Cheyenne Dictionary

 Cheyenne

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x-   tns. past tense. allomorph of /h/ 'past tense' before /h/. Éx-ho'sóeo'o. They danced. See: h- past tense; š- past tense. Category: grammar.

-xaa'e   vai. urinate, pee. É-xaa'e. He urinated. Morph: /-šae/. Etym: *šekiwa. Phon: vs vti: -xaestá. See: -šéšeahe feel like urinating; xaenoo'ȯtse bladder; -nȧha'en catch s.t./s.o.; xāō'o skunk; -šéšeetanóotse. Category: body function.

xáa'e   na. weasel. Xaeho éohkemȯšéškanȧheo'o méanēva naa éohkevó'omȧheo'oaénéva. Weasels are brown in summer and they are white in winter. [1979:204] Phon: apoc; vs AltPl = xaeo'o Plural xaeho; Obviative xaeho. Morph: /šaeh/. Etym: *šenkwehsa. See: náa'e; naene; hohkeveho. Category: animals.

Xáa'ȯhvó'komaestse   na. White Ermine, White Weasel. Category: names.

-xaaméné   vai. smiley face, face smile. É-xááméne. He has a smily face. (another recording) See: cf *šo·mi·nkwe·wa (P); -hohátséné. Category: face.

-xaaméné'o   vai. smile. É-xaaméné'o. He is smiling. Ques: -xaéméné'o ?? Category: check. See: -hohátséné'ó. Category: face.

-xaameneotsé'tov   vta. smile at s.o. can be used of flirting with someone. Ná-xaameneotsé'tova. He smiled at me. Ques: recheck pitches?? vai: -xaaméné'ó. Category: face.

-xaaménešé   vai. smile while sleeping. É-xaaménéše. He smiling in his sleep. Category: sleep.

xae-   pv. simply, ordinary, plain, regular. xaevo'ėstaneo'o (var. of xamaevo'ėstaneo'o) Indians (lit. ordinary-people). Násáa-xaehéne'enóhe. I simply do not know. Non-contracted xamae-. Phon: probably a contraction of xamae-, but the two terms have slightly different ranges of semantic usage Category: quality.

Xaehá'e   Weasel Woman. Ques: henry little coyote's wife > Clara Harris Category: names.

Xaehénȧhkohe   na. Weasel Bear. Category: names.

Xaehétane   na. Hopi. Lit: weasel-person Plural Xaehétaneo'o. Category: tribes.

xáema   na. boil. Phon: iah Etym: cf. M sae·kemyah. Plural xaemaho; Obviative xaemaho. Category: sickness.

-xaemenee'e   vai. urinate sitting. É-xaemenee'e. ?? He is urinating sitting. [Croft] Category: check. See: -xaa'e urinate. Category: body function, sit.

xaenoo'ȯtse   ni. bladder. Phon: vs Plural xaenootȯtse; vai: -xaa'e urinate. See: Mȧhtamȧháahéxaenoo'ȯtse. Category: body.

-xaeóó'e   vai. urinate standing, stand urinating. É-xaeóó'e. He is standing urinating. Etym: *šekika·po·wa (P). See: -šéšeóó'e. Category: stand.

-xaestá   vti. urinate on s.t., pee on s.t. É-xaēsta. He urinated on it. Etym: *šekiθamwa. Oeškēso mȧxhéxaēsto nevenȯtse he'poo'o! When a dog urinates against your tent just smoke! That was an instruction to a new chief, meaning "When someone does something bad to you, even as bad as stealing your wife, stay calm, don't take revenge." Tóhtoo'éma'enóne éohkema'xė-xaestánóvo ka'ėškóneho. Children pee on prairie turtles a lot. vta: -xaet. Category: smoke.

-xaestóo'onáohtsé   vai. dry throat - have a. for example, said after eating tart berries, or after eating sour lemons. Ná-xaestóo'onáóhtse. I have a dry throat. See: -éstoo'e. Category: sickness.

