fish

ȧxeetoo'é'hasēō'o   ni. fishhook. See: nonónóó'e. Category: fish.

-axeetoo'é'ó'h   vta. hook s.o. É-axeetoo'é'o'ho. He caught him on the barb of a hook. É-axeetoo'é'ó'hóho. He caught him on the barb of a hook. (newer pronunciation). Category: fish.

ȧxeohōva   na. catfish. Lit: monster?-animal (barbed-animal??) Plural ȧxeohováhne; Obviative ȧxeohováhne. See: axe ‘land monster’; hōva ‘animal’. Category: fish, check.

éškȯseesénoma'ne   na. pike. Synonym hevéesénoma'he. Category: fish.

-évenȯhéoohe   vai. search quickly. É-évenȯhéoohe. He searched quickly. Nátaévetóxe-évenȯhéoohe. I searched around quickly. [Fishing.019] Category: fish.

heóveaxeohōva   na. yellow catfish. See: ȧxeohōva ‘catfish’. Category: fish.

hevéesénoma'he   na. pike. Lit: teeth-fish Variant: hevéesénoma'ne; Synonym éškȯseesénoma'ne. Category: fish.

hevéesénoma'ne   na. pike. Lit: teeth-fish Variant: hevéesénoma'he; Synonym éškȯseesénoma'ne. Category: fish.

hohtȧhénoma'he   na. goldfish. Lit: spotted-fish Category: fish.

ma'enóma'he   na. Gram: pl salmon. Lit: red-fish Plural ma'enomá'ne; Variant: ma'nomá'ne. See: nóma'he. Category: fish.

ma'nomá'ne   na. Gram: pl salmon. Lit: red-fish Variant: ma'enomá'ne. Category: fish.

moéškȧhtsená-noma'he   na. sucker, bass. Lit: puckered.up-mouth-fish Plural moéškȧhtsená-nomá'ne; Obviative moéškȧhtsená-nomá'ne. Category: fish.

nóma'he   na. fish (a single fish). (another recording) Plural nomá'ne; AlternatePlural noma'no; Obviative nomá'ne; Variant: nóma'ne. Phon: iah See: Nóma'ne ‘Fish’. Etym: *name:'sa. Category: fish.

nomá'héškéso   na. Gram: dim 1 • minnow. See: noma'kēso. Category: fish.

2 • Fisher. origin of the Cheyenne family name Fisher, more accurately translated as 'little fish' or 'minnow. Category: names.

-nomá'heve   vai. be a fish. É-nomá'heve. He is a fish. Morph: /-nomá'héve/. Etym: *name:'siiwiwa. Category: fish.

noma'kēso   na. little fish. Variant: nomá'héškéso; Plural noma'kėsono; Non-diminutive nóma'ne. Category: fish.

noma'kėsono tsé'ȯhkeévȯhoévȯse   vai. fish tank. Lit: where little fish swim around vai: -évȯhoo'e. Category: fish, new.

nóma'ne   na. 1 • fish (one). Usage: probably more commonly said than nóma'he Ques: does underlying nomá'hn (with hn) work?? Phon: iah Variant: nóma'he; Plural nomá'ne; Obviative nomá'ne; Diminutive noma'kēso, nomá'héškéso. Category: fish.

2 • Fish. Category: names.

-nonónee'e   vai. sit fishing, fish sitting. É-nonónee'e. He sat fishing. [1987:282] Morph: /-nonóné-e/. Phon: vs Category: fish.

-nonónéšé   vai. lie fishing, fish lying. É-nonónéše. He's lying there fishing. See: -nonóné ‘fish’. Category: lie, fish.

nonónóó'e   ni. rainbow, fishing line, fishing pole, trap, snare. Ques: not vs he-nonónóó'e his fishing pole. [1987:281] Plural nonónóó'ėstse; Oblique nonónóó'éva. See: -nonót ‘trap s.o.’; -nonóné ‘fish’; ȧxeetoo'é'hasēō'o ‘fishhook’. Etym: cf. O nagweyaab ‘rainbow (N)’; cf. O nagwaagan ‘snare (N)’; cf. nakwa:kani ‘a kind of trap (Pe79:333)’. Category: environment, fish.

-nȯsóenené   vai. search underwater, feel for fish, noodle. a style of fishing especially done in Oklahoma, for example, fishing by feeling for catfish hiding in overhanging grass along a creek bank; some people call it noodling in English. É-nȯsóénéne. He's searching for fish with his hands. See: -nȯhtsé'sevanené. Category: fish.

-onó'ham   vta. net s.o. especially to catch a fish with a net. É-onó'hamóho. He caught him (as a fish). See: -nȧha'en ‘catch s.o.’; -nonóné ‘fish’; -nonót ‘trap s.o.’. Category: fish.

onó'hasēō'o   ni. fishing net. Usage: obsolescing Plural onó'haseonȯtse; Synonym onó'ȯhéó'o, onó'ȯhenestȯtse. See: -onó'ȯhené. Category: fish.

-onó'ȯhené   vai. fish with a net. É-onó'ȯhéne. He's net fishing. See: nonóné. Category: fish.

onó'ȯhenestȯtse   ni. fishing net.

fishing net. This word is animate for some speakers, because a net has strings which are animate. he-onó'ȯhenéstovevóho their fishing nets. Synonym onó'ȯhéó'o, onó'hasēō'o. Category: fish.

onó'ȯhéó'o   ni. fishing net. Synonym onó'hasēō'o, onó'ȯhenestȯtse. Category: fish.

-oó'ham   vta. fish out s.o., catch s.o. (fish). É-oó'hamóho. He fished him (that is, fish) out of the water (especially with a fishing line). Tónesto né-oó'hamoo'o? How many (fish) did you catch? [1987:281] Reduplicated -oóo'ham; Antonym -sé'a'ham. See: -nonóné; -nȧha'en; -nonót; -no'en. Category: fish.

-oóo'ham   vta. catch s.o. repeatedly. especially of fish. Nėhē'še mósta-oóo'hamȯhevóhe nomá'ne. Then he caught (more) fish. [1987:282] Phon: redup Non-reduplicated -oó'ham. Category: fish.

-ováne'ȯhoné   vai. jab; stab; gig. This word refers to a stabbing method of fishing for catfish used in Oklahoma. É-ováne'ȯhōne. He gigged. Ná-ováne'ȯhōne. I gig around. [Croft] Category: fish.