eyes
-a'enó'ne'éxanéotse vai. eyesight become darkened. This especially refers to when coming inside from bright sunlight. 
É-a'enó'ne'éxanéotse. His eyesight is darkened. Category: eyes.
-a'tó'seneotse vai. eye particle - have an, mote - have a, have something in the eye. for example, dust particle. É-a'tó'seneotse. He has gotten something in his eye(s). Category: eyes.
a'tó'seneotsestȯtse ni. object in the eye. for example, a dust particle. Category: eyes.
-éné mbp. face. This medial specifically refers to the face, but sometimes it primarily refers to the eyes. Éó'ó'-éne He is blind. É-é'koméne. He has a greasy face. Kóós-éné'e Little-faced Woman. ka'-énėhótame bulldog (short-faced-dog). Éhesės-éne'še. He has twitching in his face. Énėše'šévo-éne. He washed his face. Category: body, face, eyes.
-ése'éeh vta. eye drop s.o., put something in s.o.'s eyes for medicine. É-ése'éehóho. He put it in his eye. Ná-ése'éehahtse. I put eye drops in my eyes.. Category: eyes.
-héheehaénéohtsé vai. teary eyes. É-héheehaénéóhtse. He has teary/watery eyes. BodyPartMedial -haéné. Category: eyes, cry.
-heóvemenoo'éxáne vai. have yellow eyes. É-heóvemenoo'éxáne. He has yellow eyes. See: Heóve'éxanéhe ‘Yellow Eyes’. Category: eyes, colors.
-hetótae'éxané vai. have joyful eyes. É-hetótae'éxáne. He has joyful eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-hoháo'toéné vai. look very scared. É-hoháo'toéne. He has scared eyes/looks scared. Category: eyes.
-hohkó'se'éxané vai. have a black eye. É-hohkó'se'éxáne. He has a "shiner". Lit: purple-eyed Medial -'éxané. Lit: be purple-eyed Category: violence, eyes.
-ho'évootséve'éxané vai. have cataracts. É-ho'évootséve'éxáne. He has cataracts. Lit: meat-eyed Category: eyes.
-ho'sȧheéné vai. have matter in eyes, crusty eyes, bird poop in eyes. É-ho'sȧheéne. He has crusty matter in his eyes. Náohkėsó'méo-ho'sȧheéne. I still get matter ("bird poop") in my eyes. The same initial is used here for matter exuding from the eyes as for saliva drooling from the mouth (-ho'sahtsé); in the eyes the matter might be pus from infection or the ordinary dried secretion in the corner of one's eyes upon waking. Some Cheyennes call this crusty matter "bird poop" when speaking English. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -ho'sahtse; -matséné. Category: eyes.
-hoónȯhtóo'o vai. have a lonely look in the eyes. É-hoónȯhtóó'o. He has a lonely look in his eyes. Category: eyes, sight.
-hovénoma'ó vai. shade eyes with hand. É-hovénomā'o. He shaded his eyes (with his hand). Ques: ma'o?? See: -hovéo'onémané. Category: eyes, hands, check.
-hovéo'onémané vai. shade eyes with hand. É-hovéo'onémáne. He shaded his eyes with his (own) hand. See: -hovénoma'o. Category: eyes.
-hoxo'ȯhtsévemenoo'éxáne vai. have green eyes. É-hoxo'ȯhtsévemenoo'éxáne. He has green eyes. Category: eyes, colors.
-'exa ni. Gram: poss eye. ma-'exa eye. Plural ma-'éxánėstse. na-'exa my eye. na-'éxánėstse my eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané; Oblique ma-'éxáá'e. Morph: /na-'éšen/. Etym: *neški·nšekwi. Category: eyes.
-'éxané mbp. eye. Éotá'tave-'éxáne. He has blue eyes. Éó'kȯhoméheve-'éxáne. He is sly/he cheats. Lit: He has coyote eyes. Éma'e-'éxáne. His eye(s) is/are red/bloodshot. Etym: *meçkwiški·nšekwe·wa. Émomá'e-'éxáne. He has red/bloodshot eyes. Nánomone-'éxáne. I have sleepy eyes. Émamée-'éxanénahtse. He rubbed his (own) eyes. Stem -'éxa. Category: eyes.
-mȧhove'éxané vai. have tired eyes. É-mȧhove'éxáne. He has tired eye(s). BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-ma'aataéve'éxané vai. wear eyeglasses. É-ma'aataéve'éxáne. He has eyeglasses on. Lit: (be)-metal-eyed Category: eyes.
ma'aataéve'éxanéstotȯtse ni. Gram: pl eyeglasses (single pair or plural pairs). Lit: metal-eye things Hákó'e he'evóne ého'tanetótse hema'aataéve'éxanéstotȯtse. His glasses are way down on his nose. Category: eyes.