-xaéstoo'onáotse   vai. glands water. Lit: urinate-jaw-INCH É-xaéstoo'onáotse. His jaw glands are watering. This happens, for example, when eating something sour. BodyPartMedial -éstoo'oná; Stem -éstoo'o. Category: body function.

-xaešé   vai. urinate in bed. Lit: urinate-lie É-xaēše. He urinated in bed. See: -šéšeénome. Category: lie.

-xaet   vta. urinate on s.o. É-xaetóho. He urinated on him. vti: -xaestá. Etym: *šekiθe·wa.

-xaetanó   vai. want to urinate. É-xaetāno. He wants to urinate. [PD]

-xáevanohtsé   vai. noisily walk. É-xáévánóhtse. He is walking noisily. Category: walk.

Xáévánóhtsėstse   na. Noisy Walker. See: Néstónéváhtsėstse. Category: names, sounds.

xaevetoo'o   ni. commode, pee pot, chamber pot. Lit: pee-container See: -xaa'e pee. Category: containers.

xaevo'ėstane   na. Indian. Usage: less common than xamaevo'ėstaneo'o Lit: ordinary-person Synonym xamaevo'ėstane. Category: tribes.

xȧhkema   na. mudhen, mud duck, northern shoveler.

possibly the coot or grebe. Plural xȧhkemaho. Usage: obsolescing; this pronunciation was more common than mȧhkema in the past. Variant: mȧhkema; Obviative xȧhkemaho. Etym: *šenkiʔma (P) water hen, grebe (Pe79:379); cf. M sekeemeh diver duck.Spatula clypeata • na. Category: birds.

-xá'xae'pa'onáh(n)   vta. massage back of s.o. É-xá'xae'pa'onahno. He massaged his back. É-xá'xae'pa'onáhnóho. (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -'pa'oná. Category: body.

-xá'xaen   vti. massage s.t. É-xá'xaēna. He massaged it.

vta. massage s.o. É-xá'xaenóho. He massaged him. See: -momáxan. Category: touch.

-xá'xa'nȯhta'ov   vta. stomp on s.o. Éxxamaetšėšeáhanė-xá'xa'nȯhta'ovóhoono vóhkooheho. He just stomped the rabbits to death. [The Whiteman and the Rabbit.043]

xá'xan-   i. crush. É-xá'xanōha. He crushed it by tool. É-xá'xanóhta. He chewed it.

-xá'xanohá   vti. crush s.t. by tool. É-xá'xanōha. He crushed it by tool. Etym: *šekwahamwa (P); cf. *šekw-; redup. še'šekw- 'crush, grind'.

-xá'xanóhtá   vti. chew s.t. É-xá'xanóhta. He chewed it. Lit: crush by mouth Etym: *šekwantamwa. Xá'xanóhtȯhtse! Chew it! Category: eat.

-xá'xanȯhta'ov   vta. crush s.o. by stomping. Ques: reck first pitch with other speakers tsé'éšemá'sė-xá'xanȯhta'ovȯse after he got through stomping them. [Croft 1988:25:42] See: -xó'xoeohá'ov. Category: violence.

-xá'xanom   vta. chew s.o. É-xá'xanomóho. He chewed him. Etym: *šekwame·wa (P). Ná-xá'xánómo. I chewed him. fta: -om. Category: eat.

2 • vta. gossip about s.o. Category: speak.

-xa'xoeotse   vai. deflated.

vii. deflated. É-xa'xoeotse. It is deflated. Category: shapes.

-xa'xoešé   vai. duck down, crouch down. for example, lowering oneself in a car so as not to be seen by others outside. É-xa'xoēše. He is ducking down. Category: motion.

-xamaa'é'o'tov   vta. bow head to s.o. for example, a sign of worship or respect in some cultures. É-xamaa'é'o'tovóho. He bowed his head to him. Ques: xama'a'é'o'tov?? vai: -xama'a'éóé. See: -tóo'á'eóé't. Category: interpersonal, check.

