ears

-anoo'ėstáotse   vai. lower ears. for example, what a cat does when it is angry. É-anoo'ėstáotse. He lowered his ears. See: -popáhóéné'ó. Category: ears.

-éxove'ėstaa'e   vai. warm ears. É-éxove'ėstaa'e. His ears are warm. Návóhkėha'e nééxove'ėstaa'e. My cap keeps my ears warm. Phon: vs BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears.

he'éxáéno   obl. on his ear(s). Stem -'exa. Category: ears.

-hesó'xo'está   vai. slippery ears - have. É-hexó'xo'ēsta. He has slippery ears. (fig., unwilling to listen). BodyPartMedial 'está. See: vovéhpe'está.

fig., not listen. Ma'enónéáhe éhešė-hesó'xo'ēsta. He has ears like turtles (that is, he won't listen). Usage: Is the idiom actually used? Category: ears.

-he-stovóotse   inc.n. 1 • ear(s). É-he-stovóotse He has ears.

2 • be foxy, be conniving, be cunning. It can have this figurative meaning when used in the negative. Ésáavá'nė-he-stovootséhe. He's so foxy that all he lacks is ears. Lit: He just doesn't have ears, The idea behind this idiom is that if he had ears he'd be totally foxy. Étaomėhótsė-he-stovóotse. He's so foxy that all he lacks is ears. Lit: With difficulty he has his own ears. This verb has the same idiomatic meaning as the preceding verb. See: -htovóo'ȯtse. Category: ears.

-he-vósee'ėse   vai. wear earrings. É-he-vósee'ėse. She's wearing earrings. Éhe-vóseeo'o. They are wearing earrings. Phon: vs IndepNoun hósee'ėse ‘earring’. Category: ears.

-htovóótse   obl. ear (obl.) He-stovóótse éhne'áhanomaehoono. On his (man's) ear (loc.) he (bee) bit him. IndepNoun -htovoo'ȯtse. Category: ears.

-'está₁   mbp. ear. Ématse-'ēsta. He has infected/running ears. Émomá'e-'ėstávose. His ears are red from the cold. Nátoe-'ēsta. My ears are cold. néške-'ēsta chipmunk (lit. perked-ears). Variant: -'kestá₁. See: -htovoo'ȯtse ‘ear (poss.)’. Category: ears, body.

-'kestá₁   mbp. ear. Variant: -'está₁; Homonym -'kestá₂ ‘vagina’. Category: ears, body.

mȧhtovóo'ȯtse   ni. ear. Plural mȧhtovootȯtse. Phon: iah See: -htovóo'ȯtse ‘ear’; nȧhtovóo'ȯtse ‘my ear’; nėstovóo'ȯtse ‘your ear’. Category: body, ears.

-ma'e'ėstávose   vai. ears red from cold. É-ma'e'ėstávose. His ears are red from the cold. See: -ma'eesévose ‘nose red from cold’; -ná'tse'ėstávose ‘cold ears’. Category: body, ears.

Matse'ėstáhe   na. Running Ear. Category: ears, names.

-mé'hováve'está   vai. hairy ears. É-mé'hováve'ēsta. He has hairy ears. BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: hair, ears.

mé'šeme'ėstahtȯtse   ni. ear hair. Plural mé'šeme'ėstáhtotȯtse. Usage: probably a new word Category: ears.

-momá'e'ėstávose   vai. red ears from the cold. É-momá'e'ėstávose. His ears are red from the cold. Phon: redup mpb: -'está. Category: ears.

-momáme'está   vai. have big ears. É-momáme'ēsta. He has big ears. Category: ears, body. Phon: redup

nȧhtovóo'ȯtse   ni. Gram: poss my ear. Plural nȧhtovootȯtse. See: -htovóo'ȯtse. Category: ears, body.

-ná'tse'ėstávose   vai. ears cold - have. É-ná'tse'ėstávose. His ears are cold. ?? Category: check. See: -ma'e'ėstávose ‘ears red from cold’. Category: ears, temperature.

