T - t

-t   num. inanimate plural suffix. Ého'tánė-stse. They (inan) are (here/there).

-t   fta. abstract TA final. parallels -ht 'TI final'. Éméo-to. He fought him. Nánoō-to. I left him. Námého-ta. He loves me. Némého-xe. You love me. Etym: *-θ. fti: -ht. Phon: has allomorph x- in conjugations when followed by /e/ Category: grammar.

ta-₁   dir. away, translocative directional preverb. With this translocative, the "distance" can be of space or, by semantic extension, time. This preverb indicates that action extends away (esp. away from the speaker). Ta-anáestse! Go on! É-tȧ-hémanohe. He went for water. Né-tȧ-héne'enahe tsénėhestómo? Do you remember what I said (back then, at a previous time)? (The temporal distance is indicated here by the ta- on the 'know' verb.) Antonym nėh-. Category: direction.

ta-₂   pv. let, hortative. Né-ta-évo'sóémáne! Let's play! Né-tanėšeasema! Let's just leave! Né-tȧ-hémėsėhémáne! Let's eat! Né-tȧ-sáanėšemésėhéhema! Let's not just eat! (for example, let's just leave now and eat when we get there). Ná-ta-néméne! Let me sing! See: vé'-₂. Category: grammar.

-táa'á   vti. fit s.t. Ná-táá'a. I fit it. É-táá'a tséhvéstoemo'séóse vo'ėstanóho. He has authority to marry people. Ésáa-táa'óhe. He doesn't fit it/he isn't qualified for it. É-táá'a hevoestato. His belt fits him (lit. he fits to his belt). É-táa'anȯtse. They fit him (lit. he fits to them). É-táa'anȯtse hemo'kėhanȯtse. His shoes fit him (lit. he fits to his shoes). Phon: not vs vta: -táa'ov. Category: space.

-taa'é   vai. beat spouse, domestic abuse. É-taā'e. He beat up his wife; he is a wife-beater / She beats her husband. Phon: not vs vta: -taa'é'tov. See: -taa'éoohe; -oom; -'évá. Category: marriage.

taa'e   p. in a pile. See: táa'e.

táa'e   ni. night. Phon: iah Oblique taa'éva. Phon: not vs Ques: get clock or relative sun time frame Plural taā'ėstse. See: hetóéva; -ene; -éno'e; vóon-; vóone-; páa'e. Etym: *tepexkwi; *tepe'ki (Pi). Category: time.

taa'éeše'he   na. moon. var: éše'he. Sometimes the word éše'he is used for both 'sun' and 'moon.'. Lit: night-sun vóhkeéše'he half moon. ó'xeéše'he half moon. Category: environment, celestial.

taa'é'ėse   Ques: tae-'é'ėse?? p. right in half. Taa'é'ėse mó'éšemȧheetȯhevóhe. He (the big watersnake) had already halfway swallowed him (the frog). [1987:285] See: é'ėse. Category: size.

-taa'é'heóneve   vai. wife beater - be a. É-taa'é'heóneve. He is a wife beater. See: -taa'é. Category: marriage.

-taa'é'tov   vta. spouse beat s.o. É-taa'é'tovóho. He beat her up (as he would a wife). vai: -taa'é.

-taa'éoohe   vai. beat spouse. É-taa'éoohe. He/She committed domestic violence. faster action than -taa'é. See: -taa'é. Category: violence.

taa'éstove   p. even with. Category: positions.

-taa'ėstóvo'eéh   vta. treat equally s.o. Ma'hēō'o éohketó'-taa'ėstóvo'eeho vo'ėstanóho. God treats people equally. Category: interpersonal.

taa'éva   obl. at night. See: táa'e ‘night’. Taa'éva nėstsevé'novo'eohtséme; méstaa'enėstsenémȧhtsená'o'haēvo. Don't eat (pl) outside at night; a bogeyman will give you a crooked mouth. (a traditional saying). hoháa'éše-taa'éva late at night. Category: time.

Taa'évȧho'nehe   na. Night Wolf. Category: names.

Taa'évȧhtamēhnėstse   na. Nightwalker. Category: names.

Taa'évȧhtsévé'hȧtse   na. Flies At Night. Category: names.

-taa'éva'xāne   vai. cry until night. É-taa'éva'xāne. He cried until night. Category: cry.

Taa'évanáhkohe   na. Night Bear. Category: names. See: Taa'évenáhkohe.

Taa'évȧxhoo'ėstse   na. Night Sitting. Category: names.

-taa'eve   vii. be night. É-taa'eve It is night. ȯh-taa'évetsee'ėstse whenever it is night.

Taa'éveameōhtse   na. Nightwalker; Walks At Night. Category: names.

-taa'évėhané   vai. journey all day into the night. É-taa'évėháne. He journeyed all day into the night. Category: time.

Taa'évenáhkohe   Night Bear. See: Taa'évánáhkohe. Category: names.

Taa'évena'hāne   na. Killsnight. Category: names.

Taa'évena'hané'e   na. Killsnight Woman. Category: names.

-taa'évenome   vai. sleep until night. Naa mónésto'seéva-taa'événóméme? Well, are you guys going to keep sleeping (all day) until it's night?(humorous). Category: sleep.

Taa'éveóhtsé'e   na. Nightwalking Woman. Category: names.

-taa'éveóó'e   vai. stand until night. É-taa'éveóó'e. He stood there until night. Category: stand, time.

-taa'éveotse   vii. become night. É-taa'éveotse. It has become night(time). Category: time.

taa'évėsanestȯtse   na. pajamas (a single pair). Category: clothing. Lit: night-dress-NOM Plural taa'évėsanéstoto.

-taa'éveše   vai. lie all night long. É-taa'évéše. He lay all night long. See: -vóoneše. Category: lie.

taa'évoestȯtse   na. nightgown. Lit: night-dress See: hoestȯtse; -voestȯtse. Category: clothing.

-taa'évónová   vai. talk until night. Énės-taa'évónóva. He talked until night/dark. Category: speak, time.

-taa'évoo'kōho   vii. rain until night. É-taa'évoo'kōho. It rained until dark. fii: -oo'kohó. Category: rain, weather.

-taa'évoománo'e   vii. nighttime environment - be. É-taa'évoománo'e. It's dark, looks like nighttime in the environment. Category: time.

-taa'évotse'ohe   vai. work until night, work until dark. Énėš-taa'évotse'ohe. He worked until night. See: -vóonotse'ohe ‘work all night’. Category: work, time.

taa'háanéhe   pro. Gram: an Gram: sg he is the one (distal; new information). See: hena'háanehe; heta'háanehe; táa'hanehe. Plural taa'háanevóhe.

taa'háanevóhe   pro. Gram: an Gram: sg there they (animate) are (distal; new information).

táa'hanehe   pro. Gram: inan.-sg there it is; that's what it is (distal; new information). See: taa'háanehe. Phon: contraction of taa'háanéhe

-táa'omev   vta. measure for s.o., fit for s.o. ?? Ná-táa'omēvo. I measure (it, for example, land) for him. [PD34]

-táa'ov   vta. fit s.o. In Cheyenne the object for which size is the focus serves as the subject of the verbs. É-táa'ovóho heéstse'heno. His shirt fits him. (lit. he fits to his shirt). Ná-táa'ōvo naéstse'he. My shirt fits me. Ná-táa'ovoo'o navȯxeono. My socks fit me. (lit. I fit to my socks). vti: -táa'á. Etym: *nete:peškawa:wa. Category: dress.

taamááhe   p. by oneself, personally. taamááhe nánéehove "I stand on my own feet". Tsėhéóhe taamááhe tséhnéehóvéto náohkenėhešėtāno heá'ėháma nea'háanéhe Tsėhe'ėsta'éhe tsétó'omemaxėstse náohkėhešėtāno. As for myself, personally, I think maybe Custer was the one who was shot(first), I think. [1987:22] See: no'ke-; taome-. Phon: often attached to a following word

taamááhe na'ėstse   p. either one; or (exclusive). coalesces to taamáá=na'ėstse.

taame'xóvéva   obl. some time later. See: ame'xóvéva. Category: time.

taaná-   pv. go ahead and do (something). Ques: ?? Taaná-asėstse! Go ahead and leave! See: vená-; nená-; sá'.

táase   p. Gram: inan Gram: sg Gram: interrog Which one? var: táaso, tóáse. Táase tsé-hehpėstao'o? Which one is bigger? Táase tsé-hehpėstoha? Which one is larger in number? See: táasévoo 'e. Category: identity.

táasévoo'e   p. Gram: an Gram: sg Gram: interrog Which one (an.)? Táasévoo'e oeškēso nėstōtse? Which dog is yours (lit. your pet)? Táasévoo'e tó'haho tséó'aese? Which glove is dry? var: tóasévoo'e; Plural táasévoone. Phon: vs See: táase. Category: identity.

táaso   p. which. Táaso nemȧhēō'o? Which is your house? var: táase.

táaxa'e   p. Let's see. epistemic particle. See: ótahe.

Táaxeme   na. Wallowing. refers to standing in a buffalo wallow?; translation uncertain. Category: names.

Táaxemeóó'e   na. Wallowing Woman, Buffalo Wallowing Woman. Lit: Standing In Buffalo Wallow Woman; trans. uncertain Category: names.

tae-   pv. precisely, exactly. often made even more intense as tó'-tae-. tae-ó'xe exactly half. tae-tsėhéóhe right exactly here. tae-hénová'e Exactly what? É-taeho'enestse. He said it exactly right. É-taeho'ó'áne He said it the way it is/hit the nail on the head. táe-hó'ó'tóva all of a sudden. Né-taenėheve. You said it the same way (for example, as someone else). Táé-névááso?! Who in the world?! (Exactly who?) Táé-néváéso néme'vo'ėstanévėhaēvo?! Who in the world will save you?! (Dan. 3:15). Tae=néme'tatónėšéve?! What would you do?! (1987:30). See: tó'-; tae-; séese-.

-táehasené   vai. strewn all over, spread all over. É-táehasēne. His things are strewn all over. Nénėšema'xe-táehasēne. (Your paperwork) is spread all over. See: -pe'pe'ėhasené. Category: appearance.

-táehné   vai. disperse; spread; go all over. See: -táehasené; -pe'pe'ėhasené. É-táéhne He is spread out/he has gone all over (for example, looking for a lost cow). É-táéhne éše'he the sun(shine) is all over/goes all over (for example, the area). Category: space.

-táehnétó   vii. disperse, spread. É-táehnéto. It is spread out/it has spread all over. Hestósėstoo'o ééše-táehnétotse netao'o héstánóva. his Gospel has spread all over the earth (Hymn 55).

taehó'ó'tóva   p. all of a sudden. Taehó'ó'tóva émé'ésta'xe. All of a sudden he came in. See: hó'ótóva; sé'ea'e. Category: time.

taeó'xe   p. half exactly, exactly half. Taeó'xe ééšėhovánee'e. (The moon) is half gone. a stage of the moon. See: ó'xe. Category: moon.

-táeóó'e   vai. fit standing. É-táeóó'e. He takes up the space. See: -táeotse; -táoo'e. Category: space.

-táeotse   vai. fit. É-táeotse. It fits. Éestsestȯtse é-táeotse. The word fits. See: -taa'e; -táoo'e; -taotse. Category: space.

-táeotsé'tá   vti. occupy s.t., fit to s.t. É-táeotsé'ta. He occupied it. Vé'ho'e tsemȧhe-táeotsé'ta ho'e. The whiteman will take over all the land. Category: space.

-táestá   vii. fit. for example, of something that should fit into something else. É-táéstá. It fits. Ésáa-táestáhane. It doesn't fit in there. See: -táeotse. Category: space.

-táeše   vai. lie anywhere. É-táéše. He lies anywhere / sleeps anywhere. Category: lie.

taeváh-   i. measure.