-xamaa'éoeotse   vai. bow head quickly while standing. É-xamaa'éoeotse. He quickly bowed his head while standing. Final -óé2. See: -xama'a'éóé. Category: interpersonal.

-xamaa'éóó'e   vai. stand with bowed head. É-xamaa'éóó'e. He stood with bowed head. Variant: -xama'a'éóó'e; vta: -xamaa'é'o'tov. Category: stand.

xamae-   pv. ordinary, simple, simply, prototypical, natural, common, regular. As a prenoun, this modifier marks terms which are culturally prototypical, or the unmarked species, for example xamae-hoohtsėstse, xamae-kóhkonȯheo'o, xamae-vo'ėstane, xamae-vee'e. xamae-vo'ėstaneo'o Indians (lit. ordinary-people). xamae-hoohtsėstse cottonwood tree. Ná-xamaemésehe. I ate simple/I ate in the Indian fashion/I ate without fuss or bother (for example, without fancy manners). Phon: contracted to xae-

xamaeheóvȯhkȧho'hého'táneovee'e   ni. plain yellowed hair tepee.

xamaehetohko   ni. dish pan. See: hetohko. Category: containers.

xamaehoohtsėstse   na. cottonwood. Lit: ordinary-tree Usage: commonly used term possibly omission of the prototype prenoun xamae- can also refer to the cottonwood. Plural xamaehoóhtseto; Obviative xamaehoóhtseto. See: hoohtsėstse. Category: trees.

xamaekȧhámáxėstse   ni. Gram: pl ordinary firewood, cottonwood branches. Lit: ordinary sticks for example, ash or cottonwood, but not pine. See: kȧhámáxe. Category: wood.

xamaekóhkonȯhēō'o   ni. Indian bread, Indian oven bread, oven bread. Lit: ordinary-bread Variant: xamaekóhkonėhēō'o. See: méstaévȧhonoo'o boogeyman bread; táxȧhonoo'o skillet bread; kóhkonȯhēō'o bread; éstȧhonoo'o oven bread. Category: food.

xamae'oeškēse   na. Indian dog. Lit: ordinary-dog Category: animals, dogs. See: oeškēse.

xamaemȧhaemenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl Indian corn. See: mȧhaemenȯtse corn. Category: food.

xamaemé'šéško   ni. hand-tanned leather. See: mé'šéško. Category: handcraft.

xamaemo'ē'ėstse   ni. Gram: pl blue joint grass. Category: plants.

xamaeoeškēso   na. Indian dog, mutt. proper kind for eating at the Sun Dance. Plural xamaeoeškėseho. Category: dogs.

xamaesémo   ni. canoe. Lit: ordinary-boat Plural xamaesémonȯtse. Category: transportation.

xamaešé'šenovȯtse   na. rattlesnake. Lit: ordindary-snake See: šé'šenovȯtse snake. Category: snakes.

xamaevánó'ėstse   ni. Gram: pl native sage. Category: plants.

xamaevee'e   ni. tepee. Lit: ordinary-dwelling See: vee'e; éškȯseome; vé'ho'éome. Category: tepee.

xamaevé'késo   na. sparrow. meaning of 'sparrow' not widely known. Lit: ordineary-bird Variant: xamaevé'kése. Category: birds.

xamaevo'ėstane   na. Indian, Native American, indigenous person. Lit: ordinary-person Usage: less commonly shortened to xaevo'ėstane (said by some to be of the Southern Cheyenne dialect, however, both the longer and shorter forms are found in texts from Oklahoma Plural xamaevo'ėstaneo'o, (another recording); Synonym xaevo'ėstane. See: -tsėhéstahe; notse. Category: tribes.

Xamaevo'ėstaneo'o Tsé'amo'eétȧhévȯse   vai. Native American Week. This is one way that has been suggested to express the meaning of "Native American Week" in Cheyenne. Other ways are possible also. See: xamaevo'ėstane Native American. Category: holidays.

