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-háe'sevó   vii. flow fast. É-háe'sēvo. It is flowing fast. fii: -e'sevó; Synonym -nėševe'sevó. Category: liquid, speed.

-he'keameohe   vai. slowly go, drive slowly. É-he'keameohe. He is going slowly. He'keameoestse! Slow down! Category: speed, car.

-héne'enáotsé'tá   vti. know s.t. quickly, understand s.t. quickly. É-héne'enáotsé'ta. He knew it right away. Nátaéšė-héne'enáotsé'ta. I understand / realize it now. Nátaéšėpėhévė-héne'enáotsé'ta. I really know now what it means. Nátamónė-héne'enáotsé'ta. I have just now realized it. Nátȧ-héne'enáotsé'ta hámó'ȯhtse tséxhenove. I have come to understand for example what is said. Category: cognition, speed.

-hóohta'ó   vai. go home quickly. É-hóohtā'o. He went home quickly. Éstaévanėhešėho'ė-hóohtā'o. That's how he got back home quickly. [Red Bird, Runaway Cheyenne Boy.051] Category: motion, speed.

-máxome'há   vai. fly slowly, slowly fly. É-máxomē'ha. He flew slowly. Naa mo'ē'ha móhmáxome'hahéhe. And the magpie flew slowly. [The Great Race.029] Ques: recheck spelling?? See: -momáxome'há. Category: fly, speed.

momáxome-   pv. deliberately, ponderingly, musingly, slowly. éohke-momáxomenestse He talks slowly (for example, when he talks Ch. he talks slowly and deliberately, thinking as he speaks). É-momáxometāno He is meditating/he is musing. É-momáxomeameōhtse He is walking deliberately. É-momáxomemé'ésta. He explained it slowly. Category: speed.

-néhá'ené   vai. cook quickly. É-néhá'éne. ?? She is cooking quickly. fai: -ahá'ené. See: -néhahá'ené; -nėševȧhá'ené. Category: cook, speed, check.

-néhe'xóveotse   vii. time go by quickly, time come quickly. É-néhe'xóveotse. The time came quickly. Ques: Étaome-néhe'xóveotse ?? And time is going by quickly on its own.mp3 Category: time, speed, check.

nėšev-   i. fast, rapid. É-nėševe'sēvo. It (water, especially river) is flowing ("running") fast. É-nėšev-o'ȧhéotse. He ran fast. É-nėševenestse. He speaks fast. Preverb nėševe-. Category: speed.

Nėševaestse   vai. Gram: ppl Swift. Variant: Ȯhnėševaestse. Category: names, speed.

-nėševȧhá'ené   vai. cook fast. É-nėševȧhá'éne. She is cooking fast. See: -néhahá'ené cook fast; nėševȧhá'enēō'o microwave oven. Category: cook, speed.

-nėševahe   vai. fast, swift. É-nėševahe. He is fast. Vóhkooheho éohke-nėševȧheo'o. Rabbits are fast. Antonym -nóvahe. See: Nėševaestse. Category: personality, speed.

-nėševȧho'he   vai. drive fast. É-nėševȧho'he. He is driving fast. Category: speed, drive.

-nėšéva'éno'hamé   vai. drive fast. É-nėšéva'éno'hāme. He drove fast. fai: -a'éno'hamé. See: -nėševo'ȧhéotse. Category: drive, speed, car.

-nėševa'ham   vta. throw s.o. fast. É-nėševa'hamóho. He threw him fast. Nėševa'hameha! Pitch fast! Lit: throw him, ball, animate, fast fta: -a'ham. Category: baseball, speed, throw.

-nėševa'haso'he   vai. ride horse fast. É-nėševa'haso'he. He rode horse fast. fai: -a'hasó'he. Category: horses, speed.

-nėševa'ó   vii. go swiftly, go quickly, fly quickly. can refer to the rapid flight of an arrow.

vai. go swiftly, leap fast, go quickly, fly quickly. can refer to how a basketball player leaps to catch the ball. É-nėševā'o. It went swiftly. (another recording) Hevovetȧsono éohke-nėševa'oo'o. Dragonflies fly fast. See: -nėševe'há. Category: hunt, speed, basketball.