-taeváhá   vti. measure s.t. Éohke-taeváhánóvo. They measured (the tepee). [1987:222] Taevááhtse! ?? Measure it! (for example, when playing horseshoes). vta: -taevah(n). Category: horseshoes.

-taeváhéne   vai. measure. É-taeváhéne. He is measuring. Category: size.

taeváhéó'o   ni. ruler. Phon: vs Plural taeváheonȯtse. Category: tools, size.

-taeváh(n)   vta. measure s.o. É-taevahno. He measured him. É-taeváhnóho. He measured him. (younger speakers' variant). Ná-taevahe. He measured me. Taevaestse! Measure me! Ná-taeváhnoo'o. I measured them (an.). See: -taeván; -ne'eváh(n). Category: size.

-taeváhnėhahtán   vta. measure feet of s.o. É-taeváhnėhahtano. He measured his feet. (the feet of someone else). Medial -hahtá. Category: size, feet.

-taevá'ȯsané   vai. measure by foot. É-taevá'ȯsáne. He's measuring with his feet. Reduplicated -totáevá'ȯsane.

-taeván   vti. measure s.t./s.o. By semantic extension this can refer to division. éohke-taevánánóvo héne tséhe'ėstóneo'e vee'e maato They measure the length of the front of the tepee (1987:222). Taeváneha! Measure him! Reduplicated -totáeván. See: -taeváh(n). Category: size.

-taeváotse   vai. split; crack. É-taeváotse. It split/it cracked. See: -ó'xeotse. Category: texture.

-taeváxá   vti. cut s.t. in half. Ná-taeváxa. He cut it in half.. Category: cut.

táh-   i. on top. Phon: allomorph táx-

-táhahoohe   vai. cook directly on top of stove (or fire). See: -hoohe. É-táhahoohe She cooked on top of a stove (not in a pan). Category: meat.

-táha'ee'e   vai. sit with head on top. for example, sit with head lying on a table. Usage: can be a euphemism for being drunk É-táha'éeo'o. They are sitting with their heads lying on the table. É-táha'ee'e. He's sitting with his head lying on the table. Category: drink.

-táha'eše   vai. put head on. Táha'ešėstse táxemésėhéstóva! Put your head on the table! Category: lie.

-táha'hahtsé   vti. throw s.t. on. É-táha'hāhtse. He threw it on (for example, onto a wagon). Category: move, put.

táha'hahtsé   vti. paw. Éhma'xeéetáha'hahtsenȯse héše'ke he'pa'ōne. He pawed a lot of dirt onto his back. Reduplicated -totáha'hahtsé.

-táha'ham   vta. 1 • throw s.o. on.

2 • throw s.o. right on base. É-táha'hamóho. He threw him (for example, a ball) onto (the roof of the house) / he threw(the ball) right on base. Category: throw.

-táha'ó   vai. jump on. É-táha'ó. He jumped on. Final -a'ó.

-táha'ov   vta. chase s.o. onto. É-táha'ovóho. He chased him onto (e.g. drove a cow onto a truck). Category: move.

-táha'xé'tov   vta. mount; jump on s.o. See: -véve'tov; -htse'éme'tov. É-táha'xénoto. He mounted her (typically of a male animal (for example, dog or horse) mounting a female while breeding with her).

-táhan   vti. put on s.t.; put up s.t., erect s.t.

vta. put on s.o., put up s.o., erect s.o. Naa nėhe'še hetane étaohkėhóse-táhanóho na'ėstse. And then the man puts up another (pole). (1987:223). can refer to putting someone on a wagon or car. Táhaneha! Pick him up (for example, stop the car and give him a ride)! See: -tomȯhtan. Category: car.

tȧháóhe   p. there (distal; new in discourse). See: hátȧháóhe; nėhéóhe; tsėhéóhe; nȧháóhe. Category: positions.

táhke'e   p. small amount, just a little bit. See: tónetáhke'e; tšéške'e.

-tȧhketa   vii. be small, be tiny. É-tȧhketa. He is small. See: -tšėšketa. Category: size.

táhoehóxȧhtsenáeseo'o   ni. riding horse bridle. Category: harness, horses.

-táhoé'tov   vta. Gram: ai+o ride s.o.; be mounted on s.o.; mount s.o. can be used to refer to mounting s.o. in intercourse. Ná-táhoenȯtse. I rode him (for example, a horse). É-táhoénoto mo'éhno'hāme. He's riding a horse. Mónésó'-táhoenȯtse kōsa? Are you still riding a goat? (idiom; =separated from spouse). Nėstseohke-táhóénóvo hoháá'ėše. You'll ride (the horse) very far away. (predicted Sweet Medicine). [1987:7:20] Né=tséno'kėhováneehétsese mós-táhoehénotóhe. He was riding the one that was missing. [1987:171] vai: -táhoo'e; vti: -táhoé'tá. See: -táhoeotsé'tov. Category: horses.

táhoenótaxe   na. mounted warrior. Plural táhoenótȧxeo'o. Category: warfare, horses.

táhoenótȧxévé'hó'e   na. Gram: pl cavalry. See: nótȧxéve'ho'e. Lit: riding-soldiers Category: warfare.

-táhoeóó'e   vai. sit on while standing, stand still while riding. for example, to sit in a car or on a horse while it is standing still. É-táhoeóó'e. He's sitting on while his car/horse is standing still. Phon: vs fai: -óé. Category: stand, sit.

-táhoeotsé'tov   vta. ride s.o. Nátaovóe-táhoeotsenȯtse mo'éhno'ha! Let me ride the horse first! Éstȧho'e-táhoeotsé'tovósesto. He rode up to her. (1987:171). See: -táhoé'tov. Category: horses.

-táhoestȯtse   na. Gram: nom mount (poss.), horse (poss.) na-táhoestȯtse my mount/horse. he-táhoestoto his mount(s). he-táhoestovevóho their mounts. ne-táhoestovevoo'o your (pl) mounts. See: mo'éhno'ha. Category: horses.

táhoestȯtse   na. Gram: nom mount, horse. Plural táhoestoto. See: mo'éhno'ha. Category: horses.

táhoetsėhetóma'ȯxovahtȯtse   ni. riding plow, plow - riding. Category: farm, tools.

táhoévo'ha   na. saddlehorse. Lit: riding-horse Category: horses.

táhohēō'o   ni. hay fork, lifter, dustpan, stove lid lifter. Plural táhoheonȯtse. Phon: vs See: ané'kȯheo'o. Category: tools.

-táhohomo'he   vai. dance upon. É-táhohomo'he. He danced on (something). Category: dance.

-táho'ȧhéotse   vai. run on (something). É-táho'ȧhéotse. He ran on something. for example, ran on top of a blanket. Category: run.

táho'ėhaseo'o   ni. hay rack. See: mo'e'étȧho'seo'o. Category: farm.

-táho'h   vta. give a ride to s.o. mónėstsenės-táho'xe? Will you give me a ride? vai: -táhoo'e. Category: car.

-táho'k   i. on top. É-táho'kō'ta. It's on top. See: -táho'tá. Category: positions.

-táho'kȧhá'ené   vai. cook on top of stove. É-táho'kȧhá'éne. She's cooking on top of the stove. Category: cook.

-táho'kȧhonóne   vai. make skillet bread, cook on top of stove. É-táho'kȧhonóne. She's making skillet bread. Category: cook.

táho'kȧhonoo'o   ni. skillet bread. See: táxȧhonoo'o; tónovȧhonoo'o. Category: food.

-táho'kamanené   vai. give surface attention. É-táho'kamanēne. He went quickly over the surface/his 'haste made waste'.

-táho'kan   vti. put s.t. on top. É-táho'kāna. He put it on top.

vta. put s.o. on top. É-táho'kanóho. He put him on top. for example, to put cloth (animate) on top of something. Category: put.

táho'ke-   i. on top. See: táxe-. É-táho'kenome He's a light sleeper/he's taking a 'catnap' (lit. on top (surface)-sleeping).

táho'keéstse'he   na. top coat. Usage: probably a loan transl. Category: clothing.

-táho'kē'ha   vai. fly on top. É-táho'kē'ha. He flew on top. Category: fly.

-táho'ke'tov   vta. mount s.o. can refer to mounting another during mating. É-táho'ke'tovóho. He mounted her. Category: sex.

-táho'kenestse   vai. speak in surface terms. É-táho'kenestse. He didn't go into the subject deeply. fai: -nestse. Category: speak.

-táho'kénome   vai. sleep lightly, catnap. Lit: on.top(surface)-sleep É-táho'kénome. He's sleeping lightly/he's taking a 'catnap.'. fai: -énome. Category: sleep.

-táho'keóó'e   vai. stand on top of (something). É-táho'keóó'e. He's standing on top of (something). Category: stand.

-táho'keše   vai. lie on top. É-táho'kēše. He's lying on top (of the bed without getting between the sheets). See: -táxéše. Category: lie.

-táho'kevo'ehá   vii. lie on top out of control, on top - lie out of control. Éstaohke-táho'kevo'ėhátseneho. (The plow; inan. obv.) came out on top (of the ground) out of control. [1987:70] Category: lie.

-táho'ko'tá   vii. on top. É-táho'kō'ta. It's on top of (something). See: -táho'tá. Category: sit inan.

-táho'kometo   ii. surface - it's. for instance, it's just surface meaning. É-táho'kometo. It's on the surface.

-táho'kóneeše   vai. lie ropelike on top. É-táho'kónééše. He is lying there ropelike on top (of something). Category: ropelike, lie.

-táho'kónoeotsé'tov   vta. perch upon s.o., sit on s.o. Naa néhe vé'kėséhéso mó'ȯhkeáahtse'-táho'kónoeotséhenotóhehotoa'o he'pa'ōne. And that little bird (sparrow) would sit on the buffalo's back. [1987:245] See: -táhoé'tov. Category: sit.

-táho'kónoo'e   vai. perch. See: -óeoeše; -amónoo'e. É-táho'kónoo'e. He (esp. a bird) is perched, For example, an owl can perch on a house to warn of a death in the family that lives there. Category: sit. Lit: upon-sit Phon: vs var: -táho'ónoo'e.

-táho'kóvóe'ó   vai. surface, float on top. É-táho'kóvóé'o. It is floating on the surface. Final -óé'ó. See: -sónoe'ó. Category: float.

-táho'kóvoeotse   vai. 1 • surface.

2 • exposed. Usage: fig. for example, something a person was hiding has been exposed. É-táho'kóvoeotse. He was exposed.

-táho'kóvoomá'ó   vai. surface. É'ȯhkeévȧhósemé'-taho'kóvoomá'osėstse. He would appear again up on top of the water. [JOURNEY.TXT] Category: liquid.

-táho'ne'e   vai. step on (something). É-táho'ne'e. He stepped on (it). Reduplicated -totáho'ne'e. See: -táho'né'eotse. Category: motion.

-táho'né'é'tov   vta. Gram: ai+o step on (something.) É-táho'né'enoto. He stepped on him.

-táho'né'en   vta. step on s.o., place feet on s.o. Ná-táho'né'éno. I stepped on him. Ka'ėškóneho é'ȯhkeéemȧsó-taho'né'enovo tsé'tóhe heó'ȯhtátóne nónóhpa móxho'nóhkeévėho'ho'enáohtsévȯse. Children used to place their feet on these salamanders, that way they never used to get leeches. See: -ho'ne'e.

-táho'né'eotse   1 • vai. step on. É-táho'né'eotse. He stepped on (something).

Gram: ai+o vti. step on s.t. É-táho'né'eotse. He stepped on it. Hénová'e tsé-táho'né'eotseto? What did you step on? (humorous response to farting). See: -táho'ne'e. Category: walk.

2 • vti. speed. Usage: loan trans. Nėhe'še é-táho'né'eotse. Then he stepped on it (loan trans. joke for speeding). Category: surface, car.

-táho'né'eotsé'tov   vta. Gram: ai+o step on (something.) É-táho'né'eotsénoto. He stepped on him.

