berries

énȧhéno   ni. gravy, sauce, pudding, berry pudding. For some speakers this only refers to gravy, not to berry pudding. Énȧhéno ná-mese. I ate gravy. Alice Russell taught the following saying to her children and grandchildren: Tséstsėhetóma'o'e náhéseéšee'e vóhkooheho naa énȧhéno návé'šeéšeenoto. This land where I grew up, from rabbits and gravy I grew up. See: -énȧhené ‘fill’. Category: food, berries, sayings.

éškȯsa'eme   na. Gram: pl pear. Plural éškȯsa'émeno; Synonym éškȯsa'éheme, éškȯsa'éhe. Category: berries.

-éxȧho'tá   vii. cooked, ripe. É-éxȧhó'ta. It is ripe (by sun or heat)/it is cooked (done). É-éxȧho'tánėstse. They (for example, berries) are ripe. [1987:288] Category: berries. vai: -éxȧho'h(n). See: -éxa'ó.

-háo'oe'tó   vai. many cling. This is about clinging to a bush or vine. É-háo'oe'tónėstse menȯtse. There are lots of berries (on the vines). See: -hoe'tó; -o'hémoe'tó. Category: berries, hang.

-he-méname   inc.n. have berries. Né-he-ménamehe? Do you have any berries? Náma'xė-he-méname. I have lots of berries. Category: berries.

-he-ménamétó   vii. have berries. Éohkė-he-ménamétónėstse he'évánó'ėstse. Female sage has berries. Usage: literalism? Loan transl.?? Category: check, berries.

heóvėhestaahtsémeno   na. Gram: pl yellow currants. Variant: heóvėhestaahtsémenȯtse. See: heso'xėhestaahtsémeno. Category: berries.

heóvėhestaahtsémenó'ėstse   ni. yellow currant bushes. Category: plants, berries.

heóvėhestaahtsémenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl yellow currants. Lit: yellow-branched-berries Variant: heóvėhestaahtsémeno. Category: colors, berries.

hesó'xėhestaahtseme   na. Gram: pl currant. Lit: smooth-branched-berry Plural heso'xėhestaahtsémeno. See: hestaahtsémeno. Category: berries.

hesó'xėhestaahtsémeno   na. Gram: pl currants. Lit: smooth-branched-berries See: hestaahtsémeno. Category: berries.

hesó'xėhestaahtséménó'e   ni. currant bush. Plural hesó'xėhestaahtséménó'ėstse. Category: plants, berries.

hestaahtseme   na. Gram: pl currant. Plural hestaahtsémeno. Category: berries.

hestaahtsémeno   na. Gram: pl currants. Category: berries.

heškóvėhestaahtsémeno   na. Gram: pl gooseberries.

ni. heškóvėhestaahtsémenȯtse Category: berries.

hetané-menó'ė-hestoomo'é-hohpe   nik. juneberry bark tea. See: hestoomō'e. Category: berries.

hetanemenó'ėhestóomo'é-hohpe   ni. juneberry bark tea. Category: berries.

hetanemenó'e-véhpotsé-hohpe   ni. juneberry leaves tea. Category: drink, berries.

hetanemenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl juneberries. known elsewhere as Saskatoons or sarvisberries. Category: berries.

-hoe'tó   vii. cling, hang from. especially of berries. This stem and its final -oe'tó refer to hanging from s.t. to which the object is attached; in contrast, -hoéstá refers to "hanging", or being suspended in space, even if the object which is "hanging" touches the ground, as when such verbs refer to the height of an object. É-hoē'to. He (or It) is clinging (for example, to a vine). É-hoe'tónėstse. They (inan.) are clinging.

vai. Final -oe'tó. Etym: cf. M akiiqtaw. Ma'xemeno é-hoe'too'o. The apples are hanging (on a tree). See: -hoo'ta; -hoe'tá; -hoése; -hoéstá; -háo'oe'tó. Category: berries, hang.

hohpȧháa'éheme   ni. Gram: pl grape. Plural hohpȧháa'éhemenȯtse. Usage: obsolescing Category: berries.

hohpȧhtsenámenȯtse   raisins. See: hohpȧhtsenámenó'e. Category: berries, record.

Kó'koeméno'ėšé'e   ni. Hackberry Creek. Lit: hackberry-grove It flows into the South Canadian River about 15 miles east of Antelope Hills.od. Category: berries, rivers.

kó'koemenȯtse   ni. hackberries. Usage: od Category: berries.

-mȧhaénen   vti. pick up s.t. from the ground, gather s.t. from the ground. Ques: is 'from the ground' part of the meaning?? É-mȧhaénenanȯtse. He's picking them up (off the ground). for example, picking up berries or sticks (for firewood).

vta. pick up s.o. See: -o'en. Category: berries, check.

ma'emenó'e   ni. buffalo berry bush. Cheyennes today use the term ma'kemenȯtse or ma'emenȯtse for what they call in English 'buffalo berries' or 'bull berries' ma'kemenó'e. See: ma'emenȯtse. Category: berries.