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-ma'e'éxané vai. have red eye(s), have bloodshot eyes. É-ma'e'éxáne. His eye(s) is/are red/bloodshot. Etym: *meçkwiški·nšekwe·wa. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. See: -momá'e'éxané. Category: eyes.
ma'exa ni. Gram: poss eye, eyeglass. The plural is a shorter way of saying eyeglasses. The longer way is ma'aataéve'éxanéstotȯtse. Plural ma-'éxánėstse. na-'exa my eye. Stem -'exa. Etym: *meški·nšekwi; meški·nšeko·li (pl) (Go88). See: ma'aataéve'éxanéstotȯtse ‘eyeglasses’. Category: eyes.
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ma'éxáá'e obl. in the eye(s). ma'éxáéno on the eye(s). Stem -'exa. Category: eyes.
ma'éxaevé'henȯtse na. Gram: poss eyelash. Plural ma-'éxaevé'henoto; Obviative ma-'éxaevé'henoto. Category: eyes.
-mamée'éxanén vta. rub eyes of s.o. É-mamée'éxaneno. He rubbed his (other person's) eyes, É-mamée'éxanénóho. He rubbed his (other person's) eyes. (newer pronunciation). É-mamée'éxanénahtse. He rubbed his (own) eyes. Névé'-mamée'éxanénahtse! Don't rub your eyes! BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-maméénén vta. rub face of s.o. É-maméenenahtse. He is rubbing his (own) face. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -xo'évoénén. Category: eyes.
-matséné vai. have sore eyes, have infected eyes. É-matséne. He has infected/sore eyes. Etym: *meli·nkwe·wa (P). BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -ho'sȧheéne. Category: eyes, sickness.
-mátseve'éxané vai. pussy eyes, infected eyes. É-mátseve'éxáne. He has pussy eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes, sickness.
-menoo'éxané mbp. eyeball. Lit: globular(that is, berry).shaped-eye Éónėše-menoo'éxanéóhtse. He has pain in the eyeball. Éotá'tave-menoo'éxáne. He has blue eyes. Étónėše-menoo'éxaneo'o? What color are their eyes? BodyPartMedial -'éxané ‘eye’. See: mené- ‘berry’. Category: body, eyes.
-méo'éxané vai. have eyes closed. É-méo'éxáne. His eyes are closed. Variant: -méo'kéxané. Category: eyes.
-méo'éxané'ó vai. close eyes. É-méo'éxané'o. His eyes are closed. Category: eyes.
-méo'éxanéše vai. lie with eyes closed. É-méo'éxanéše. He is lying with his eyes closed. Variant: -méo'kéxanéše; BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-méo'kéxané vai. have eyes closed. É-méo'kéxáne. His eyes are closed. Variant: -méo'éxané. Category: eyes.
-méo'kéxané'o vai. close eyes. É-méo'kéxané'o. He closed his eyes. [1987:315] Category: eyes.
-méo'kéxanéotse vai. close eyes quickly. É-méo'kéxanéotse. He closed his eyes quickly. Variant: -méo'éxanéotse; BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-méo'kéxanéše vai. lie with eyes closed. É-méo'kéxanéše. He is lying with his eyes closed. Variant: -méo'éxanéše. Category: eyes.
-méo'kéxanévo'ȧhéotse vai. run with eyes closed. É-méo'kéxanévo'ȧhéotse. He is running with his eyes closed. BodyPartMedial -'éxané; fai: -o'ȧhéotse. Category: eyes, run.
-méstaevé'hénóse vai. thick eyebrows - have. É-méstaevé'hénóse. He has thick eyebrows. BodyPartMedial -vé'henosé. Category: eyes.
-momáhpe'ėhaéné vai. watery eyes. É-momáhpe'ėhaéne. He has watery eyes. Phon: redup Category: eyes.
-momáhpe'óo'ó vai. have watery eyes. for example, eyesight be blurred because of tears. É-momáhpe'óó'o. He has watery eyes. fai: -óo'ó. Category: eyes.
-móma'haa'e'éxané vai. have big eyes. É-móma'haa'e'éxáne. He has big eyes. Phon: redup Category: eyes, body.
móma'hae- pv. wide, huge. Móma'haetótóó'ȯhtse! Open your eyes wide! [The Bear and the Skunk.025] Category: eyes.
-momá'ko'éneotse vai. come to have red eyes. Tse-momá'ko'éneotse tsétótoeotsėstse. He will have red eyes, the one who opens his eyes. [Why the Mudhen Has Red Eyes.006] Category: eyes.