-táho'ó'h   vta. pick up s.o. É-táho'o'ho. He picked him up (esp. in a car). Mó-táho'ó'haehevóhe. She must have picked him up (for example, to take him drinking). See: -nó'oohé'tov. Category: move.

-táho'ónoo'e   vai. perch on; sit on. Étáho'ónoo'e méstaa'e. An owl is sitting on (for example, his house). An owl is believed to foretell a death in a house. Phon: vs var: -táho'kónoo'e; Final -oe. See: méstaa'e. Category: sacred.

táho'pe- ??   pv. ?? Reduplicated totáho'pe-.

-táho'po'tá   vii. take up room. É-totáho'pō'ta. It's taking up room. Reduplicated -totáho'po'tá. Category: space.

táho'seo'o   ni. dresser. Usage: od See: ho'sēō'o. Category: house.

-táho'tá   vii. be on top. for ex., on top of a table. É-táhó'ta. It's on top. See: -táho'ko'tá. Category: sit inan.

-táho'tsé   vti. place s.t. on top, put s.t. on top. nėhéóhe he'āma és-táho'tsénóvȯse héne hóhkėha'e They put that cap on top of (the lodge). [JOURNEY.TXT] See: -o'tsé. Category: put.

-táho'xévaen   vti. give a ride to s.o. Ná-táho'xéváéno. I gave him a ride. See: -nó'oohé'tov.

táhoma'ȯhenestȯtse   ni. Gram: NOM dustpan. Category: housework. See: táhohēō'o.

-táhóneeše   vai. lie ropelike on top. É-táhónééše. (The snake) is lying there on top (of something). Category: ropelike, lie.

-táhonohtá   vti. cook s.t. on top of the stove. Ná-táhonōhta. I cooked it on top of the stove.

-táhonoo'e   vai. sit on (something). É-táhonoo'e táxe'séestova. He sat on a chair. Category: sit.

-táhoo'e   vai. ride. Lit: upon-sit Phon: vs É-táhoo'e. He's riding. É-táhoo'e ame'háhtóva. He rode in an airplane. Éame-táhoo'e. He's riding along (for example, along the trail). vta: -táhoé'tov.

vti. Gram: ai+o Etym: *te:h0apiwa. See: /-oe/; -hoo'e. Category: horses, transportation, sit.

-táhovȯhto'he   vai. load things on. for example, on a car or trailer. É-táhovȯhto'he. He's loading things on. fai: -óvȯhtó'he; vta: -táhovot. Category: load.

Tȧhóvo'eóó'e   na. Wrapped In a Blanket Woman. See: -hóvo'eóó'e. Category: names.

-táhovot   vai. load him. É-táhovotóho. He put a load on him ; he loaded him up. See: -éto'én. Category: load.

táhoxe'ėstónestȯtse   ni. desk. Lit: upon-writing-thing See: táxemȯxe'ėstónestȯtse. Category: school.

tȧhpe'-   i. big. Category: size.

-tȧhpe'ahtse   vai. big mouth. É-tȧhpe'āhtse. He has a big mouth. BodyPartMedial -ahtsená. Category: mouth, body.

-tȧhpe'ȧhtsená'o   vai. mouth wide open, wide open mouth. É-tȧhpe'ȧhtsená'o. He has his mouth wide open. BodyPartMedial -ahtsená. Category: mouth.

-tȧhpe'ȧhtsenávóová   vai. swollen mouth; puffy lips. for example, from being hit on the mouth. É-tȧhpe'ȧhtsenávóóva. He has puffy lips. BodyPartMedial -ahtsená. Category: mouth.

-tȧhpe'a'xané   vai. cry loudly. É-tȧhpe'a'xāne. He cried loudly. Reduplicated -tótȧhpe'a'xané; fai: -a'xané. See: -áhana'eme ‘cry intensely’. Category: cry.

-tȧhpe'a'xané   vai. cry loudly. É-tȧhpe'a'xāne He cried loudly. Category: cry.

-tȧhpe'an   vti. enlarge; make bigger s.t./s.o. É-tȧhpe'āna He made it bigger/he made it (for example, radio) louder. É-tȧhpe'anóho He made him bigger.

-tȧhpe'asé   vai. big belly - have a. This word or -tȧhpeta can be used when referring to a woman who is far along in her pregnancy. É-tȧhpe'āse. He has a big belly. Ééše-tȧhpe'ȧsehe? Is she showing yet? (lit. Is she big bellied yet?) BodyPartMedial -asé₂; Antonym -tšėške'asé. See: -tȧhpeta; -pa'kȧséotse; -hóse'e. Category: babies, body.

-tȧhpe'ȧsee'e   vai. sit with big belly. É-tȧhpe'ȧsee'e. He's sitting with a big belly. Category: sit.

tȧhpe'ȧséhahnoma   bumblebee. Lit: big bellied-bee Plural tȧhpe'ȧsé-hahnomaho; Obviative tȧhpe'ȧsé-hahnomaho. Category: bugs.

Tȧhpe'ȧséhe   Big Belly. a nickname. Category: names.

-tȧhpe'ȧsévo'enohe   vai. have a have a big stomach from eating. for instance, of a puppy that eats until its tummy looks so full, then falls asleep. É-tȧhpe'ȧsévo'enohe. He has a big stomach from having (just) eaten. BodyPartMedial -asé; fai: -o'enohe. Category: eat.

-tȧhpe'ȧsome   vai. big poop, poop big, big bowel movement. É-tȧhpe'ȧsome. He made a big turd. BodyPartMedial -ȧsome. See: matse. Category: body function.

-tȧhpe'ȧšeše   vai. lying with fat belly. Usage: a humorous, teasing word É-tȧhpe'ȧšēše. He's lying there with a fat belly. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'átamao'ó   vai. laugh loudly. É-tȧhpe'átamaō'o. He laughed loudly. Category: laugh.

Táhpe'ee'ėse   Big Nose. contracted form is Pe'ee'ėse. See: -tȧhpe'eesé. Category: names.

-tȧhpe'éenoo'e   vii. deep snow. É-tȧhpe'éenoo'e. The snow is deep / There are deep snow drifts. See: -háahpe'éenoo'e. Category: snow.

-tȧhpe'eesé   vai. have big nose. É-tȧhpe'eēse. He has a big nose. Category: nose, body. BodyPartMedial -esé.

-tȧhpe'éétó   vii. snow big flakes. É-tȧhpe'ééto. It's snowing big flakes. Category: snow, weather.

-tȧhpe'ėhahtá   vai. have a big foot. É-tȧhpe'ėhāhta. He has a big foot. Reduplicated -tótȧhpe'ėhahtá. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ėhe'oná   vai. have big hand(s). É-tȧhpe'ėhe'ōna. He has a big hand(s). BodyPartMedial -he'oná. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ėhohtsé   vai. big tracks. É-tȧhpe'ėhōhtse. He left big tracks. fai: -hohtsé. easily and humorously confused with -tȧhpe'ȯhosé. See: -tȧhpe'ȯhosé ‘big penis - have a’. Category: tracks.

-tȧhpe'e'eeséše   vai. lie with a big nose. É-tȧhpe'e'eeséše. He's lying with a big nose. Category: lie.

-tȧhpe'e'esé   vai. have a big rump. See: vé'še'ėsénȯhestȯtse. É-tȧhpe'e'ēse. He has a big rump/arse. Category: body, vulgar.

-tȧhpe'e'está   vai. big ear. for reference to ears, redup. is usually required, -tótȧhpe'e'está. É-tȧhpe'e'ēsta. He has a big ear. Category: ears.

-tȧhpe'e'hahe   vai. scream, holler, talk in a loud voice. Lit: big-voice É-tȧhpe'e'hahe. He screamed. See: -éškȯse'šeme. Category: voice.

-tȧhpe'e'hahéotse   vai. scream; holler. tsés-tȧhpe'e'hahéotsėse when he hollered (1987:277).

-tȧhpe'e'hahétsėstov   vta. holler at s.o. É-tȧhpe'e'hahétsėstovóho. He hollered at him. Category: sounds.

-tȧhpe'e-mȧheóná   vai. have a big house. É-tȧhpe'emȧheóna. He has a big house.

-tȧhpe'ena'evá   vai. have a big arm. É-tȧhpe'ena'ēva He has a big arm(s).

-tȧhpe'éné   vai. have a big face. É-tȧhpe'éne. He has a big face. Category: face.

-tȧhpe'éné   vai. big face. É-tȧhpe'éne. He has a big face. See: -nėhpéné; -máméné. Category: face.

-tȧhpe'ene'ho'tá   vai. be a big room. É-tȧhpe'ene'hō'ta It (room) is big. Category: space.

-tȧhpe'enestse   vai. talk loudly. É-tȧhpe'enestse. He talks loudly. fai: -nestse. See: -tȧhpe'ónová. Category: speak.

-tȧhpe'enoné   vai. sing loudly. É-tȧhpe'enōne. He sang loudly. Antonym -he'kenéméne; fai: -noné. See: -tȧhpenoné; -háahpe'enoné; -háenoné. Category: sing.

-tȧhpe'enonétó   vii. be loud music. É-tȧhpe'enonéto. The music (for example, on the radio) is loud. Category: sounds.

-tȧhpe'enóohe   vai. look big. É-tȧhpe'enóohe. He looks big. Category: appearance.

-tȧhpe'enóohee'e   vai. sit looking big. É-tȧhpe'enóohee'e. He's sitting looking big. Category: size, sit, appearance. fai: -nóohe.

-tȧhpe'enotová   vai. have a big neck. É-tȧhpe'enotōva. He has a big neck. Category: body. BodyPartMedial -notová.

-tȧhpe'eóhtá   vai. have big leg(s). See: -tȧhpe'ėškóhtá. É-tȧhpe'eóhta. He has a big leg(s). Reduplicated tótȧhpe'eóhtá. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ėstaenevó'ohe   vai. (tree) have big branches. É-tȧhpe'ėstaenevó'ohe. (The tree) has big branches. Category: trees. Medial -ó'.

-tȧhpe'ėstáhá   vai. 1 • have a big heart.

2 • be kind. Usage: fig., probably loan transl. from English É-tȧhpe'ėstáha. He is kind. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ėstséá'e   vai. have a big head. É-tȧhpe'ėstséá'e. He has a big, bushy (??) head. BodyPartMedial -htséá. Phon: vs Category: hair, head.

-tȧhpe'ėšené   vai. have a big chest. É-tȧhpe'ėšēne. He has a big chest. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ėšéóna   vai. big hips. É-tȧhpe'ėšéóna. He has big hips. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ėškóhtá   vai. have a big leg. É-tȧhpe'ėškóhta. He has a big leg(s). var: -tȧhpe'eóhtá. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'evá   vai. have big calf (of leg). É-tȧhpe'ēva. He has a big calf(s) (of leg). Category: body.

-tȧhpe'évȧho'tá   vii. make a big sound. such as a loud sound made by a car. É-tȧhpe'évȧhó'ta. It made a big sound. Category: sounds.

-tȧhpe'évánéne   vai. 1 • make a loud sound. É-tȧhpe'évánéne. He made a loud sound.

2 • fart loudly. Usage: euphemism Antonym -tšėške'évanené. See: -pánestse. Category: sounds.

-tȧhpe'évėhané   vai. drum loudly. É-tȧhpe'évėháne. He drummed loudly. Antonym -tšėške'évėhané. Category: drum.

-tȧhpe'évone   vii. big sound; sound loudly. for example, of a car. É-tȧhpe'évone. It made a big noise. Antonym -tšėške'évone. Category: sounds.

-tȧhpe'kasé   vai. have a big stomach. can refer to an expanding abdomen of a pregnant woman. Éxháeno'-tȧhpe'kȧséhoo'o. His stomach also really stuck out. Antonym -ma'kasé. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ó   vii. big. É-tȧhpé'o. It is big. É-tȧhpe'otse. It (obv) is big. vai: -tȧhpeta; Antonym -tšėške'ó. See: -háahpe'ó. Category: size.

