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-áhane'haná   vai. eat and die, eat and get sick. É-áhane'hāna. He ate so much he threw up. Category: eat.

-áhano'enohe   vai. overly full of food. Ná-áhano'enohe. I'm so stuffed. fai: -o'enohe. Category: eat.

-a'se'haná   vai. eat wrongly. for example, ate something forbidden to eat. É-a'se'hāna. He ate by mistake/ate wrongly. fai: -aná. Category: eat.

-ame'hanaa'e   vai. eat sitting. Nėsta-ame'hanaa'e ma'taamo'ȧhéotseto. You'll be eating while driving. fai: -e'haná. Category: eat, sit.

-aná   fai. hungry. Éháé-ána. He is hungry. Násȯséve-anáotse I'm very hungry (so hungry I'm weak). Náoó'xé-ána. I'm very hungry (lit., I'm bursting with hunger). Éomómé-ána. He cried from hunger. Énonótové-ána. He is very hungry. Náhomó'-ána. I'm getting hungry. See: -e'haná; -háeaná. Category: eat.

-ane'kȯhemo'he   vai. eat with a fork. This refers to the motion of making holes in something to eat it, as you do with a fork. É-ane'kȯhemo'he. He's eating with a fork. Category: tools, eat.

ávoon-   i. fast. that is, to not eat. É-ávóónéóó'e. He's fasting standing. É-ávooneotse. He collapsed from hunger or thirst. É-ávóónéše. He fasted. Category: eat.

-ávoonah   vta. starve s.o., make s.o. fast. Ná-ávoonāho. I starved him/I made him fast. É-ávoonȧhahtseo'o. They are fasting/they are starving themselves. Synonym -ávooneh, -ávoonot; vai: -ávóonešé lie fasting; -ávoone starve; fast. See: -ávooneh; -ávoonot. Category: eat.

-ávooneh   vta. starve s.o., cause s.o. to fast. É-ávoonėhóho. ?? He made him fast. Ná-ávóóného I made him fast. Synonym -ávoonah, -ávoonot. See: -ávoonah; -ávoonot. Category: eat, check.

-ávooneotse   vai. collapse from hunger or thirst. É-ávooneotse. He collapsed from hunger or thirst. Category: eat.

-ávoonot   vta. starve s.o. É-ávoonotóho. He starved him. Ná-ávóónóto. I starved him. [Croft] vai: -ávooneše; Synonym -ávooneh, -ávoonah. Category: eat.

e'haná   fai. eat. Éhehp-e'hāna. He overate. Énomon-e'hāna. He fell asleep eating. Mónáoseeháeanȧhéhe; nȧhahpo náheš-e'hāna. I must have been hungry; I ate everything up. Nánéh-e'hanáotse I ate quickly. Návés-e'hanámo. I ate with him. Émȧhenėhetaa'-e'hāna. He ate everything. Éóov-e'hāna. He ate everything. Énóv-e'hāna. He ate slowly. Variant: -'haná. Etym: *-iʔseny- (R). See: -háeaná hungry; -aná hungry. Category: eat.

-é'kome'haná   vai. eat greasy (food). É-é'kome'hāna. He's eating greasy (food). Variant: -é'ome'haná. Category: eat.

-é'ome'haná   vai. eat greasy (food). Náohke-é'ome'hāna. I eat greasy (food). -é'kome'haná:  Category: eat.

énano'émȧhtáme'haná   vai. vegetable.eat. É-énano'émȧhtáme'hāna. He is eating vegetables. Category: eat, food, check.

-éneaná   vai. finish eating, stop eating. É-éneāna. He finished eating. [pd426] Final -aná. Category: eat.

-éne'haná   vai. quit eating, stop eating, end eating. É-éne'hāna. He stopped eating. Final -e'haná. Etym: *po:ni'θenye:wa. Category: eat.

-éne'hanáotse   vai. stop eating quickly?? Á'e ná-éne'hanáotse. Soon I stopped eating. that is, I ate fast. Category: eat, check.

-éstotše'še   vai. eat. Ná-éstotše'še. I'm throwing food (or drink) into my mouth. Usage: archaic; somewhat humorous now Lit: throw into mouth ?? See: -mésehe; -xo'ome. Category: eat, check.

-éveaná   vai. rummage around for food. Lit: about-hungry for example, of a dog. É-évéána. He's rummaging around here and there for food. fai: -aná. Category: eat.

-éve'haná   vai. eat about, eat walking around. É-éve'hāna. He eats about. Cheyennes consider it improper to eat walking around. fai: -e'haná. Category: eat.

-éve'tomo'he   vai. forage, go around for a food handout. É-éve'tomo'he. He's going around asking for food. See: -véestomo'he. Category: food, eat.

