Cheyenne Dictionary

 government

government

hóna'oveme'ko   na. vice-chairman. Lit: added-head Variant: hóna'ovevéhoneme'ko. See: me'ko. Category: government.

hóna'ovevéhoneme'ko   na. vice-chairman. Lit: added-head Variant: hóna'oveme'ko. See: me'ko. Category: government.

-hóna'ovoem   vta. value s.o. as additional, value s.o. as second-in-line. É-hóna'ovoeme. It (or he) is second-in-line valued; he is the second officer. tsé-hóna'ovoemėstse vice-chairman. Lit: the one who is added on, next-in-line See: -véhonoem; -vovóoem. Category: government.

me'ko   1 • ni. head, hair. Plural mé'konȯtse. he-me'ko his/her head/hair. Medial -ovésé, -htséá, -a'(k)é. Category: body.

2 • ni. engine block. Me'ko éó'xeotse. The engine is cracked. Category: car.

3 • na. councilman, council member. Plural mé'kono; Obviative mé'kono; Feminine mé'koná'e. See: vého. Category: jobs, government, figurative.

mé'koná'e   na. 1 • council woman. Plural mé'koná'eo'o. See: me'ko. Category: jobs, government.

2 • Head Woman. Category: names.

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

Tsévášetaévoemėstse   na. President. of the United States. Synonym -vášėtaévoeme. Category: government.

Vášėtáéno   ni. Washington, D.C. Usage: phonetic (partial-word) borrowing from English, probably with the Cheyenne place final -enó See: -hóo'oohe; hóo'oohe. Category: government.

-vášėtaévoeme   vai. President - be. of the United States. É-vášėtaévoeme. He is President. Tsé-vášetaévoemėstse President. Category: government.

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