-tȧhpe'ȯhosé   vai. big penis - have a. É-tȧhpe'ȯhōse. He has a big penis. Antonym -tšėške'ȯhosé. Usage: vulgar BodyPartMedial -ohosé. See: -hoháohosé ‘very big penis - have a’; -tsėhe'ėstȯhosé ‘long penis - have a’; -tȧhpe'ėhohtsé ‘leave big tracks’. Category: vulgar.

-tȧhpe'óhtáne   vai. have a big forehead. É-tȧhpe'óhtáne. He has a big forehead. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'o'ȧsénahné   vai. build a big fire. É-tȧhpe'o'ȧsénáhne. He built a big fire. Mós-tȧhpe'o'ȧsénȧhnėhéhe ma'táá'e. He built a big fire in the timber. Category: fire.

-tȧhpe'ó'ohe   vai. big tree. É-tȧhpe'ó'ohe. It's a big tree (or similar vegetation). Category: trees.

-tȧhpe'omóhtahe   vai. feel big. esp. proud of self. Náhvé'še-tȧhpe'omóhtahe. I felt big from that. Category: emotions.

-tȧhpe'óneehe   vai. big (ropelike). É-tȧhpe'óneehe. He (ropelike) is big around. Medial ón. See: -tsėhe'ėstóneehe. Category: snakes, ropelike.

-tȧhpe'onené   vai. have a big tooth. É-tȧhpe'onēne. He has a big tooth (or teeth). Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ónoo'e   vai. sit big. É-tȧhpe'ónoo'e. He is sitting big. that is, the person described is big and is sitting. Category: sit, size.

-tȧhpe'ónová   vai. talk loudly. É-tȧhpe'ónóva. He's talking loudly. Usage: This is a better pronunciation than -nėhpe'onová. var: -nėhpe'onová. See: -háahpe'ónová; -tȧhpe'enestse. Category: sounds.

-tȧhpe'onováto   vii. be loud talking. É-tȧhpe'onováto it's loud (for example, sound of the radio). Category: sounds.

-tȧhpe'óohevá   vai. have big nails. É-tȧhpe'óohēva. He has big nails/claws. BodyPartMedial -óohevá. Category: body.

-tȧhpe'ovésé   vai. have big (for example, coarse) hair. É-tȧhpe'ovése. He has big (for example, coarse) hair. Category: hair.

tȧhpeno   ni. flute, whistle. or other wind instruments such as a horn or trombone. Usage: obsolescing Plural tȧhpenonȯtse.

na. flute, whistle. animate for some speakers. Plural tȧhpenono; Oblique tȧhpénónéva. See: é'e'šestȯtse. Etym: *pepikwani. See: šéstotó'etȧhpeno ‘cedar flute’. Category: sing, ceremonial.

-tȧhpenoné   vai. play the flute. É-tȧhpenōne. He's playing the flute. Category: sounds, sing.

tȧhpenonénootȯtse   ni. Gram: pl flute songs ?? Category: sing.

tȧhpenonó'ėstse   ni. Gram: pl flute shrub. wood used to make flutes. Category: plants.

-tȧhpeta   vai. big. É-tȧhpeta. He's big. É-tȧhpetao'o. They are big. vii: -tȧhpe'ó. See: -háahpeta. Category: size.

Táhpeta   na. Big. nickname for a deceased policeman in Ashland. Ques: ben bighead Category: names. vai: -tȧhpeta.

-tȧhpetáohtsé   vai. get bigger; show (during pregnancy). É-tȧhpetáóhtse She is showing (lit. getting bigger). See: -tȧhpeta.

táhta   p. openly. héne táhta tȧháóhe tsétšėšeménȯhkoe'tótsee'ėstse those (plums) which were plainly seen (1987:288). Preverb táhtanove-.

Táhtaámėhé'e   na. Plain View Woman, Clear Walker. Category: names.

táhtaenotováhe   na. 1 • killdeer. Plural táhtaenotováheo'o; Obviative táhtaenotováheho. Lit: marked.around-neck-NOM var: possibly also tóhtaenotováhe; Medial -notová.

2 • Killdeer. Category: names.

tȧhtaēto   p. about; around ?? Ques: ??[ See: éve-. Category: positions.

táhta'e-   pv. in the open; openly. É-táhta'eameōhtse. He's walking out in the open. É-táhta'eéestse. He is speaking openly. See: táhtanoove-. Category: positions.

Táhtanóma'ō'e   na. Smooth Ground. Category: names.

-táhtanoovan   vti. display s.t./s.o. openly ?; make s.t./s.o. public ?? É-táhtanoovāna. He made it public/he displayed it openly. ??

táhtanoove-   pv. plainly, clearly. É-táhtanoovemé'ésta. He clearly explained it. Usage: obsolescing See: táhta'e-.

-táhtanovan   vta. display s.o., show s.o. esp. to show a hand of cards in a card game. É-táhtanovanóho. He showed him/them. (for example, he showed his cards). Category: cards.

tá'-   pv. emphatic, very. É-tá'émoohtahe. He is very secretive. var: otá'-. See: tá'e- ‘emphatic ; very’; osee; ma'xe-. Category: degree.

ta'-   i. go out of sight, disappear. has more the English meaning of going out of sight, rather than disappearing. É-ta'ēhne He disappeared/he went out of sight (for example, the sun at sunset).

-ta'a'é'o   vai. duck head out of sight, hide face. Lit: out.of.sight-head-quick.movement É-ta'a'é'o. He hid his head. Category: head.

-ta'a'ó   vai. quickly go out of sight. É-ta'ā'o. He quickly went out of sight. Final -a'ó.

tá'(e)-   pv. emphatic, very. hó'-tá'he'kotóomóéha when the water is really calm. mós-tá'novėhnėhevóhe They came real slowly (1987:45). mós-tá'háahpetȧhéhe néhe It (an.; tree) was very large. (1987:281). É-tá'e-ono'ahe He's a very right person; very nice looking. Phon: The /e/ occurs preceding a vowel. See: etá'-; otá'-; tó'-; tae-. Category: degree.

ta'e-   pv. out of sight, disappear. Éstȧxaeévȧhe'ke-ta'eéstsėhnesėstse nėhéóhe vé'ho'éomēē'e. She turned and went slowly back there into the tent. (1987:59). Category: sight.

tá'e-   pv. emphatic, very. See: tá'-. Category: degree.

tá'e   p. until. Násáahéne'enóhe mónáoseehótoanávomóhtȧhéotsėhéhe tá'enaa'éve'ho'e naa naa'éve'ho'á'e tséhnėheta'evȯse. I was not aware (that) I was very sick until the doctor and the nurse told me. [1987:202] See: nȯse'to; maato. Category: time.

tá'e mȧhové'še   p. finally. var: mȧhové'še. See: tá'mȧhovetóne'še; mȧhove-. Category: time.

-ta'ehné   vai. walk out of sight, disappear. É-ta'ēhne He disappeared/he went out of sight (for example, sun). éše'he tsétȧheše-ta'ēhnėse west (lit. where the sun disappears). Étaéše-ta'ēhne éše'he. The sun has gone down. Antonym -mé'ehné. See: -ta'e'há ‘fly out of sight’. Category: time, record.

-ta'e'há   vai. fly out of sight. É-ta'ē'ha. He flew out of sight. Reduplicated -ta'ta'e'há. See: -néma'e'há ‘fly in a circle’. Category: fly.

Ta'e'háóhtsėstse   na. Flies Out of Sight. See: -ta'ta'e'há. Category: names.

-ta'e'háoohe   vai. fly out of sight. É-ta'e'háoohe. He flew out of sight / He went out of sight flying. Category: fly.

-ta'e'ósané   vai. condemn. Névé'ée-ta'e'ósáne Don't condemn (others)! vta: -ta'e'ov.

-ta'e'ov   vta. 1 • drive s.o. out of sight, make s.o. leave. É-ta'e'ovóho. He drove him out of sight.

2 • condemn s.o. Névé'ée-ta'e'ovo vo'ėstane! Don't condemn anyone! Ques: Is 'condemn' a figurative usage or a different word? See: -asėta'ov; -vóho'oet; -ho'é'et. Category: interpersonal.

ta'emenonȯtse   ni. Gram: pl Indian hominy. it is cooked then dried; not treated with lye. See: vé'ho'é-ta'emenonȯtse; mȧhaemenȯtse. Category: food.

-ta'eméohe   vai. run out of sight.

-ta'eoesta'xé   vai. disappear quickly. hákó'e ésta-ta'eoesta'xésesto (The coyote; obv.) disappeared far away. [Croft 1988:27:2]

-ta'eohtsé   vai. disappear; go out of sight, die. can be used as a euphemism for 'die'. É-ta'eōhtse He went out of sight. Návóómo tsétȧheše-ta'eōhtsėse I saw him when he went out of sight (said by a father about when he saw his invalid son die). [1987:284] See: -ta'ehné. Reduplicated -tatá'eohtsé. Category: walk.

-ta'eše   vai. lie out of sight. É-ta'ēše. He's lying out of sight. Category: lie.

ta'eto   p. out of sight. Náhtatsėhe'ōhtse ta'eto. I went over there out of sight. [1987:157] Category: positions.

tá'mȧhovetóne'še   finally. Tá'mȧhove-tóne'še vé'ho'e móstanomoneotsėhéhe. Finally the whiteman must have gotten sleepy. (Croft 1988:24:17). See: tá'e mȧhove'še; tóne'še.

-ta'ȯhoo'e   vai. swim (of fish, ducks, beavers, snakes, et al); wade (of people). éta-ta'ȯhoo'e He waded out of sight. Phon: vs Final -ohoo'e. The following warning would be given to people, cautioning them to be alert to the dangers of winter blizzards: Antonym -mé'ȯhoo'e. Háá'ėše nėstavé'ho'ȯhtséme. Étaéšė-ta'ȯhoo'e Hóma'e. Óohkenonéšeōhtse ma'taamėhéemȯhonéstove. Don't go far from the camp. The Beaver (constellation) has swum out of sight (in the Fall). Go in pairs when you go hunting.

-ta'ó'a'ó   vii. blown out of sight. É-ta'ó'á'o. It got blown out of sight. Category: wind. Redup = -tata'ó'a'ó

ta'om-   i. way (be in); obstruct; block; interrupt. Category: positions.

-ta'omȧho'he   vai. drive obstructing, block with car. É-ta'omȧho'he. He got in the way driving his car. Category: car.

-ta'oma'eoha'ov   vta. intercept s.o. Category: basketball. Ta'oma'eoha'oveha! Intercept him (e.g. the player with the basketball)! Category: basketball.

-ta'oma'haso'he   vai. ride horse obstructing. É-ta'oma'haso'he. He got in the way riding horse. Category: horses.

-ta'oma'ó   vai. block. É-ta'omā'o. He blocked. fai: -a'ó. See: -ta'omeóó'e.

-ta'oma'ohtsé   vti. obstruct s.t., block s.t. É-ta'oma'ōhtse heno'ȯheo'o. He bunted (that is, obstructed his bat). Category: baseball.

-ta'óma'o'e   vii. be obstructed; obscured ground. tȧháóhe tséstamé'a'xėse tsés-ta'óma'o'etse éssáavóomóhesesto when he came over the hill there where it had been obscured he didn't see(the horse) (1987:170). Final -óma'o'e.

-ta'oma'ov   vta. block s.o. to block your stock from getting out. É-ta'oma'ovóho. He blocked him. Category: move.

-ta'oman   vta. put s.o. in the way. É-ta'omanóho. He put him in the way. Éme'-ta'omāne šé'hóno. He used the cloth as a doorway for a tepee.

ta'ome-   pv. in the way; in the road; hinder; obstruct; block; interrupt. É-ta'omeameōhtse He's walking in the way (for example, hindering someone's progress). Éhnės-ta'ome-éestseotse. He interrupted. [REBUKE.TXT] É-ta'omenéé'e. He stood in the way (for example, "Jesus has stood in the way to protect us, to shield us from punishment; i.e. he took the rap for us"). See: mé'ta'ome-; -hestomahe. Category: positions.