-xama'a'éóó'e   vai. stand with bowed head. Variant: -xamaa'éóé. É-xama'a'éóó'e. He stood with bowed head. vta: -xamaa'é'o'tov. Category: stand.

-xamanahe   vai. ordinary person - be an ?? Ná-xamanahe. I'm just an ordinary person. See: xamae-. Category: personality, check.

-xanánot   vta. calm s.o. É-xanánotóho. He calmed him down. (for example, by holding him tightly when he was angry). See: ována'xae-.

-xanáotse   vai. calm down. É-xanáotse. He calmed down. Mó'éšė-xanáootsėhéhe. He was starting to see reason. [Stamper 1991:8] See: -méseeotse. Category: emotions, cognition.

-xanéhpahe   vai. steadfast, stubborn. É-xanéhpahe. He is steadfast/he is stubborn/he 'can't be budged'. Usage: obsolescing See: -tóvahe. Category: personality.

xanéhpe-   pv. scoop-shaped. xanéhpe-ménȯhe'éheo'o shovel.

xanéhpe-ménȯhe'éheo'o   ni. spade, shovel. xanéhpe- has something to do with being 'scoop-shaped'. Phon: vs See: ménȯhe'éhestatseo'o; -ménȯhené. Category: tools.

xanéhpoeo'o   0ni. spade. Plural xanéhpoenȯtse. Category: check, tools.

xanov   i. straight. É-xanovo'ȧhéotse. He ran straight. See: ono'-.

-xanovahe   vai. 1 • be straight.

2 • honest, righteous, well-respected, proper. Category: figurative. É-xanovahe. He is straight/upright. This figurative usage may be a loan translation from English. See: onó'ahe. Antonym -vovóhkahe. Category: figurative.

-xanova'éno'hamé   vai. drive straight. É-xanova'éno'hāme. He drove straight. Initial xanov-; Final -a'éno'hamé. Category: drive.

-xanova'hahtsé   vti. throw straight s.t. É-xanova'hāhtse. He threw it straight. Category: throw.

-xanova'ham   vta. throw straight s.o. É-xanova'hamóho. He threw him (obv) straight. Category: throw.

-xanova'haso'he   vai. ride horse straight. É-xanova'haso'he. He rode horse straight. Category: horses.

-xanova'ó   vai. shoot straight, jump straight.

vii. shoot straight, jump straight. É-xanovā'o. It shot straight. Final -a'ó. Category: motion.

-xanova'ov   vta. drive s.o. straight. É-xanova'ovóho. He drove him/them straight. That is, in a straight line. Initial xanov-; Final -a'ov. Category: do.

-xanovan   vti. straighten s.t. É-xanovāna. He straightened it.

vta. straighten s.o. É-xanovanóho. He straightened him. Category: shapes.

-xanovanené   vai. straighten things. É-xanovanēne. He straightened things. Final -anené. Category: do.

-xanovátam   vta. regard s.o. as being straight. É-xanovátamóho. He regards him as being straight (righteous etc.). Category: cognition, interpersonal.

-xanovaxá   vti. cut s.t. straight. É-xanovāxa. He cut it straight. Antonym -vovóhkaxá. Category: cut.

xanove-   pv. straight. É-xanoveameōhtse. He is walking straight. See: sóhkome-. Final -ohtsé.

-xanovehné   vai. 1 • walk straight. É-xanovēhne. He walked straight. [Croft]

2 • live straight. fai: -ehné. Category: walk, live.

-xanove'há   vai. fly straight. É-xanovē'ha. He flew straight. Final -e'há. Category: fly.

-xanove'háoohe   vai. fly straight quickly. É-xanove'háoohe. He flew straight quickly. fai: -oohe. Category: fly.

-xanoveméohe   vai. run straight, straight run. É-xanoveméohe. He ran straight. See: -xanovo'ȧhéotse. Category: run.

-xanoveohtsé   vai. go straight. Tanėševe-xanoveōhtsėstse!. Go/Drive straight! See: -xanovó. Category: shapes.

