Cheyenne Dictionary

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buildings

a'enó'nemȧhēō'o   ni. solitary confinement. Lit: dark-house some regard this as being a Southern Cheyenne term for 'jail'. Category: buildings.

a'kȧsémȧhéó'o   ni. round house. Lit: compact-house Category: buildings.

amėške tsé'ȯhkeénohe   vii. gas station, filling station. See: tsé'ȯhke-énȧhenéstove where there is filling up. Category: buildings.

amóneo'sanémȧhéó'o   ni. bingo hall. Category: buildings.

énȧhenémȧhéó'o   ni. gas station, filling station. Lit: filling-house Variant: tsé'ȯhke-énȧhéstove. Category: buildings.

ésto'ȯhenémȧhéó'o   ni. pool hall. Lit: 'knock 'em in'-house Category: buildings.

heséeotséhohtóvamȧhēō'o   ni. drugstore. Category: buildings.

heséeotsémȧhéó'o   ni. drugstore, hospital, clinic. Lit: medicine-house Some speakers prefer to use this word for 'drugstore' and naa'émȧhéó'o for 'hospital'. See: naa'émȧhéó'o. Category: buildings.

hetóhkonéhohtóvámȧhéó'o   ni. hardware store. Lit: utensil-buy-house See: hohtóvámȧhéó'o. Category: new, buildings, check.

hévoetanȧháno'hamémȧhéó'o   ni. dairy barn. Category: livestock, buildings.

hóhta'hanémȧhéó'o   ni. courthouse. Lit: tell.story-house Variant: tsé'ȯhkė-hóhta'hanéstove. See: -hóhta'hané. Category: buildings.

hohtóvamȧhēō'o   ni. store. hestȯhtóvamȧhēō'o his store. Lit: buying-house Category: buildings.

hohtóvamȧheonȯtse tséhmano'éé'ta   ni. mall. Lit: stores where they are together vii: -mano'ée'tá. Category: buildings, new.

ho'emanémȧhéó'o   ni. courthouse. Category: legal, buildings.

ho'honáe-mȧhēō'o   ni. brick house, stone house. Category: buildings.

ho'sanémȧhéó'o   ni. storage shed. Lit: storage-house Variant: ho'senémȧhéó'o. Category: buildings.

ho'sóemȧhēō'o   ni. dance hall. Lit: dance-house such a building has also been used as a general meeting hall, for example, for district political meetings. See: mȧhēō'o. Category: buildings.

homȯsémȧhéó'o   ni. kitchen, kitchen, cafeteria, restaurant. Lit: cooking-house Variant: tsé'ȯhkė-homȯséstove. Category: buildings.

hóna'ovóesemȧhēō'o   ni. mobile home. Ques: recheck?? Variant: hóna'ovóeseonémȧhéó'o. Category: buildings.

hóna'ovóeseonémȧhéó'o   ni. mobile home, trailer. Lit: add.tied.together(?)-house Variant: hóna'ovóesemȧhēō'o. Category: buildings.

hóna'ovȯhtóva-mȧhēō'o   ni. secondhand store. See: hóna'ovėhohtóva-mȧhēō'o. Category: buildings.

hone'óonȯtse tsé'ȯhkėhóxe'ane   vii. cleaners. Lit: clothes where.cleaned See: -hóxe'an. Category: buildings.

hotȯhotȧhéeo'o   ni. poor man's dwelling. Phon: vs Ques: possibly hotȯhtȧhéeo'o ?? Category: check. Plural hotȯhotȧhéeonȯtse. See: hotȧhééško. Category: buildings.

hotȯhotȧhéeome   ni. poor man's lodge. See: hotȧhééško. Category: buildings.

hótȯxámȧhéó'o   ni. log house. Lit: crossed(.log.ends)-house Category: buildings.

hováheheséeotsémȧhéó'o   ni. veterinary hospital. Category: new. Lit: animal-medicine-house Category: buildings.

hoxotámȧhéó'o   ni. commodity house. the building where commodities are distributed. Category: buildings.

-htóvamȧhēō'o   Gram: poss ni. store (poss). nȧ-htóvamȧhēō'o my store. he-stȯhtóvamȧhēō'o his store. ni: hohtóvamȧhēō'o. Category: buildings.

kȧhamȧxé-mȧhéško   ni. board shack. Category: buildings.

kȧhamȧxéve'ho'éome   ni. board tent. has a wooden frame and tent covering. Category: buildings.

kȧhaneohtsé-heséeotsé-mȧhéó'o   ni. sanitarium. Lit: tuberculosis-medicine-house Category: buildings, sickness, record.

kóhkonȯheonané-mȧhéó'o   ni. bakery. Lit: bread-making-house Category: buildings.

ma'emȧhēō'o   ni. jail. Lit: red-house Usage: an old word for a jail, so named because of red bricks commonly used for construction of jails Synonym too'ėhémȧhéó'o. Category: buildings.

ma'háhkėseho tsé'ȯhkėhoévȯse   old age home. Category: buildings. Lit: old people where they are

ma'kaataémȧhéó'o   ni. bank. Lit: money-house (another recording) Category: buildings.