-ta'omehné   vai. walk obstructing. É-ta'omēhne He walked in the way (that is, obstructing).

-ta'omėhóhtá   vti. approach and get in the way of s.t. É-ta'omėhóhta. He approached and got in the way of it. Category: approach. fti: -ehóhtá. Category: motion.

-ta'omėhót   vta. walk in front of s.o. É-ta'omėhoto. He's walking in front of him. Éohkėsáa-ta'omėhóheheo'o. They (medicine people) are not walked in front of. Category: ceremonial, walk.

-ta'omeméohe   vai. run in the way. É-ta'omeméohe. He's running toward the road / he's running in the way. Category: run.

-ta'omeóó'e   vai. stand in the way. É-ta'omeóó'e. He's standing in the way. See: -ta'omeše ‘lie in the way’; -ta'omoo'e ‘sit in the way’. Category: stand.

-ta'omeóó'e   vai. stand obstructing. É-ta'omeóó'e He is standing in the way.

-ta'omėstónané   vai. blockade. É-ta'omėstónáne. He blockaded. See: -amėstó'enené; -néma'ó'ėstónané.

-ta'omeše   vai. lie in the way; block the way; lie in the door; lie obstructing. See: -tó'heše; -nėhpeše. É-ta'omēše. He's lying in the way. Category: lie.

-ta'omėšem   vta. place s.o. in the way. É-ta'omėšemóho. He placed him in the way.

-ta'omóé'ó   vai. float in the way. É-ta'omóé'o. It floated in the way. For example, of a log that stops up a creek. Category: liquid.

-ta'omóeóó'e   vai. stand by the side of the road. É-ta'omóeóó'e. He was standing at side of the road. Category: stand.

ta'omoesó'hestȯtse   na. apron. or other similar covering. Náhone'ōvo ta'omoeso'hestȯtse. I'm wearing an apron. tséohketa'omoesenase vo'nȧhanéstóva curtain (lit. that which covers a window). Plural ta'omoesó'hestoto; Obviative ta'omoesó'hestoto. Category: housework.

-ta'omoéstá   vii. hang in the way. É-ta'omoésta. It's hanging in the way. [pd787] fii: -oéstá₂. Category: hang.

-ta'omo'ȧhéotse   vai. run obstructing. É-ta'omo'ȧhéotse. He ran in the way. Category: run.

-ta'omó'a'há   vii. blocked by something blown. É-ta'omó'á'ha. It was blown by the wind and blocks the way. Category: wind. fii: -ó'a'há.

-ta'omó'ohe   vai. tree; bush obstruct. é'ȯhkeéema'xe-ta'omó'ȯheo'o heneno there used to be a growth of rose (bushes) obstructing (1987:255).

-ta'omo'tá   vii. sit in the way. É-ta'omō'ta. It's sitting in the way. Category: sit inan.

-ta'omóneeše   vai. lie ropelike in the way. É-ta'omónééše. (The snake) is lying in the way. Category: ropelike, lie.

-ta'omónová   vai. interrupt, cut into a conversation. É-ta'omónóva. He interrupted / cut into the conversation. Category: speak. fai: -ónová.

-ta'omoo'e   vai. sit in the way. É-ta'omoo'e. He's sitting in the way. Category: sit.

-ta'omotse'ohe   vai. work in the way. É-ta'omotse'ohe. He worked in the way. Category: work.

ta'ov-   i. angry.

-ta'ovéné   vai. frown. É-ta'ovéne. He's frowning. Category: face.

-ta'ovénee'e   vai. sit with mean face. É-ta'ovénee'e. He's sitting with a mean face. Category: sit.

Ta'ovéné'e   na. Frowning Woman. Category: names.

-ta'ovéné'ó   vai. frown. É-ta'ovéné'o. He's frowning. Category: face.

ta'oveohtsé   vai. angrily go. Tsé'tóhe Hoó'kȯhtá'e móstaohketa'oveohtsėhēhe. This Corn Woman would go (away) mad. Category: emotions.

-ta'oveóó'e   vai. stand angry, stand mad. É-ta'oveóó'e. He's mad standing (there). Category: stand.

-ta'oveotse   vai. pout, frown. This is esp. said of an unborn or newborn babies; "babies can sense how we feel or think about them. The 'for good' part of the meaning is simply implied. É-ta'oveotse. He frowned. Tse-ta'oveotseo'o. They will get mad (lit. frown) for good. Category: face.

-ta'oveše   vai. lie angry. É-ta'ovēše. He's lying angry. Category: lie.

-ta'ovȯhōne   vai. sign mad, sign angry. É-ta'ovȯhōne. He's signing that he's mad/angry. fai: -ohoné. Category: sign.

-ta'ovónová   vai. talk until angry. É-ta'ovónóva. He talked until he was angry. Category: speak, emotions.

-ta'ovóom   vta. angry at s.o. forever. É-ta'ovóomóho. He's mad at him forever. É-ta'ovóomȧhtseo'o They are mad at each other forever. See: -nėsétam; -ta'oveotse. Category: interpersonal, emotions.

-ta'ovotse'ohe   vai. angrily work, work angrily. É-ta'ovotse'ohe. He got mad at work. Category: work.

ta'p-   i. weak.

-ta'pahe   vai. be weak. É-ta'pahe. He is weak/he is a weakling. Antonym -he'konahe. See: -óvahe; -he'keta; -ta'pose. Category: personality.

-ta'pȧheéné   vai. be a crybaby. É-ta'pȧheéne. He is a crybaby. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -ta'pahe; -hehpȧhahe; -séhpȧheéneotse. Category: personality.

-ta'pȧho'he   vai. weak with reference to heat, can't stand heat. See: -ta'pahe. Antonym -tá'pose. É-ta'pȧho'he. He can't stand the heat. Category: temperature.

-ta'páno'xe   vai. go to bed early. meaning uncertain. É-ta'páno'xe. He goes to sleep early. [PD979] Lit: (be.)weak-(concerning).sleep Final -áno'xe. See: -ta'pose; -héano'xe. Category: sleep.

-ta'pėstáhá   vai. upset easily. Lit: weak-hearted É-ta'pėstáha. He gets upset easily. [PD540] Category: personality.

-ta'peše   vai. lie weakly. for instance, maybe bones are aching and the person can't stand to keep lying there. É-ta'pēše. He can't stand to lie there. Category: lie.

-tá'po'eéh   vta. weaken s.o. É-tá'po'éeho. He weakened him.

-ta'poo'e   vai. sit in a dangerous place, sit in a weak spot. É-ta'poo'e. He's sitting in a dangerous place. Category: sit.

-ta'pose   vai. easily chilled. Lit: weak-cold É-ta'pose. He gets cold easily. Ná-ta'pose. I get cold easily. Final -ose; Antonym -héose. Phon: sfr See: -ta'pȧho'he; -ta'pahe; -ta'páno'xe. Category: temperature.

tā'se   p. like, as, similar to. often used as a hedge or hesitation marker in speech. tá'sė=háma I guess. tā'se nėšeše "You look like a mourner!" The preceding phrase was said when people first started cutting hair. tséohkeée=ta'se=háhané'oevose ma'heono those, like, who are close to the spirits. See: hápó'e; héva; tá'sė=háma; hotoo.

ta'se hótȧhtse   p. supposedly, I thought ... contracted: ta'sótse.

tá'sėháma   p. maybe, 'Isn't that right?'. See: ta'se; hēā'e; heá'ėháma; héva.

ta'sótse   p. supposedly, I thought ... uncontracted: ta'se hótȧhtse. ta'sótse náhováheve I thought I was an animal. ta'sótse énėhevoo'o I thought he said that. ta'sótse hé'tóhe hena'háanéhe I thought this was the one (but it wasn't). Ta'sótse tsé'tóhe náéšeáhaneoestōhno. Móévaméseešenȧhéhe. I thought I already killed this one. He must have come back to life. ta'sótse vé'ho'e I thought (you were/became) a whiteman (this is a put down to an Indian who people feel has left "typical" Indian ways; esp. said when s.o. has-been gone from the reservation for a long time and/or has gotten an advanced education). See: máa'ėse; tȧxhósé'e.

ta'ta'-   i. open, unlock.

-ta'ta'a'hahtsé   vti. throw open s.t. See: -ónėsta'hahtsé. É-ta'ta'a'hāhtse. He threw it (for example, door) open.

-ta'ta'as   vta. cut open s.o. É-ta'ta'ȧsóho He cut him open.

-ta'ta'axá   vti. cut open s.t. É-ta'ta'āxa He cut it open.

-ta'ta'e'há   vai. fly out of sight. i.e. go out of sight while flying. É-ta'ta'ē'ha He flew out of sight. Phon: redup Non-reduplicated -ta'e'há. See: -hóome'há; -mé'e'há; -ta'ehné.

-ta'ta'e'ó'tsé   vti. open s.t. Éstaméhae-ta'ta'e'ó'tsenoho hestoome. He opened up his blanket. (here blanket is treated as inan.)

-ta'ta'ema'ehá   vii. open (of a book). É-ta'ta'ema'ēha. (The book) is open. vti: -ta'ta'ema'ená. Category: paper.

-ta'ta'ema'ená   vti. open s.t. (book). É-ta'ta'ema'ēna. He opened it (especially, a book). vii: -ta'ta'ema'ehá. Category: paper.

-ta'ta'emėstaa'e   vai. zipper open, unzipped. É-ta'ta'emėstaa'e. His zipper is open. Phon: vs Synonym -ta'ta'oo'e. See: -ta'ta'ėsó'ee'e. Category: clothing.

-ta'ta'en   vti. open s.t., uncover s.t., turn on s.t. for ex., to open a door, a jar, or a window; or, for ex., to turn on a radio or T.V. É-ta'ta'ēna. He opened it. Ta'ta'ēnȯhtse! Open it! Turn it on! Náévėhešeééstse nȧháóhe héne maahótse tséh-ta'ta'ene. I spoke that way when the (Sacred) Arrows were exposed.

vta. open s.o. É-ta'ta'enóho. He opened him. Antonym -nėhpo'an. See: -ta'ta'ema'en; -ta'ta'ohá; -ónėstan; -hótȯxa'én.

ta'ta'enenēō'o   ni. can opener. See: ta'ta'ȯhēō'o. Category: tools.

-ta'ta'enomev   vta. open (something) for s.o. See: -hoéstomev. É-ta'ta'enomevóho He opened it for him. Náohke-ta'ta'enomóenone ma'heónȯxe'ėstoo'otséhešėhetáohameéestséstove. He opened God's Word to us the way it is explained (or illustrated). Nėstsėsáatšėhe'še-ta'ta'enomónėhénóvo Tséstsėhéstȧhésehé'tóhe manestȯtse. You Cheyennes will not be permitted to take this drink.

-ta'ta'eotse   vii. open. Étaome-ta'ta'eotse. It opened by itself.

-ta'ta'ėsó'ee'e   vai. exposed crotch, crotch - exposed, open fly, zipper down, unzipped. É-ta'ta'ėsó'ee'e. His/Her crotch is exposed / His/her zipper is down. Phon: vs BodyPartMedial -só'é. See: -ta'ta'emėstaa'e ‘zipper open’; -ta'ta'oo'e ‘zipper open’. Category: vulgar.

-ta'ta'óe'ó   vai. open up (of a river). É-ta'ta'óé'o. It opened up. See: -ta'ta'óeotse. Category: liquid.

-ta'ta'óeotse   vii. open up (of a river). É-ta'ta'óeotse. (The river) opened up. Category: liquid.

