Cheyenne Dictionary

 eyes

eyes

-a'enó'ne'éxanéotse   vai. eyesight become darkened. This especially refers to when coming inside from bright sunlight. É-a'enó'ne'éxanéotse. His eyesight is darkened. Category: eyes.

-a'tó'seneotse   vai. eye particle - have an, mote - have a, have something in the eye. for example, dust particle. É-a'tó'seneotse. He's gotten something in his eye(s). Category: eyes.

a'tó'seneotsestȯtse   ni. object in the eye. for example, a dust particle. Category: eyes.

-éné   mbp. face. This medial specifically refers to the face, but sometimes it primarily refers to the eyes. Éó'ó'-éne He is blind. É-é'koméne. He has a greasy face. Kóós-éné'e Little-faced Woman. ka'-énėhótame bulldog (short-faced-dog). Éhesės-éne'še. He has twitching in his face. Énėše'šévo-éne. He washed his face. Category: body, face, eyes.

-ése'éeh   vta. eye drop s.o.put something in s.o.'s eyes for medicine. É-ése'éehóho. He put it in his eye. Ná-ése'éehahtse. I put eye drops in my eyes.. Category: eyes.

-héheehaénéohtsé   vai. teary eyes. É-héheehaénéóhtse. He has teary/watery eyes. BodyPartMedial -haéné. Category: eyes, cry.

-heóvemenoo'éxáne   vai. have yellow eyes. É-heóvemenoo'éxáne. He has yellow eyes. See: Heóve'éxanéhe Yellow Eyes. Category: eyes, colors.

-hetótae'éxané   vai. have joyful eyes. É-hetótae'éxáne. He has joyful eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-hoháo'toéné   vai. look very scared. É-hoháo'toéne. He has scared eyes/looks scared. Category: eyes.

-hohkó'se'éxané   vai. have a black eye. É-hohkó'se'éxáne. He has a "shiner". Lit: purple-eyed Medial -'éxané. Lit: be purple-eyed Category: violence, eyes.

-ho'évootséve'éxané   vai. have cataracts. É-ho'évootséve'éxáne. He has cataracts. Lit: meat-eyed Category: eyes.

-ho'sėhaéné   vai. matter in eyes, crusty eyes. The same initial is used here for matter exuding from the eyes as for saliva drooling from the mouth (-ho'sahtsená); in the eyes the matter might be pus from infection or the ordinary dried secretion in the corner of one's eyes upon waking. É-ho'sėhaéne. His eyes are crusty/gummy. Medial -éné. See: -ho'sahtse; -matséné. Category: eyes, sickness.

-hoónȯhtóo'o   vai. have a lonely look in the eyes. É-hoónȯhtóó'o. He has a lonely look in his eyes. Category: eyes, sight.

-hovénoma'o   vai. shade eyes with hand. É-hovénoma'o. He shaded his eyes (with his hand). Ques: mā'o?? See: -hovéo'onémané. Category: eyes, hands, check.

-hovéo'onémané   vai. shade eyes with hand. É-hovéo'onémáne. He shaded his eyes with his (own) hand. See: -hovénoma'o. Category: eyes.

-hoxo'ȯhtsévemenoo'éxáne   vai. have green eyes. É-hoxo'ȯhtsévemenoo'éxáne. He has green eyes. Category: eyes, colors.

-'exa   ni. Gram: poss eye. ma-'exa eye. Plural ma-'éxánėstse. na-'exa my eye. na-'éxánėstse my eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané; Oblique ma-'éxáá'e. Morph: /na-'éšen/. Etym: *neškiinšekwi. Category: eyes.

-'éxané   mbp. eye. Éotá'tave-'éxáne. He has blue eyes. Éó'kȯhoméheve-'éxáne. He is sly/he cheats. Lit: He has coyote eyes. Émomá'e-'éxáne. He has red/bloodshot eyes. Émamée-'éxanénahtse. He rubbed his (own) eyes. Stem -'éxa. Category: eyes.

-mȧhove'éxané   vai. have tired eyes. É-mȧhove'éxáne. He has tired eye(s). BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-ma'aataéve'éxané   vai. wear eyeglasses. É-ma'aataéve'éxáne. He has eyeglasses on. Lit: (be)-metal-eyed Category: eyes.

ma'aataéve'éxanéstotȯtse   ni. Gram: pl eyeglasses (single pair or plural pairs). Lit: metal-eye things Hákó'e he'evóne ého'tanetótse hema'aataéve'éxanéstotȯtse. His glasses are way down on his nose. Category: eyes.