-háeaná   vai. hungry. É-háéána. He is hungry. É-háeanao'o. They are hungry. Né-háeanahe? Are you hungry? (another recording) Ná-háéána. I am hungry. (another recording) Násáa-háeanáhe. I'm not hungry. Náho-háéána. I'm very hungry. Náosee-háéána. I'm extremely hungry. There are a number of idiomatic ways of speaking of being very hungry; Cheyennes enjoy saying them, including these: Mónáosee-háeanȧhéhe; nȧhahpo náheše'hāna. I must have been hungry; I ate everything up. Nátó'easėhahponēne. I'm really hungry [literally, I'm about to get lock jaw (that is, clenched teeth)]. Násȯséveanáotse. I'm really hungry (so hungry I'm weak). Náoó'xéána. I'm really hungry (lit., I'm bursting with hunger). I'm really hungry (literally, I'm bursting with hunger). tséx-háéánȧse when he was hungry. fai: -aná. See: -mésehe eat; -nonótovéaná; -háóéné thirsty; -oó'xeaná; -mésėhétanó want to eat. Category: eat.

-háeanáotse   vai. become hungry. Náéšė-háeanáotse. I've already become hungry. See: -háeaná. Category: eat.

-háeesenehe   vai. have plenty to eat, have much meat. Meat is an essential part of the Cheyenne diet. If there is plenty of meat, it is considered that there is plenty of food to eat. É-háeesenehe. He has lots of meat; he has plenty to eat. Éstanėhešėho-háeesenėhésesto. It is said they had plenty to eat (reportative). [1980:3:65] See: á'etse; oótȧháme-. Category: food, eat.

-háe'haná   vai. eat much. Ná-háe'hāna. I ate a lot. Final -e'haná. Category: eat.

-háe'hanáotse   vai. eat much quickly. Ná-háe'hanáotse. I ate a lot quickly. Final -e'haná. Category: eat.

-háo'enȯhéotse   vai. become very full (of food). Ná-háo'enȯhéotse. I'm very full (of food). fai: -o'enohe. See: -ná'so'enohe. Category: eat.

-háo'pohe   vai. gluttonous. É-háo'pohe. He is gluttonous. É-háo'póheo'o. They are gluttonous. Category: eat, personality.

-hátȯxove'hanáohtsé   vai. 1 • walk around while eating. Névé'-hátȯxove'hanáóhtse! Don't walk around while eating!

2 • eat with hands rushing back and forth. É-ohkėhátȯxove'hanáóhtse He eats fast. for example, he eats while his hands are rushing back and forth to his mouth. fai: -e'haná. Category: walk, eat.

-hehpe'haná   vai. overeat. É-hehpe'hāna. He overate. Final -e'haná. See: -háo'póhe. Category: eat.

hehpe'hanáotse   vai. overeat. Móstaéšė-hehpe'hanáotsėhéhe. He overate. [The Pus Man.017] Category: eat.

-hehpo'enohe   vai. overeat. É-hehpo'enohe. He overate. fai: -o'enohe. See: -háo'póhe; -na'h. Category: eat.

-hehpom   vta. eat s.o. beyond full. Ná-hehpōmo. I ate him beyond my feeling of being full. Final -om. Category: eat.

-he'óhtá   vti. leave s.t. as leftover food, leftover food - leave s.t. as. É-he'óhta. He left it as leftover food. Né'éseohé'tȯhtse tsé-he'óhtomátse mésėhestȯtse! Bring in the food that we had left over! [Stamper 1991:4] vii: -he'eotse; vai: -he'ósané. Category: eat.

-hé'oneohtsénáohtsé   vai. dribble (food or liquid out of the mouth). This verb seems to refer to food or water going far enough out of the mouth to drip off one's chin, whereas -ho'sahtsená seems to be about drooling just around the mouth area; speakers do seem to feel these verbs are quite close in meaning. É-hé'oneohtsénáóhtse He's dribbling (food or water out of his mouth). See: -ho'sahtsená. Category: eat.

-he'ósané   vai. leave food uneaten, uneaten food - leave, leftover food - leave. É-he'ósáne. He left some of his food uneaten. vti: -he'óhtá. See: -he'eotse. Category: eat.

-heómo'enohe   vai. eat too much, overeat. É-heómo'enohe. He ate too much. fai: -o'enohe. Category: eat.

-hestomo'enohe   vai. hindered by eating. É-hestomo'enohe. He is sluggish from eating. ?? fai: -o'enohe. See: -ná'so'enohe; -nomono'enohe. Category: eat, check.

-hestóxe'haná   vai. eat last. É-hestóxe'hāna. He's eating last. Cheyenne chiefs are the last ones to eat, as a sign of their taking care of their people. Category: eat.

-heše'haná   vai. Gram: rr eat that way, so eat. Nȧhahpo é-heše'hāna mótó'easeávoonėhéhe. Absolutely all of his food that's how he ate; he must have been starved. Háahpe'e ná-heše'hāna. I ate a lot. He'koneame naa he'kone'éemȧsono ná-heše'hāna. Cheese and macaroni that's what I ate. Lit: a lot that's how much I ate fai: -e'haná. Category: eat.

-héškohtá   vti. bite s.t. barely, barely bite s.t. É-héškóhta. He barely bit it. Category: eat, degree.