-ta'ta'ohá   vti. unlock s.t. by tool, open s.t. by tool. É-ta'ta'ōha. He unlocked it. (for example, unlocked door with a key). Category: house. Ta'ta'óóhtse! Unlock it! See: -ta'ta'en.

ta'ta'ȯhenestȯtse   ni. can opener. Lit: opening-thing See: ta'ta'ȯhēō'o; ta'ta'enenēō'o. Category: tools.

ta'ta'ȯhēō'o   ni. key. Lit: opener Phon: vs Plural ta'ta'ȯheonȯtse. See: ta'ta'enenēō'o; ta'ta'ȯhenestȯtse. Category: tools.

-ta'ta'oh(n)   vta. open s.o. É-ta'ta'ȯhnóho. He opened him (e.g. fruit).

-ta'ta'o'tá   vii. open, unlocked. for example, of a door that is unlocked. É-ta'ta'ō'ta. It's open. vti: -ta'ta'ó'tsé. See: -ta'ta'en; -ónėsto'tá; -nėhpo'ohe.

-ta'ta'o'tsé   vti. open s.t. right away, unlock s.t. right away. for example, to quickly unlock a door or turn on water to flow through a hose. Ta'ta'ō'tsėstse! Open it now! vii: -ta'ta'o'tá; Antonym -éno'tová'o'tsé. See: -ta'ta'en; -ónėsto'tá; -nėhpo'ohe.

-ta'ta'oo'e   vai. zipper open. É-ta'ta'oo'e. His zipper is open. Synonym -ta'ta'emėstaa'e. Category: clothing.

-ta'ta'óován   vti. open up s.t. (of liquid). É-éta'ta'óována. He's opening it up. for example, opening up an irrigation ditch. Medial -óová. Category: liquid.

-ta'ta'óovánené   vai. open irrigation ditches. É-ta'ta'óovánéne. He's opening irrigation ditches. Medial -óová. Category: liquid.

-ta'ta'óováotse   vii. open by water. É-ta'ta'óováotse. Water made it open. for instance, could be of a dam broken open by flood water. Category: liquid. Final -óová.

tá'tóhe   pro. Gram: dem-an-distal that one (an.), these (an.) attaches to a following word, especially a noun it is modifying. tá'tó=hetane that man. See: tsé'tóhe; néhe.

-ta'tóvaxá   vti. trace cut s.t. É-ta'tóváxa He traced-cut it (for example, cut around a pattern). fti: -ax. Category: cut.

-ta'xȧhtsenávo'eše   vai. fall and cut lip. É-ta'xȧhtsenávo'ēše. He fell and cut his lip. Category: fall, cut.

-ta'xȧhtsenávo'oh(n)   vta. cut lip of s.o. É-ta'xȧhtsenávo'ȯhnóho. He busted his (other person's) lip. Category: cut, violence.

-ta'xas   vta. slit s.o., gash s.o. Ná-ta'xāso. I slit him (for example, surgeon's first cut on skin). Reduplicated -totá'xas. Category: cut.

-ta'xeesévo'as   vta. cut nose of s.o. Ná-ta'xeesévo'āso. I cut his nose. See: -po'eesé's??; -tameesé. Category: cut.

-ta'xe'pa'onávo'as   vta. cut back of s.o. É-ta'xe'pa'onávo'ȧsóho. He cut him on the back. Category: cut.

-ta'xeoestas   vta. slash s.o. suddenly. É-ta'xeoestȧsóho. He slashed him suddenly. Category: cut.

-ta'xeoešeše   vai. lie cut up. for ex., from a fall, car accident, or running into some sharp object. É-ta'xeoešēše. He got cut when he fell. See: -ta'xevo'eše; -háeoešeše. Category: lie, cut.

-ta'xetanȧháoestas   vta. cut breast of s.o. a traditional form of self-mutilation to indicate grief ?? É-ta'xetanȧháoestȧxestse. She cut her breast(s). [Croft] BodyPartMedial -tanahá. Category: cut.

-ta'xevá   mbp. testicle. Éónėše-ta'xeváóhtse. He has pain in the testicle(s). Épóhe-ta'xeváotse. He has swollen testicles. IndepNoun ta'xevȯtse. Category: body, vulgar.

-ta'xevo'eše   vai. 1 • lie cut up. É-ta'xevo'ēše. He got cut up in a fall/accident. This could be about a horse that runs into a barbed wire fence. Usage: This word seems to have a humorous impact on people, perhaps because it sounds like ta'xevȯtse 'testicle' See: -tá'xeoešeše ‘lie cut up’; ta'xevȯtse ‘testicle’. Category: lie, cut.

2 • gored, screwed. esp. of a woman during sex. Usage: fig. Category: vulgar, sex.

ta'xevȯtse   na. testicle. ma-ta'xevȯtse testicle. na-ta'xevȯtse my testicle. na-ta'xevoto my testicles. AlternatePlural na-ta'xevono. he-ta'xevoto his testicle(s). AlternatePlural he-ta'xevono; Plural ta'xevoto; Obviative ta'xevoto; BodyPartMedial -ta'xevá. Etym: *meθe'šiwa (Pi) ‘testicle’. Category: body, vulgar.

tam-   i. stubby, blunt.

tamȧhááhe   na. old woman, old lady. Contracted pronunciation of younger speakers today; the traditional pronunciation is mȧhtamȧhááhe. var: mȧhtamȧhááhe. Category: ages.

Tameesá'e   na. Cut Nose Woman. Category: names.

-tameesé   vai. have a stubby nose. É-tameēse. He has a short stubby nose. Etym: *θemikweθe:wa (Go88). Medial -esé.

-tameeséh(n)   vta. cut off end of nose of s.o. É-tameesehno. He cut off the end of his nose. [pd745] Category: nose.

-tameesévo'as   vta. cut nose of s.o. short. In the old days a man could this to his wife when she was unfaithful to him; it brought great shame upon her. É-tameesévo'ȧsóho He cut her/his nose off short. Category: cut.

-tame'ėstá'o   vai. have ears laid back, esp. of a horse. É-tame'ėstá'o. earsback.mp3 He's got his ears back. Category: horses.

-tame'ėstáotse   vai. lay ears back. esp. of a horse. É-tame'ėstáotse. He lay his ears back. Category: horses.

tamena'éveéstse'he   na. t-shirt. See: oo'ena'eveéstse'he ?[. Lit: stubby-sleeved-shirt Category: clothing.

-tameóhtá   vai. stubby leg - have a. É-tameóhta. He has a short/stubby leg. BodyPartMedial -óhtá, -(hk)óhtá. Etym: *θemika:te:wa. Category: body.

-tameotse   vai. become bent over. É-tameotse. He can't straighten up (for example, from a sore back). Category: positions.

-tamévésé   vai. dehorned. É-tamévésé. He's dehorned. Reduplicated -totámévésé.

-tamó   vii. stubby; blunt. É-támo. It is blunt. Category: shapes.

tamȯhēō'o   na. club, police baton. Plural tamȯheono; Obviative tamȯheono. See: tȯhoo'e; tȯhohko; ma'xetȯhoo'o; váohestȯtse. Etym: *temaha:kani ‘axe (Pe79:333) > English 'tomahawk'’. Category: warfare.

-tamóhtaxe   vai. have bangs (in hair). É-tamóhtaxe He has bangs. Category: hair. Lit: blunt-cut

-tana   na. Gram: poss breast (poss.) See: matana₂ ‘milk’. ma-tana breast. he-tanāne her breast(s). Na'ėstse he-tanāne épo'ȧsóho. One of her breasts was cut off (for example, during a mastectomy). Énéšepo'ȧxóho he-tanāne. She had a double mastectomy (lit. her breasts were both cut off). Medial -tanahá. Category: body. Usage: rare in sg. Etym: *me0eni. Plural ma-tanāne. Category: vulgar.

-tanahá   mbp. breast, udder. Éháe-tanāha. She has lots of milk. Éhévoe-tanȧháno'hāme. He's milking (lit. wring-udders-(of) stock). Épónoe-tanȧhá'o. She is dried up (that is, her milk is dried up). See: matana₁ ‘breast’. Category: body.

-tane   fna. person; man. móneéšetaneo'o young people (1987:12). mómȧhtȧhétaneo'o traditional religious people; medicine people. Heévȧhetane Southern Cheyenne. Heévȧhetané'e Southern Cheyenne woman. Óoetaneo'o Crows (Indians). See: hetane; vo'ėstane; héstanėheo'o. Etym: *lenyiw. Category: people.

-tanehe   vai. bashful, shy, ashamed, embarrassed. É-tanehe. He was embarrassed. naa náosee-tanehe And I'm really ashamed. (1987:296). [1987:287, 293] vta: -tanéhevo'eéh. See: -e'hahtohe. Etym: cf. M tekiisew; *tekwe:siwa (Go88). Category: personality, record.

-tanéheotse   vai. become embarrassed, ashamed, become shy. É-tanéheotse. He got embarrassed. vta: -tanéhetsėstov. Category: emotions.

-tanéhétsestá   vti. ashamed of s.t. É-tanéhétsésta. He is ashamed of it. É-tanéhetsėstánóvo tséhe'enėstsēvȯse. They are ashamed of how they talk. mós-tanéhetsėstȯhéhe heme'ko tséssáavé'hemé'konéése. He was ashamed because he had no hair on his head (he had been scalped). [(1987:287)]

-tanéhetsėstov   vta. embarrassed by s.o., have in-law respect toward s.o. É-tanéhetsėstovóho He is ashamed of him ?/he is embarrassed to talk to him. Éstaohkėsáatónėše'éexaeho'eohéhehoo'o.Móstaohketanéhetsėstovȯhevóhe hevéxaho. She didn't dare go near there (the tepee). She had in-law respect for her son-in-law. (1987:270). Synonym -tanéhevo'eéh; vai: -tanehe. See: -e'hahtov; -tanéhevo'eéh; -tanéhetsėstovomotah. Category: emotions.

-tanéhetsėstovomotah   vta. be ashamed for s.o. See: -tanéhev. Ná-tanéhetsėstovomotāho. I felt shame for him. See: -tanéhetsėstov. Category: emotions.

-tanéhev   vta. be ashamed for s.o. Ná-tanéhévo I felt shame for him. See: -tanéhetsėstovomotah. Category: emotions.

-tanéhevo'eéh   vta. embarrass s.o., shame s.o. É-tanéhevo'eeho. He embarrassed him. Ná-tanéhevo'eeha. I'm ashamed of him. Category: interpersonal, emotions.

-tanéhevo'ee'e   vai. shy from being teased. É-tanéhevo'ee'e. He is shy from being teased. Phon: vs Category: emotions.

-tanéhevomotah   vta. ashamed for s.o. É-tanéhevomotȧhóho. He was embarrassed for him.

-tanevá   mbp. tongue. See: vétanove. É-é'koetanevá'o He stuck his tongue out. É-ónėšetaneváóhtse He has pain in the tongue. É-nésȯhkonávetanēva He equivocates/lies (lit. has a split tongue). É-tsėhe'ėsetanēva He has a long tongue. É-vóhpetanēva He has "thrush" (lit. white-tongue). Náé'koe-tanevá'tóvo I stuck my tongue out at him. Category: body.

-tanévátsésta   vti. consider s.t. a shame. É-tanévátsésta. He considers it a shame. [pd62]

-tanevóo'e   vii. crowd. Éháe-tanevóo'e. It is a big crowd. Éhonátse-tanevoo'e. The crowd subsided. Category: people.

-tanó   fai. want, feel, mind, think, desire, mental state, urge, mood. takes AI stems or initials as complement, and requires that the semantic subject of the complement be the same as the semantic subject of the matrix. Nápėhéve-tāno. I'm happy. Námésėhé-táno. I want to eat. Náháóéná-táno. I want to pray. use with a semantically transitive stem as complement requires that the verb first be detransitivized; if it cannot be detransitivized then other morphosyntactic possibilities must be utilized, such as using a different matrix verb in conjunction with a separate verb (typically of the conjunct order) as complement. Návéstȧhémȧhtsé-táno. I want to be helped. Énaé-táno. He is dying. Éané-táno. She is in labor. Émémėse-tāno. He has the urge to defecate. Éo'ėhné-táno. He has the urge to eliminate (defecate). feeling as of a physical condition is referred to with the final -omóhtahe. See: -átsestá; -átam; -ho'ahe. vta: -tanó'tov. Category: emotions.

