face
-á'avéné vai. drooping face. 
É-á'avéne. He has a droopy face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-á'avéné'ó vai. sad faced. É-á'avéné'o. He looks sad. Variant: -á'evéné'ó. See: -méstová; -kávéné. Category: face.
-á'evéné'ó vai. sad faced. É-á'evéné'o. He has a sad face. Variant: -á'avéné'ó. See: -méstová. Category: face, emotions.
-amėséné vai. have a horizontal face. This is a squashed down appearance. É-amėséne. He has a horizontal face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-é'koméne vai. have a greasy face. É-é'koméne. He has a greasy face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-é'oméné vai. greasy faced. É-é'oméne. He has a greasy face. BodyPartMedial -éné; Variant: -é'koméné. Category: face.
-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.
-háeanávéné vai. hungry face. É-háeanávéne. He looks hungry. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-haéné m. teary eyed. Émomáhpe'ė-haéne. He has watery eyes. Étó'ėsė-haéne. He has long tears. Énoné'k-ėhaéne. He has tear stains around his eyes. Tovó'kė-haénéhe Japanese person. See: -éné ‘eye’; -háéné ‘awful face’. Category: face, cry.
-háéné vai. awful face. for example, from being beat up really bad. É-háéné. He has an awful looking face. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -haéné ‘teary-eyed’; -háenevoová. Category: face.
-háéné'o vai. have a shocked face, have a crying face. É-háéné'o. He has a shocked face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-háenevoová vai. face all beat up. É-háénévóóva. His face was all beat up. See: -háéné. Category: face.
hámȯhtsėhnéstóva ni. by tepees. nexa hámȯhtsėhnéstóva tsénėhe'ėsévoénėstse two tepees long-faced. That was a funny phrase said once by a lady related to a long- faced man whom she wished to shame for having beaten his wife; it means something like: "his face is so long he could pitch two tepees on it". Category: face.
-háomóhtȧhévéné vai. sick face - have a. É-háomóhtȧhévéne. He looks sick. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face, sickness.
-hávėsévéné vai. bad face, ugly face. É-hávėsévéne. He has an ugly face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-hávėsévéné'o vai. make a bad face. É-hávėsévéné'o. He made a bad face. Category: face.
-hé'heéné vai. wrinkled face. É-hé'heéne. He has a wrinkled face. Phon: redup BodyPartMedial -éné; Variant: -hé'heškéné. Category: face.
-he'heméné vai. have a freckled face. É-he'heméne. He has a freckled face. (another recording) BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-hé'heškéné vai. wrinkled face. É-hé'héškéne. He has a wrinkled face. Náéšease-hé'héškéne. I'm already starting to have a wrinkled face. Variant: -hé'heéné. Category: face.
-he'keóméné vai. fat face. É-he'keóméne. He has a fat face. Variant: -he'keómévéné. Category: face.
-he'keómévéné vai. fat face. É-he'keómévéne. He has a fat face. BodyPartMedial -éné; Variant: -he'keóméné. Category: body, face.
-he'kóóvéné vai. wet face. É-he'kóóvéne. He has a wet face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-he-maéné vai. have sores on face. É-hemaéne. He has sores on his face. Etym: *wemeki·nkwe·wa. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-he-mé'oonévéné vai. lovestruck face - have a. É-he-mé'oonévéne. He has a lovestruck face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face, emotions.
-heóvéné vai. yellow face; jaundiced face. É-heóvéne. He has a yellow/jaundiced face. Etym: *wesa·wi·nkwe·wa. BodyPartMedial -éné. Etym: cf. O osaawinezi (N). Category: face.
-heóvȯxé'e vai. yellow painted face. É-heóvȯxé'e. He is face-painted yellow. Category: face, colors.
-héséné vai. face come from there. for example, from that side of the family. É-héséne. His face comes from there. BodyPartMedial -éné ‘face’. Category: face.
-hesėséne'še vai. have twitching in face. É-hesėséne'še. He has twitching in his face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: body, face.