-ma'e'éxané   vai. have red eye(s), have bloodshot eyes. É-ma'e'éxáne. His eye(s) is/are red/bloodshot. See: -momá'e'éxané. Category: eyes.

ma'exa   ni. Gram: poss eye, eyeglass. The plural is a shorter way of saying eyeglasses. The longer way is ma'aataéve'éxanéstotȯtse. Plural ma-'éxánėstse. na-'exa my eye. Stem -'exa. Etym: *meškiinšekwi; meškiinšeko:li (pl) (Go88). See: ma'aataéve'éxanéstotȯtse eyeglasses. Category: eyes.

ma'éxáá'e   obl. eye - in the. ma'éxáéno on the eye(s). Stem -'exa. Category: eyes.

ma'éxaevé'henȯtse   na. Gram: poss eyelash. Plural ma-'éxaevé'henoto; Obviative ma-'éxaevé'henoto. Category: eyes.

-mamée'éxanén   vta. rub eyes of s.o. É-mamée'éxaneno. He rubbed his (some else's) eyes, É-mamée'éxanénóho. He rubbed his eyes. (newer pronunciation). Névé'-mamée'éxanénahtse! Don't rub your eyes! BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-maméénén   vta. rub face of s.o. É-maméenenahtse. He's rubbing his (own) face. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -xo'évoénén. Category: eyes.

-matséné   vai. have sore eyes, have infected eyes. É-matséne. He has infected/sore eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -ho'sȧheéne. Category: eyes, sickness.

-mátseve'éxané   vai. pussy eyes, infected eyes. É-mátseve'éxáne. He has pussy eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes, sickness.

-menoo'éxané   mbp. eyeball. Lit: globular(that is, berry).shaped-eye Éónėše-menoo'éxanéóhtse. He has pain in the eyeball. Éotá'tave-menoo'éxáne. He has blue eyes. Étónėše-menoo'éxaneo'o? What color are their eyes? BodyPartMedial -'éxané eye. See: mené- berry. Category: body, eyes.

-méo'éxané   vai. have eyes closed. É-méo'éxáne. His eyes are closed. Variant: -méo'kéxané. Category: eyes.

-méo'éxané'ó   vai. close eyes. É-méo'éxané'o. His eyes are closed. Category: eyes.

-méo'éxanéše   vai. lie with eyes closed. É-méo'éxanéše. He's lying with his eyes closed. Variant: -méo'kéxanéše; BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-méo'kéxané   vai. have eyes closed. É-méo'kéxáne. His eyes are closed. Variant: -méo'éxané. Category: eyes.

-méo'kéxané'o   vai. close eyes. É-méo'kéxané'o. He closed his eyes. [1987:315] Category: eyes.

-méo'kéxanéotse   vai. close eyes quickly. É-méo'kéxanéotse. He closed his eyes quickly. Variant: -méo'éxanéotse; BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-méo'kéxanéše   vai. lie with eyes closed. É-méo'kéxanéše. He's lying with his eyes closed. Variant: -méo'éxanéše. Category: eyes.

-méo'kéxanévo'ȧhéotse   vai. run with eyes closed. É-méo'kéxanévo'ȧhéotse. He's running with his eyes closed. BodyPartMedial -'éxané; fai: -o'ȧhéotse. Category: eyes, run.

-méstaevé'hénóse   vai. thick eyebrows - have. É-méstaevé'hénóse. He has thick eyebrows. BodyPartMedial -vé'henosé. Category: eyes.

-momáhpe'ėhaéné   vai. watery eyes. É-momáhpe'ėhaéne. He has watery eyes. Phon: redup Category: eyes.

-momáhpe'óo'ó   vai. have watery eyes. for example, eyesight be blurred because of tears. É-momáhpe'óó'o. He has watery eyes. fai: -óo'ó. Category: eyes.

-móma'haa'e'éxané   vai. have big eyes. É-móma'haa'e'éxáne. He has big eyes. Phon: redup Category: eyes, body.

móma'hae-   pv. wide, huge. Móma'haetótóó'ȯhtse! Open your eyes wide! [The Bear and the Skunk.025] Category: eyes.

-momá'ko'éneotse   vai. come to have red eyes. Tse-momá'ko'éneotse tsétótoeotsėstse. He will have red eyes, the one who opens his eyes. [Why the Mudhen Has Red Eyes.006] Category: eyes.

-momámoešé   vai. lie with eyes open. É-momámóéše. He is lying (for example, on the ground) with his eyes open. Phon: redup See: -tótóéše. Category: lie, eyes.