ma'xėhohtóvamȧhéó'o   ni. Lame Deer IGA store; Lame Deer Trading Post. Lit: big-store Category: buildings.

manémȧhéó'o   ni. tavern, saloon, bar. Lit: drink-house Category: buildings.

mȧsėháneemȧhēō'o   ni. insane asylum. See: ónonovȧhéheo'o tséxhoevȯse. Category: buildings. Lit: crazy-house Locative mȧsėháneemȧheóne.

mȧsėháve'ho'á'e-mȧhēō'o   ni. whorehouse. Category: buildings.

méamȧhēō'o   ni. BIA building. Oblique méamȧheóne. See: méave'ho'e. Category: buildings.

mé'konémȧheón   ni. tribal office building. Lit: head-house Category: buildings, government.

mésėhémȧhéó'o   ni. cafeteria, cafe, restaurant, dining room. Lit: eating-house Category: buildings. See: -mésehe eat; mȧhēō'o house; tsé'ȯhke-mésėhéstove.

momóhtȯxe'a'xémȧhéó'o   ni. movie house, theater; cinema. Locative momóhtȯxe'a'xémȧheónéva. Category: buildings, check.

mȯxe'a'xémȧhéó'o   ni. movie theater. Lit: moving picture-house Category: buildings.

mȯxe'ėstóonémȧhéó'o   ni. post office. Oblique mȯxe'ėstóonémȧheóne. See: mȯxe'ėstónemȧhēō'o. Lit: letters-house Category: buildings.

naa'émȧhéó'o   ni. hospital, clinic. Lit: doctoring-house (another recording) See: heséeotsémȧhéó'o. Category: buildings.

nėše'hanenémȧhéó'o   ni. laundromat. Lit: washing-house Category: buildings.

nótȧxémȧheonȯtse   ni. Gram: pl barracks. See: nótȧxéve'ho'éno. Category: buildings. Lit: soldier-houses

ȯhtaenéhéó'o   ni. dormitory. Synonym tsé'ȯhkeohtaenévȯhtse mȯxe'ėstónėheo'o. Category: buildings.

ohtaenémȧhéó'o   ni. hotel, motel. Lit: overnight-house (another recording) Locative ohtaenémȧhéóne. Category: buildings.

-omené   m. have lodge. Móhmȧhtóhtȯhe-omenėhéhe. There were ten lodges. [Black Hills Claim.015] Éno'ke-omēne. He has one lodge. IndepNoun ome1; fii: -ome2. Category: buildings.

onó'evámȧhtsé-mȧhéó'o   ni. counseling center, treatment center, half-way house. Category: new, sickness, buildings.

oo'kóhtȧxová-mȧhéó'o   ni. barbershop. Category: buildings. Lit: cut.hair-house

oomȧhóonémȧhéó'o   ni. frame house. Lit: lumber-house See: kȧhkóvaxemȧhēō'o. Category: buildings.

pénȯheonémȧhéó'o   ni. flour mill. Lit: grinding-house Category: buildings.

pó'ėho'hémȧhpémȧhéó'o   ni. tavern, saloon, bar, liquor store. Category: buildings.

tonȯhenémȧhéó'o   ni. blacksmith shop. Lit: hammer-house Category: buildings.

too'ėhémȧhéó'o   ni. jail. Synonym ma'emȧhēō'o. Category: buildings.

totȧháéško   ni. lean-to. Category: buildings.

tséhvovóhnėhešeestse tséháemanėstse   vai. alcoholism treatment center. Lit: where the heavy drinker is taken care of Category: new, buildings.

tsé'ȯhke-énȧhenéstove   vii. gas station, Cheyenne Depot. Lit: where there is filling up See: amėške tsé'ȯhkeénohe where gas is filled. vai: -énȧhené. Category: buildings.

tsé'ȯhke-énȧhéstove   ni. gas station, filling station. Lit: where there is regularly pouring ?? Variant: énȧhenémȧhéó'o. Category: check, buildings.

tsé'ȯhke-évo'sóévȯse ka'ėškóneho   vai. Gram: cjt gym. Lit: where-REG-play-PL child-PL vai: -évo'soo'e. Category: buildings.

tsé'ȯhkė-hóhta'hanéstove   vii. Gram: impers courthouse. Lit: where there is testifying Variant: hóhta'hanémȧhéó'o. Category: buildings.

tsé'ȯhke-mȯxe'eotséstove   vii. Gram: impers studio. Category: buildings. Lit: where pictures are taken

tsé'ȯhke-ohtaenévȯhtse mȯxe'ėstónėheo'o   vai. Gram: ppl dormitory. Lit: where students stay overnight vai: -ohtaené; Synonym ȯhtaenéhéó'o. Category: buildings.

vé'ho'émȧhéó'o   ni. modern house. Lit: whiteman-house A house with more than one room; an elder gave this as an illustration of how Cheyennes use the form vé'ho'e in a way that shows they have felt inferior to the whiteman. See: vé'ho'évo'ha; méave'ho'e; mȧhēō'o. Category: buildings.

vé'ho'émȧhpémȧhéó'o   ni. saloon, tavern, bar. Lit: whiteman-water-house Category: buildings, drink.

Vó'omemȧhēō'o   ni. White House. Category: record, buildings, government.