-ho'e'haná1   vai. eat raw food. É-ho'e'hāna. He ate raw food. Homonym -ho'e'haná2 bring gifts to pay for Indian return wedding meal. See: -ho'e. Category: food, eat.

-ho'oéstanené   vai. take lunch break. É-ho'oéstánéne. He's taking his lunch break. Variant: -sétovoéstanené. See: -mésėhévoéstá. Category: eat.

-hó'xéaná   vai. accustomed to hunger. É-hó'xéána. He's used to being hungry. fai: -aná. Category: eat.

-hómȯhtaxé   vai. digest lying down. Ééšė-hómȯhtáxe. He has laid down to digest his food. Category: eat, lie.

-homó'aná   vai. become hungry, get hungry. Ná-homó'ána. I'm getting hungry. See: -háeaná; -homóhtóéné. Category: eat.

-homó'anáotse   vai. become hungry quickly, get hungry quickly. Ná-homó'ána. I'm getting hungry. See: -háeaná; -homóhtóéné. Category: eat.

-hóohtanová   vai. take food home. Esp. refers to taking food home from a feast. This is considered culturally appropriate and is encouraged. Not just leftovers are taken home, but nice platefuls of meat and other food. É-hóohtanōva. She took food home. Tȧ-hóohtanōvȧhtse! Take food home! Final -anová. See: -hóohtȧhá'ené. Category: carry, food, eat.

-hoó'hemésehe   vai. overheard eating. É-hoó'hemésehe. He was overheard eating. Preverb hoó'he-. Category: eat, hear.

-hoxe'e'haná   vai. eat rotten food. É-hoxe'e'hāna. He ate rotten food. Category: eat.

-hóxe'haná   vai. eat clean. É-hóxe'hāna. He ate clean. ?? Category: eat, check.

-kó'konom   vta. chew s.o. noisily. that is, with a knocking sound. Nétao'sema'xe-kó'konomȧtse I'm going to really chew you noisily. Final -om. See: -kó'otsėhaht. Category: eat.

-kó'konȯsané   vai. eat crunchy food. such as potato chips. É-kó'kónȯsáne. He's eating crunchy food. Ques: cf kó'konósané ?? Category: eat, check.

-kó'konósané   vai. noisily eat, noisily grind teeth, chomp. É-kó'konósáne. He's chewing noisily. Category: sounds, eat.

-kó'otsėhahtsé   vti. gulp s.t. that is, swallow food without chewing it. É-kó'otsėhāhtse. He swallowed (food) without chewing it. See: -kóko'otȧše'še. Category: eat.

-'haná   fai. eat. Variant: -e'haná. Category: eat.

-mȧhaénó'sané   vai. lick up. especially of animals. É-mȧhaénó'sáne. He licked up. for example, to lick up scraps. See: -évenó'tsé. Category: eat.

-mȧhaéstá   vti. 1 • devour s.t., eat all of s.t., drink all of s.t. This is slower eating than -mȧha'hahtsé. É-mȧháésta. He ate it all up. Náéše-mȧháésta. I drank it all up already. Émȧhe-mȧháéstá. He ate all of it, everything. Mȧhaéstȯhtse! Eat it all up! vta: -mȧhaét.

2 • believe s.t. That is, swallow all of something figuratively. É-mȧháésta netao tsénéstomónėse. He swallowed everything he heard. [pd426] Tséhešepėhéva'etse heéestsestȯtse ná-mȧhaéstomōvo. Because his word was good, I swallowed all of it. See: -mȧha'hahtsé; -hesėhahtsé; -poe'hahtsé; -ová'komósėhahtsé; -kóko'otȧše'še. Category: eat, drink, figurative.

-mȧhaéstomo'he   vai. eat everything up, out of groceries - be all. É-mȧhaéstomo'he. He ate up everything. Mȧhaéstomo'hėstse! Eat everything up! See: -má'seotse; -o'hémeotse. Category: eat.

-mȧhaét   vta. 1 • eat all of s.o. É-mȧhaeto. He ate him all up. É-mȧhaétóho. (newer pronunciation). Taa'é'ėse mó'éše-mȧhaétȯhevóhe. He had already halfway swallowed him. [1987:285] Mó'ée-mȧhaétaehevóhe ho'neho naa máto ó'kȯhomeho. He must have gotten eaten by wolves and coyotes (obv). [1987:271] vti: -mȧhaéstá. See: -mȧha'ham swallow s.o. completely; -mév eat s.o.. Category: eat.

2 • be stubborn and not accept estranged spouse back again. Náto'se-mȧhaétoo'o ho'honáeo'o. I'm going to eat some rocks all up (= fig. 'I'm going to be stubborn'; said when spouses are separated and the woman says this to mean that she isn't going to give in this time and take her husband back again. This is a humorous saying.) Náto'se-mȧhaéto ho'honáá'e. I'm going to swallow a rock (=I've made up my mind to divorce my spouse for sure). Category: marriage.