-hesó'xéné vai. shiny face. É-hesó'xéne. He has a shiny face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
hestséne ni. his face, her face. Stem -htséné. Ques: recheck pitches?? Category: Oklahoma, face, body, check.
-heše'événé vai. dirty face. É-heše'événe. He has a dirty face. Etym: *ašiškyi·wi·nkwe·wa. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -ho'sotséné. Category: face.
-hešéné vai. Gram: rr so faced. ... é-hešéne. ... that is what his face looks like. tsé-hešénėstse the way his face looks. This can be humorous, referring to how someone looks after they have done something wrong. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
hešene ni. his/her face. Ques: recheck?? Category: check, body, face.
-hešénéóó'e vai. Gram: rr be so faced standing. ... é-hešénéóó'e ... he has such a face standing. tséhešénéóó'ėstse the way his/her face appeared while standing. This especially refers to how someone's face looks after they have been reprimanded for not doing something they were asked to do or for misbehaving. BodyPartMedial -éné; fai: -óé2. Category: stand, face.
-hoháetoéne vai. scared face, face with too much makeup, amazing face. É-hoháetoéne. He has a face that looks so scared. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-hoháetoéné'ó vai. scared looking face. É-hoháetoéné'o. He looks really scared. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-hohátséné vai. smiley face. É-hohátséné. He has a smiley face. See: -xaéméné; -hohatse ‘laugh’. Category: face.
-hohátséné'ó vai. smile. É-hohátséné'o. He is smiling. Ques: smile or laugh?? Hohátséné'ȯhtse! Smile! Usage: Less commonly used than -xaaméné'ó See: xaaméné'ó. Category: face.
-hohkó'séné vai. have a purple face. É-hohkó'séne. He has a purple/bruised face. Medial -éné. Category: face, colors.
-hohtȧhévéne vai. have birthmark on the face. É-hohtȧhévéne. He has a birthmark on his face. Category: face.
-ho'sotséne vai. have a dirty face. É-ho'sotséne. He has a dirty face. This is sometimes said by children to tease each other. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -ho'sotahe; -heše'événé. Category: face.
-hóoménen vta. cover face of s.o. É-hóoménenahtse. He covered his (own) face. [pd311] Category: face.
-hoónȯséné'ó vai. lonely face - have a. É-hoónȯséné'o. He has a lonely face. Category: face, emotions.
-hóxe'éné vai. have a clean face. É-hóxe'éne. He has a clean face. Antonym -ho'sótséné; BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-hoxomééné vai. face smell rotten. É-hoxomééne. He has a smelly face. É-hoxoméeneo'o. They have smelly faces. Usage: humorous; used as an epithet Variant: -hoxeméené. Category: face, smell, check.
-htséné Gram: poss ni. face. he-stsene ?? his/her face. Ques: recheck pitches?? Ques: are there actually words for face in Ch?? Category: Oklahoma, face, body, check.
-kȧhanéné vai. lazy faced, tired faced. É-kȧhanéne. He has a tired face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-kȧhaneotsévéné vai. tired face. É-kȧhaneotsévéne. He has a tired face. Category: face.
-kȧhkoéné vai. have a thin face. É-kȧhkoéne. He has a thin face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-ka'éné vai. short face. É-ka'éne. He has a short face. Variant: -ka'événé; Initial ka'-; BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-ka'ėškónevéné vai. child face. É-ka'ėškónévéne. He has the face of a child. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-ka'événé vai. short face. É-ka'événe. He has a short face. Variant: -ka'éne. Category: face.
-kávéné vai. sad face. Lit: droop-faced É-kávéne. He has a sad face. Kávéné'e Sad Faced (a dog's name). See: -á'avéne'ó. Category: face.
-kóénéšé vai. get hit in the face. É-kóénéše. ?? He got hit in the face.?? fell and bumped his face?? Category: face, hit, check.
-koóséné vai. have a tiny face. É-kóóséne. He has a tiny face. Medial -éné. See: -koóhtahe. Category: face.