-nėhpe'está   vai. obstructed ear. É-nėhpe'ēsta. His ear is stopped up. BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears.

-nėhpe'ėstán   vta. block ears of s.o. for example, to block one's ears with a hand or a finger; done by Cheyenne singers when drumming to stay in tune, and can be done when warming one's ears. É-nėhpe'ėstánahtse. He blocked his (own) ear(s). Category: ears.

-nėhpo'e'está   vai. plugged up ear(s). É-nėhpo'e'ēsta. He has plugged up ear(s). Category: sickness, ears.

-nėhpo'e'ėstáotse   vai. 1 • plugged up ear(s). É-nėhpo'e'ėstáotse. He has plugged up ears / doesn't want to hear anything.

2 • not want to hear anything. Category: figurative, body, ears, hear.

-néše'está   vai. have two ears. Tse-néše'ēsta. He (the horse) will have two ears. [1987:7:29] BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: body, ears.

-nėše'še'está   vai. wash ears. É-nėše'še'ēsta. He washed his ears. Nėše'še'ēstȧhtse! Wash your ears! BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: body, groom, ears.

-néške'está   vai. perked ears. É-néške'ēsta. He has perked ears. Ques: -n[e^ske'e'est[a ?? Medial -'está. Category: ears, check.

-no'ke'está   vai. one ear. É-no'ke'ēsta. He has (only) one ear. Category: ears.

-oéškȯse'está   vai. pointed ears. É-oéškȯse'ēsta. He has pointed ears. Phon: redup See: -éškosó. Category: ears.

-o'omėsóhpa'ó   vii. detour dash through. É-o'omėsóhpa'otse. It (obv.) dashed through as on a detour. equivalent of English "It went in one ear and out the other". Category: figurative.

vai. É-o'omėsóhpá'o. He dashed through as on a detour. See: vovéhpe'está. Category: ears.

-ó'xotoo'está   vai. crazy, does not listen, disobedient. Lit: cracked-ears does not refer to insanity but rather "crazy" behavior. É-ó'xotoo'ēsta. He doesn't listen/he is 'crazy.'. See: -péeeesé. Category: ears, hear.

-onéhpotoo'está   vai. 1 • obstructed ears.

2 • stubborn, will not listen. Category: figurative. É-onéhpotoo'ēsta. The holes in his ears are blocked (= you can't get through to him; he won't listen). Category: ears, hear.

-ónėše'ėstáohtsé   vai. pain in the ear(s), earache. Ná-ónėše'ėstáóhtse. I have an earache. Medial -'está. Category: ears.

-oókȯhkeve'está   vai. scurvy ears. Lit: crow-ears term derived from color of ókohke 'crow'. É-oókȯhkeve'ēsta. He has "scurvy" ears. for example, dirty, black from lack of washing. Category: ears. Phon: redup

-otaa'está   vai. 1 • pierced ears. É-otaa'ēsta. He has pierced ears.

2 • not listen, tune out, have mind elsewhere. Category: figurative. Synonym -hesó'xo'está. Category: ears.

-otaa'ėstahe   vai. ears pierced. This can be through an ear-piercing ceremony. É-otaa'ėstahe. His ears were pierced. É-otaa'ėstáheo'o. Their ears were pierced. Ques: My ears were pierced. ?? Category: check. vta: -otaa'ėstáh(n). Category: ears.

otaa'ėstáhestȯtse   ni. ear piercing. Category: ears.

-otaa'ėstáh(n)   vta. pierce ears of s.o. É-otaa'ėstahno. He pierced his ears. Category: ears.

-otaa'ėstávo'eétahe   vai. do ear piercing ceremony. É-otaa'ėstávo'eétahe. He is doing the ear piercing ceremony. ?? fai: -o'eétahe. Category: ears, check.

otaa'ėstávo'eétȧhestȯtse   ni. ear piercing ceremony. Ques: MENTION SIGNIFICANCE; AGE OF CHILD ?? Category: check, ears.

