Position words

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      âhtóno'e under
      a'e near / soon
      anôheto down
      anóse outdoors
      háa'êše far
      heama on the side
      he'ama up
      he'pa'onéome behind / in back of (e.g. behind the house)
      henamósésto on the left side
      heséóxe by the door
      hestseamáxésto on the right side
      hoéhose on the hill
      hó'hóma this way
      hó'óxe at the end, the last position
      ho'xó'e near to / up against
      Ého'xó'éše. He's lying next to the wall (e.g. on the wall side of the bed).
      hoóma on the other side
      hotómá'e indoors
      kahkêse close
      maeto in front
      nâhéstó'e further
      néhamose the other side of the hill
      netao'o everywhere
      nó'óse next to the wall (especially the bed position)
      notäma north
      onóveto out in the country
      oxêse elsewhere
      póno'e downstream
      sé'eto to town / to the river
      sétóve middle, center
      táxeto on top
      tóhtoö'e out in the boonies / on the prairie
      tósa'e somewhere (means "Where?" in questions)
      tóxeha along the edge
      tóxeo'hé'e along the edge of the water (esp. river)
      vá'ôhtáma in the place-of-honor (opposite the door in a tepee)
      vó'héé'êse a ways away

      hétsêhéóhe right here
      hénêhéóhe there (previously mentioned)
      hánâháóhe over there (previously mentioned)
      hátâháóhe over there (newly mentioned)
      tsêhéóhe here
      nâháóhe there (farther than nêhéóhe; previously mentioned)
      nêhéóhe there (previously mentioned)
      tâháóhe there (newly mentioned)


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