesta'ó   vai. exit quickly, go out quickly, be out, out. É-hóestā'o. He is out (as in baseball). naa mó-é'óx-hóesta'otsėse or whether (the gum) flew out of (his mouth). [1987:277] can refer to a man disengaging quickly after intercourse. Final -a'ó. Category: baseball, sex.

-hóesta'ó'h   vta. put out s.o., pull out s.o. can be used of tagging someone out in baseball. É-hóesta'o'ho. He put him out. É-hóesta'ó'hóho. He put him out. (newer pronunciation). Ná-hóesta'ó'ho. I pulled him out. for example, from a hole in the ice, or a burning house. É-hóesta'ó'háá'e. He was put out by him (obv). See: -hóesto'a'ó; -hóestan; -né'ta'ó'h ‘extract s.o.’. Category: baseball.

-hóestó'a'ham   vta. throw s.o. out. especially in baseball to throw a ball that puts out a player. É-hóestó'a'hamóho. He threw him (for example, a card) down. Hóestó'a'hameha! Throw him (for example, ball) out! See: hóestó'h; hóesta'ó; hóesta'ham. Category: baseball.

-hóestó'a'ó   vai. be out, fly out, fold (in a card game), foul out. for example, when someone becomes out in baseball or folds in a card game. Usage: loan transl. which has had common usage É-hóestó'á'o. He is out. See: -hóestó'h; -hóestó'a'ham. Category: baseball, basketball.

-hóesto'ovo'oh(n)   vta. knock s.o. out. Ques: to'ev?? for example, to hit a baseball over the fence; this does not refer to knocking someone out so that they are unconconscious. É-hóesto'ovo'ȯhnóho. He knocked him out. É-hóesto'ovo'ȯhnóho hohtsemo. He knocked the ball out (over the fence). See: -hóestó'evo'e'ov; -távenaoestoh(n). Category: baseball.

-ho'ėhóohto'ȧhéotse   vai. run in, run home, arrive home running. including in baseball. Lit: arrive-home-run.fast É-ho'ėhóohto'ȧhéotse. He arrived running home. Preverb ho'-; fai: -o'ȧhéotse. See: -hóohto'ȧhéotse. Category: baseball.

-ho'oestomev   vta. throw s.o. at s.o., throw s.o. to s.o. for example, throwing a ball to someone. É-ho'oestomevónoto. He passed/threw him (for example, the ball, animate) to him. Néx-ho'oestomevėstse! Throw it to me! Ho'oestomeveha hóhtséme! Throw the ball to him! (Heške) éhmȧsó-ho'oestomóenósesto (hevásemo). Her mother threw her younger brother at her. [Stamper 1991:10] Category: games, basketball, baseball.

-hóohto'ȧhéotse   vai. run home. also used for "running home" in baseball. É-hóohto'ȧhéotse. He ran home. Neváeseo'o háestoha tsého'ė-hóohto'ȧhéotsese? Who (plural) had the most runs home? Usage: loan transl. for baseball use fai: -o'ȧhéotse. See: -ésto'ȧhéotse. Category: run, baseball.

-hóoseváohe   vai. throw home. É-hóoseváohe. He threw (a ball) home (in baseball). fai: -váohe. Category: throw, baseball.

-hóxovo'ham   vta. throw s.o. across. for instance, to throw a ball (animate) from first to third base. É-hóxovo'hamóho. He threw him across. Ques: va'ham?? fta: -a'ham. See: -hóxovȯhó'ham. Category: throw, baseball.

-htóhtséme   na. Gram: poss ball (poss.) nȧ-htóhtséme my ball. IndepNoun hóhtséme. Category: baseball.

-kȧhkónȯhané   vai. strike (the ball), hit (the ball). Ques: recheck?? É-kȧhkónȯháne. He hit the ball. Category: baseball.

-kȧhkonó'a'ham   vta. throw s.o. so it speeds through the air. Lit: flat-throw É-kȧhkonó'a'hamóho. He threw him so he sailed flat through the air / he pitched him as a speed ball. Kȧhkonó'a'hamameha! Pitch him a speed ball! Category: baseball, figurative.

