reptiles

áestóhkáhne   na. lizard. Variant: áestóhkóhne; Plural áestóhkȯhnaneo'o ??, áestóhkȯhnáne ??; Obviative áestóhkȯhnáne ??. These are bigger than salamanders and a little different from heó'ȯhtátóne 'lizards'; they are caught and a red ribbon is tied around their necks. See: háo'táoohēso; heó'ȯhtáto. Category: reptiles, check.

amėsema'ēno   na. box turtle. Lit: oblong-turtle (??) See: ma'ēno ‘turtle’. Category: reptiles, check.

éškȯseeséma'ēno   na. sand turtle, water turtle, soft-shelled turtle. Lit: sharp-nosed-turtle See: ma'ēno ‘turtle’. Category: reptiles.

háo'táoohēso   na. lizard, salamander. Ques: also salamander?? Lit: little fast runner (another recording) When you catch these you tie a red yarn on them then let them go for good luck. This animal is similar to a chameleon. Plural háo'táoohesono. háo'táoohésoneho lizards (alternate plural). See: heó'ȯhtáto. Obviative háo'táoohesono. See: áestóhkáhne ‘lizard’; heó'ȯhtáto ‘lizard’. Category: reptiles, animals, check.

he'óonéma'ēno   na. snapping turtle. Category: reptiles.

hoxoméema'ēno   na. mud turtle. Lit: stink-turtle Usage: od See: ma'ēno. Category: reptiles.

mȧhpéma'ēno   na. river turtle, water turtle. Category: reptiles.

ma'ēno   na. 1 • turtle. (another recording) Ma'enóne éohkepėhéveénėheo'o ȯxhonóhevosėstse naa máto ȯxho'oehévosėstse. Turtles taste good when they are baked and also when they are boiled. [1979:205] Ma'ēno énėhpoése. It is foggy (lit. turtle is hanging closed; this expression must have something to do with beliefs about turtles)., Some people just say ma'ēno for fog. Etym: *mexkena·hkwa (Go88); *meʔkena·hkwa (Pi) ‘snapping turtle’. Plural ma'enóne; Obviative ma'enóne; Diminutive ma'enó'késo. Category: reptiles, animals.

2 • someone who copies others. Category: figurative. like little turtles which follow a leader and hide in their shells.

3 • someone who won't listen. Category: figurative. Ma'enóné-áhe éhešė-hesó'xo'ēsta. He has ears like turtles (that is, he won't listen). Someone who won't listen is said to have ears like turtles. This is an effective and humorous idiom, since it is considered that turtles basically have no ears (or just small flaps which hardly count as ears).

4 • Turtle. Category: names.

ma'xėheó'ȯhtáto   vai. alligator, dinosaur. Category: new. Lit: big-salamander Category: animals, reptiles.

sášėškóvéta   na. watersnake. Variant: sásȯhkóvéta, sásóvéta. Category: reptiles, snakes.

tóhtoo'éma'ēno   na. land turtle. Lit: prairie-turtle See: ma'ēno. Category: reptiles.