cats
-évotsėhetȧhéohtsé vai. forage, go about searching for food, rustle for food. people, cats, and other animals do this. É-évotsėhetȧhéóhtse. He went looking for food. See: -évotseehe; Otséóhtsé'e. Category: cats, food.
he'éka'eeséhotame na. female cat. Category: cats. Usage: archaic
he'é'hame na. female domesticated animal, bitch, mare. especially cat, dog, horse. Usage: There is often some kind of constraint against saying this word, as well as the corresponding male form, hetané'hame. Both words often evoke laughter, probably indicating some kind of sexual connotations which are inappropriate for speaking in public. Plural he'é'háme; Obviative he'é'háme; Antonym hetané'hame. Etym: *eθkwe:'θemwa 'bitch'. See: mo'éhno'ha ‘horse’; heéháme ‘her husband’. Category: cats.
-hémoto'hamé vai. be in heat. said of dogs, cats; derogatory about an attractive woman who has lots of males after her. É-hémoto'hāme. She (for example, a female dog) is in heat. See: -he'šétanó. Category: dogs, horses, sex, cats.
hetanéka'eeséhotame na. tomcat. Lit: man-short.nose-dog Usage: archaic See: hótame. Category: cats.
-hótȧha'ó'h vta. scratch s.o., claw s.o. Ques: tȧho ?? Category: check. É-hótȧha'o'ho. He (for example, cat) scratched him. Ná-hótȧha'o'ha. He scratched me. vti: -hótȧha'ó'tsé. See: -hótȯhéné'o'h; -hótȧhan. Category: cats.
-hótȧha'ó'sané vai. scratch, claw. É-hótȧha'ó'sáne. He scratched (for example, someone). See: -axeeohtsé. Category: cats.
-hótȧha'ó'tsé vti. scratch s.t., claw s.t. É-hótȧha'ó'tse. He scratched it. vta: -hótȧha'ó'h. See: -hótȧhan. Category: cats.
-hótȧhan vti. claw s.t., scratch s.t. É-hótȧhána. He clawed it. See: -axeen.
vta. claw s.o., scratch s.o. É-hótȧhanóho. He scratched him. See: -hótȧho'ó'h; -heška'a'h. Category: cats.
-hótȧhenené vai. scratch, claw. especially of cats as they sharpen their claws, for example, on a post or furniture. É-hótȧhenēne. He scratched. Category: cats.
-htotsé na. Gram: poss pet (poss.) This refers to any animal (hōva) that you have as a pet, especially a horse, but it can also be a dog or cat, but not a bird or fish. A small pet, such as a bird, is referred to with the possessed noun stem -néestoo'o. nȧ-htōtse my pet/my horse. nȧ-htotseho my pets. (another recording) nė-stōtse your pet. he-stotseho his pet(s). nȧ-htotséhane our (excl) pet. vai: -he-stotsehe ‘have a pet’; vta: -he-stotséhé'tov ‘have s.o. as a pet’. Morph: /na-htotéh/. Etym: *metayihsikwa 'pet' (Pi); K netaya. See: -htotóame; -néestóone; -néestoo'o. Category: cats, horses, dogs, animals.
ka'eeséhotame na. cat. Usage: obsolescent; the newer word is póéso See: póéso; hótame. Category: cats.
ka'eeséhotamēso na. young cat, kitten. Usage: archaic The current word is póhkéso. See: póhkéso. Category: cats.
-péhpe'éheve vai. longhaired, shaggy. É-péhpe'éheve. He is longhaired / shaggy. See: -péhpe'ová; -mé'hovátó. Category: cats.
péhpe'épóéso na. Angora cat. Lit: bushy/longhaired-cat Category: cats.
póéso na. cat. Plural póesono; Obviative póesono. apoc; LHR: Low-to-High Raising, a low pitch is raised to a high when it is preceded by a high and followed by a word-final high. Some other examples are: méšéne /méšené/ 'ticks'; ná-vóómo /ná-hóoma/ 'I see him'; é-méšéne /é-numen 'he sang'; é-máto /é-máto/ 'it is red'. Diminutive póhkéso. This word is probably a sound translation from English "pussy." An older word for 'cat' was ka'eeséhotame. See: ka'eeséhotame. Category: cats, animals.
-póesónėheve vai. cat - be a. É-póesónėheve. He's a cat. Category: animals, cats.
póhkéso na. Gram: dim kitty cat, kitten, little cat. Non-diminutive póéso; Plural póhkėsono. Obviative póhkėsono. See: ka'eeséhotame. Category: cats, animals.