-xanoveóó'e   vai. stand straight. Phon: vs É-xanoveóó'e. He is standing straight. fai: -óé2. See: -onó'eóó'e. Category: stand.

-xanoveotse   vii. straight. É-xanoveotse. It is straight (for example, a road). See: -xanovó. Category: shapes.

-xanovešé   vai. lie straight. É-xanovēše. He is lying straight. Category: lie.

-xanovėšem   vta. lay s.o. straight. É-xanovėšemóho. He lay him/them straight. for example, to lay tepee poles straight on the ground. Category: lie.

-xanovetóvȧsén   vta. part hair of s.o. straight. Ná-xanovetóvȧséno. I parted his hair straight. See: -tóvȧsén; -tóvas. Category: hair.

-xanovevo'oh(n)   vta. hit s.o. straight. É-xanovevo'ȯhnóho. He hit/knocked him straight. Category: hit.

-xanovó   vii. be straight. É-xanōvo. It is straight. É-xanōvo méó'o. The road is crooked. Antonym -vovóhkó. See: -onó'ó. Category: shapes.

-xanovóé'ó   vai. float straight.

vii. float straight. É-xanovóé'o. He/It floated straight. Final -óé'ó. Category: liquid.

-xanovo'ȧhéotse   vai. run straight. É-xanovo'ȧhéotse. He ran straight. fai: -o'ȧhéotse. See: -xanoveméohe. Category: run.

-xanovo'eétahe   vai. do (something) straight, do right. É-xanovo'eétahe. He did (something) straight/he lives straight. fai: -o'eétahe. Category: do.

-xanovo'tá   vii. sit straight. É-xanovō'ta. It is sitting straight. Category: sit inan.

-xanovóma'ȯxová   vai. straight plow, plow straight. Mó'ȯsee-xanovóma'ȯxovȧhéhe. He plowed in very straight rows. [A Plowing Story.021]

-xanovónean   vti. make s.t. (ropelike) straight.

vta. make s.o. (ropelike) straight. of a rope or fence. É-xanovóneane. It is a straight fence; it's been fenced straight. Medial -ón; Antonym -vovóhkonean. Category: shapes.

-xanovóneanené   vai. straight fence - build a, fence - build a straight. É-xanovóneanēne. He built a straight fence. Medial -ón. Category: ropelike.

Xaóemáese   na. Skunk Foot. Category: names.

xaóemata'xevoto   na. Gram: pl onions, wild onion(s). Lit: skunk-testicles See: xaóenėhéstȧhévo onion; ta'xevȯtse testicle. Category: plants, vulgar.

-xaóeméahtsé   vai. onion breath - have. É-xaóeméáhtse. He has onion breath. Category: smell.

-xaóeméa'há   vii. smell of skunk, onion. É-xaóeméá'ha. It smells of skunks/onions. Category: smell.

-xaóeméa'xe   vai. 1 • smell of skunk, smell of onion. É-xaóeméa'xe. He smells of onion (or skunk).

that is, didn't get any points, especially in hand game. that is, didn't get any points, especially in hand game. Usage: loan transl. from English É-xaóeméa'xeo'o. They were "skunked." Category: smell.

Xaóeméhé'e   na. Skunk Smell Woman. Obviative Xaóeméhe'eva. Category: names.

xaóenėhéstȧhévo   na. onion, onions. including wild onion. See: xaóemata'xevoto. Category: plants.

-xaóeva'ó   vai. fail miserably, lose out romantically, skunked, take a chance and lose. Lit: skunked especially of failing losing out to some other man who got the woman you wanted. Usage: idiomatic É-xaóévá'o. He lost out. probably borrowed from English "skunked". Category: romance.

-xaóeva'ó'hané   vai. skunked. Usage: idiomatic Ná-xaóeva'ó'haneo'o.?? We got skunked. ?? Category: check. probably borrowed from English "skunked". Category: romance, games.

xaóhkéso   na. Gram: dim 1 • little skunk. Plural xaóhkėsono; Obviative xaóhkėsono; Non-diminutive xāō'o. Category: animals.