-kónȯhené   vai. hit with a tool making a cracking noise. This could be of someone using an object like a drumstick or a gavel. So it can be the sound when a batter hits a ball really well with his bat. É-kónȯhéne. He hit with a tool making a cracking noise. vta: -kónȯh(n); Reduplicated -kó'konȯhené. Category: baseball, hit.

-kónoh(n)   vta. hit s.o. with a cracking noise. especially refers to when a batter hits a ball (animate) so well that there is a cracking sound. É-kónȯhnóho. He hit him (especially a ball) with a cracking noise. Category: baseball, hit.

-kónȯho'é   vai. hit with a popping sound, homerun - hit a. especially of hitting a baseball; can be said of hitting a homerun. É-kónȯhó'e. He hit (something) (and it made a popping noise and went a long ways). Category: baseball, sounds, hit.

-mȧheésevo'oh(n)   vta. 1 • grand slam s.o., hit s.o. all in. É-mȧheésevo'ȯhnóho. He grand slammed them in. Category: baseball.

2 • slam in testicles. vulgar connotation, implying "slamming" one's testicles ("balls") "into" vagina, hyperbole for vigorous intercourse. Lit: hit (them) all in Category: vulgar.

-mȧheoestȯh(n)   vta. strike all of them. É-mȧheoestȯhnóho. He struck them all out; or He took all the money of the other players in a card game. fta: -oestoh(n). Category: cards, baseball.

-manestsé   vti. 1 • make s.t. É-manēstse. He made it. É-manėstsenȯtse. He made them (inanimate). [1987:187] É-manėstsénóvo. They made it. Né-manėstsehe? Did you make it? héva tsésto'sėtaome-manēstsėse hevo'ėstanéhevestȯtse tsé'oto'xovȧhé'to that would make him well skilled to make his own living. [1987:187] Usage: Usage with the preverb ho'- probably originated as a loan translation from English but it is in common usage today.

2 • arrive. Ého'-manēstse. He is safe/he made it. For example, he made it safely to his destination or made it home in baseball. Heévȧhetanéno náho'-manėstsénóne. We made it to Oklahoma. Hétsėhéóhe náho'-manėstsénóne. We made it back here. [1987:37:31] Ná-manēstse mo'ȯhtávėhohpe. I'm making coffee. Some people say that, borrowed from English, as a newer pronunciation instead of Ná-mȯ'ȯhtávȧhé'éne. Tónėstoha né-manėstsenȯtse? How many did you make? vta: -maneh; fai: -nané. See: -manėstónané; -manėšéváen; -manėstóonáoestsé; -mo'ȯhtávȧhá'ené ‘make coffee’. Category: baseball.

-nȧha'en   vti. catch s.t. There is a wide range of things which may be caught, both concrete, such as sticks, balls, horses, and abstract, such as a ride or a word. Catching abstract things may be a loan translation from English 'catch.'. É-nȧha'ēna. He caught it. Né-nȧha'enahe? Did you catch it? Náame-nȧha'enahe tséhe'enėstsétse? Are you recording how we speak the language? Énéhe-nȧha'ēna. He caught on quickly. Hénová'e tsé-nȧha'enome? What did you catch? That has been used for catching a sickness, likely a loan translation from English. Tsėhéóhe násáaxaetónėše-nȧha'enóhe hotse'óhestȯtse I just can't seem to find (lit., catch) any job here. [BERTHA.TXT] Né-nȧha'enomóvone nā'ėstse hestovóo'ȯtse. We caught one of his ears.

vta. catch s.o. É-nȧha'enóho. He caught him. Móstȧho'eohtsé'tovȯhevóhe hestotseho tséhnéetsėse nā'ėstse móh-nȧha'enȯhevóhe. He came to his horses where they were standing. He caught one (of them). [1987:170] Nȧha'eneha! Catch him (for example, the ball, animate)! Nééše-nȧha'enovohe hóhkeeheho? Did you already catch mice? Héehe'e, náéše-nȧha'enoo'o. Yes, I already caught them. Náéšėto'se-nȧha'enaa'e. It has almost come to me. That is an idiom for being about to pop with the urge to defecate or urinate. É-nȧha'enaa'e. It caught him. Vó'keme ná-nȧha'enaēne. Old Man Winter caught us. See: -no'en. Category: interpersonal, body function, baseball.

