Cheyenne Dictionary

 bed

bed

-hestooma   incl.n. bedding, have a bed. É-hestoema. He has a bed. Ques: sounds like -htooma Ques: oe or oo?? Ques: what is -héstooma ?? Vá'ȯhtáma éme'tȧ-héstooma tsé'tóhe. This (dog) would have the honored place. See: hóoma1 blanket. Category: bed, check.

hoeseonó'é   ni. bed. Oblique hoeseonó'éva. See: hó'otseonó'e; šéešestȯtse; héstoomaestȯtse. Category: bed.

hono'ko   na. quilt, bedding. Plural honó'kono; Obviative honó'kono; Possessive -htono'ko. Étóxenoto honó'kono. She is sewing a border on a quilt(s). Non-diminutive hono'o. Etym: *ana·xkani mat, rug. See: honóhkone; hono'ke; mȧheónėhono'ko; tónovėhono'ko. Category: handcraft, bed.

hóoma1   na. blanket, shawl, robe. This word, and its homonym, hóoma 'mosquito', uniquely has phonetic (non-phonemic) glottalization. Although W. Leman and other fieldworkers have transcribed 'blanket' as hóoma, the high pitch may not be a completely high pitch; the second /o/ has glottalization, such that one Cheyenne elder, who was quite literate with the present orthography, independently transcribed the singular as hoo'ma but the plural as hoomaho. This glottalization is not a complete glottal stop as found on other words, but a glottal coloring, a sharp drop in the clear vocalization of the /o/ and a drop off in pitch; rather than being a sharp, full glottal stop, the glottalization sounds more like "scratchiness." Variant: hóema. Hoema is historically expected, but most speakers pronounce and prefer spelling this word as hooma. But the following word, which ends with "oema", clearly is pronounced with "oe": tó'ėstó'ėšévoema fringed shawl. Plural hoomaho; Obviative hoomaho; Possessive -htóome; Oblique hoomȧhéva (at the) finish line; Homonym hóoma2 mosquito. Phon: iah vai: -hestooma have a blanket. See: héstoomȯtse; hóvo'ėšestȯtse; -hóoma'ov protect s.o.. Etym: *akweHmi; *akweʔmi (Pe79:355); *akomi (Pi). usually animate but inanimate for some speakers.

ni. blanket, shawl, robe. Category: bed.

ma'éstoo'o   na. pillow. (another recording) Plural ma'éstoono; Obviative ma'éstoono. Phon: vs Etym: cf. Sh mki·ka / mkita·ka·na/. See: maéstoo'o throat. Category: bed.

néšenóhevóoma   na. two colored blanket. Lit: together.sewed-blanket Phon: iah See: hóoma blanket. Category: bed.

nonȯhpó'ȯseo'o   ni. bedspring. Ques: recheck hl and spelling nonȯhpó'ȧsēō'o?? Category: check. Plural nonȯhpó'ȯseonȯtse. Category: bed.

pó'ooma   na. blanket. Plural pó'oomaho; Obviative pó'oomaho. See: hóoma. Category: bed.

šéešestȯtse   ni. bed. Lit: lying.down-thing Plural šéešéstotȯtse. See: héstoomȯtse; hóvo'ėšestȯtse; hooma; tsé'ȯhkė-šéešenáhtove. Category: house, bed, furniture.

šéešestȯtse tsé'ȯhkėséhpa'o'xe   vii. hide-a-bed. Lit: bed where it is stretched out Category: bed, house, new.

tónovėhono'ko   na. mattress. Plural tónovėhonó'kono. See: hono'ko. Category: bed.

tséohke-táxėséonėstse   na. bedspread. Plural tséohke-táxėséonese. See: séohasēō'o. Category: bed.

vó'komėhono'ko   na. sheet. Plural vó'komėhonó'kono. See: hone'ko. Category: bed.