-momámoešé vai. lie with eyes open. É-momámóéše. He is lying (for example, on the ground) with his eyes open. Phon: redup See: -tótóéše. Category: lie, eyes.
-momáxe'éxané vao. ?? É-momáxe'éxáne.?? ?? Category: eyes, check.
-momó'kȯhtávemenoo'éxanée vai. sit with dark eyes. tséoxxae=otáxa=momó'kȯhtávemenoo'éxanéévȯse all you could see was the black of their eyes. [1987:28] Phon: redup Category: eyes.
-nėhaénén vta. wipe eye(s) of s.o. É-nėhaénenahtse. He wiped his (own) eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné; Synonym -nėhehaéneh. Category: eyes.
-nėhehaéneh vta. wipe eye(s) of s.o., wipe tears of s.o. É-nėhehaénėhestse. He wiped his (own) eyes. Synonym -nėhaénen; BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -nėhe'éxanéh. Category: eyes.
-nėhe'éxanéh vta. wipe eye(s) of s.o. É-nėhe'éxanéhestse. He wiped his (own) eye(s). See: -nėhéhaéneh. Category: eyes.
-nėhpa'éeh vta. blindfold s.o. , mask s.o. Nėhpa'éehahtsėstse! Wear a mask! (said to one person). Nėhpa'éehahtse! Mask up! (said to a group). Éohke-nėhpa'éehahtse. He masks up. Synonym nėhpa'éet; vai: -nėhpa'éehe; BodyPartMedial -a'é. Category: eyes.
-nėhpa'éehe vai. blindfolded, masked. Nėhpa'éeestse! Mask up! (said to one person). Nėhpa'éehe! Mask up! (said to a group). héne tsévé'šėhé-nėhpa'éeheto this which you are closed up with. [1987:146] BodyPartMedial -a'é; vta: -nėhpa'éet, -nėhpa'éeh. Category: eyes.
-nėhpa'éestsé vti. cover s.t. for example, to cover something so it won't spill. É-nėhpa'ééstse. He covered it. Category: eyes.
-nėhpa'éet vta. blindfold s.o. , mask s.o., mask up s.o. Variant: nėhpa'éeh. Nėhpa'éetahtsėstse! Wear a mask! (said to one person). Nėhpa'éetahtse! Mask up! (said to a group). (another recording) vai: -nėhpa'éehe; BodyPartMedial -a'é. Category: eyes.
-nėhpe'éxanéehe vai. blindfolded. Lit: obstructed-eyes É-nėhpe'éxanéehe. He is blindfolded. Category: eyes.
-né'se'éxané's vta. cut out the eye of s.o. É-né'se'éxane'so. He cut his eye(s) out. É-né'se'éxané'sóho. He cut his eye(s) out. (newer pronunciation). Category: eyes, cut.
-néme'éxané vai. crooked eye. É-néme'éxáne. He has a crooked eye. Etym: *pyi·ma·θaki·nkwe·wa (P). BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-nėše'še'éxané vai. wash eyes. É-nėše'še'éxáne. He washed his (own) eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-nėše'še'éxanévoovot vta. wash eyes of s.o. with water. É-nėše'še'éxanévoovotóho He washed his eyes with water. Category: eyes, record.
-nėšėško'éta'xe vai. have wavy eyesight. for example, just before a bad headache. Ná-nėšėško'éta'xe. I have "wavy" eyesight. for example, just before a bad headache. Ná-nėšėško'éta'xe I have "wavy" eyesight. Category: eyes.
-nomone'éxané vai. have sleepy eyes. Ná-nomone'éxáne. I have sleepy eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes, record.
-noné'kėhaéné vai. tear stains around the eyes. É-noné'kėhaéne. He has tear stains around his eyes. BodyPartMedial -haéné. Category: eyes, cry.
-noné'otoéné vai. have smeared eyes, have smeared face. perhaps also dust-smeared eyes. É-noné'otoéne. He has a smeared face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: eyes, face.
-oešéve'éxané vai. have trachoma, pink eye, sore eyes. É-oešéve'éxáne. He has sore eyes/trachoma/pink eye. Variant: -oeškéve'éxané. Category: eyes.
-oeškéve'éxané vai. have trachoma, pink eye, sore eyes. É-oeškéve'éxáne. He has trachoma. Variant: -oešéve'éxané. See: -oeve'éxané. Category: eyes, sickness.
-oeškévematséné vai. have scabby eyes. É-oeškévematséne. He has scabby eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -oeve'éxané. Category: eyes, sickness.