-momáxe'éxané   vao. ?? É-momáxe'éxáne.?? ?? Category: eyes, check.

-momó'kȯhtávemenoo'éxanée   vai. sit with dark eyes. tséoxxae=otáxa=momó'kȯhtávemenoo'éxanéévȯse all you could see was the black of their eyes. [1987:28] Phon: redup Category: eyes.

-nėhaénén   vta. wipe eye(s) of s.o. É-nėhaénenahtse. He wiped his (own) eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné; Synonym -nėhehaéneh. Category: eyes.

-nėhehaéneh   vta. wipe eye(s) of s.o., wipe tears of s.o. É-nėhehaénėhestse. He wiped his (own) eyes. Synonym -nėhaénen; BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -nėhe'éxanéh. Category: eyes.

-nėhe'éxanéh   vta. wipe eye(s) of s.o. É-nėhe'éxanéhestse. He wiped his (own) eye(s). See: -nėhéhaéneh. Category: eyes.

-nėhpa'éeh   vta. blindfold s.o. , mask s.o. Nėhpa'éehahtsėstse! Wear a mask! (said to one person). Nėhpa'éehahtse! Mask up! (said to a group). Éohke-nėhpa'éehahtse. He masks up. Synonym nėhpa'éet; vai: -nėhpa'éehe; BodyPartMedial -a'é. Category: eyes.

-nėhpa'éehe   vai. blindfolded, masked. Nėhpa'éeestse! Mask up! (said to one person). Nėhpa'éehe! Mask up! (said to a group). héne tsévé'šėhé-nėhpa'éeheto this which you are closed up with. [1987:146] BodyPartMedial -a'é; vta: -nėhpa'éet, -nėhpa'éeh. Category: eyes.

-nėhpa'éestsé   vti. cover s.t. for example, to cover something so it won't spill. É-nėhpa'ééstse. He covered it. Category: eyes.

-nėhpa'éet   vta. blindfold s.o. , mask s.o., mask up s.o. Variant: nėhpa'éeh. Nėhpa'éetahtsėstse! Wear a mask! (said to one person). Nėhpa'éetahtse! Mask up! (said to a group). (another recording) vai: -nėhpa'éehe; BodyPartMedial -a'é. Category: eyes.

-nėhpe'éxanéehe   vai. blindfolded. Lit: obstructed-eyes É-nėhpe'éxanéehe. He is blindfolded. Category: eyes.

-né'se'éxané's   vta. cut out the eye of s.o. É-né'se'éxane'so. He cut his eye(s) out. É-né'se'éxané'sóho. He cut his eye(s) out. (newer pronunciation). Category: eyes, cut.

-néme'éxané   vai. crooked eye. É-néme'éxáne. He has a crooked eye. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-nėše'še'éxané   vai. wash eyes. É-nėše'še'éxáne. He washed his (own) eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-nėše'še'éxanévoovot   vta. wash eyes of s.o. with water. É-nėše'še'éxanévoovotóho He washed his eyes with water. Category: eyes, record.

-nėšėško'éta'xe   vai. have wavy eyesight. for example, just before a bad headache. Ná-nėšėško'éta'xe. I have "wavy" eyesight. for example, just before a bad headache. Ná-nėšėško'éta'xe I have "wavy" eyesight. Category: eyes.

-noné'kėhaéné   vai. tear stains around the eyes. É-noné'kėhaéne. He has tear stains around his eyes. BodyPartMedial -haéné. Category: eyes, cry.

-noné'otoéné   vai. have smeared eyes, have smeared face. perhaps also dust-smeared eyes. É-noné'otoéne. He has a smeared face. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: eyes, face.

-oešéve'éxané   vai. have trachoma, pink eye, sore eyes. É-oešéve'éxáne. He has sore eyes/trachoma/pink eye. Variant: -oeškéve'éxané. Category: eyes.

-oeškéve'éxané   vai. have trachoma, pink eye, sore eyes. É-oeškéve'éxáne. He has trachoma. Variant: -oešéve'éxané. See: -oeve'éxané. Category: eyes, sickness.

-oeškévematséné   vai. have scabby eyes. É-oeškévematséne. He has scabby eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -oeve'éxané. Category: eyes, sickness.

-oéve'éxané   vai. have scabby eyes. É-oéve'éxáne. He has scabby eyes. See: -oeškéve'éxané. Category: eyes, sickness.

-ó'ėhaéne   vai. dry eyes. É-ó'ėhaéne. He has dry eyes. Category: eyes.

