ears

-anoo'ėstáotse   vai. lower ears. for example, what a cat does when it is angry. É-anoo'ėstáotse. He lowered his ears. See: -popáhóéné'ó. Category: ears.

-éxove'ėstaa'e   vai. warm ears. É-éxove'ėstaa'e. His ears are warm. Návóhkėha'e nééxove'ėstaa'e. My cap keeps my ears warm. Phon: vs BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears.

he'éxáéno   obl. on his ear(s). Stem -'exa. Category: ears.

-hesó'xo'está   vai. slippery ears - have. É-hexó'xo'ēsta. He has slippery ears. that is, he is unwilling to listen. BodyPartMedial 'está. See: vovéhpe'está.

fig., not listen. Ma'enónéáhe éhešė-hesó'xo'ēsta. He has ears like turtles (that is, he won't listen). Usage: Is the idiom actually used? Category: ears.

-he-stovóotse   inc.n. 1 • ear(s). É-he-stovóotse He has ears.

2 • be foxy, be conniving, be cunning. It can have this figurative meaning when used in the negative. Ésáavá'nė-he-stovootséhe. He is so foxy that all he lacks is ears. Lit: He just doesn't have ears, The idea behind this idiom is that if he had ears he'd be totally foxy. Étaomėhótsė-he-stovóotse. He is so foxy that all he lacks is ears. Lit: With difficulty he has his own ears. This verb has the same idiomatic meaning as the preceding verb. See: -htovóo'ȯtse. Category: ears.

-he-vósee'ėse   vai. wear earrings. É-he-vósee'ėse. She is wearing earrings. Éhe-vóseeo'o. (vóseeseo'o??) They are wearing earrings. Phon: vs IndepNoun hósee'ėse ‘earring’. Category: ears, check.

-htovóótse   obl. ear (obl.) He-stovóótse éhne'áhanomaehoono. On his (man's) ear (loc.) he (bee) bit him. IndepNoun -htovoo'ȯtse. Category: ears.

-'está₁   mbp. ear. Ématse-'ēsta. He has infected/running ears. Émomá'e-'ėstávose. His ears are red from the cold. Nátoe-'ēsta. My ears are cold. néške-'ēsta chipmunk (lit. perked-ears). Variant: -'kestá₁. See: -htovoo'ȯtse ‘ear (poss.)’. Category: ears, body.

-'kestá₁   mbp. ear. Variant: -'está₁; Homonym -'kestá₂ ‘vagina’. Category: ears, body.

mȧhtovóo'ȯtse   ni. ear. Plural mȧhtovootȯtse. Phon: iah See: -htovóo'ȯtse ‘ear’; nȧhtovóo'ȯtse ‘my ear’; nėstovóo'ȯtse ‘your ear’. Category: body, ears.

-ma'e'ėstávose   vai. ears red from cold. É-ma'e'ėstávose. His ears are red from the cold. See: -ma'eesévose ‘nose red from cold’; -ná'tse'ėstávose ‘cold ears’. Category: body, ears.

Matse'ėstáhe   na. Running Ear. Category: ears, names.

-mé'hováve'está   vai. hairy ears. É-mé'hováve'ēsta. He has hairy ears. BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: hair, ears.

mé'šeme'ėstahtȯtse   ni. ear hair. Plural mé'šeme'ėstáhtotȯtse. Usage: probably a new word Category: ears.

-momá'e'ėstávose   vai. red ears from the cold. É-momá'e'ėstávose. His ears are red from the cold. Phon: redup BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears.

-momáme'está   vai. have big ears. É-momáme'ēsta. He has big ears. Category: ears, body. Phon: redup

nȧhtovóo'ȯtse   ni. Gram: poss my ear. Plural nȧhtovootȯtse. Phon: iah See: -htovóo'ȯtse. Category: ears, body.

-ná'tse'ėstávose   vai. ears cold - have. É-ná'tse'ėstávose. His ears are cold. ?? Category: check. See: -ma'e'ėstávose ‘ears red from cold’. Category: ears, temperature.

-nėhpe'está   vai. obstructed ear. É-nėhpe'ēsta. His ear is stopped up. BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears.