-tanó'tov   vta. want s.o. to do (s.t.) takes AI stems or initials as complement, and requires that the semantic subject of the complement be the same as the semantic subject of the matrix verb. mónáme'éetšėhe'šėhéase-tanó'tovoo'o I will NEVER want them to leave. use with a semantically transitive stem as complement requires that it first be detransitivized; if it cannot be detransitivized then other morphosyntactic possibilities must be utilized, such as use of a different matrix verb in conjunction with a separate verb (typically of the conjunct order) as complement. Návóomá-tanó'tóvo. I want to see him. Névóomá-tanó'tovȧtse. I want to see you. Category: cognition.

-tanóna'ov   fta. influence s.o., entice s.o. Énėhešė-tanóna'ovóho. He enticed him that way. Category: cognition.

Tanoohtsē'e   na. Left Behind Woman. Category: names.

taohenéhe   na. surveyor. Plural táohenéheo'o. See: taohováve'ho'e. Category: jobs.

taoheóne   of so many miles in distance. nexa taoheóne two miles (in distance). Category: size.

taohováve'ho'e   na. surveyor. See: taohenéhe. Category: jobs.

taome-   pv. by self, on one's own, by oneself. É-taomemanēstse. He made it by himself. Ésáa-taomemȯxe'ėstónėheo'o. They did not write by themselves. É-taomeametanéne. He has his own ways (you can't tell him anything). Ná-taomėhohtóva. I bought it myself (with my own money). Tse-taometónéso. It will be that way by itself. (Idiomatic meaning, something like, "Whatever will happen will happen" or "Whatever will be will be.") É-taomėhótsenȯhtóvenestse nepȧhponóneehéhame. Your tapeworm can almost talk by itself (humorous expression said when your stomach is growling). É-taomenėhešéhahtse. He brought it on himself. É-taomevé'keéno'e. He brought something (for example, a black eye) on himself due to drinking wine. Can be used in sarcastic retorts, such as 'Taomenėhešeha!' in the following word: Taomenėhešeha! Tell him yourself! Speaker A: éhávėséveéno'e vétšėkévȧhonoo'o; Speaker B: naa éme'-taomėhonohe Speaker A: The fry bread tastes different (something like a complaint); Speaker B: Well, just go fry your own! (lit. it should fry on its own?) This preverb with a following hótse- seems to give an idiomatic sense of 'simply cannot (for example, there is no explanation for it) in some wordings, for example: É-taomėhótsėhestovóotse. He's so foxy that all he lacks is ears. (lit. With difficulty he has his own ears). É-taomėhótseéxo'ȧséotse. He's terribly angry (for example, red in the face, furious, maybe hopping up and down with anger; lit. he is so angry he almost caught fire; like English "he's boiling mad"). Étaomė-hótsėhestsevéveše. He's so evil (lit. he's almost a devil with horns). É-taomėhótsemésehe. He just can't eat. See: -ta'ome; a'e'še-.

-taomeametanó   vai. think independently only. does not listen to advice from others, considered a negative thing to Cheyennes. Nėstsevé'-taomeametāno! Don't have a mind of your own! Éohke-taomeametāno. He doesn't listen to advice. See: -ametanó. Category: cognition.

taomėho'emaovȧhtsestȯtse   ni. Gram: nom self-government. Usage: neologism

-taomėhótsená   vai. almost die. É-taomėhótséna. He almost died. See: -hótsenaa'e; -naeotse. Category: death.

-taomėhótsenaa'e   vai. almost die. É-taomėhótsenaa'e. He almost died. See: -taomėhótsená; -naeotse; -taome; -hótse. Category: death.

-táoo'e   vai. fit. É-táoo'e. He fits. Émȧhe-táoeo'o. They all fit. vti: -táa'á. See: -táeotse; -táeóó'e. Category: space.

-taose   vti. Gram: ai+o save s.t., keep s.t. in reserve. É-taose. He saved (it). É-taosénóvo They saved it. See: -hóvȯsané ‘save’; -hóvohtsé ‘save s.t.’; -vo'ėstanévėstómané ‘rescue’; -taotse ‘yawn’.

taose-kó'konȯxe'ėstónestȯtse   ni. computer. Usage: neologism developed by fluent Ch speakers in a current (1995) reservation program to create new Ch words, especially for modern technological or medical terms Lit: saving-typewriter

-taotse   vai. yawn. É-taotse. He yawned. See: -táeotse. Etym: cf. *ta:wa0wa. Category: body function.

tȧsée-   pv. had to. É-tȧséemésehe. He had to eat. Né-tȧséeháo'ótahtse! You think you're so smart! var: tȯsée-. See: me'hó'ke-; -hó'ke-.

-tátȧhé'heóneve   vai. be a scoffer. É-tátȧhé'heóneve He is a scoffer.

-tatȧhkóma'o'e   vii. rough ground. É-tatȧhkóma'o'e. It is rough ground. See: -popé'oma'o'e. Category: ground.

-tata'ȧho'he   vai. drive out of sight. É-tata'ȧho'he. He drove out of sight. Category: car.

-tata'a'haso'he   vai. ride horse out of sight. É-tata'a'haso'he. He rode horse out of sight. Category: horses.

tata'e-   pv. seen from a distance. This can be sighting from quite a distance, and it seems to focus upon the observer not being at the scene. The one who sees is not a grammatical participant marked on the verb. As such, this preverb seems to parallel the hoó'he- 'overhear' preverb. É-tata'eénána. (I saw) him from a distance putting it away. See: hoó'he-. Category: sight.

-tata'eehe   vai. move out of sight, disappear moving. É-tata'eehe. He moved out of sight. fai: -eehe. Category: camp, sight.

-tatá'eohtsé   vai. disappear. only used with pl. subjects. É-tatá'eohtseo'o They went out of sight. Non-reduplicated -ta'eohtsé. Phon: redup

-tata'ó'a'ó   vii. blown out of sight. É-tata'ó'á'o. It was blown out of sight. Category: wind. NonRedup = -ta'ó'a'ó

-tata'o'asé   fire go out of sight. É-tata'o'āse. The fire went out of sight. Category: sight, fire.

-tata'o'tá   vii. open. Lit: open-sit É-tata'ō'ta. It is open. Category: sit inan.

tátse-   i. scoffingly, make fun, derisive. É-tátsevo'ėstanéheve He doesn't take life seriously. Reduplicated totátse-.

-tátséné   vai. have a contemptible face. É-tátséne He has a contemptible face.

-tátsetanó   vai. deride, scoff, joke, taunt, make fun of. É-tátsetāno. He is a scoffer/is not serious/he is always joking or making fun. Nėstsevé'eée-tátsetanóme! Do not (you pl.) make fun! (1987:236). See: -tó'hohtahe. Category: cognition.

-tátsetanó'tá   vti. make fun of; deride s.t. naa máto hová'éhe náohkevéseée=ta'se=tátsetanó'tóhe and I don't make fun of anything (1987:212). See: -totó'hosetanó'tá.

-tátsetanó'tov   vta. mock s.o., taunt s.o. É-tátsetanó'tovóho. He taunted him. Né-tátsetanó'tova. He mocked you. See: -totó'hosem.

táv-₁   i. goofy; stupid; silly. See: táve-. É-távomóhtahe He's drunk (he-stupid-feels). É-távahe He's goofy.

táv-₂   i. slightly; sort of; a little. É-távȧhtomóne. He's kind of hard of hearing. Preverb táve-.

-távahe   vai. goofy, stupid, silly, foolish. É-távahe. He is goofy/foolish. vta: -távo'eéh. See: -mȧsėhánee'e; -táveotse; -ononéstahe; -távomóhtahe; -vonénahe; -otá'tavahe. Category: personality.

-távȧho'he   vai. goofy from heat. Étáve-távȧho'he. He's kind of crazy from the heat. Category: personality.

-távȧhtomóné   vai. slightly hard of hearing. É-távȧhtomóne. He's slightly hard of hearing. This pronunciation is more common than -tóvȧhtomóné. var: -tóvȧhtomóné; fai: -ahtomóné. Category: hear.

-távano'xe   vai. silly from lack of sleep. É-távano'xe. He is silly (or "crazy") from lack of sleep. Category: sleep.

-távȧše'še   vai. drunk slightly. É-távȧše'še. He's slightly drunk. Category: drink.

táve-   pv. slightly, sort of, a little. É-távetonéto. It's slightly cold / It's chilly. É-távėhoo'kōho. It's slightly raining. É-táveonéáhta He's slightly deaf (1987:179). É-táveononovahe. He's slightly not all there. tsestaéše-távea'enó'netotse when it got a little darker (1987:296). Antonym he'kone-. See: tšéške'e; tšėške'e-; táv-. Category: quantity.

Taveenóvá'e   na. Blue Feather Woman. Non-contracted Otá'taveenóvá'e. Category: names.

-távemané   vai. act goofy; goofy pretend; É-távémáne. He's talking like he doesn't know what's going on. fai: -mané₂.

-távenaoestoh(n)   vta. knock out s.o. É-távenaoestȯhnóho. He knocked him out. Távenaoestȯheha! Knock him out! Category: violence.

-távéné   vai. goofy face. É-távéne. He has a goofy looking face. Category: face.

-távenóohe   vai. look goofy. É-távenóohe. He looks goofy. Category: appearance.

-táveotse   vai. become goofy. É-táveotse. He's become goofy.

-távėstaóohtsé   vai. have a headache. Ná-távėstaóóhtse. I have a headache. Category: sickness.

-táveše   vai. lie goofy. É-távéše. He's lying goofy. Category: lie.

-távó   vii. be goofy; be off (in the sense of not proper). Antonym -onó'ó. É-távo. It is 'off'/it is goofy. vai: -távahe.

-távoeóó'e   vai. stand looking goofy. É-távoeóó'e. He's standing with a goofy look. Category: stand.

-távo'eéh   vta. make a fool of s.o., make s.o. crazy. typically said of a woman who keeps taking back her philandering husband. Heéháme étávo'eéháá'e. Her husband made a fool of her. vai: -távahe. Category: interpersonal.

-távo'eétahe   vai. do something goofy. É-távo'eétahe. He did something goofy. Category: do.

-távomóhtahe   vai. feel stupid, feel goofy, goofy feeling. É-távomóhtahe. He's feeling goofy. tséohvé'še-távomóhtȧhéstove drugs (lit., that which causes goofy feelings). See: -távahe. Category: sickness.

-távonoo'e   vai. sit goofy. É-távonoo'e (slang) he's sitting there like a "dummy"/goofy person. Category: sit. Usage: slang Phon: vs

-távonoo'e   vai. sit looking stupid. É-távonoo'e. He is sitting looking stupid. Category: sit, sight.

-távónová   vai. talk foolishly, goofy talk. É-távónóva. He's talking foolishly. Category: speak.

táx-   i. top (on). See: táh-.

táxȧhá'enestȯtse   ni. Gram: nom grill. Lit: on top cooking thing Usage: neologism

táxȧhonoo'o   ni. skillet bread. See: táho'kȧhonoo'o; méstaevȧhonoo'o. Phon: vs Category: food.

-táxȧsome   vai. poop on. of birds, animals, and people; cruder word than -o'ehné. É-táxȧsome. He pooped on (something). É-táxȧsómeo'o. They pooped on. fai: -asóme. See: -o'ehné; -mée'kahe. Category: body function.