-mȧhtamȧháahévéné vai. old woman face. É-mȧhtamȧháahévéné. She has an old woman face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-mákȯhévéné vai. monkey - look like a. Lit: (be) monkey-faced É-mákȯhévéne. He looks like a monkey. BodyPartMedial -éné ‘face’. See: mákohe ‘monkey’. Category: face, animals.
-ma'éné vai. have a red face. É-ma'éne. He has a red face. Etym: *meçkwi·nkwe·wa. See: -ma'éneotse. Category: face.
-ma'éné'ó vai. blush. É-ma'éné'o. He blushed. See: -ma'éneotse. Category: face.
-ma'énéohtsé vai. blush. É-ma'énéóhtse. He is blushing. Category: face, colors.
-ma'énevose vai. red face from cold, face red from cold. É-ma'énevose. He has a red face from the cold. Etym: *meçkwi·nkwe·watiwa. fai: -ose1; BodyPartMedial -éné. Phon: hpo See: -ma'eesévose ‘nose red from cold’. Category: temperature, face.
-ma'évené vai. bloody face - have a. É-ma'événe. He has a bloody face. See: -ma'éveesé. Category: face.
-ma'évoéne vai. red paint on face - have. É-ma'évoéne. He has red paint on his face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
Ma'evoénėstse na. Red Painted Face. BodyPartMedial -voéné. Category: face, names.
-ma'háhkėsévéné vai. old man face. É-ma'háhkėsévéne. He has an old man face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-ma'heónėstȯxe'é vai. sacred writings on face, painted sacred. É-ma'heónėstȯxé'e. He has sacred writings on his face. Category: face, ceremonial.
-ma'ȯxe'é vai. red-painted face. especially of dancer. É-ma'ȯxē'e. He is face-painted red. See: Ma'etomoná'e; -ma'évoéné. Category: dance, colors, face.
-máméné vai. have a big face. É-máméne. He has a big face. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -tȧhpe'éné. Category: face.
-mano'kéné vai. have a together face. refers to the facial features being close together. É-mano'kéne. His facial features are together. Category: face.
-mȧsėhávéné vai. crazy face. É-mȧsėhávéne. He has a crazy face. Category: face.
ma-tsėhešénestȯtse ni. face. netao'o he-tšėhešénėstóva all over on her face. [1987:253] Usage: not widely used Category: body, face.
-mé'hovávéné vai. hairy faced. É-mé'hovávéne. He has a hairy face. Vé'hó'e éohkemȧhe-mé'hováveneo'o. Whitemen have hairy faces. [1987:221] BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -mé'šéné ‘hairy faced’. Category: face, hair.
-mé'šeeséve'ho'événé vai. Mexican face. É-mé'šeeséve'ho'événé. He has a Mexican face. Category: face.
-méstaévéné vai. ghost faced, ghostly look. É-méstaévéne. He has a ghostly looking face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
méstaévénéhe na. ghost face, spook face. Usage: teasing word Category: face.
-mókééné vai. have a small face. É-mókééne. He has a small face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-mo'ȯhtáévén vta. darken s.o.'s face. for example, for Halloween. É-mo'ȯhtávénénóho. He darkened his (obv) face. See: -mo'ȯhtávȯxe'én. Category: face.
-mo'ȯhtávéné vai. have a dark face, have a black face. É-mo'ȯhtávéne. He has a black/dark face. Etym: *maxkate·wi·nkwe·wa. Category: face.
-mo'ȯhtávénén vta. darken face of s.o. É-mo'ȯhtáveneno. He darkened his (obv) face. É-mo'ȯhtávénénóho. He darkened his (obv) face. (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face, colors.
-mo'ȯhtávȯxe'én vta. paint s.o.'s face black, blacken face of s.o. É-mo'ȯhtávȯxe'eno. He painted his (obv) face black. É-mo'ȯhtávȯxe'énóho. He painted his (obv) face black. (newer pronunciation). tséméhaevé'še-mo'ȯhtávȯxe'énȧhtsesėse with which he had darkened his (own) face. [1987:270] BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: colors, face.
