Sickness

      Éé'ena'éva. He broke his arm.
      Éé'êškóhta. He has a broken leg.
      Éénomóhtahe. He got well.
      Ééstsema'eve. He has cancer. (term is based on éstsema'e 'mole' which burrows as cancer)
      Éévapéveotse. He's OK again.
      Éévénéóhtse. He is dizzy.
      Náháama'ta name'ko. I have a headache (literally, I hurt to my head.)
      Éháeoestâho'he. He was badly burned.
      Éháomóhtahe. He is sick. (man's voice)
      Éháomóhtâhéotse. He has gotten sick.
      Éhéheotseotse. He vomited.
      Éhe'haa'e. He has a cold.
      Éhe'haésta. He's coughing.
      Náhese'pa'onáotse. I hava a cramp in my back.
      Éheseotse. He has cramps.
      Éhestaeme. He has lice.
      Éhestsenenó'same. He has nits.
      Émâsêhánee'e. He is insane.
      Ématomëne. He has a nosebleed.
      Ématomenéotse. He got a nosebleed.
      Ématse'ësta. He has an infected ear / running ear(s). (woman's voice)
      Émomá'kó'éne. His eyes are red (Might also mean, He has pink eye).
      Émomóhtóhta. He has diarrhea.
      Éna'séotse. She miscarried.
      Énaeöhtse. He is numb.
      Énanehe. He has had a stroke.
      Énanêhéotse. He had a stroke.
      Énémáhtse. He has Bell's palsy (literally, a crooked mouth). (woman's voice)
      Énémonenáotse. He sprained/twisted his ankle.
      Éno'hévóné'o. He is growing sideways.
      Éó'óhta. He is constipated.
      Éó'ôhtáotse. He got constipated.
      Éó'ó'éne. He is blind.
      Éonéáhta. He is deaf.
      Éoné'xâho'he. He got burned.
      Éónêšeotse. He is hurting.
      Éónêxôhtáóhtse. He has a stomach ache.
      Éónêxonenéóhtse. He has a toothache.
      Éoóonêšeöhtse. He is in pain.
      Épa'ôhtáotse. He has pain in the abdomen.
      Nátameotse. I can't straighten up (e.g. from back pain).
      Étó'ovénome. He is in a coma.
      Évé'keemâhpévomóhtahe. He has diabetes.
      heséeo'ôtse medicine
      Ó'ome éháomóhtahe. He has pneumonia.


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