-mȧha'ham   vta. eat all of s.o., swallow s.o. completely, devour s.o., eat up s.o. É-mȧha'hamóho. He really put him away (devouring him) / He ate him all up. Ná-mȧha'hāmo hése. I (accidentally) swallowed a fly. Ná-mȧha'hāmo nóma'ne. I devoured the fish. vti: -mȧha'hahtsé; fta: -a'ham. See: -mȧhaét eat s.o. all up. Category: eat.

-mȧhe'haná   vai. all eat. only used with plural subjects. É-mȧhe'hanao'o. They are all eating. fai: -e'haná. Category: eat, quantity.

-ma'heóneaná   vai. eat sacred, eat ceremonially. É-ma'heóneāna. He is eating ceremonially. Final -aná. Category: eat, sacred.

-má'seaná   vai. complete eating. É-má'seāna. He ate all of it. fai: -aná. Category: eat.

-mȧxa'ósané   vai. touch, bless. If an appropriate person touches someone or something they can confer a blessing on that person or thingt. É-mȧxa'ósáne. He touched/blessed. Category: eat.

-mȧxa'ósanéto   vii. touch, bless. for example, touched or blessed by food or a prayer. Éohke-mȧxa'ósanéto. (If you eat slowly your food will) touch you/you'll feel it. Category: eat.

-mé'enaa'e   vai. 1 • 

1 • die in sight of. É-mé'enaa'e. He died in sight of (someone). See: -naa'e die.

2 • gorge, eat a lot at a feast. Náto'sėhé-me'enaéme. We're going to go to a feast. Phon: vs Category: death, eat.

mé'enaestȯtse   ni. big feast. Lit: appear-death Category: eat.

-mé'šeeséve'haná   vai. eat Mexican food. Né-mé'šeeséve'hāna. You are eating Mexican food. Category: eat.

-mémėse'haná   vai. poop while eating. É-mémėse'hāna. He's pooping and eating. Category: eat.

-mese   vti. eat s.t. É-mese. He is eating it. Ná-mese. I'm eating it. Hápó'e nává'ne-mese. Me too I just ate it. Nává'neévȧhóse-mese. I just ate it again. That is, I ate leftovers. Ná-mese kóhkonėhēō'o. I'm eating bread. Ná-mésenȯtse menȯtse. I'm eating berries. É-mésehe? Did he eat it? (pronounced the same as é-mésehe 'he ate'). Vóvotȯtse né-mésenotse? Did you eat eggs? Hénová'e tsé-méseto? What did you eat? (another recording) Hénová'e tsé-mésése? What did you (plural) eat? É-mese ho'évohkȯhtse. He ate meat. Vétšėškévȧhonoo'o ná-mese. I'm eating frybread. Vétšėškévȧhonoo'o éto'se-mese. She is going to eat frybread. Mese! Eat it! (said to more than one person). É-mésėstove. It (for example, meat) is eaten. tséh-méséto when I ate it. Etym: *nemiicyeni. vta: -mév; vai: -mésehe. Category: eat.

-mésehe   vai. eat. É-mésehe. He is eating / He ate. (another recording) Ná-mésehe. I'm eating / I ate. Né-mésehe. You are eating. É-mésėheo'o. They are eating. (another recording) Ná-mésėhéme. We (not including you) are eating. Né-mésėhéme. You guys are eating. Mónėstse-mésehe? Will you eat? Nééše-mésėhehe? Did you eat yet? (another recording) Nééše-mésėhemehe? Did you (plural) already eat? Nééšeméo-mésėhehe? Did you already eat breakfast. Náéše-méomésehe. I already ate breakfast. Násáa'éše-mésėhéhe. I did not eat yet. Ésáa-mésėhéhe. He did not eat. Mónésáa'éše-mésėhéhe? Didn't you eat yet? (another recording) Násáavése-mésėhéhemanehe? Are we (excl) not eating also? Nésáa-mésėhéhemanehe? Are we (incl) not eating? Mónásáavése-mésėhéhéme? Do you mean we (excl) are not eating also? Né-mésėhemehe? Are you guys eating? (another recording) É-mésėhevohe? Are they eating? Néta-mésėhémáne! Let's eat! Nétȧhé-mėsėhémáne! Let's go eat! Méseestse! Eat! Méseestse! (male voice) Eat! Vená-hemėseestse! Come eat now! Hé-mėseestse! Come eat! Néxhé-mėseestse! Come eat! Mésehe! Eat! (said to more than one person). Hé-mėsehe! Come eat! (said to more than one person). Tȧhé-mėseestse! Go eat! Néxhé-mėsėheo'o! Come eat then! (delayed command). He'ke-méseestse! Eat quietly/in an orderly fashion! Eohkėhe'kėhámėstoe-mésėhéstove, éohkėsáahátȯxove'hanáohtséstovėhāne, máhtáme éohkemȧxa'ósanéto. Sit down and eat, don't eat rushed (or don't walk around eating), (if you eat slowly) the food will touch (you; that is, you'll feel it). That is a traditional saying, intended to get people to relax, not to be too frenetic.) Tósa'e né-mésėhémáne? Where did we eat? tséhméseestse when he ate. The following two words mean exactly the same thing. Their endings are just slightly different. É-mésėhéstove. There is eating. É-mésėhénove. There is eating. vti: -mese; vta: -mév, -mésėhé'tov. Phon: sfr See: -mȧha'ham. Etym: *miicyehswiwa. Category: eat.