-mo'ȯhtséne vai. black painted face. É-mo'ȯhtséne. He has black paint on his face. See: -mo'ȯhtsénéne; -mȯxe'éné; -mȯxe'énéné; -mo'ȯhtávéné. Category: face, colors.
-mo'ȯhtsénéné vai. paint faces black. especially refers to when a soldier has returned from combat and he/she paints people who come through the line at his/her victory dance ?? É-mo'ȯhtsénéne. He is putting black paint on faces. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -mȯxe'éné; -mȯxe'énéné; -mo'ȯhtávéné. Category: face, colors, check.
-mo'onavéné vai. beautiful face. É-mo'onavéne. He (or She) has a beautiful face. Category: face.
-momá'ko'éné vai. 1 • have red eyes; have pink eye. É-momá'kó'éne. He has red eyes; he has pink eye. Phon: hl Medial -éné, Variant -momá'o'éné.
2 • red eyes from crying because boyfriend got married to someone else. Category: figurative, sickness, face.
-momáta'éné vai. have a mean looking face. É-momáta'éne. He has a mean face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-moménovéné vai. have a rugged face (rugged?? É-moménovéne. He has a rugged face. Ésáa-moménovénéhe. He is not a smiley person. Category: face, check.
-moménovéné'ó vai. mean face. only used in the negative. Ésáa-moménovéné'óhe. He has a mean expression. See: -ta'ovéné'ó. Category: face.
-mótȯhéné vai. have a pale face. É-mótȯhéne. He has a pale face. [jwa 1/26/98] BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -vóhpéné. Category: face.
-mótȯhéneotse vai. pale in the face. É-mótȯhéneotse. His face got pale / he paled. Medial -éné. See: -mótahe. Category: face.
-mȯxe'éné vai. painted face. for example, for a Victory Dance. É-mȯxe'éne. He has a painted face. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -mȯxe'énéné. Category: face.
-mȯxe'énén vta. paint face of s.o. É-mȯxe'éneno. He painted his (other person's) face. É-mȯxe'énénóho. He painted his (other person's) face. (newer pronunciation). Category: face, ceremonial.
-mȯxe'énéné vai. paint face. especially for Victory Dance. É-mȯxe'énéne. He is painting face(s). BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -mȯxe'éné; -mo'ȯhtsénéne. Category: face.
-náhkȯhévéné vai. bear face. É-náhkȯhévéne. He has a bear face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-naóotsévéné vai. sleepy face. É-naóotsévéne. He has a sleepy looking face. BodyPartMedial -éné ‘face’. See: -naóotse ‘sleep’. Category: face.
-nėhaéneh(n) vta. wipe tears of s.o. Ná-nėhaénéhno. I wiped his tears. É-nėhaénehno. He wiped his tears. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -nėhohené ‘wipe’. Category: cry, face.
-nėhe'ėsévoéné vai. have such a long face. nexa hámȯhtsėhnéstóva tsé-nėhe'ėsévoénėstse two tepees long-faced. That is funny. It was said once by a lady related to a long- faced man whom she wished to shame for having beaten his wife. It means something like: "his face is so long he could pitch two tepees on it". BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-nėhévȯhoéné vai. wipe face. for example, wiping face with a towel. É-nėhévȯhoéne. He wiped his (own) face with a towel. Nėhévȯhoénėstse! Wipe your face (with a towel)! BodyPartMedial -éné; Variant: -névȯhoénehe. See: -nėše'šévoéné ‘wash face’. Category: face, groom.
-nėhévȯhoénéh(n) vta. wipe face of s.o. with an object. such as wiping a face with a towel. É-nėhévȯhoénehno. He wiped his face with a towel. É-nėhevȯhoénėhestse. He wiped his (own) face with a towel. See: -nėhaénen. Category: face, groom.
-nėhpéné vai. be totally blind. Lit: obstructed-face É-nėhpéne. He is totally blind. Etym: *kepi·nkwe·wa. See: -ó'ó'éné ‘blind’. Category: sickness, face.