-ma'emenoo'e   vii. ripe. Lit: (be)red-berry.shaped-sit(?) of a berry. É-ma'emenoo'e. It (especially a berry) is ripe. É-ma'emenoo'énėstse. They (berries) are red (that is, ripe). Phon: not vs Category: berries, check.

ma'emenȯtse   ni. bull berries, buffalo berries, cranberries. Variant: ma'kemenȯtse. Category: berries.

ma'kėhestaahtsémeno   na. Gram: pl red berries (similar to rose hips) which grow on tall bushes. only eat the top part; you get an itchy rectum if you eat the seeds. Category: berries.

ma'kemenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl buffalo berries, bull berries, sumac. Lit: red-berries (another recording) Variant: ma'emenȯtse. See: no'aneonō'e. Category: berries, names.

má'xeme   1 • na. apple. Usage: Montana dialect Lit: big-berry Plural ma'xemeno; Obviative ma'xemeno. Phon: iah Etym: *me'šimini.

2 • ni. apple. Apple is animate for some speakers in Oklahoma but inanimate for others. Usage: Oklahoma dialect Plural ma'xemenȯtse. ma'xemenėsonȯtse apples (alternate used in Oklahoma).

2 • ni. plum, apple. 'plum' is inanimate in Mont. and Okla.; 'apple' is inanimate in Okla. Plural ma'xemenȯtse. ma'xemenėsonȯtse apples (diminutive alternate used by some speakers in Oklahoma). See: heóvemá'xeme; mene; tóhtoo'éma'xeme. Etym: *me'šiminali (Pi). Category: berries.

3 • ni. plum. 'plum' is inanimate in Montana and Oklahoma. Plural ma'xemenȯtse. See: heóvemá'xeme; mén; tóhtoo'éma'xeme.

4 • na. Big Berry. Category: fruit, Oklahoma, Montana, names.

ma'xemeno   na. Gram: pl apples. 'apples' is animate for Northern Cheyennes but inanimate for Southern Cheyennes. Singular má'xeme. Category: berries.

ma'xemenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl plums (especially wild plums), apples (in Okla.) See: má'xeme. Category: berries.

mátȧhéomenȯtse   ni. cactus fruit. plural. Ques: recheck?? Category: check, berries.

mé'hovávemá'xeme   na. peach. Lit: hairy-big-fruit Phon: iah Plural mé'hovávema'xemeno; Obviative mé'hovávema'xemeno. See: má'xeme. Category: berries.

-méname   ni. Gram: poss berry (poss.) na-ménamȯtse my berries. Category: berries.

mene   1 • ni. berry. The original meaning of 'berry' was semantically extended to other 'fruit'. Morph: /méne/. Usage: rare as sg. Plural menȯtse. Cheyenne words for berries are inanimate while words for fruits are animate. Etym: *miinali.

2 • na. fruit.

3 • na. chokecherry. When speaking English, Cheyennes sometimes refer to chokecherries simply as "cherries". Category: berries.

Méne'á'e   na. Chokecherry Woman, Shell Woman, Doll Woman : Little China Doll. Shell Woman (possible translation given by some speakers). Doll Woman (possible translation given by some speakers). Category: berries, names.

menėstse   ni. Gram: pl 1 • berries. Singular mene. This pronunciation is used by many Cheyenne speakers today. menȯtse was a more common pronunciation in the past. Variant: menȯtse.

2 • chokecherries. When speaking English Cheyennes sometimes refer to chokecherries simply as "cherries." Category: berries.

menȯtse   ni. Gram: pl 1 • berries. Singular mene. The following pronunciation is used by many Cheyenne speakers today. menȯtse was a more common pronunciation in the past. Variant: menėstse.

2 • chokecherries. When speaking English Cheyennes sometimes refer to chokecherries simply as "cherries." Category: berries.

mo'ȯhtáema'xemeno   na. Gram: pl prunes. Lit: black-big.berries Variant: mo'ȯhtáema'xemenȯtse; Synonym náhkȯhematȯtse. Category: berries.

mo'ȯhtáema'xemenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl prunes. Lit: black-big.berries Variant: mo'ȯhtáema'xemeno. Category: berries.

mo'ȯhtáevéškee'éhemenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl black raspberries. Category: berries.

náhkȯhemene   na. bear berry. Plural náhkȯhemenȯtse. Category: berries.

náhkȯhtava'émenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl persimmons, dates. This particularly refers to wild persimmons in Oklahoma. Category: berries.

