Cheyenne Dictionary

 horseshoes

horseshoes

-ésta'e'hasené   vai. ring. in horseshoes. Nexa é-ésta'e'hasēne. He got two ringers. ?? Category: check, games, horseshoes.

háá'ėše   p. far. Éše'he háá'ėše éhoése. The clock is high up. (for example, high up on the wall). Háá'ėše éhó'ta. It is far. (said when playing horseshoes). Antonym á'e, káhkėse. Phon: vs See: vó'héé'ėse; hákó'e; hoháá'ėše; hohátaa'ėše; -háa'esó; -háa'éhoma'o'e; háa'éše-. Category: distance, horseshoes.

-hoéstá4   vti. count s.t., read s.t. É-hoésta. He counted/read it. Etym: *akintamwa. Ná-hoésta. I'm counting / reading it. (another recording) É-hoéstánóvo. They read it. Hoéstȯhtse! Read it! Néx-hóéstȯhtse! Read it! Hoéstome! Count them! (said to more than one person). That is said, for example, when playing horseshoes. Tšéške'e náamė-hoésta. I'm reading a little. vta: -hoem. See: -hóooéstá. Category: school, horseshoes.

hoéstonestȯtse   ni. counting, reading, number, poster. vai: -hoéstóné. See: vé'ho'éhoéstonestȯtse Kindle reader. Category: school, horseshoes.

káhkėse   p. near, close. káhkėse tsénėxho'eohtsévȯse close they came. [1987:53] á'e káhkėse close. Reduplicated kokáhkėse; Synonym á'e. Category: positions, distance, horseshoes.

ma'aataévėhahtáno'haméstotȯtse tsé'ȯhkeasėta'hame   ni. horseshoes - pitches, pitching horseshoes. Category: horseshoes.

ma'aataévėhahtáno'hamestȯtse   ni. horseshoe. Lit: iron-foot-horse-NOM also, the word for the horseshoe used in the game of horseshoes. Plural ma'aataévėhahtáno'haméstotȯtse. Category: games, horses, horseshoes.

-taeváhá   vti. measure s.t. É-taeváha. He measured it. Éohke-taeváhánóvo. They measured (the tepee). [1987:222] Taevááhtse! ?? Measure it! (for example, when playing horseshoes). Category: check. vta: -taevah(n). Category: horseshoes.