-nȧha'enené   vai. catch. as a catcher does in a baseball game. É-nȧha'enēne. He is catching. (another recording) See: -no'enené; tsénȧha'enēnėstse. Category: games, baseball.

-nėševa'ham   vta. throw s.o. fast. É-nėševa'hamóho. He threw him fast. Nėševa'hameha! Pitch fast! Lit: throw him, ball, animate, fast fta: -a'ham. Category: baseball, speed, throw.

-nėševeváohe   vai. throw fast. for example, to throw a fast ball in baseball. É-nėševeváohe. He threw (it) fast. fai: -váohe. Category: baseball, throw, speed.

-no'en   vti. catch s.t./s.o. what was caught was thrown to you by someone, different from -nȧha'en. for example, caught a ball. É-no'ēna. He caught it (for example, a stick). Etym: *naθkwenamwa (P).

vta. Etym: *naθkwene·wa (P). É-no'enóho. He caught him (for example, a ball). See: -nȧha'en; no'-; -no'oh(n). Category: baseball.

-no'enené   vai. catch. É-no'enēne. He is catching. Etym: *naθkwenike·wa (P). for example, in baseball. See: -nȧha'enené. Category: baseball.

-nó'ėseváohe   vai. hit over (something). É-nó'ėseváohe. He hit it over. Category: baseball.

-nó'ėsevo'oh(n)   vta. knock s.o. over (something). for example, to hit a ball over a field or a fence. É-nó'ėsevo'ȯhnóho. He knocked him over (something). Náhe'ame-nó'ėsevo'ōhno. I hit him up and over. Category: baseball.

-no'ȯhehné   vai. bat (in baseball), baseball - play. É-no'ȯhēhne. He is batting. Variant: -no'ȯhené. Phon: sounds like -no'hohné Synonym -o'hohné ‘play baseball’. See: no'ȯhēō'o ‘bat’. Category: baseball.

-no'ȯhené   vai. bat (in baseball), baseball - play. É-no'ȯhēne. He is batting. Névááhe tséto'se-no'ȯhēnėstse? Who's going to bat (now)? Éohkepėhéve-no'ȯhēne. He is a good batter. Nétȧhé-no'ȯhenémáne! Let's go play baseball! That refers to batting. Variant: -no'ȯhehné. See: no'ȯhēō'o ‘bat (in baseball)’. Category: baseball.

no'ȯhēō'o   ni. bat (baseball). This word probably originated from a term for the traditional shinny game. Plural no'ȯheonȯtse, no'ȯhenéstotȯtse. Phon: vs, gr See: -no'ȯhené ‘play baseball’; Ma'heóno'ȯhnē'e ‘Medicine Shinny Woman’. Category: baseball.

-nóovo'oh(n)   vta. grab a grounder. that is, catching a ground ball (animate) in baseball. É-nóovo'ȯhnóho. Category: baseball.

-nóva'ham   vta. throw s.o. slowly, slow pitch a ball. É-nóva'hamóho. He slow pitched (the ball). Category: throw, baseball, speed.

-o'ha'en   vti. drop s.t. Ná-o'ha'ēna. I dropped it. Naa tsėhéóhe né-o'ha'enánone héne hotsévatanohtȯtse. And here we missed out on that claim. [1987:19]

vta. drop s.o. É-o'ha'enóho. He dropped him (for example, a ball). See: -šéxo'en. Category: baseball, move.

-o'hohné   vai. play baseball. may have originally referred to playing a traditional game of shinney. É-o'hōhne. É-o'ȯhōhne?? He is playing baseball. Nétȧhé-o'hohnémáne! Let's go play baseball! Synonym -no'ȯhehné. Category: phys. ed., games. See: no'ȯheo'o ‘bat’. Category: baseball, check.

o'hohnéhóhtséme   na. baseball. This refers to the ball itself, not the game of baseball. See: hóhtséme. Category: baseball, games.