-mésėhé'hanaa'e   vai. eat sitting. Éh-mésėhé'hanáesėstse. He ate sitting down. Category: eat, sit.

-mésėhé'hanaa'e   vai. eat sitting. É-mésėhé'hanaa'e. He ate sitting. Morph: /-mésehé'hanae/. Phon: vs Category: sit, eat.

-mésėhé'hanáóó'e   vai. eat standing, stand eating. É-mésėhé'hanáóó'e. He ate standing. Phon: vs fai: -óé. See: -mésėhéóó'e. Category: stand, eat.

-mésėhé'hanáxe   vai. eat lying. This is culturally disapproved of. É-mésėhé'hanáxe. He's eating lying down. Category: eat, lie.

-mésėhé'seh   vta. take s.o. to eat. Lit: eat-cause Nátȧhé-mėsėhé'seha. He took me out to eat. See: -mésehe eat; -seh cause. Category: eat.

-mésėhé'tov   vta. eat in reference to s.o. Nánoose-mésėhenȯtse. I ate without him. vai: -mésehe; vta: -mév. See: -vése'hanám eat with s.o.. Category: eat.

-mésėhéotse   vai. eat quickly; urgently eat. Mésėhéotsėstse! Eat quickly! for example, even though you are in a hurry and might prefer to skip eating. The -otse form here gives the idea of quicker action than with the simple stem-mésehe; the quickness of action does not necessarily mean to gulp food down quickly, but rather refers to the shortness of time available in which to eat. Category: eat.

-mésėhešé   vai. eat lying down. É-méšėhéše. He's eating lying down. [Croft] See: -méseše defecate while sleeping. Category: eat, lie.

-mésėhétanó   vai. want to eat. Ná-mésėhétáno. I want to eat. (another recording) É-mésėhétáno. He wants to eat. Né-mésėhétanohe? Do you want to eat? Násáa-mésėhétanóhe. I don't want to eat. See: -háéaná; -manétanó. Category: eat.

mésėhétanóotse   vai. want to eat. Éxhóse-mésėhétanóotsesėstse. He wanted to eat again. [The Young Man Who Used His Father for Bait.069] Category: eat.

-mésėhévoéstá   vii. mealtime - be, noon - be. Lit: eating-time É-mésėhévoésta. It's noon time. A typical humorous response to Émésėhévoésta is A'eotsé'tome! '(You plural) Charge at it!' Another response is A'etsé'tome! 'Be thankful for (the food)!' ?? Category: check. Hetóéva émésėhévoésta. It's supper time. See: -sétovoéstá; -sétovoéstanené; -ho'oéstanené; -a'eotsé'tá. Category: time, eat.

-mésėhévoestanené   vai. eat at mealtime. Hetóéva ná-mésėhévoéstanēne. I'm eating supper. (lit. in the evening I'm at eating time). Category: eat, time.

-mésetanó'tá   vti. want to eat s.t. É-mésetanó'ta. He wants to eat it. Category: eat.

-méstová   vai. pout when refusing to eat. É-méstóva. He is pouting. Ques: only when refusing to eat?? See: -a'evéné'ó; -áhanomėstáhá. Category: eat, check.

-mévatanó'tov   vta. want to eat s.o. Ná-mévatanó'tóvo. I want to eat him. Category: eat, cognition.

-mévȯsané   vai. 1 • eat people. É-mévȯsáne. He eats people. [1987:245] hováhne tsé'ȯhkeméhaehé-mevȯsanévȯse when animals used to eat (humans). [The Great Race.001] fai: -ósané. See: -mév.

2 • gossip. Category: eat.

-mó'ot   vta. invite s.o. to a meal. Né-mó'otȧtse. I invite you to a meal. É-mó'ótóho. He invited him to a feast. Nėsta-mó'otoneo'o. We will invite them to a feast. Né-mó'oxe You invited me to a feast. É-mó'ohe. He was invited to a feast. vai: -mó'é. Category: eat.

-momámotse   vai. stuff mouth; have cheeks full of food. Usage: often humorous É-momámotse. His cheeks are full of food; he stuffed his mouth full. Category: eat.

-momáta'e'haná   vai. eat angrily. É-momáta'e'hāna. He ate angrily. for example, how a dog might eat. Initial momáta'-; Final -e'haná. Category: eat.

nȧhahpo   p. all, absolutely everywhere, absolutely everything. strong epistemic particle. Nȧhahpo é-heše'hāna mótó'easeávoonėhéhe. Absolutely all of his food that's how he ate; he must have been starved. Mónáoseeháeanȧhéhe nȧhahpo náheše'hāna. I must have been hungry; I ate everything up that way. Antonym pónóhta. See: nėšemȧheto; netao'o; mȧhe-; mae-; nȧháhpo. Category: eat, quantity.