-néméné vai. crooked face. É-néméne. He has a crooked face. That is pronounced exactly the same as Énéméne 'He is singing'. Ésáa-némenėheo'o. They don't have crooked faces. tséh-némenévȯse when they sang. hó'-néménėstse whenever he sings. Névááhe tséto'senéménėstse? Who is going to sing? That can be said during a sweat. Initial ném-; BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -némené ‘sing’; -némahtsé ‘have a crooked mouth’. Etym: *pyi·mi·nkwe·wa (P). Category: face.
-nėše'šévoén vta. wash face of s.o. Hénėhéóhe móéenėše'šévoénȧhtsėhéhe. There he washed his face. [The Owl.009] Variant: -nėše'šévoénén. Category: groom, face.
-nėše'šévoéné vai. wash face. É-nėše'šévoéne. He washed his (own) face. Etym: cf *kesi·ʔši·nkwe·wa (P) ‘he washes his face’. Nééše-neše'šévoénehe? Did you already wash your face? Héehe'e, náéše-nėše'šévoéne. Yes, I already faced my face. Násáa'éšeméo-nėše'šévoénéhe. I did not yet wash my face this morning. Some speakers humorously point out that é-šé'ševoéne 'he has a duck face' is very close in sound. Nėstōtse é-nėše'šévoéne; nevá'esėstse éto'sėho'ėho'ōhtse. Your pet is washing its face; someone is going to come (for example, to visit)? (a Cheyenne belief that if a pet is washing its face someone is going to visit; cf. -hetame for a similar belief). Nėše'šévoénėstse! Wash your face! Tȧhé-nėše'šévoénėstse! Go wash your face! BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -nėhévȯhoéné; -nėše'šėhe'oná. Category: face, groom.
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-nėše'šévoénén vta. wash face of s.o. É-nėše'šévoéneno. He washed his (other person's) face. É-nėše'šévoénénóho. (newer pronunciation). Ques: recheck pronunciation of that 2nd verb esp. voén?? Variant: -nėše'šévoén. Category: face, groom, check.
-nėše'šévoéneohe vai. wash face quickly. É-nėše'šévoéneohe. He washed his (own) face quickly. BodyPartMedial -éné; fai: -ohe. Category: groom, face.
nėše'šévoénestȯtse ni. soap, sink, wash basin. Lit: wash-face-thing (another recording) Ques: recheck LH gloss of 'sink' and 'wash basin'?? Category: check. Plural nėše'šévoénėstotȯtse. See: nėhévȯhoénestȯtse ‘towel’. Category: face, groom.
-nétȧhévéne vai. different face. É-nétȧhévéne. He has a different face. for example, said when someone has plastic surgery on the nose. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-nétȧhéveneotse vai. masked, different faced. É-nétȧhéveneotse. He got 'different-faced'. Medial -éné; Final -otse. Category: face.
-netoeénéohtsé vai. have an itchy face. É-netoeénéóhtse. He has an itchy face. Category: sickness, face.
-névȯhoénehe vai. wipe face. É-névȯhoénehe. He wiped his (own) face. Variant: -nėhévȯhoéné; vta: -névȯhoénén. Category: face, groom.
-névȯhoéneh(n) vta. wipe face of s.o. with an object. for example, to wipe the face with a towel. É-névȯhoénehno. He wiped his face. É-névȯhoénėhnóho (newer pronunciation) He wiped his face. See: -nėhoná. Category: face.
-névȯhoénén vta. wipe face of s.o. É-névȯhoénenahtse. He wiped his (own) face. Variant: -nėhévȯhoéné. Category: face, groom.
-nėxoóséné vai. cute face. É-nėxoóséne. He has a cute face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-nomonéne vai. sleepy face, look sleepy. Lit: drowsy-face Ná-nomonéne. I look sleepy. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face, sleep.
-noné'kéne vai. smeared face, streaked face. É-noné'kéne. He has a streaked face. Variant: -nonó'kéné. Category: face.
-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.
-nonó'kéne vai. smeared face, streaked face. É-nonó'kéne. He has a streaked face. Variant: -noné'kéné. Category: face.
-nótsevéné vai. face from another tribe. É-nótsevéne. He has a face from another tribe. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-óeoméné'o vai. have a weepy face. É-óeoméné'o. He has a weepy face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: cry, face.
