Cheyenne Dictionary

 district

district

Heóvonėheo'hé'e tséhéstȧhese   vai. Gram: part Muddy Creek people. Lit: lit. those who are from Muddy Creek Category: district.

Heóvonėheo'hé'etane   na. Muddy Creek person. Usage: not commonly used Plural Heóvonėheo'hé'etaneo'o. Category: district.

manaho   na. Gram: pl band, people of a band. Singular mana; Oblique manȧhéno. There were traditionally ten bands. Various lists have been suggested for these ten bands. There is some overlap between band and society names. Among the band names suggested are: Heévȧhetaneo'o Rope band. Héma'tanóohese Bowstrings. Hémo'eoxēso (plural: Hémo'eoxeo'o) Spear men, Elk Soldiers. Hesé'omeétaneo'o Ridge band. Hevéškėsenėhpȧho'hese ?? Aortas (lit. burnt windpipes). Hotamémȧsėhao'o Crazy Dogs. Hotamétaneo'o Mo'ȯhtávȯheomenétaneo'o Black Lodge people. Monėsóonetaneo'o / Motsėsóonetaneo'o Kitfox. Oévemanaho Scabies. Ȯhmésėhese Eaters. Oo'kóhta'onáheo'o Bare-legs. Ónoneo'o Rees. Só'taeo'o Sutaiu. Totoemanaho Bashful band. Category: district, bands, check.

Mo'ȯhtávȯheomenétane   na. Lame Deer person. Plural Mo'ȯhtávȯheomenétaneo'o. See: Mo'ȯhtávȯheomēne. Category: district, bands.

Oévemanaho   na. Gram: pl Birney people, Scabby Band. Category: district.

Ónónéno   ni. Ree district. Rosebud Creek area on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, between Busby and Muddy Creek district; not considered a political district. Category: district.

Totoemana   na. Ashland person. The name of the band Totoemanaho has been notoriously difficult to translate for all researchers. Some recent translations offered for the word are 'Reticent Band, Unwilling Band, and Unwilling Band'. Petter (PD86) gave the meaning as the 'Shy Band'. Use of the noun stem in an equative verb construction yields a contemporary meaning of 'be stand-offish'. Plural Totoemanaho. Category: district, bands.

Totoemanȧhéno   ni. Ashland, Ashland district. Lit: unwilling-place Ques: difficult to translate Category: district.

Vóhpoométane   na. White River person, Busby person. Plural Vóhpoométaneo'o. Named for White River area of South Dakota where these Cheyennes. They settled in the Busby area on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Category: district.