-na'h   vta. 1 • kill s.o. É-na'hóho. He killed him. É(taome)-na'hahtse. He killed himself. Na'xeha! Kill him! É-na'heo'o. They were killed. That sounds the same as é-na'heo'o 'there are three of them (animate)'. See: -na'tóné; -ne'to'éna'h.

2 • make s.o. sick from eating too much. Ná-na'haa'e. It killed me. Ná-na'haenȯtse menȯtse. The berries killed me. É-na'hahtse. He killed himself/fig.=he was sick (for example, from eating too many berries). Category: eat. Etym: *ne'ši. Phon: stem-final /h/ has [x] allophone preceding /e/ vai: -na'hané.

-ná'so'enohe   vai. full, satiated, sated. É-ná'so'enohe. He's full from eating. Nééše-ná'so'enȯhehe? Are you full yet? Náéše-ná'so'enohe. I am now full. Ná-ná'so'enohe. I'm full. Hénová'e tsévé'še-ná'so'enȯheto? What did you get full on? fai: -o'enohe; vta: -ná'so'enot. See: -háo'enȯhéotse; -hestomo'enohe; -nomono'enohe; -ná'tootó; -ná'tȧše'še. Category: eat.

-ná'so'enȯhéooha'ov   vta. fill s.o. quickly with food. Nápopá'ke-ná'so'enȯhéooha'oo'e. I got filled up on just one sandwich. (humorous expression). Category: eat.

-ná'so'enȯhéotse   vai. become full from eating. Ná-ná'so'enȯhéotse. I'm full from eating. Category: eat.

-ná'so'enot   vta. satiate s.o., fill s.o. with food. É-ná'so'enotóho. He fed him until he was full. Ná-ná'so'enota. She fills me up. Ná'so'enotahtse! Fill yourselves! vai: -ná'so'enohe. See: -pa'homev. Category: eat.

nėhahtsenáhestȯtse   na. napkin. Lit: wipe-mouth-thing (another pronunciation) (younger speaker pronunciation) Plural nėhahtsenáhestoto; Obviative nėhahtsenáhestoto; BodyPartMedial -ahtsená. See: nėhe'onáxestȯtse. Category: eat.

-nėhahtsenáh(n)   vta. wipe mouth of s.o. É-nėhahtsenáhestse. He wiped his (own) face. Nėhahtsenáhestsėstse! Wipe your mouth! Category: eat, mouth.

nėhe'onáxestȯtse   na. napkin. Lit: wipe-hands-thing Plural nėhe'onáxėstoto; Medial -he'oná. See: nėhahtsenáhestȯtse. Category: eat.

-nėheše'haná   vai. eat that way. É-nėheše'hāna. That's the way he ate. Mó'ȯhke-nėheše'hanȧhevóhe. That's the way they ate. [JOURNEY.TXT] Category: eat.

-nėhetaa'e'haná   vai. eat everything. Émȧhe-nėhetaa'e'hāna. He ate up everything (on his plate). White people are perceived as doing this. fai: -e'haná. See: -óove'haná. Category: whites, eat.

-néhove'haná   vai. stand eating. É-néhove'hāna. He stood up eating. See: -mésėheóó'e. Category: eat, stand.

-né'óhta   vti. lick s.t. É-né'óhta. He licked it. vta: -né'om; Final -óhtá. Etym: *no:skwa:tamwa. Category: eat.

-nėšenáve'haná   vai. while eating. tsé-nėšenáve'hānȧse while he was eating. [Turtle Moccasin.101] Ques: tsén or tséhn?? Category: eat.

-nėševe'haná   vai. eat fast. É-nėševe'hāna. He ate fast. fai: -e'haná. Category: eat, speed.

-nėševe'hanáotse   vai. eat fast. É-nėševe'hanáotse. He ate fast. Category: eat, speed.

-nȯhtóve'haná   vai. know how to eat. É-nȯhtóve'hāna. He knows how to eat. Category: eat.

-no'eaná   vai. eat with, eat poison. originally meant to eat something along with your meal, as a condiment, but came to mean primarily, to eat poison. É-no'eāna. He ate poison. Final -aná. See: -no'e'haná. Category: eat.

-no'e'haná   vai. eat poison, poisoned eating; eat poisonous food, be poisoned while eating. É-no'e'hāna. He ate poison. See: -no'eaná. Category: sickness, eat.

-no'ke'haná   vai. eat alone, alone eat. É-no'ke'hāna. He's eating alone. Category: eat.

-no'ke'hanaa'e   vai. sit alone eating. É-no'ke'hanaa'e. He's sitting eating alone. Category: sit, eat.

-no'óhtá1   vti. include eat s.t. For example, to eat bread periodically while eating meat. Ná-no'óhta I included ate it. vta: -no'óm. Category: eat.

-no'om   vta. include eat s.o. for example, to periodically eat on a pickle while eating a steak. Ná-no'ōmo. I included ate him. Mésėhéstoto né-no'omoo'o. You are including potatoes with what you are eating. Initial no'-; fta: -om1; vti: -no'óhtá1. Category: eat.