-óetsetanónavéné vai. anxious face - have an. É-óetsetanónávéne. He has an anxious face. Category: face, emotions.
-ohasévéné vai. shiny face. É-ohasévéne. He has a shiny face. Category: face.
-omóméné vai. crying face. That is, to have a face that looks like the person has been crying. É-omóméne. He has a crying face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-onémotoéné vai. have wandering eyes. É-onémotoéne. He has wandering/distorted eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-onéstaéné vai. have a round face. É-onéstaéne. He has a round face. Variant: -onéstȧhkéné. Category: face.
-onéstȧhkéné vai. have a round face. É-onéstȧhkéne. He has a round face. Variant: -onéstaéné; BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-ónėševénéohtsé vai. face hurt, hurt face. Ná-ónėšévénéóhtse. My face hurts. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face, sickness.
onétȧhévénén vta. change face of s.o. extensively. Non-reduplicated nétȧhévénén. Mó'ée-onétȧhévenenȧhtsėhéhe. He had changed his face. [The Man Who Turned Into Buffalo Bones.142] Category: face.
-ononéséne vai. goofy face, daffy face. É-ononéséne. He has a daffy looking face. A woman might say this of her son-in-law. Category: face.
-onótovȧšé'ševéné vai. drunk face - have a. É-onótovȧšé'šévéne. He has a drunk face. Category: face, sickness.
-óoetanévéné vai. Crow face. É-óoetanévéne. He has a Crow face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-oókȯhkévéné vai. dirty face. É-oókȯhkévéné. ?? He has a dirty face. Category: check, face.
-oó'honavéné vai. have chapped face. É-oó'honavéne. He has a chapped face. Category: face.
-otá'tavéne vai. blue face - have a. É-otá'tavéne. He has a blue face. Category: face, colors.
-páéné vai. 1 • powdery faced.
2 • raise Cain, mess around. É-páéne. He raised Cain, messed around. Nėhē'še éée-paéne. Then he raised Cain. Usage: probably figurative usage is most common BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face, figurative, figurative.
-páevenéotse vai. ashy faced - become. Éstȧxaemȧhe-páeveneotsesėstse. He got ashes all over his face. [Why the Mudhen Has Red Eyes (Glenmore).072] Category: face.
-pȧhoešénaotse vai. covered face. Né-pȧhoešénaotse. Your face is covered. Ques: recheck?? See: nėhpa'éet. Category: face, check.
-pėhévéné vai. nice face. É-pėhévéne. He has a nice face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
pėhévȯxe'énahtȯtse ni. makeup. Category: new, face, paint.
-póénéh(n) vta. slap s.o. in the face, punch s.o. in the face. É-póenehno. He slapped him in the face. É-póénėhnóho. He slapped him in the face. (newer pronunciation). Etym: *pa·ki·nkwe·hwe·wa (P). Náma'xe-póénéhno. I slapped him hard on the face (one hit). Ná-póenehe He slapped me. Synonym -póo'énéh(n); Reduplicated -pó'poénéh(n); BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-póénéšé vai. fall on face, hit face from falling. É-póénéše. He fell on his face. Etym: *pa·ki·nkwe·hšinwa (P). BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -kóna'éšé; -tóestáaxé; -háeoešešé. Category: fall, face.
-póhénévóová vai. bruised face. Ques: also swollen face?? É-póhénévóóvá. He has bruises on his face. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -póheotse. Category: face, check.
-pó'otoéné vai. gray.faced, gray face. É-pó'otoéne. He has a gray face. Medial -éné. Category: face.
-pó'poénéh(n) vta. slap s.o. in the face repeatedly; slap s.o. around on the face. É-pó'poenehno. He slapped him around on the face. Phon: redup Non-reduplicated -póénéh(n). Category: face.
-póo'énéh(n) vta. slap s.o. in the face. É-póo'énehno. He slapped his (obv) face. É-póo'énéhnóho. He slapped his face. (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -éné; Synonym -póéneh(n), -vé'eénéh(n). Category: violence, face.
