Cheyenne Dictionary

 pray

pray

-á'ėhahtsévoena'tov   vta. thank s.o. in prayer. Naa, Ma'hēō'o, né-á'ėhahtsévoena'tovȧtse. And, God, I thank you in prayer. [PRAISE.TXT] fai: -óená. Category: pray.

-háóéná   vai. pray. É-háóéna. He is praying. Ná-háóéna. I prayed. É-háoenao'o. They are praying. Náohkeméo-háóéna. I pray in the morning. Nétȧ-háoenama! Let's pray! Néx-háóénȧhtse! Pray! Háóéna! Pray! (said to a group). Ééševóonā'o, ohkė-háóéna! It is already morning, pray! (said to a group). Mó'é-háóéna? Is he praying? Néto'sė-háoenahe? Are you going to pray? Nátȧ-háóéna. Let me pray. Compare that with this next word: Nátȧ-hoóna. Let me close it. Preverb háóénáve-. See: -óéná; -háóéné; -hoóná close s.t.. Category: church, sacred, pray.

-háoena'heóneve   vai. be a prayerful person. É-háoena'heóneve. He is a prayerful person. tsé-háoena'heónevėstse the one who is a prayerful person. Category: pray.

-háoenavȯhóov   vta. motion s.o. to pray. É-háoenavȯhóovóho. He motioned to him to pray. Ná-háoenavȯhóóvo. I motioned to him to pray. fta: -(o)hóov. Category: sign, pray.

-háoenavomotah   vta. pray for s.o. É-háoenavomotȧhóho. He prayed for him. Ná-háoenavomotāho. I'm praying for him. Né-háoenavomotȧhatséme. I am praying for you (plural). Né-háoenavomotȧhatsemeno. We are praying for you. Nétamȧhe-háoenavomotȧhone! Let's all pray for him! Háoenavomotȧxeha! Pray for him! Pray for him Wayne.mp3. Néx-háoenavomotaxėstse! Pray for me! Naa tsėhéóhe náéetšėhešė-háoenavomotȧhoo'o tsé'tóhe tsėhéóhe tséhéstanovese. And I prayed for all the people here. [1987:99] Category: pray.

-háóénáxe   vai. pray lying down, lie praying. É-háóénáxe. He is praying lying down. fai: -šená. Category: lie, pray.

hetáóéná   -hetáóéná. vai. Ques: rr pray so. ... é-hetáóéna. ... that is how he prayed. "Hápó'e náohkėhetáóéna," éhevoo'o. Also I pray this way," she said. [Ke'eehe.03] fai: -áóéná. See: -háóéná. Category: pray.

-hetóéna   vai. Gram: rr so pray, pray that way. ... é-hetóéna. ... that is how he prayed. ... ná-hetóéna. ... that is how I prayed. Category: pray.

htáoenahtot   ni. Gram: poss prayer. Morph: /-htáóénáhtot/. nȧ-htáoenahtȯtse my prayer. [Hymn 97] Category: pray.

-kávoena'tov   vta. plead with s.o. in prayer, pray pleading with s.o. É-kávoena'tovóho. He prayed pleading with him. See: -momóhtsem; -háóéná. Category: pray.

-momóhtsem   vta. plead with s.o., beg s.o. Can be said in prayer to God, for example, Némomóhtsemȧtse 'I plead with you, or Né-momóhtsematsemeno 'We plead with you'. If you plead with someone based on the memory of one of their deceased loved ones, it is very powerful. They feel a lot of pressure to give you what you are pleading for. É-momóhtsemóho. He pleaded with him. Né-momóhtsematséme. We plead with you. Náéve-momóhtsemoo'o. I pleaded with them. Náonése-momóhtsemoo'o. I tried to motivate them. See: momóxe-; -kávoena'tov. Category: speak, pray, interpersonal.

-momóhtsemóéna'tov   vta. plead in prayer to s.o. Ná-momóhtsemóéná'tóvo. I'm pleading while praying to him. See: -momóhtsem; -háóéná'tov; -háóéna. Category: pray.

nėhesóneha   vii. amen, Let it be that way! This is the way Petter translated the meaning of the original Hebrew word "amin" which is pronounced as "amen" in English. The Hebrew word meant "let it be that way". Some Cheyennes use this word, nėhesóneha, at the end of their prayers. Other Cheyennes use the words hena'háanéhe or nėhē'še at the end of their prayers which were traditionally used at the end of stories, speeches, or prayers. See: hena'háanéhe; nėhē'še. Category: pray.

-óéná   fai. pray. Éhá-óéná. He prayed, worshipped. Éomóm-óéna. He prayed weeping. Éém-óéna. He prayed secretly. Één-óéna. He stopped praying. Énėhet-óena'tovóho. He prayed that way to him. Category: pray.

-omómóéná   vai. cry praying, pray weeping. É-omómóéna. He prayed weeping. fai: -óéná. See: -háóéná pray. Category: cry, pray.