-no'óovo'he   vai. drink while eating, sip while eating. for example, drink while eating a roll. É-no'óovo'he. He drank while eating (something). Ques: get third person plural?? See: -mane; -novo'é. Category: eat, drink, check.

-nomáhtse'haná   vai. steal (something) to eat. É-nomáhtse'hāna. He stole something to eat. fai: -e'haná. Category: eat.

nomon-   i. drowsy. É-nomonahe. He's a sleepyhead. É-nomono'enȯhéotse. He is drowsy after eating. Category: eat.

-nomone'haná   vai. fall asleep while eating. É-nomone'hāna. He fell asleep while eating. Initial nomon-; fai: -e'haná. Category: sleep, eat.

-nomone'hanaa'e   vai. fall asleep eating sitting. É-nomone'hanaa'e. He's sitting eating half asleep. Category: sleep, eat, sit.

-nomono'enȯhéotse   vai. drowsy after eating. É-nomono'enȯhéotse. He is drowsy after eating. fai: -o'enohe; Final -otse. Category: eat.

-nonótovéaná   vai. be very hungry. É-nonótovéána. He is very hungry. Lit: going crazy with hunger (nervously-hungry?) Final -aná. See: -háéána; -nonótove'haná. Category: eat.

-nonótove'haná   vai. eat quickly. É-nonótove'hāna. He ate hurriedly. Nonótove'hānȧhtse! Hurry and eat! [1987:254] Variant: -onótove'haná; Antonym -nóve'haná. Category: eat.

-nooseaná'tov   vta. eat without s.o. Ná-nooseananȯtse. I ate without him. Lit: I-omit-eat-him Final -aná. Category: eat.

-nóve'haná   vai. eat slowly. É-nóve'hāna. He ate slowly. fai: -e'haná; Antonym -nonótove'haná. Category: eat, speed.

-novo'ehné   vai. walk with lunch. É-novo'ēhne. He's walking with his packed food. Category: eat, walk.

-o'enohe   fai. sated. Éná's-o'enohe. He's satisfied/he's full. Éheóm-o'enohe. He ate too much. Énomon-o'enȯhéotse. He became drowsy from eating. Náhá-o'enȯhéotse. I'm very full (of food). Nȧhtanȧhahk-o'enohe. I'll be reenergized from eating. Náhehp-o'enȯhéotse. I overate. See: -mésehe; -e'haná. Category: eat.

-o'evo'óhtá   vti. take of a bite of s.t. É-o'evo'óhta. He took a bite of it. BodyPartMedial -óhtá. Category: eat.

-o'hémėsehe   vai. picnic. É-o'hémėsehe. He picnicked. Stem mésehe; Preverb o'hé- distant. Category: eat.

-o'hóhke'haná   vai. choke on food while eating. É-o'hóhke'hāna. He choked on his food. fai: -e'haná. Category: eat.

-o'óhtá   vti. take a bite of s.t. É-o'óhta. He took a bite of it. O'óhtȯhtse! Take a bite of it! Final -óht; vta: -o'om. See: -ahanóht. Category: eat.

-o'om   vta. take a bite of s.o. É-o'omóho. He took a bite of him. O'omeha! Take a bite of him! vti: -o'óht. Category: mouth, eat.

-ó'ȯse'haná   vai. eat (something) by mistake, accidentally eat (something). É-ó'ȯse'hāna. He accidentally ate (it). fai: -e'haná. Category: eat.

-onótove'haná   vai. hurry up and eat. Onótove'hānȧhtse! Hurry up and eat! Mothers would typically say this to their children if they were dawdling or playing with their food. Variant: -nonótove'haná. Category: eat, speed.

-oó'xeaná   vai. be very hungry. Ná-oó'xéána. I'm really hungry. Usage: slang Lit: burst with hunger See: -háeaná. Category: eat.

-óove'haná   vai. eat everything. É-óove'hāna. He ate up everything. fai: -e'haná. See: -nėhetaa'e'haná. Category: eat.

-óove'hanáotse   vai. ate up everything. Ná-óove'hanáotse. I ate up everything. Category: eat.

-ová'komósėhahtsé   vai. small bites; eat small bites. É-ová'komósėháhtse. He's eating little tiny bites. Category: eat, quantity.

-ovávoone   vai. starve. É-ovávooneo'o. They are starving. Non-reduplicated -ávoone. Phon: redup Category: eat.

-oxom   fta. feed s.o., feed s.o. to death. Éáhan-ȯxomóho. He fed him to death / he fed him so much he got sick. Tȧhé-oxomeha nėstōtse! Go feed your pet! Kóhkonȯhēō'o néxhé-oxomėstse! Feed me bread! (owls cry this). vta: -hoxom. Category: eat, food.

-pa'homev   vta. feed s.o. until full. Ná-pa'homēvo. I'm feeding him until he is full. Category: eat. See: -ná'so'enot.

-pėhéve'haná   vai. eat well. É-pėhéve'hāna. He ate well. Móné-pėhéve'hanȧhéhe. You must have eaten well. Mónéto'se-pėhéve'hanȧhéhe. You must be going to eat good. Reduplicated -popėhéve'haná; fai: -e'haná. Category: eat.