-oéve'éxané vai. have scabby eyes. É-oéve'éxáne. He has scabby eyes. See: -oeškéve'éxané. Category: eyes, sickness.
-ó'ėhaéne vai. dry eyes. É-ó'ėhaéne. He has dry eyes. Category: eyes.
-ó'héné vai. have cataract(s) (of the eye). É-ó'héne. He as cataract(s) (of the eye). See: -ó'ó'éné; -ó'kéné. Category: eyes.
-ó'kéné'ó vai. squint with one eye. This is a chronic problem, different from -ó'keneotse which is winking. É-ó'kéné'o. He squinted with one eye. See: -ó'keneotse ‘wink’; -ó'ó'éné. Category: eyes.
-ó'keneotse vai. wink. É-ó'keneotse. He is winking. See: -ó'kéné'ó; -ó'kéné. Category: eyes.
-ó'keneotsé'tov vta. wink at s.o. Ná-ó'keneotsé'tova. He winked at me. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: eyes.
-ó'kȯhoméheve'éxané vai. 1 • have coyote eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: body, eyes.
2 • fig., cheat; be sly; tricky. É-ó'kȯhoméheve'éxáne. He is sly/he cheats. Category: personality.
-ó'ó'éné vai. 1 •
1 • blind. É-ó'ó'éne. He is blind. Nėstsevé'-tóhpoomahtse; nėstseó'ó'éne. Don't look on your privates; you'll become blind. (a cultural injunction).
2 • unable to recognize the truth about something. possibly a loan translation from English. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -ó'kéné; -ó'héné. Category: eyes, sight, figurative, cognition.
-ó'o'énéotse vai. become blind. É-ó'o'eneotse. He became blind. Category: sickness, eyes.
-oné'se'éxané vai. eye(s) bulge out. É-oné'se'éxáne. His eyes bulge out. Category: eyes.
-onéme'éxané vai. cross-eyed. É-onéme'éxáne. He is cross-eyed. See: -néma'éxané. Category: eyes.
-ónėše'éxanén vta. hurt eyes of s.o. É-ónėše'éxanénóho ?? He hurt his eye(s). Category: check. Final '-éxané. Category: eyes.
-ónėšemenoo'éxanéohtsé vai. have pain in the eyeballs, eye pain. É-ónėšemenoo'éxanéóhtse. He has pain in the eyeball. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: body, eyes.
-oo'kevé'hanȯsenán vta. pluck eyebrows of s.o. É-oo'kevé'hanȯsenánahtse. She plucked her (own) eyebrows. Category: eyes, groom.
-otá'tave'éxané vai. have blue eyes. É-otá'tave'éxáne. He has blue eyes. Usage: probably a shortened, more recent version of -otá'tavemenoo'éxané Variant: -otá'tavemenoo'éxané; BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes, colors.
-otá'tavemenoo'éxáne vai. have blue eyes. É-otá'tavemenoo'éxáne. He has blue eyes. Variant: -otá'tave'éxané; BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-ovánoematséne vai. have droopy eyelids. É-ovánoematséne. He has droopy eyelids. Category: eyes.
-pėhéve'éxané vai. have good eyes. É-pėhéve'éxáne. He has good eyes. Category: eyes.
-póe'éxanéh(n) vai. punch s.o. in the eye(s). É-póe'éxanéhnóho. He punched him in the eye(s). Category: eyes.
-póhe'éxáne vai. swollen eyes. É-póhe'éxáne. He has swollen eyes. Category: eyes.
-po'e'éxané vai. have gray eyes. É-po'e'éxáne. He has gray eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-póo'éxanéh(n) vta. hit s.o. in the eye. É-póo'éxanehno. He punched him in the eye. É-póo'éxanéhnóho. He punched him in the eye. (newer pronunciation). Ná-póo'éxanéhno. I hit him in the eyes. BodyPartMedial -'exané. Category: eyes.
-popóhematséné vai. have puffy eyes. É-popóhematséne. He has puffy eyes. Category: eyes, sickness.
-séno'ó'ematséné vai. brush eyes. Tsé'tóhe nȧhtōtse éxamae-séno'ó'ematséne. My pet's eyes are in the bushes. This was said by someone whose pet was an English sheep dog with a lot of hair hanging over both of its eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné; Medial -o'é3. Category: eyes.
-tóhpe'éxanén vta. poke s.o. in the eye(s). for example, to poke someone in the eye with a finger. É-tóhpe'éxaneno. He poked him in the eye(s). É-tóhpe'éxanénóho. He poked him in the eye(s). (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-tóhpe'éxanéšé vai. fall and poke (something) in the eye. É-tóhpe'éxanéše. He poked (something) in his (own) eye. See: -tóhpénéše. Category: fall, eyes.