-nėševa'ov   drive s.o. fast. for example, of driving cattle. É-nėševa'ovóho. He drove him fast. Category: speed, move.

-nėševe   pv. fast, quickly, swiftly, rapidly. É-nėševėhotse'ohe. He worked swiftly. É-nėševėháá'ha. The wind is blowing fast. É'ȯsee-nėševėháá'há. The wind was really blowing hard. [1987:30] Initial nėšev-. See: nonótove-; vé's-; véseh- ??. Category: check, speed.

-nėševee'e   vai. grow fast. É-nėševee'e. He is growing fast. See: -éšee'e. Category: speed.

-nėševehné   vai. walk fast. É-nėševēhne. He walked fast. fai: -ehné. Category: walk, speed.

-nėševe'há   vai. fly fast. É-nėševē'ha. He flew fast. fai: -e'há. Category: fly, speed.

-nėševe'haná   vai. eat fast. É-nėševe'hāna. He ate fast. fai: -e'haná. Category: eat, speed.

-nėševe'hanáotse   vai. eat fast. É-nėševe'hanáotse. He ate fast. Category: eat, speed.

-nėševe'háohe   vai. fly fast. É-nėševe'háohe. He flew fast. Category: fly, speed.

-nėševe'sevó   vii. flow fast. É-nėševe'sēvo. It is flowing fast. fii: -'sevó; Synonym -háa'sevó. Category: liquid, speed.

-nėševe'xove   vii. time go fast. É-nėševe'xove. Time is "flying". fii: -e'xove. Category: time, speed.

-nėševeméohe   vai. run fast. É-nėševeméohe. He is running fast. fai: -méohe. See: -nėševo'ȧhéotse. Category: run, speed.

-nėševenestse   vai. talk fast. É-nėševenestse. He talks fast. fai: -nestse. See: -vé'ėstovenestse rapidly talk. Category: speak, speed.

-nėševenoné   vai. sing fast. É-nėševenōne He sang fast. fai: -noné; Antonym -nóvenoné. Category: sing, speed.

-nėševeohe   vai. drive fast, walk fast. É-nėševeohe. He is driving fast. Hóvéhno nėševeoestse! Speed up a little! See: -aseohe. Category: walk, speed, drive.

-nėševeohtsé   vai. walk fast, go fast. É-nėševeōhtse. He is walking fast. Nėhē'še nonó'hónó'e móstanėšenó'-nėševeohtsėhéhe. Then more and more he was galloping (his horse). [1987:170] Antonym -nóveohtsé. See: -onótoveohtsé. Category: walk, speed.

-nėševeotse   vii. fast - become. É-nėševeotse. It/He has become fast.?? Category: speed, check.

-nėševeotsétó   vii. fast, rush. naa éohkevésetanoo'o tā'se é-nėševeotséto héstanovestȯtse and (now people) are in a hurry, like life is rushed. [1987:224] Category: speed.

-nėševeváohe   vai. throw fast. for example, to throw a fast ball in baseball. É-nėševeváohe. He threw (it) fast. fai: -váohe. Category: baseball, throw, speed.

-nėševevoneohe   vai. crawl fast. É-nėševevoneohe. He is crawling fast. Category: motion, speed.

-nėševó   vii. fast - be, rapid - be. É-nėšévo. It is fast/it is rapid. Category: speed.

-nėševoése   vai. fly fast, hang fast. É-nėševoése. He is flying fast. for example, of a star (animate). fai: -oése. See: -nėševa'ó; -nėševe'há. Category: fly, speed, check.

-nėševoésta   vii. time fly fast. É-nėševoésta Time is rolling along fast. fii: -oéstá. Category: fly, speed, time.

-nėševoéstóné   vai. read fast, quickly read. É-nėševoéstóne. He read fast. fai: -oéstóné. Category: school, speed.