-pé'penom   vta. chew up s.o. ȯhtaéše-pé'penomótsee'ėstse mata after peyote is chewed. Non-reduplicated -pénom. Phon: redup Category: eat.

-pénóhtá   vti. chew s.t.grind s.t. in the mouth. É-pénóhta. He chewed it up. vta: pénom; fti: -óht. Category: mouth, eat.

-pénomev   vta. chew food for s.o. This is premasticating food, especially for a baby. É-pénomevóho. He chewed food for him. See: -pénȯhtomev. Category: food, eat.

-poe'hahtsé   vti. 1 • slam down s.t., throw down s.t. É-poe'hāhtse. He slammed it down. Ques: check recording poeh?? vai: -póe'hasené. See: nȧhóhpo; -anȧha'hahtsé; -póehá; -póehahtsé. Category: move.

2 • devour s.t. entirely. Category: figurative. É-poe'hahtsénóvo. They ate it all up like it was nothing. See: -mȧhaéstá. Category: eat, food, check.

-po'ovo'óhta   vti. bite off s.t. É-po'ovo'óhta. He bit it off. Category: eat.

-sé'hasené   vai. sop. especially sop up gravy or soup with bread. É-sé'hasēne. He sopped. fai: -asené. Category: eat.

-sé'ho'enȯhéotse   vai. wake up from eating. Ná-sé'ho'enȯhéotse. I have awakened from eating. Category: eat.

-sé'senom   vta. gnaw on s.o. É-sé'senomóho. He's gnawing on him. Category: eat.

-senóve'hāna   vai. eat badly. É-senóve'hāna. He ate badly. Category: eat.

-sétovoéstanené   vai. have noontime, eat lunch. É-sétovoéstánéne. He ate lunch (had noon meal); it's his noontime. See: -ho'oéstanené; -mésėhévoéstá. Category: time, eat.

-sȯséveaná   vai. weak from hunger - be. Ná-sȯséveāna. I'm weak from hunger. fai: -aná. See: -háeaná. Category: eat.

-sȯséveanáotse   vai. go limp from hunger, weak from hunger - be. Ná-sȯséveanáotse. I was so hungry I went limp. fai: -aná. See: -háeaná. Category: eat.

-šé'šeanáxé   vai. wake up hungry, awaken hungry. É-šé'šeanáxe. He woke up hungry. Ná-šé'šeanáxe. I woke up hungry. Náméo-šé'šeanáxe. I woke up hungry this morning. fai: -aná hungry. Category: eat, sleep.

-tȧhpe'ȧsévo'enohe   vai. 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.

táxemésėhestȯtse   ni. table. Lit: upon-eat-thing (another recording) (another recording) Plural táxemésėhéstotȯtse; Oblique táxemésėhéstóva. Táxemésėhéstóva náamónoo'e. I'm sitting at the table. See: táhoxe'ėstónestȯtse desk. Category: house, eat, furniture.

-tó'omo'enȯhéotse   vai. unable to move so full of food, uncomfortable from eating too much. Ná-tó'omo'enȯhéotse. I'm unable to move I'm so full (of food). Category: food, eat.

-tó'oveh   vta. eat up all food before s.o. Ná-tó'ovėhāā'e. They ate up all the food and I didn't get any. Category: eat.

-vé'ho'émėsehe   vai. eat as a white person. for example, fancy, with a fork, napkin, with dainty fingers. É-vé'ho'émėsėheo'o. They eat as whites. See: -mésehe eat. Category: whites, eat.

-vése'haná   vai. eat with. É-vése'hāna. He ate with (the group). Mónėstse-vése'hāna? Are you also going to eat? vta: -vése'hanám. Category: eat.

-vése'hanám   vta. eat with s.o. É-vése'hanamo. He ate with him. É-vése'hanámóho. (newer pronunciation). Ná-vése'hanámo. I ate with him. vai: -vése'haná. See: -mésehe. Category: eat.

-véseová'hem   vta. eat out of same plate with s.o. É-véseová'hemóho ?[ He shared the same plate with him/he ate out of the same plate with him. See: -vése'haná; -vése'hanám. Category: eat.

-véstse'haná   vai. eat with. É-véstse'hāna. ?? He ate with (someone else). Initial vés(t)-; Final -e'haná. Category: eat.

-vone'éše'haná   vai. eat for a long time. É-vone'éše'hāna. He took a very long time eating. Category: eat.

-vóone'haná   vai. eat all night. É-vóone'hāna. He ate all night. Initial vóon-; fai: -e'haná. Category: eat.

-xá'xanóhtá   vti. chew s.t. É-xá'xanóhta. He chewed it. Xá'xanóhtȯhtse! Chew it! Category: eat.

-xá'xanom   vta. chew s.o. É-xá'xanomóho. He chewed him. Ná-xá'xánómo. I chewed him. fta: -om. Category: eat.

2 • vta. gossip about s.o. Category: speak.