-nėhpe'ėstán   vta. block ears of s.o. for example, to block one's ears with a hand or a finger; done by Cheyenne singers when drumming to stay in tune, and can be done when warming one's ears. É-nėhpe'ėstánahtse. He blocked his (own) ear(s). Category: ears.

-nėhpo'e'está   vai. plugged up ear(s). É-nėhpo'e'ēsta. He has plugged up ear(s). Category: sickness, ears.

-nėhpo'e'ėstáotse   vai. 1 • plugged up ear(s). É-nėhpo'e'ėstáotse. He has plugged up ears / doesn't want to hear anything.

2 • not want to hear anything. Category: figurative, body, ears, hear.

-néše'está   vai. have two ears. Tse-néše'ēsta. He (the horse) will have two ears. [1987:7:29] BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: body, ears.

-nėše'še'está   vai. wash ears. É-nėše'še'ēsta. He washed his ears. Nėše'še'ēstȧhtse! Wash your ears! BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: body, groom, ears.

-néške'está   vai. perked ears. É-néške'ēsta. He has perked ears. Ques: -n[e^ske'e'est[a ?? Medial -'está. Category: ears, check.

-no'ke'está   vai. one ear. É-no'ke'ēsta. He has (only) one ear. Category: ears.

-oéškȯse'está   vai. pointed ears. É-oéškȯse'ēsta. He has pointed ears. Phon: redup See: -éškosó. Category: ears.

-o'omėsóhpa'ó   vii. detour dash through. É-o'omėsóhpa'otse. It (obv.) dashed through as on a detour. equivalent of English "It went in one ear and out the other". Category: figurative.

vai. É-o'omėsóhpá'o. He dashed through as on a detour. See: vovéhpe'está. Category: ears.

-ó'xotoo'está   vai. crazy, does not listen, disobedient. Lit: cracked-ears does not refer to insanity but rather "crazy" behavior. É-ó'xotoo'ēsta. He doesn't listen/he is 'crazy.'. See: -péeeesé. Category: ears, hear.

-onéhpotoo'está   vai. 1 • obstructed ears.

2 • stubborn, will not listen. É-onéhpotoo'ēsta. The holes in his ears are blocked (= you can't get through to him; he won't listen). Category: ears, hear, figurative.

-ónėše'ėstáohtsé   vai. pain in the ear(s), earache. Ná-ónėše'ėstáóhtse. I have an earache. Medial -'está. Category: ears.

-oókȯhkeve'está   vai. scurvy ears. Lit: crow-ears term derived from color of ókohke 'crow'. É-oókȯhkeve'ēsta. He has "scurvy" ears. for example, dirty, black from lack of washing. Category: ears. Phon: redup

-otaa'está   vai. 1 • pierced ears. É-otaa'ēsta. He has pierced ears.

2 • not listen, tune out, have mind elsewhere. Category: figurative. Synonym -hesó'xo'está. Category: ears.

-otaa'ėstahe   vai. ears pierced. This can be through an ear-piercing ceremony. É-otaa'ėstahe. His ears were pierced. É-otaa'ėstáheo'o. Their ears were pierced. Ques: My ears were pierced. ?? Category: check. vta: -otaa'ėstáh(n). Category: ears.

otaa'ėstáhestȯtse   ni. ear piercing. Category: ears.

-otaa'ėstáh(n)   vta. pierce ears of s.o. É-otaa'ėstahno. He pierced his ears. É-otaa'ėstáhnóho. He pierced his ears. (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears.

-otaa'ėstávo'eétahe   vai. do ear piercing ceremony. É-otaa'ėstávo'eétahe. He is doing the ear piercing ceremony. ?? fai: -o'eétahe. Category: ears, check.

otaa'ėstávo'eétȧhestȯtse   ni. ear piercing ceremony. Ques: MENTION SIGNIFICANCE; AGE OF CHILD ?? Category: check, ears.

-ová'kave'está   vai. droopy ears. for example, a horse. É-ová'kave'ēsta. He has floppy/droopy ears. Medial -'está. Category: ears.

-pėhéve'está   vai. have good ears. É-pėhéve'ēsta. ?? He has good ears. BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears, check.