-tóhpénéšé vai. fall and poke (something) in the eye. É-tóhpénéše. He poked (something) in his eye. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -tóhpe'éxanéšé. Category: fall, eyes.
-tónėšemenoo'éxáne vai. What color eyes? É-tónėšemenoo'éxáne? What color eyes does he have? Category: colors, eyes, record.
-tónetȯhtȧhéve'éxané vai. what color eyes. É-tónetȯhtȧhéve'éxáne? What color are his eyes? Category: colors, eyes.
-tótȧhpe'e'éxané vai. have big eyes. É-tótȧhpe'e'éxáne. He has big eyes. Category: eyes.
-tótȧhpe'tótoeóó'e vai. stand with eyes wide open. É-tótȧhpe'tótoeóó'e. He is standing with his eyes wide open. See: -tótóo'ó. Category: stand, eyes.
-tótȧhpe'tótóo'ó vai. eyes wide open. Éxaenėše-tótȧhpe'tótoo'oo'o póhkėsono. The kittens have their eyes wide open (now). See: -tótóo'ó. Category: eyes.
-totá'xėhaéné vai. have slit eyes. for example, of an Oriental person. É-totá'xėhaéne. He has slit eyes. Synonym -tovó'kėhaéné. Category: eyes.
-tótoeméohe vai. strain to open eyes. É-tótoeméohe. He is straining to open his eyes. fai: -méohe. Category: eyes.
-tótóeotse vai. open (one's own) eyes. É-tótoeotse. He opened his eyes. See: -tótóo'ó. Category: eyes.
-tótoešé vai. lie with eyes open. É-tótóéše. He is lying with his eyes open. See: -émȯhkoeše. Category: lie, eyes.
-tótȯhkóo'ó vai. start to open eyes, barely have eyes open. for example, of baby kittens or puppies. É-tótȯhkóó'o. He is starting to open his eyes. Category: eyes, sight.
-tótóo'ó vai. open eyes. É-tótóó'o. His eyes are open. [1987:111] Phon: not vs See: -tótoeotse. Category: sight, eyes.
-tótšėške'ėhaéné vai. small eyes - have. É-tótšėške'ėhaéne. He has small eyes. Phon: redup Category: eyes.
-tótšėške'ematséné vai. small eyes, squint eyes. É-tótšėške'ematséne. He has small eyes. Phon: redup Non-reduplicated -tšėške'ematséné. See: Tšėške'matsénéhe ‘Squint Eye’. Category: eyes.
-tovó'kėhaéné vai. slit eyes - have. É-tovó'kėhaéne. He has slit eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné; Synonym totá'xėhaéné. Category: eyes.
-tovó'kėhaéné vai. slit-eyed. É-tovó'kėhaéne. He has slit eyes. Medial -haéné. Category: eyes.
-tšėške'ematséné vai. squint eye. É-tšėške'ematséne. He is squint eyed. Reduplicated -tótšėške'ematséné. Category: eyes.
vé'henȯtse na. eyebrow. Plural vé'henoto. See: ma'éxae-vé'henȯtse; Méstaéve'henȯtse ‘Fonda’. Category: eyes.
-vóhpe'éxané vai. have white spots on eyes. É-vóhpe'éxáne. He has white spot(s) on his eyes. Category: eyes.
vóhtanée-'éxanestȯtse ni. eyelid. Usage: may be new word ?? Category: check. Lit: skin-eye-NOM Plural vóhtanée'éxanéstotȯtse. See: -'éxané. Category: eyes, new.
-vó'héne vai. white film over the eyes. É-vó'héne. He has white film over his eyes. Category: eyes. Medial -éne.
-vovéhpe'éxané vai. empty eye sockets. Móstȧhátsėstove-vovéhpe'éxanėhéhe. Both of his eyes (sockets) were empty. [Floating Eyes (Whitedirt).041] BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.
-vovéhpotoéne vai. hollow eyes, sunken eyes, empty eye sockets. É-vovéhpotoéne. He has sunken eyes/he has empty eye sockets (that is, no eyeballs). Category: eyes.
xo'ėhaénén vta. salve.tears. Ná-xo'ėhaénéno he'éxáá'e. I put salve in his eyes. É-xo'ėhaéneno. He put salve in his (other person's) eyes. É-xo'ėhaénénóho. He put salve in his (other person's) eyes. (newer pronunciation). Category: eyes, medicine.
-xo'ematsén vta. salve eyes of s.o. É-xo'ematsénahtse. He put salve on his own eyes. Category: eyes.