-ó'héné   vai. have cataract(s) (of the eye). É-ó'héne. He as cataract(s) (of the eye). See: -ó'ó'éné; -ó'kéné. Category: eyes.

-ó'kéné'ó   vai. squint with one eye. This is a chronic problem, different from -ó'keneotse which is winking. É-ó'kéné'o. He squinted with one eye. See: -ó'keneotse wink; -ó'ó'éné. Category: eyes.

-ó'keneotse   vai. wink. É-ó'keneotse. He's winking. See: -ó'kéné'ó; -ó'kéné. Category: eyes.

-ó'keneotsé'tov   vta. wink at s.o. Ná-ó'keneotsé'tova. He winked at me. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: eyes.

-ó'kȯhoméheve'éxané   vai. 1 • have coyote eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: body, eyes.

2 • fig., cheat; be sly; tricky. É-ó'kȯhoméheve'éxáne. He is sly/he cheats. Category: personality.

-ó'ó'éné   vai. 1 • 

1 • blind. É-ó'ó'éne. He is blind. Nėstsevé'-tóhpoomahtse; nėstseó'ó'éne. Don't look on your privates; you'll become blind. (a cultural injunction).

2 • unable to recognize the truth about something. possibly a loan translation from English. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -ó'kéné; -ó'héné. Category: eyes, sight, figurative, cognition.

-ó'o'énéotse   vai. become blind. É-ó'o'eneotse. He became blind. Category: sickness, eyes.

-oné'se'éxané   vai. eye(s) bulge out. É-oné'se'éxáne. His eyes bulge out. Category: eyes.

-onéme'éxané   vai. cross-eyed. É-onéme'éxáne. He is cross-eyed. See: -néma'éxané. Category: eyes.

-ónėše'éxanén   vta. hurt eyes of s.o. É-ónėše'éxanénóho ?? He hurt his eye(s). Category: check. Final '-éxané. Category: eyes.

-ónėšemenoo'éxanéohtsé   vai. have pain in the eyeballs, eye pain. É-ónėšemenoo'éxanéóhtse. He has pain in the eyeball. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: body, eyes.

-oo'kevé'hanȯsenán   vta. pluck eyebrows of s.o. É-oo'kevé'hanȯsenánahtse. She plucked her (own) eyebrows. Category: eyes, groom.

-otá'tave'éxané   vai. have blue eyes. É-otá'tave'éxáne. He has blue eyes. Usage: probably a shortened, more recent version of -otá'tavemenoo'éxané Variant: -otá'tavemenoo'éxané; BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes, colors.

-otá'tavemenoo'éxáne   vai. have blue eyes. É-otá'tavemenoo'éxáne. He has blue eyes. Variant: -otá'tave'éxané; BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-ovánoematséne   vai. have droopy eyelids. É-ovánoematséne. He has droopy eyelids. Category: eyes.

-pėhéve'éxané   vai. have good eyes. É-pėhéve'éxáne. He has good eyes. Category: eyes.

-póe'éxanéh(n)   vai. punch s.o. in the eye(s). É-póe'éxanéhnóho. He punched him in the eye(s). Category: eyes.

-póhe'éxáne   vai. swollen eyes. É-póhe'éxáne. He has swollen eyes. Category: eyes.

-po'e'éxané   vai. have gray eyes. É-po'e'éxáne. He has gray eyes. BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-póo'éxanéh(n)   vta. hit s.o. in the eye. É-póo'éxanehno. He punched him in the eye. É-póo'éxanéhnóho. He punched him in the eye. (newer pronunciation). Ná-póo'éxanéhno. I hit him in the eyes. BodyPartMedial -'exané. Category: eyes.

-popóhematséné   vai. have puffy eyes. É-popóhematséne. He has puffy eyes. Category: eyes, sickness.

-séno'ó'ematséné   vai. brush eyes. Tsé'tóhe nȧhtōtse éxamae-séno'ó'ematséne. My pet's eyes are in the bushes. This was said by someone whose pet was an English sheep dog with a lot of hair hanging over both of its eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné. Category: eyes.

-tóhpe'éxanén   vta. poke s.o. in the eye(s). for example, to poke someone in the eye with a finger. É-tóhpe'éxaneno. He poked him in the eye(s). É-tóhpe'éxanénóho. He poked him in the eye(s). (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-tóhpe'éxanéšé   vai. fall and poke (something) in the eye. É-tóhpe'éxanéše. He poked (something) in his (own) eye. See: -tóhpénéše. Category: fall, eyes.