-póo'éneše vai. fall on face. É-póo'énéše. He fell on his face. Category: face, fall, lie.
-popé'éné vai. pimply face. É-popé'éne. He has a pimply face. Category: face.
-séešéné vai. similar face. É-séešéneo'o. They resemble each other in the face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-séhpȧheéneotse vai. eyes stay open, can't go to sleep. É-séhpȧheéneotse. He can't go to sleep / his eyes just stay open. See: -ta'pȧheéné. Category: face, sleep.
-sévéné vai. drooping face, face drooping, face with no emotions. The face can droop due to sickness. É-sévéne. His face is drooping. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face, record.
-sóhkoméné vai. have a slender face. É-sóhkoméne. He has a long skinny face. Usage: typically has a humorous connotation Medial -éné. See: -tóhkonavéné. Category: face.
-tȧhpe'éné vai. big face. É-tȧhpe'éne. He has a big face. (another recording) Antonym -tšėške'éné. See: -nėhpéné; -máméné. Category: face.
-ta'ovéné vai. frown. É-ta'ovéne. He is frowning. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-ta'ovéné'ó vai. frown. É-ta'ovéné'o. He is frowning. Category: face.
-ta'oveotse vai. pout, frown. This is especially said of an unborn or newborn babies; "babies can sense how we feel or think about them. The 'for good' part of the meaning is simply implied. É-ta'oveotse. He frowned. Tse-ta'oveotseo'o. They will get mad (lit. frown) for good. Category: face.
-tátséné vai. have a contemptible face. É-tátséne. He has a contemptible face. Category: face.
-távéné vai. goofy face. É-távéne. He has a goofy looking face. Etym: *te·wi·nkwe·wa. Category: face.
-toéné vai. cold face. É-toéne. He has a cold face. Etym: *tahki·nkwe·wa. Náosee-toéne. My face is cold. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: body, face.
-tóhkonavéné vai. skinny face. É-tóhkonavéne. He has skinny face. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -sóhkoméné. Category: face.
-tó'oméné vai. stone face. É-tó'oméne. He has a stone face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-tó'oméné'ó vai. be stoic, poker-faced. É-tó'oméné'o. He is poker-faced, expressionless. Category: face.
Tomȯsénéhe Erect Face. Category: names, face.
-tónėšéne vai. how is the face, What is the matter with the face of s.o.? É-tónėšéne? What's the matter with his face? Usage: can be humorous Category: face.
-tónėšénee'e vai. what kind of face sitting; sit with what face. É-tónėšénee'e? What kind of a face does he have sitting? The following is a very humorous saying about someone who might be talking about the person who says this; this is usually said as a follow-up to the saying Nevá'esėstse tsétotóxemá'ėstse? 'Someone must be talkingabout me,' which is said by someone who sneezes twice. Náhósėháma mó-tónėšéneehéhe! His face must have been any old way! That is a very funny saying, wondering what someone's face looked like when he heard something; often has idea of criticism of that person. Phon: vs Category: face.
-totóhtséné vai. scarred face, scratched face. É-totóhtséne. He has a scarred face. Category: face.
-tsėhe'ėsevéné vai. long face. É-tsėhe'ėsevéne. He has a long face. BodyPartMedial -éné; Synonym -tsėhe'ėsévoéné. Category: face.
-tsėhe'ėsévoéné vai. have a long face. for example, a long angular face. É-tsėhe'ėsévoéne. He has a long face. Synonym -tsėhe'ėsevéné; Antonym -tsėhe'kėsévoéné. Category: face.
-tsėhe'kėsévoéné vai. short face. can be said of a person and also of horses and dogs. É-tsėhe'kėsévoéne. He has a short face. Antonym -tsėhe'ėsévoéné. Category: face.
-tšėhešéné vai. face look like this. For example, when someone's face looks like someone else's. É-tšėhešéne. His face looks this way. Éma'xe-tšėhešéne. There's something wrong with his face. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -tsėheto'éevá. Category: face, record.