-nėševo'ȧhéotse   vai. run fast, go fast in a car, drive fast. É-nėševo'ȧhéotse. He ran fast. Ta-nėševo'ȧhéotsėstse! Go faster! Hóvéhno nėševo'ȧhéotsėstse! Speed up a little! fai: -o'ȧhéotse. See: -nėšéva'éno'hamé; -háeohe; -nėševeohe; -nėševeméohe. Category: speed, car, drive.

nėševo'ȧhéotsétó   vii. go fast. Éoseenėševo'ȧhéotséto. It was going really fast. [The Hunter and the Badger.38] Category: speed, car, drive.

-nėševó'ané   vai. say fast. É-nėševó'áne. He speaks rapidly. fai: -ó'ané. See: -nėševenestse; -nonótovó'ané. Category: speak, speed.

-nėševo'asé   vii. fire go fast. É-nėševo'āse. The fire is going fast. Initial nėšev-; fii: -o'asé. Category: fire, speed.

-nėševó'eohe   vai. travel quickly by wagon. É-nėševó'eohe. He traveled quickly by wagon. fai: -ó'e1. Category: roll, speed.

-nėševo'ha'eohtsé   vai. walk at a medium pace. É-nėševo'ha'eōhtse. He is walking at a medium pace. Nėsta-nėševo'ha'eohtsémáne. Let's walk moderately fast. Medial -o'ha'e. See: -nėševeohtsé. Category: walk, speed.

-nėševotse'ohe   vai. work fast. Whites are perceived to work fast. É-nėševotse'ohe. He worked fast. É-nėševotse'óheo'o. They worked fast. Heávohe é-nėševotse'ohe. The Devil is working very hard. fai: -otse'óhe. See: -hotse'óhe work. Category: whites, speed, work.

-nėševȯxe'ėstóné   vai. write fast. É-nėševȯxe'ėstóne. He wrote fast. Category: write, speed.

-nonáohto'ha'eohtsé   vai. walk deliberately. É-nonáohto'ha'eōhtse. He walked slowly. Category: walk, speed.

nonótove-   pv. hurriedly. Nonótovėhémanȯxeha é'tóve! Hurry, give a drink to your brother-in-law! [1987:173] Éhnėhma'xeévaase-nonótovėhóo'ȯhtsesėstse. He hurried home (reportative). [1987:284] Variant: nenótove-. Category: speed.

nóv-   i. slow, late. Category: speed, time.

-nóvȧhá'ené   vai. cook slowly. This refers to the person cooking, not to what is cooked. É-nóvȧhá'éne. He cooked slowly. See: -nȯhóahá'ené. Category: cook, speed.

-nóvahe   vai. be slow. refers to being characteristically slow. É-nóvahe. He is slow. Etym: *pwa·wesiwa (P) he is unable to do s.t., overburdened. vti: -nóvȧhé'tá; Antonym -nėševahe. See: -nonótovahe; -nóvanené; nóve-; -momáxomahe. Category: personality, speed.

-nóvȧho'he   vai. cook slowly. É-nóvȧho'he. He is being cooked slowly. Category: cook, speed.

-nóva'éno'hamé   vai. drive slowly. É-nóva'éno'hāme. He drove slowly. fai: -a'éno'hamé. Category: drive, speed.

-nóva'ham   vta. throw s.o. slowly, slow pitch a ball. É-nóva'hamóho. He slow pitched (the ball). Category: throw, baseball, speed.

-nóva'haso'he   vai. ride horse slowly. É-nóva'haso'he. He rode horse slowly. fai: -a'hasó'he. Category: horses, speed, motion.

-nóva'ó'sané   vai. late, take too long. Ná-nóva'ó'sáne. I took too long (so I'm late). Category: time, speed.