-póe'ėstáh(n)   vta. hit s.o. in the ear(s). É-póe'ėstahno. He hit him in the ear(s). É-póe'ėstáhnóho. He hit him in the ear(s) (newer pronunciation). Category: hit, ears.

-po'ėstáoestas   vta. cut off ear of s.o. É-po'ėstáoestȧsóho. He cut off his (obv) ear. Initial po'-; BodyPartMedial 'está; Medial -oest; fta: -as. Category: ears, cut.

-póo'ėstáh(n)   vta. punch s.o. in the ear(s), hit ear of s.o. É-póo'ėstahno. He punched him in the ear(s). É-póo'ėstáhnóho. He punched him in the ear(s). (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears, hit.

-popáhóéné'ó   vai. have ears back. especially when a dog is scolded. É-popáhóéné'o. His ears are back. See: -anoo'ėstáotse. Category: dogs, ears.

-popákȧhoešé   vai. muscles stick out. said of someone who is muscular. É-popákȧhoēše. His muscles stick out. See: -koké'ahe; -koké'oo'e; -ová'oo'e. Category: dogs, ears, body.

-tȧhpe'e'está   vai. big ear. for reference to ears, redup. is usually required, -tótȧhpe'e'está. É-tȧhpe'e'ēsta. He has a big ear. Category: ears.

-tóhpe'ėstán   vta. poke something into the ear of s.o. É-tóhpe'ėstano. He poked (something) into his (other person's) ear. É-tóhpe'ėstánóho. He poked (something) into his (other person's) ear. (newer pronunciation). Ná-tóhpe'ėstáno. I poked something into his ear. Initial tóhp-; BodyPartMedial 'está. Category: ears.

-tó'ėse'está   vai. long ears. for example, a hound dog. É-tó'ėse'ēsta. He has long ears. Category: ears.

-tó'ėstóseestá   vai. long earrings. É-tó'ėstóséésta. She has long earrings. See: -tó'ėstóneóseestá. Category: ears.

-tótȧhpe'e'está   vai. have big ears. É-tótȧhpe'e'ēsta. He has big ears. Category: ears, body.

-totšéške'e'está   vai. ears protrude, ears stick out. É-totšéške'e'ēsta. His ears stick out. See: -totšéške'está; -tótšėške'e'está ‘have small ears’. Category: ears, check.

-tótšėške'e'está   vai. small ears. É-tótšėške'e'ēsta. He has small ears. Phon: redup Non-reduplicated -tšėške'e'está ‘have a small ear’. Reduplication in Cheyenne is a process in which the first syllable of a stem (or part of that syllable) is repeated. There is often a vowel change and/or a shift in the pitch. See the technical description of Cheyenne reduplication, with examples of different classes of this morphological process, in E. Leman (??). Semantically, reduplication generally "extends" the meaning of a verb stem, for example, through indicating that an action (or quality) is done by(or asserted of) plural participants, to plural recipients, on repeated occasions (iteratively), or in a kind of intensive fashion. One interesting semantic subcategory is that some reduplication typically implies something negative: cf. Oxo- 'what say' and nóoo- 'say bad things'; -tónėstá'tov 'how act toward s.o. and -totónėstá'tov 'act badly toward s.o.'; -ho'ēsta 'answer' and -nonó'está 'sass, talk back'. See: -totšéške'e'está ‘ears protrude’. Category: ears, size.

-tótšėške'e'ėstáóó'e   vai. perk ears. especially of an animal such as a dog when they are listening intently. É-tótšėške'e'ėstáóó'e. He got his ears perked up. See: -néške'está. Category: ears.

-totšéške'está   vai. ear(s) stick out, ears protrude. É-totšéške'ēsta. His ears stick out. Phon: redup See: -totšéške'e'está. Category: ears, check.

Tovó'ke'ėstáhe   na. Dented Ear. Category: ears, names.

-véhpe'está   vai. have a hole in the ear. É-véhpe'ēsta. He has a hole in his ear. Reduplicated -vovéhpe'está. Category: ears, record.

-vovéhpe'está   vai. 1 • holes in the ears, empty ears. É-vovéhpe'ēsta. He has holes in his ears. Non-reduplicated -véhpe'está. Phon: redup Usage: obsolescing

2 • ignore what is heard. See: -o'omėsóhpa'ó. Category: ears.