2 • Little Skunk. Category: names.

-xaóhkevȯxe'é   vai. be yellow painted. Lit: skunk-painted É-xaóhkevȯxē'e. He is yellow-painted on his face. Category: paint.

xāō'o   na. 1 • skunk. Plural xaóne; Obviative xaóne; Diminutive xaóhkéso. Hetóéva náévotsėhetȧhéóhtse HE. Nenótovenaóotsėstse HE! Náovēše HE HE. Násóhkomėhahtáxe In the evening I was out hunting food. Hurry, go to sleep! I'm going to bed. I'm lying down with long, skinny feet. (Skunk Song). another version of the Skunk Song; transcribe it?? Translate it?? Category: check, check. See: -xaóeva'ó. Morph: /šaón/. Etym: *šeka·kwa skunk; *šeka·kwaki skunks (Go88). Category: animals.

2 • Skunk. Category: names.

3 • tree skunk. a vertical victory structure usually made of pieces of ash. Ques: Why is it named skunk?? Category: check, ceremonial.

Xaó'ȯhnéé'ėstse   vai. Skunk Standing, Standing Skunk. Category: names.

Xaó'ȯhvó'komaestse   na. White Skunk. Category: names.

-xé   fai. lie. Náoo'hetanóná-xe. I'm thinking lying down. Éháóéná-xe. He is praying lying down. Phon: allomorph of /-(e)šená/ 'lie' following back vowels -a or -o Variant: -ešé. Category: lie.

xe'ėstoo'o   ni. paper, book. newer pronunciation of mȯxe'ėstoo'o. Variant: mȯxe'ėstoo'o. Category: school.

xȯheo'o   na. Gram: pl Ques: pl?? webbed hoop. Category: check. Plural xȯhéono. for a traditional Cheyenne game (shinny??) Ques: Is this correctly glossed? It may be that hó'xėséme is the proper name for this object, and xȯhéono is something else used in a traditional game. Ques: The plural agrees with Michelson's record. See: ahkȯheohtsé; hó'xėséme; hóhtséme. Category: games, check.

xo'-   i. salve (put on).

xo'anéó'o   ni. salve, lotion. (another recording) Variant: xo'enéó'o; Plural xo'anéonȯtse. Phon: vs; gr Category: medicine.

-xó'é   mbp. genital area, crotch. Émátšė-xó'e. He (or she) has VD. See: -só'é2 crotch. Category: body.

xo'é-   pv. raw. xo'é-ho'évohkȯhtse raw meat. older speakers said nėxo'é-. Variant: nėxo'é-. See: ho'é- raw. Category: cook.

xo'ėhaénén   vta. salve.tears. Ná-xo'ėhaénéno he'éxáá'e. I put salve in his eyes. É-xo'ėhaéneno. He put salve in his (other person's) eyes. É-xo'ėhaénénóho. He put salve in his (other person's) eyes. (newer pronunciation). Category: eyes, medicine.

xo'ėhaénenȧhtsestȯtse   ni. eye salve, eye ointment. Category: medicine.

Xo'ėhéhe   na. Raw Woman. Ques: Is this the same name as Xó'héhe?? Category: check. See: -ho'e raw; Xó'héhe. Category: names.

-xo'ėhe'onán   vta. salve hand of s.o. É-xo'ėhe'onano. He put salve on his (someone else's) hand. É-xo'ėhe'onánóho. He put salve on his (someone else's) hand. (newer pronunciation). Category: hands.

-xo'ematsén   vta. salve eyes of s.o. É-xo'ematsénahtse. He put salve on his own eyes. Category: eyes.

xo'ematsénenȧhtsestȯtse   ni. eye salve. Category: medicine.