-oe'tó   fai. hang from, cling to. Tsėhéóhe éšeéenéma'o'eá'kav-oe'too'o! Just hang around here (delayed imperative)! A humorous literal translation a man made from English.

fii. hang from, cling to. for example, of a berry on a bush. Éanȯh-óé'to. It (or He) is hanging down. Éháo'-oe'tónėstse menȯtse. There are lots of berries/many berries are clinging to bushes. Ma'kemenȯtse étónovoe'tónėstse. Buffalo berries were hanging thick (on the branches). vai: -hoe'tó. See: -oésená; hoéstá. Category: hang, berries.

-ó'ehá   vii. lie drying. Menȯtse é-ó'ėhánėstse. The chokecherries are lying (there) drying out. vta: -ó'ėšem. Category: berries.

-o'enemená   vai. pick berries, berrypick. É-o'enemēna. He's berry picking. Nétȧhé-o'enemenama! Let's go pick berries! (another recording) Category: berries.

-o'enemenáehe   vai. harvest berries while camping, pick berries camping. Mó'ȯhkeévėhé-o'enemenáehéhevóhe vo'ėstaneo'o. The people used to go on berry picking camping trips. [The Scalped Man Who Died.027] fai: -eehe. Category: camp, berries.

-o'eváen   vti. pick s.t., harvest s.t. É-o'eváéna. He picked it. É-o'eváenanȯtse menȯtse. He picked berries. Nėhē'še móstamȧsó-o'eváenȯhenovótse. Then they started picking (the plums). [The Scalped Man Who Died.037]

vta. pick s.o., harvest s.o. quicker action than -o'enemená. See: -o'enemená; -o'enené; -o'en; -mone. Category: berries.

-óovȯhené   vai. brush off. É-óovȯhēne. He's brushing off. for example, knocking cracker crumbs off a bed or dusting off a tent; also refers to the traditional method of shaking berries off bushes. Category: berries.

-óovo'a'hahtsé   vti. shake s.t. É-óovo'a'hahtsenȯtse ma'xemenȯtse. She shook the plums (plum bushes). Ques: É-óovo'e'hahtsenȯtse ?? Category: check, berries, move.

-ová'kanené   vai. make patties. É-ová'kanēne. She's making patties. Category: cook, berries.

ová'kemene   na. apricot. Lit: round-berry Plural ová'kemeno. Category: berries.

-péenené   vai. grind berries. É-péenēne. He's grinding berries. See: -pénȯhemená ‘pound berries’. Category: berries.

-pénȯhemená   vai. pound (berries). Often refers to pounding chokecherries to make chokecherry patties. É-pénȯhemēna. She pounded berries. Néta-pénȯhemenama! Let's pound (berries)! See: -péenené ‘grind berries’. Category: berries.

tóhtoo'éma'xeme   ni. wild plum. Usage: od Plural tóhtoo'éma'xemenȯtse. See: má'xeme. Category: berries, Oklahoma.

-tónetaa'emenoo'é   vii. what size (of berry-shaped objects). É-tónetaa'emenoō'e? What size is it? Reduplicated -tónetótaa'emenoo'é. Category: berries.

-tónetȯhtȧho'tá   vii. how colored from heat (or sun). É-tónetȯhtȧhō'ta? What color is it from heat (or sun)? Éme'-tónetȯhtȧho'tánėstse hé'tóhe menȯtse? What color should these berries be when ripe? Category: colors, berries.

-tónetótaa'emenoo'é   vii. what size (of berry shaped objects). only of pl. subjects. É-tónetótaa'emenoo'énėstse? What size are they (berries; inan.)? Phon: redup Non-reduplicated -tónetaa'emenoo'é. Category: size, berries.

-tónovoe'tó   vii. thickly hang, hang thickly. especially of berries. Ma'kemenȯtse é-tónovoe'tónėstse. Buffalo berries were hanging thickly (on the branches). fii: -oe'tó. Category: hang, berries, record.

véškee'éhemenȯtse   ni. strawberries, raspberries, blackberries. Usage: not well known today; véškeehémenȯtse is known better See: véškeehémenȯtse. Category: berries.

vóhka'éhe   na. banana. Lit: crooked-one Variant: vóhka'eme, vóhka'émene; Plural vóhka'éheo'o, vóhka'éheono. Category: berries, food. Ques: recheck?? Category: check.

vóhka'éheme   ni. banana. Plural vóhka'éhemeno. Usage: od Category: berries, food, Oklahoma.

vóhka'eme   na. banana. Variant: vóhka'émene, vóhka'éhe; Plural vóhka'émeno. Category: berries, food.

vóhka'émene   na. banana. Variant: vóhka'éhe; Plural vóhka'émeno. Category: food, berries.

vóhkooheme   ni. fig. Usage: not well known Lit: rabbit-berry Plural vóhkoohemenȯtse. Category: berries.