-pėhéva'ham   vta. throw s.o. well. É-pėhéva'hamóho. He threw him well. for instance, of pitching a ball (animate). fta: -a'ham. Category: throw, baseball.

-ta'oma'ohtsé   vti. obstruct s.t., block s.t. É-ta'oma'ōhtse. He obstructed it. É-ta'oma'ōhtse heno'ȯhēō'o. He bunted. that is, he obstructed his bat. Category: baseball.

tséasėta'hasēnėstse   vai. pitcher. Lit: the one who throws vai: -asėta'hasené. Category: baseball.

-tsé'evo'ȯh(n)   vai. bunt s.o., touch s.o. what is bunted is a ball (animate). É-tsé'evo'ȯhnóho. He bunted him (the ball, animate). É(vá'ne)-tsé'evo'ȯhnóho. He bunted. (optional preverb means 'just, only'). Medial -evo'. See: -ta'oma'ohtsé. Category: baseball.

tsénȧha'enēnėstse   na. catcher. This word is probably more used more commonly today than tséno'enēnėstse. vai: -nȧha'enené; Synonym tsé-no'enēnėstse. Category: baseball.

tséno'enēnėstse   vai. catcher. especially in baseball; This word is probably said less commonly today than tsé-nȧha'enēnėstse. Synonym tsénȧha'enēnėstse; vai: -no'enené. Category: baseball.

tsé-no'ȯhēnėstse   vai. batter. in baseball. See: -o'hohné. Category: baseball.

-vá'vanohe   vta. Gram: pass fanned (out), strike out. especially in baseball. É-vá'vanohe. He got struck out. Category: baseball.

-vá'vanoh(n)   vta. 1 • 

1 • fan s.o. Ná-vá'vanȯhestse. I fanned myself. See: -vá'vanohe.

2 • strike out s.o. É-vá'vanȯhnóho. He fanned him. That is, he struck him out in baseball. Ná-vá'vanōhno. I struck him out. Category: baseball.

-váohe   fai. throw, fling, shoot (a ball), shoot baskets. Cheyenne uses this word for shooting baskets in basketball, a different word from shooting with arrows or guns, -ho'ame. É-váohe. He threw (it). Etym: *we·pahowa (P) ‘he is pushed off by tool or medium’. É-váoheo'o. They are shooting around. É-aseváohe. He threw. Éése-váohe. He threw it in(side). Nétȧhé-vaohémáne! Let's go shoot baskets! Nétȧhéese-váohémáne! Let's go play basketball! Nátȧhé-vaohéme. We (not including you) shot baskets. Váoestse! Shoot! Éaéstomeése-váohe. He made a free throw. Évéhe-váohe. He is a good shooter. Ésenóve-váohe. He is a bad shooter (in basketball). Éhóose-váohe. He threw home. for example, in baseball. Énėševe-váohe. He threw (it) fast. Éhávėséve-váohe. He threw bad. Éhe'ame-váohe. He threw it up. Énó'ėse-váohe. He hit it over. Éháe-váohe. He threw (something) hard. Éanȯhe-váohe He threw it down. É-ameváohe. He threw. for example, threw a ball or a fist. váohestȯtse slingshot.

vti. Gram: ai+o ai+o, throw s.t., shoot s.t. See: -a'ham; -a'hahtsé; -a'hasené; -ho'ame ‘shoot’; -váohév. Category: throw, basketball, baseball.

-vóhkevo'oh(n)   vta. make s.o. go crooked. É-vóhkevo'ȯhnóho. He hit (the ball) crooked. Category: baseball.

-vóhko'a'ham   vta. throw s.o. crooked (especially of a curve ball). É-vóhko'a'hamóho. He threw him (especially animate ball) as a curve (ball). Category: baseball.

-vonevo'ȯh(n)   vta. hit s.o. lost. for example, hit a ball (animate) so hard that it is gone from sight. É-vonevo'ȯhnóho. He hit him (animate, ball) out of the ballpark. Category: baseball.