-tóhpénéšé   vai. fall and poke (something) in the eye. É-tóhpénéše. He poked (something) in his eye. BodyPartMedial -éné. See: -tóhpe'éxanéšé. Category: fall, eyes.

-tónėšemenoo'éxáne   vai. What color eyes? É-tónėšemenoo'éxáne? What color eyes does he have? Category: colors, eyes, record.

-tónetȯhtȧhéve'éxané   vai. what color eyes. É-tónetȯhtȧhéve'éxáne? What color are his eyes? Category: colors, eyes.

-tótȧhpe'e'éxané   vai. have big eyes. É-tótȧhpe'e'éxáne. He has big eyes. Category: eyes.

-tótȧhpe'tótoeóó'e   vai. stand with eyes wide open. É-tótȧhpe'tótoeóó'e. He's standing with his eyes wide open. See: -tótóo'ó. Category: stand, eyes.

-tótȧhpe'tótóo'ó   vai. eyes wide open. Éxaenėše-tótȧhpe'tótoo'oo'o póhkėsono. The kittens have their eyes wide open (now). See: -tótóo'ó. Category: eyes.

-totá'xėhaéné   vai. have slit eyes. for example, of an Oriental person. É-totá'xėhaéne. He has slit eyes. Synonym -tovó'kėhaéné. Category: eyes.

-tótoeméohe   vai. strain to open eyes. É-tótoeméohe. He's really trying to open his eyes. fai: -méohe. Category: eyes.

-tótóeotse   vai. open (one's own) eyes. É-tótoeotse. He opened his eyes. See: -tótóo'ó. Category: eyes.

-tótoešé   vai. lie with eyes open. É-tótóéše. He's lying with his eyes open. See: -émȯhkoeše. Category: lie, eyes.

-tótȯhkóo'ó   vai. start to open eyes, barely have eyes open. for example, of baby kittens or puppies. É-tótȯhkóó'o. He's starting to open his eyes. Category: eyes, sight.

-tótóo'ó   vai. open eyes. É-tótóó'o. His eyes are open. [1987:111] Phon: not vs See: -tótoeotse. Category: sight, eyes.

-tótšėške'ėhaéné   vai. small eyes - have. É-tótšėške'ėhaéne. He has small eyes. Phon: redup Category: eyes.

-tótšėške'ematséné   vai. small eyes, squint eyes. É-tótšėške'ematséne. He has small eyes. Phon: redup Non-reduplicated -tšėške'ematséné. See: Tšėške'matsénéhe Squint Eye. Category: eyes.

-tovó'kėhaéné   vai. slit eyes - have. É-tovó'kėhaéne. He has slit eyes. BodyPartMedial -éné; Synonym totá'xėhaéné. Category: eyes.

-tšėške'ematséné   vai. squint eye. É-tšėške'ematséne. He is squint eyed. Reduplicated -tótšėške'ematséné. Category: eyes.

vé'henȯtse   na. eyebrow. Plural vé'henoto. See: ma'éxae-vé'henȯtse. Category: eyes.

-vóhpe'éxané   vai. have white spots on eyes. É-vóhpe'éxáne. He has white spot(s) on his eyes. Category: eyes.

vóhtanée-'éxanestȯtse   ni. eyelid. Usage: may be new word ?? Category: check. Lit: skin-eye-NOM Plural vóhtanée'éxanéstotȯtse. See: -'éxané. Category: eyes, new.

-vó'héne   vai. white film over the eyes. É-vó'héne. He has white film over his eyes. Category: eyes. Medial -éne.

-vovéhpe'éxané   vai. empty eye sockets. Móstȧhátsėstove-vovéhpe'éxanėhéhe. Both of his eyes (sockets) were empty. [Floating Eyes (Whitedirt).041] BodyPartMedial -'éxané. Category: eyes.

-vovéhpotoéne   vai. hollow eyes, sunken eyes, empty eye sockets. É-vovéhpotoéne. He has sunken eyes/he has empty eye sockets (that is, no eyeballs). Category: eyes.

xo'ėhaénén   vta. salve.tears. Ná-xo'ėhaénéno he'éxáá'e. I put salve in his eyes. É-xo'ėhaéneno. He put salve in his (other person's) eyes. É-xo'ėhaénénóho. He put salve in his (other person's) eyes. (newer pronunciation). Category: eyes, medicine.

-xo'ematsén   vta. salve eyes of s.o. É-xo'ematsénahtse. He put salve on his own eyes. Category: eyes.