-ová'kave'está   vai. droopy ears. for example, a horse. É-ová'kave'ēsta. He has floppy/droopy ears. Medial -'está. Category: ears.

-pėhéve'está   vai. have good ears. É-pėhéve'ēsta. ?? He has good ears. BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears, check.

-póe'ėstáh(n)   vta. hit s.o. in the ear(s). É-póe'ėstahno. He hit him in the ear(s). É-póe'ėstáhnóho. He hit him in the ear(s) (newer pronunciation). Category: hit, ears.

-po'ėstáoestas   vta. cut off ear of s.o. É-po'ėstáoestȧsóho. He cut off his (obv) ear. Initial po'-; BodyPartMedial 'está; Medial -oest; Final -as. Category: ears, cut.

-póo'ėstáh(n)   vta. punch s.o. in the ear(s), hit ear of s.o. É-póo'ėstahno. He punched him in the ear(s). É-póo'ėstáhnóho. He punched him in the ear(s). (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -'está. Category: ears, hit.

-popáhóéné'ó   vai. have ears back. especially when a dog is scolded. É-popáhóéné'o. His ears are back. See: -anoo'ėstáotse. Category: dogs, ears.

-popákȧhoešé   vai. muscles stick out. said of someone who is muscular. É-popákȧhoēše. His muscles stick out. See: -koké'ahe; -koké'oo'e; -ová'oo'e. Category: dogs, ears, body.

-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.

-tóhpe'ėstán   vta. poke something into the ear of s.o. Ná-tóhpe'ėstáno. I poked something into his ear. Initial tóhp-; BodyPartMedial 'está. Category: ears.

-tó'ėse'está   vai. long ears. for example, a hound dog. É-tó'ėse'ēsta. He has long ears. Category: ears.

-tó'ėstóseestá   vai. long earrings. É-tó'ėstóséésta. She has long earrings. See: -tó'ėstóneóseestá. Category: ears.

-tótȧhpe'e'está   vai. have big ears. É-tótȧhpe'e'ēsta. He has big ears. Category: ears, body.

-tótšėške'e'está   vai. small ears. É-tótšėške'e'ēsta. He has small ears. Phon: redup Non-reduplicated -tšėške'e'está ‘have a small ear’. Reduplication in Cheyenne is a process in which the first syllable of a stem (or part of that syllable) is repeated. There is often a vowel change and/or a shift in the pitch. See the technical description of Cheyenne reduplication, with examples of different classes of this morphological process, in E. Leman (?? See: -totšéške'e'está ‘ears protrude’. Category: ears, size.

-totšéške'e'está   vai. ears protrude, ears stick out. É-totšéške'e'ēsta. His ears stick out. See: -totšéške'está; -tótšėške'e'está ‘have small ears’. Category: ears, check.

-tótšėške'e'ėstáóó'e   vai. perk ears. especially of an animal such as a dog when they are listening intently. É-tótšėške'e'ėstáóó'e. He's got his ears perked up. See: -néške'está. Category: ears.

-totšéške'está   vai. ear(s) stick out, ears protrude. É-totšéške'ēsta. His ears stick out. Phon: redup See: -totšéške'e'está. Category: ears, check.

Tovó'ke'ėstáhe   na. Dented Ear. Category: ears, names.

-véhpe'está   vai. have a hole in the ear. É-véhpe'ēsta. He has a hole in his ear. Reduplicated -vovéhpe'está. Category: ears, record.

-vovéhpe'está   vai. 1 • holes in the ears, empty ears. É-vovéhpe'ēsta. He has holes in his ears. Non-reduplicated -véhpe'está. Phon: redup Usage: obsolescing

2 • ignore what is heard. See: -o'omėsóhpa'ó. Category: ears.