-nóvanené   vai. slowly do, take time. can refer to doing something slowly because it requires that, for example, the old traditional way of cooking deer blood. Éohke-nóvanēne. He does things slowly. É-nóvanēne. He is taking his time. fai: -anené. See: -nóvahe. Category: do, speed.

nóve-   i. late, slow. É-nóveōhtse. He is late.

pv. late, slow. for example, can't catch sounds fast. Antonym néhe-. É-nóvėho'eōhtse. He arrived late. Náohke-nóvenéstomóne. I hear slowly. for example, can't catch sounds fast. See: nenóveto; -nóvahe; -nóveohe. Antonym néhe-. Etym: *pwa·wi. Category: speed, time.

-nóvehné   vai. walk slowly. É-nóvéhne. He is walking slowly. Móstá'-novėhnėhevóhe. They came real slowly. [1987:45] Final -ehné. Category: walk, speed.

Nóvėhné'héhe   na. Slow Walking Woman. Category: names, speed.

-nóve'há   vai. fly slowly. É-nóvé'ha. He flew slowly. See: -momáxome'há. Category: fly, speed.

-nóve'haná   vai. eat slowly. É-nóve'hāna. He ate slowly. fai: -e'haná; Antonym -nonótove'haná. Category: eat, speed.

-nóve'háoohe   vai. fly slowly. É-nóve'háoohe. He is flying slowly. Category: fly, speed.

-nóvo'ȧhéotse   vai. run slowly. É-nóvo'ȧhéotse. ?? He is running slowly. Category: check, run, speed.

-nóvotse'ohe   vai. work slowly, slowly work. É-nóvotse'ohe. He works slowly. Antonym -nėševotse'óhe. See: -hotse'óhe. Category: work, speed.

-ó'ha'e   m. moderate pace, medium pace. Nėstanėšev-ó'ha'eohtsémáne! Let's walk moderately fast! Nėstanonáoht-ó'ha'ėhnémáne! Let's just take a good old time walking! Category: speed, record.

-onéma'o'e'háoohe   vai. fly in circles quickly. É'ȯhke-onéma'o'e'háoohéhoo'o. He flew (after them) in lateral circles. [Protruding Teeth.136] Category: fly, speed.

-onótove'haná   vai. hurry up and eat. Onótove'hānȧhtse! Hurry up and eat! Mothers would typically say this to their children if they were dawdling or playing with their food. Variant: -nonótove'haná. Category: eat, speed.

-onótoveohtsé   vai. walk fast. É-onótoveōhtse. He is walking fast. See: -nėševeohtsé. Category: walk, speed.

-onótovevoneohe   vai. crawl fast. É-onótovevoneohe. He is crawling fast. Category: speed, motion.

-póešé   vai. 1 • slam down. especially of falling down onto something. É-póéše. He slammed against something.

2 • rush. Category: figurative. Náévȧho'-póéše. I rushed back. Category: fall, lie, motion, speed.

sé'hove-   pv. suddenly. Variant: só'hove-. És-sé'hovema'xėpó'ponevoneotsénėse. Suddenly there was gunfire. [1987:22] Usage: seems to be more common pronunciation than só'hove- See: sé'ea'e. Category: speed, time.

-sóhpėševa'ó   vai. zoom, fly through quickly. Néto'sė-sóhpėševa'oma. We are going to zoom through. See: -améva'ó zoom by; -nėševa'ó go swiftly; -káha'ó'tsé zoom in on s.t.. Category: motion, speed.

só'hove-   pv. suddenly. Variant: sé'hove-. Ná-só'hovėhéne'ēna. I suddenly knew it/it suddenly 'came to me'. éstȧ-só'hoveasemȧhoésesto nėhéóhe. It developed into a town there. (1987:19). É-só'hovemé'a'xe. He suddenly appeared. Category: speed.

vé's-   i. rapid, fast. É-vé'soo'kōho. The rain is falling fast. É-vé'sééto. It is snowing finely. Category: speed.

vé'se-   pv. rapid, fast. É-vé'senestse. He speaks rapidly. Category: speed.

-vésėhévam   vta. hurry s.o. by telling, tell s.o. to hurry. É-vésėhévamóho. He told him to hurry. Category: speed, interpersonal.