-xo'en   vti. grease s.t. É-xo'ēna. He greased it (by hand).

vta. salve s.o., grease s.o. É-xo'enóho. He greased him. (another recording) Ná-xo'ēno. I greased it. See: -xo'oh(n). Category: surface.

xo'enéó'o   ni. salve. Variant: xo'anéó'o; Plural xo'enéonȯtse. Phon: vs; gr Category: medicine.

xo'eóhtán   vti. grease leg of s.t.grease wheel of s.t. Ná-xo'eóhtána. I'm greasing the wheel of it. "Nétȧxo'eóhtananone hé'tóhe amó'enēō'o," éxhéhoo'o. "Let's grease the axle of this wagon," he said. [When Northern Cheyennes First Got Wagons.020]

xo'eóhtano'hamestȯtse   na. axle grease. BodyPartMedial -óhtá4; Final -o'hamé. Category: material.

xo'éstaahtȯtse   ni. hair tonic, hair oil. Category: hair.

-xo'éstáá'e   vai. apply hair oil, salve. É-xo'éstáá'e. He is putting hair oil on. Né-xo'éstaehe? Did you grease your hair? É-xo'éstaeo'o. They are putting hair oil on. Phon: vs See: Ma'heónėxo'éstaenėstse. Category: hair.

-xo'éstaén   vta. put oil on head of s.o., grease head of s.o. É-xo'éstaeno. He put oil on his (someone else's) head. Traditionally, Cheyennes would put grease on their hands and rub it into their hair. Category: head.

-xo'évoéné   vai. salve face. É-xo'évoéne. He is putting salve on his (own) face. Category: face.

-xo'évoénéh(n)   vta. apply salve to face of s.o. É-xo'évoénėhnóho. He put salve on his face. É-xo'évoénėhestse. He put salve on his (own) face. See: -xo'évoénén salve face of s.o.; -xo'ėhe'onán put salve on hand of s.o.. Category: face.

-xo'évoénén   vta. salve face of s.o. É-xo'évoénenahtse. He is rubbing his (own) face with salve. See: -xo'évoéneh(n). Category: face.

Xó'héhe   na. (woman's name). Ques: Is this the same name as Xo'ėhéhe?? Category: check. See: Xo'ėhéhe Raw Woman. Category: names.

-xo'oh   vti. grease s.t. É-xo'ōha. He greased it. for example, greased a wagon wheel. vta: -xo'oh(n). Category: surface.

-xo'oh(n)   vta. grease s.o. É-xo'ȯhnóho. He greased him (obv). vti: -xo'oh. See: -xo'en.

-xo'oma'ó'h   vta. put (something) in mouth of s.o. É-xo'oma'o'ho. He put something in his (someone else's) mouth. É-xo'oma'ó'hóho. (newer pronunciation) Naa móhe vo'ėstane vé'keemahpe néxo'oma'ó'haehe? Did someone put candy in your mouth? (fig.,=pacify you so you quit talking as you previously did). See: -xo'ome. Category: mouth.

-xo'ome   vai. 1 • put in mouth, ingest.

vti. Gram: ai+o put in mouth, ingest. Né-xo'oménone. We're taking it into our mouths.

2 • take Holy Communion, take the Eucharist; literally, refers to placing something in one's mouth, but now especially refers to partaking in the rite of Communion. É-xo'ome. He is taking Communion. Nátȧhé-xo'ome. I'm going to take Communion. [Stamper 1991:10] Final -om1. See: hetomóosanéve'hanahtȯtse; -ma'heónekóhkonȯheonéve'haná; -xo'oma'ó'h. Category: church.

-xo'omóhtahe   vai. relaxed, peaceful. É-xo'omóhtahe. He is relaxed. See: ována'xae-.

-xó'xoeoha'ov   vta. smash s.o. with the feet. É-xó'xoeoha'ovóho. He stomped him. See: -xá'xanȯhta'ov. Category: feet, violence.

xó'xon-   i. dent. É-xó'xóno. It is dented.

-xó'xonó   vii. dented. É-xó'xóno. It is dented. Etym: cf *ša·Ɂšakye·wi (P) it is straight, level. Category: surface, shapes.

