cats

-évotsėhetȧhéohtsé   vai. forage, go about searching for food, rustle for food. people, cats, and other animals do this. É-évotsėhetȧhéóhtse. He went looking for food. See: -évotseehe; Otséóhtsé'e. Category: cats, food.

he'éka'eeséhotame   na. female cat. Category: cats. Usage: archaic

he'é'hame   na. female domesticated animal, bitch, mare. especially cat, dog, horse. Usage: There is often some kind of constraint against saying this word, as well as the corresponding male form, hetané'hame. Both words often evoke laughter, probably indicating some kind of sexual connotations which are inappropriate for speaking in public. Plural he'é'háme; Obviative he'é'háme; Antonym hetané'hame. Etym: *eθkwe·ʔθemwa ‘bitch’. See: mo'éhno'ha ‘horse’; heéháme ‘her husband’. Category: cats.

-hémoto'hamé   vai. be in heat. said of dogs, cats; derogatory about an attractive woman who has lots of males after her. É-hémoto'hāme. She (for example, a female dog) is in heat. See: -he'šétanó. Category: dogs, horses, sex, cats.

hetanéka'eeséhotame   na. tomcat. Lit: man-short.nose-dog Usage: archaic See: hótame. Category: cats.

-hótȧha'ó'h   vta. scratch s.o., claw s.o. Ques: tȧho ?? Category: check. É-hótȧha'o'ho. He (for example, a cat) scratched him. É-hótȧha'ó'hóho. He (for example, a cat) scratched him. Ná-hótȧha'o'ha. He scratched me. vti: -hótȧha'ó'tsé. See: -hótȯhéné'o'h; -hótȧhan. Category: cats.

-hótȧha'ó'sané   vai. scratch, claw. É-hótȧha'ó'sáne. He scratched. See: -axeeohtsé. Category: cats.

-hótȧha'ó'tsé   vti. scratch s.t., claw s.t. É-hótȧha'ó'tse. He scratched it. vta: -hótȧha'ó'h. See: -hótȧhan. Category: cats.

-hótȧhan   vti. claw s.t., scratch s.t. É-hótȧhána. He clawed/scratched it. See: -axeen.

vta. claw s.o., scratch s.o. É-hótȧhanóho. He clawed/scratched him. See: -hótȧho'ó'h; -heška'a'h. Category: cats.

-hótȧhenené   vai. scratch, claw. especially of cats as they sharpen their claws, for example, on a post or furniture. É-hótȧhenēne. He clawed/scratched. Ques: ȧhané?? Category: cats, check.

-htotsé   na. Gram: poss pet (poss.) This refers to any animal (hōva) that you have as a pet, especially a horse, but it can also be a dog or cat, but not a bird or fish. A small pet, such as a bird, is referred to with the possessed noun stem -néestoo'o. nȧ-htōtse my pet/my horse. nȧ-htotseho my pets. (another recording) nė-stōtse your pet. he-stotseho his pet(s). nȧ-htotséhane our (excl) pet. vai: -he-stotsehe ‘have a pet’; vta: -he-stotséhé'tov ‘have s.o. as a pet’. Morph: /na-htotéh/. Etym: *metayihsikwa 'pet' (Pi); *netaya 'my pet'; K netaya. See: -htotóame; -néestóone; -néestoo'o. Category: cats, horses, dogs, animals.

ka'eeséhotame   na. cat. Usage: obsolescent; the newer word is póéso See: póéso; hótame. Category: cats.

ka'eeséhotamēso   na. young cat, kitten. Usage: archaic The current word is póhkéso. See: póhkéso. Category: cats.

-péhpe'éheve   vai. longhaired, shaggy. É-péhpe'éheve. He is longhaired / shaggy. See: -péhpe'ová; -mé'hovátó. Category: cats.

péhpe'épóéso   na. Angora cat. Lit: bushy/longhaired-cat Category: cats.

póéso   na. cat. (another recording) Plural póesono; Obviative póesono. mo'kȯhtáe-póéso black cat. apoc; LHR: Low-to-High Raising, a low pitch is raised to a high when it is preceded by a high and followed by a word-final high. Some other examples are: méšéne /méšené/ 'ticks'; ná-vóómo /ná-hóoma/ 'I see him'; é-méšéne /é-numen 'he sang'; é-máto /é-máto/ 'it is red'. Diminutive póhkéso. This word may be a sound translation from English "pussy" or a loan from Blackfoot póósa. An older word for 'cat' was ka'eeséhotame. Etym: cf Bl póósa. See: *po·šya (P) (post-contact loan). Category: cats.

-póesónėheve   vai. cat - be a. É-póesónėheve. He is a cat. Category: animals, cats.

póhkéso   na. Gram: dim kitty cat, kitten, little cat. Non-diminutive póéso; Plural póhkėsono. Obviative póhkėsono. See: ka'eeséhotame. Category: cats, animals.