-tšėške'éné vai. small face - have a. É-tšėške'éne. He has a small face. (another recording) Antonym -tȧhpe'éné. Category: face, size.
-vé'eénéh(n) vta. slap s.o. in the face. É-vé'eénehno. He slapped him in the face. É-vé'eénėhnóho. He slapped him in the face. (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -éné; Synonym -póo'énéh(n). See: vé'eestséáh(n). Category: face, violence.
-vé'ho'á'événé vai. white woman face. É-vé'ho'á'événé. She has a white woman face. Masculine -vé'ho'événé. Category: face.
-vé'ho'événé vai. whiteman face. É-vé'ho'événé. He has a whiteman face. Feminine -vé'ho'á'événé. Category: face.
-vé'kėséhemėstaévéné vai. owl face. É-vé'kėséhemėstaévéné. He has an owl looking face. Category: face, birds.
-voéné mbp. face. Énėše'šé-voéne. He washed his face. Phon: allomorph of -éné See: -éné. Category: face.
-vóhko'xéné vai. have a Roman nose. É-vóhko'xéne. He has a Roman nose. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: Vóo'xénéhe. Category: nose, face.
-vóhpe'xoéné vai. gray faced. especially of a horse. É-vóhpe'xoéne. He is gray faced. Éh-vóhpe'xoénėsesto. He (horse) was gray faced (pret). [1987:170] Ques: especially of a roan?? Medial -éné. See: -otá'tavová. Category: colors, face, horses.
-vóhpén vta. paint s.o. white on the face. especially of painting s.o. who will to dance in a Sun Dance. É-vóhpeno. He painted his face white. É-vóhpénóho. He painted his face white. (newer pronunciation). É-vóhpénáá'e. He (obv) painted his face white. Ná-vóhpéno. I painted him. É-vóhpenėhestse. She powdered her (own) face. Category: colors, face.
-vóhpéné vai. have a pale face, have a white face. for example, when painted for a Sun Dance. É-vóhpéne. He has a pale/powdered face. Etym: *wa·pi·nkwe·wa (P). BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -vóhpe; -mótȯhéné. Category: face.
-vó'koméné na. white faced. É-vó'koméne. He is white faced. Category: face.
Vó'koméné'e na. White Faced Woman. Variant: Vó'oméné'e. Category: names, face.
-vó'oméné vai. have a light face. É-vó'oméne. He has a light face. Etym: *wa·xkami·nkwe·wa ‘he has a clean face’. Category: face, colors.
Vó'oméné'e na. White Faced Woman. Variant: Vó'koméné'e. Category: face, names.
-vóo'xéné vai. have a crooked nose, have a Roman nose. É-vóo'xéne. He has a Roman nose. Lit: crooked-face See: -vóhko'xéné. Category: nose, face.
-vovéhéné vai. scarred. É-vovéhéne. He has a scarred face. [The Man Who Turned Into Buffalo Bones.161] BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: face.
-xaaméné vai. smiley face, face smile. É-xááméne. He has a smily face. (another recording) See: cf *šo·mi·nkwe·wa (P); -hohátséné. Category: face.
-xaaméné'o vai. smile. É-xaaméné'o. He is smiling. Ques: -xaéméné'o ?? Category: check. See: -hohátséné'ó. Category: face.
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-xaameneotsé'tov vta. smile at s.o. can be used of flirting with someone. Ná-xaameneotsé'tova. He smiled at me. Ques: recheck pitches?? vai: -xaaméné'ó. Category: face.
-xo'évoéné vai. salve face. É-xo'évoéne. He is putting salve on his (own) face. Category: face.
-xo'évoénéh(n) vta. apply salve to face of s.o. É-xo'évoénėhnóho. He put salve on his face. É-xo'évoénėhestse. He put salve on his (own) face. See: -xo'évoénén ‘salve face of s.o.’; -xo'ėhe'onán ‘put salve on hand of s.o.’. Category: face.
-xo'évoénén vta. salve face of s.o. É-xo'évoénenahtse. He is rubbing his (own) face with salve. See: -xo'évoéneh(n). Category: face.