-táxȧše'še   vai. drink on. É-táxȧše'še. He was drinking (while driving my car). Category: drink.

táxe-   pv. upon. É-táxe-ameōhtse. He's walking upon. táxe-mésėhestȯtse table (lit. upon-eating-thing). É-táxė-séoxemóho. He spread him (for example, tablecloth) upon (for example, upon a table). Táxė-séoxemeha! Spread him out! Ná-táxe-áva'onȯtse ho'honáá'e. I fell on top of the rock. See: táho'ke-. Category: positions.

-táxeetóné   vai. have plenty of meat. Naa nėhe'še mósta-táxeetónėhevóhe, hena'háanéhe héne mésėhestȯtse tséstama'xeamȧhévȯse. And then they had plenty, that's when they got plenty of food. [1987:96] Synonym -tsėhetonóvá. See: -háeesenehe; oetȧhóme- ??. Category: food.

táxėhahtahtȯtse   ni. footstool. Plural táxėhahtáhtotȯtse.

-táxėhahtsé   vti. place s.t. on top. É-táxėháhtse. He put it on top. Category: put. fti: -hahtsé.

táxėhasēō'o   ni. cape. Category: dance.

-táxehné   vai. walk upon. É-táxéhne. He walked on top (of something). Category: walk. See: -táho'ne'e.

-táxėhné'tov   vta. walk upon s.o. É-táxėhné'tovóho He walked upon him. Reduplicated -totáxėhné'tov.

-táxėhóhtse   vai. tracks go on top. É-táxėhóhtse His tracks are on top. Éame-táxėhóhtse. His tracks go along on top. (for example, on top of the rock). Final -hohtsé.

táxėhonónestȯtse   ni. Gram: nom grill. Lit: on.top-bake-thing

táxėhót   vta. walk on s.o. É-táxėhoto. He walked on him (obv).

-táxe'ėsee'e   vai. sit on (something). É-táxe'ėsee'e. He's sitting upon (a chair etc.). É-táxe'ėséeo'o. They are sitting upon (something). Phon: vs BodyPartMedial -'esé. See: -hámėstoo'e ‘sit down’. Category: sit.

-táxe'ėséeotse   vai. sit down upon quickly. This is a quicker action than that of -táxe'ėsee'e. É-táxe'ėséeotse. He sat down upon (something) quickly. Synonym -hámėstoo'e. See: -táxe'ėsee'e; -hámėstoeotse. Category: motion, sit.

-táxe'ėséeotsé'tov   vta. sit on s.o. Ésta-táxe'ėséeotsénȯsesto. He sat on (the rock). [Croft 1988:28:9] Category: sit.

táxe'ėséestȯtse   ni. Gram: nom chair; seat. Lit: upon-buttocks-sit-thing Plural táxe'ėséestotȯtse. Category: car, house.

-táxe'há   vai. fly on top. É-táxé'ha. He flew on top. Category: fly.

-táxe'hahtaa'e   vai. sit with feet elevated. É-táxe'hahtaa'e. He's sitting with his feet elevated. BodyPartMedial -hahtá. Category: feet.

-táxe'há'tov   vta. 1 • flutter over s.o., fly over s.o. É-táxe'há'tovóho. He fluttered over him.

2 • be in a bad mood. Heávohe né-táxe'há'tova. You are in a bad mood. (lit., the devil is fluttering over you). Usage: idiom, humorous See: -hestoé'tov. Category: birds.

-táxe'háohé'tov   vta. fly on top of s.o., mate s.o. while flying. can refer to how birds mate. É-táxe'háohé'tovóho. He flew above her. Category: fly, sex.

-táxeméohe   vai. struggle to get on. É-táxeméohe. He's struggling to get on.

táxemésėhestȯtse   ni. Gram: nom table. Lit: upon-eat-thing Plural táxemésėhestotȯtse; Oblique táxemésėhéstóva. See: táhoxe'ėstónestȯtse. Category: house, eat.

táxemȯxe'ėstónestȯtse   ni. Gram: nom desk. Lit: upon-write-thing See: táhoxe'ėstónestȯtse. Category: school.

Táxena'hāne   na. Killsontop. Category: names.

-táxeóeše   vai. alight on, land on. É-táxeóéše. He alighted on. Éohkeévee'heo'o vékėséhemėstaeo'o máto mȧheónehó'éetáxeóešenávȯhtse nėhéóhe vo'ėstane tséhéemȧheónėstsemato mó'ȯhkeévėhováneehehéhe máto é'ȯhkeméhaenėheto'e'heo'o Owls are also feared. When they alighted on a house, there the person who owned the house, also he would die, that was what they (owls) were blamed for. (1987:214). vta: -táxeóešé'tov. Category: birds.

-táxeóešé'tov   vta. alight on s.o., land on s.o. Nės-táxeóešé'tova ma'xevé'késo. A big bird will land on you. (VISION.TXT:1). Category: fly.

-táxeohe   vai. walk upon. É-táxeohe. He walked on (something). Category: walk.

-táxeóó'e   vai. Gram: vai + o stand on (something). É-táxeóó'e. He's standing on (something). fai: -óé. See: -ho'né'šeóó'e. Category: stand.

-táxeše   vai. lie upon. É-táxéše. He lay upon. Nėhéóhe és-táxėšenáhoo'o. He lay on top (of the catch pit) there. [1987:315] Category: lie.

-táxėšem   vta. place s.o. upon. É-táxėšemóho. He placed him upon (for example, on a table). éohkeévėšemovo na'ėstse naa neše éohke-táxėšemovo They put one (lodge pole) down and they put two on top (1987:222). Final -ešem. Category: put.

táxeto   p. upon, on top, the divide (for example, between Lame Deer and Ashland). Category: positions.

-táxevo'oh(n)   vta. hit s.o. on top. for example, to hit a ball (animate) on top of a house or car. É-táxevo'ȯhnóho. He hit him on top (of something).

-táxevonehné   vai. get on. for example, get on a horse, car, or an airplane. É-táxevonēhne. He got on. Táxevonēhnėstse! Get on! Nés-táxevonēhnėstse! Get on! Antonym -hómevonehné. See: -e'evonehné ‘climb up’. Category: car.

-táxevonėhné'tov   vta. get on s.o. Mó'osáane-táxevonėhnéhenotóhe. He got on (the horse). [1987:170] Category: horses.

-táxevoneohe   vai. get on (esp. on a horse). See: -táxevonehné. mósta-táxevoneohehéhe She got on (her horse). (1987:289).

tȧxhósé'e   p. probably, suppose. epistemic particle of strong exclamation; more certainty that something is true than heá'ėháma. Tȧxhósé'e étaéšėhósėtónėšévesėstse?! What do you suppose he has done again?! [Croft 1988:28:15] Tȧxhósé'e néno'kee'e. I suppose you're (staying) by yourself (again). [1987:393)] See: tȧxó'e; máa'séóhe; heá'ėháma.

tȧxó'e   p. again and again. heé tȧxó'e nėstsėsáa'énenėhéhe Hey, again and again don't keep repeating that (1987:175). Ques: perhaps means 'probably' to some speakers? See: tȧxhóse'e.

-tó₁   pro. first person sg. AI conjunct suffix. tséhnaóotsé-to when I was sleeping. tséxhomȯsé-to when I cooked. tséhmané-to when I drank. ȯhnaóotsé-tonȯhtse when I sleep. ȯhmané-tonȯhtse when I drink. Etym: *-ya:ni (Go2000); *-(y)a:n. Category: grammar.

-tó₂   pro. conjunct suffix for inanimate sg. subject. tséhnéehóvé-to it itself. See: -tón. Category: grammar.

to-   i. cold, cool. É-toóome. It's cool liquid. É-toēha. It's lying cold. É-tóno. It (some object) is cold. See: -tonétó; -tootomaná. Category: temperature.

-to   pro. you, second person sg. AI conjunct suffix, second person sg. TI conjunct suffix. tséhnaóotse-to when you were sleeping. tsé'éestse-to when you spoke. tséhmane-to when you drank. Hénová'e tsémése-to? What did you eat? Etym: *-(y)an. Category: grammar.

-to   sfx. conjunct suffix for TA verbs with first and/or second person subject or objects. tsévóomatsemenoto when we saw you (sg/pl). Category: grammar.

-to   sfx. adverbalizer. táxeto upon. oné'seómeto truly. ameto as time went on. Category: grammar.

-tóa'ov   vta. be just like, be the same as, disguise as, pretend to be, represent, take the place of, copy; imitate; be proxy for s.o. can be used of s.o. who is so much like a deceased child that the parent of the deceased speaks of this person with this term. É-tóa'ovóho. He imitated him/he disguised himself as him/he represented him/he pretended to be him. (for example, when putting on a buffalo skin in the Mȧsėháome to represent the buffalo). Tóa'oveha ka'ėškóne! Pretend you're a child! See: -tóo'ėstseh; -tóoxe'ov; tó'-; -hetov.

tóáse   p. Gram: inan Gram: sg Gram: interrog Which one? var: táase. Category: identity.

tóasévoo'e   p. which? See: táasévoo'e.

tóe-   pv. copy, repeatedly, pass down through generations. Ná-tóemanēstse. I copied this (lit. I made this by copying). Netao'o hová'éhe né-tóemé'ėstomévatsénóvo. I have relayed everything to you (plural). See: -tóoxe'ėstóné; -tóohevávó'ané; tóeneeto.

toeamėške   ni. Vicks. See: amėške. Category: medicine. Lit: cool-grease

-toeesé   vai. cold nose. Ná-toeēse. My nose is cold. Category: temperature, body, nose. BodyPartMedial -esé.

-toehá   vii. Final -(e)há. lie cold. É-toēha It is lying cold. É-toehánėstse menȯtse the berries are lying cold. Category: temperature.

-toehahtá   vai. have cold feet. É-toehāhta. He has cold feet. Category: body. See: -ná'tȯsėhahtávose. Medial -hahtá. Category: temperature.

-toehahtáohtsé   vai. have cold feet. Ná-toehahtáóhtse. My feet are cold. Medial -hahtá; Synonym -ná'tȯsėhahtávose. Category: temperature.

-toehane'énȧhtsee'e   vai. sit with hands folded behind the head (that is, nape). Ná-toehane'énȧhtsee'e I am sitting with my hands folded behind my head. Medial -hane'é.

-tóehane'éše   vai. Medial -hane'é. fall on nape. See: -póénéše. É-tóehane'éše He fell on the back of his head.

-toehe'oná   vai. Medial -he'oná. have cold hands. É-toehe'ōna He has cold hands. Category: hand, temperature.

Tóéhné'e   na. Holding Woman. See: -toen. Category: names.

-toe'á   vti. hold s.t. with foot. É-toē'a. He held it with his foot. vta: -toe'ov. See: -toe'ov; -toen.

-tóe'e'a'ó   vai. jump on after the first person. É-tóe'e'ā'o. He jumped on after the first person.

-tóe'eóé'tov   vta. face s.o. É-tóe'eóe'tovóho. He is face to face with him. Category: interpersonal, stand.

-toe'está   vai. ears cold. Ná-toe'ēsta. My ears are cold. Category: body.

-toe'ov   vta. hold s.o. down with foot or leg. É-toe'ovóho. He held him down with his foot (or leg). Ná-toe'ōvo. I held him down with my foot. Etym: *netahkweskawa:wa. vti: -toe'á. See: -toen; -ho'ėšená'tov.

-tóe'pa'onáxená   vai. Medial -'pa'oná. fall on back. See: -to'pa'oné'ov. É-tóe'pa'onáxe He fell on his back. Category: lie.

-toe'šévaen   vti. tie up s.t. quickly. Hestone'óonȯtse ésta-toe'šévaenóhoonȯtse. She tied her clothes in a bundle. (1987:291).

vta. tie up s.o. quickly. See: -too'ehe; -too'et.

tóe'távó'e   p. same to you, return. Éva-tóe'távó'e! The same to you!

-toen   vti. hold s.t. É-toēna. He held on to it.