-xó'xova'ó'tsé   vti. squash s.t. fast. É-xó'xova'ó'tse. He squashed it fast. É-xó'xova'ó'tsenȯtse. He squashed them (inanimate) fast. Category: motion.

-xó'xovan   vti. squash s.t., squeeze s.t. É-xó'xovāna. He squashed it. For example, he squashed a pop can or squeezed on a tube of toothpaste. Ná-xó'xovanȯtse. I squashed them (inanimate). See: -kȧhkóe'há. Category: motion, check.

xomȯhēō'o   ni. hide scraper. Usage: obsolescent See: mónáhtsėstse; sé'senȯhēō'o. Category: tools.

Xomóó'e   na. Lance Woman, Spear Woman. See: xomoo'e. Category: names.

xomoo'e   ni. lance, spear. Variant: xomoo'o. See: xová'tove. Category: warfare.

xomoo'o   ni. lance, spear. Plural xomóonȯtse; Variant: xomoo'e. See: xová'tove; hásohko. Category: warfare.

-xomóonoh(n)   vta. lance s.o. É-xomóonȯhnóho. He lanced him. [PD639] Category: warfare.

-xóneehá   vii. drag on. É-xóneēha. It drags on (something). Hestsėhévá'xe tseohkemȧhexóneehatse ho'ēva. His tail will drag on the ground. [Sweet Medicine:032] See: -ho'ehá.

-xónetamahe   vai. filthy, unsanitary. É-xónetamahe. He is filthy (as a person). See: -ho'sótahe; -šénetamahe. Category: appearance.

-xónetamahtsé   i. filthy, dirty, unclean. É-xónetamāhtse. He has a filthy mouth. Preverb xónetame-; Reduplicated -xȯxónetam. Category: mouth.

-xónetamahtsé   vai. talk filthy. Lit: filthy-mouth É-xónetamāhtse. He talks filthy. Category: speak.

xónetame-   pv. filthy, dirty. É-xónetame-tsėhēso. It is messy, dirty. É-xónetameéestse He is talking dirty. Násáahéne'enáhe xónetameéestsestȯtse. I don't know dirty language. Antonym hóxe'e-. Category: quality.

-xónetameéestse   vai. talk filthy, talk dirty, filthy talk, dirty talk, talk nasty, nasty talk. É-xónetameéestse He is talking dirty. See: -éestse. Category: speak.

-xónetamem   vta. talk filthy to s.o. É-xónetamemóho. He talked dirty to him. Category: speak.

-xónetamenestse   vai. speak filthy language. É-xónetamenestse. He speaks filthy. Category: speak.

-xónetamó   vii. muddy. É-xónétámo. It is muddy/sloppy. É-xónétámo meo'o. The road is muddy. Variant: -nėxónétámo. Category: weather.

-xónetamó'ané   vai. talk dirty. É-xónetamó'áne. He talks dirty. Lit: muddy-talk Variant: -xȯxónetamó'ané; fai: -ó'ané. Category: speak.

-xónetamotse'ohe   vai. filthy work. for example, a job of cleaning out sewers. É-xónetamotse'ohe. He has a filthy job / he does filthy work. fai: -otse'óhe. Category: work.

-xónetamȯxe'ėstóne   vai. graffiti. Lit: filthy-write É-xónetamȯxe'ėstóne. He is writing graffiti. Category: write.

xonóona'e   ni. drift. for example, in a river. Oblique xonóona'ēva. Etym: *a·nkwa·hθakwa piece of driftwood (animate). Category: rivers.

-xóo'ená   vti. ?? É-xóo'ēna. ?? Category: check.

xová'tove   ni. sword. Usage: obsolescing Plural xová'tovȯtse; Oblique xová'tonēva; Possessive -htsėxová'tove. See: xomoo'o. Category: warfare.

Xová'tovoneo'hé'e   ni. Knife River. Lit: sword-river a tributary of the Missouri River near Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Category: rivers.