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-a'tavo'ėstanéheve   vai. live in a fearsome manner. É-a'tavo'ėstanéheve. He lives in a fearsome way. That is, people are scared of him. See: -a'tahe. Category: live.

amanēō'o   ni. culture, ceremonial culture. This may especially refer to ceremonial ways. Tsėhéseamanēō'o Cheyenne culture. he-amanēō'o his way of doing things. See: -tsėhésto'eétahe. Category: live, do.

-amehne   vai. 1 • walk by, walk along. This is a slower action than -ameohtsé. É-amēhne. He's walking by/along. É-amėhneo'o. They are walking. Ho'ēva ná-amēhne. I'm walking on foot. Etym: *pemohθe:wa.

2 • live. "Naa hahóo," náhetōne Ma'hēō'o tséhvé'nėheše-amėhneto. "And thank you," we tell God because you live like that. fai: -ehné. See: -ameohtsé. Category: motion, live, figurative.

-améstanove   vii. life go on. É-améstanove. Life goes on. tsé-améstanovėstse the one who is living on. [1987:211] fii: -éstanove. See: -vonéstánové. Category: live.

-ametanéné   vai. alive, live. This word refers to biological life while -vo'ėstanéheve refers more to social life. É-ametanéne. He is alive. É-ametanéneo'o. They are alive. Óvahe ho'honáeo'o éohkėháa'éše-ametanéneo'o. Only the rocks live forever. That is a well known saying. Ééva-ametanéne. He came back to life. fai: -etanéné; vta: -ametanó't. See: -vo'ėstanéheve. Category: live, sayings.

ametanénestȯtse   ni. life. vai: -ametanéné. See: vo'ėstanéhevestȯtse. Category: live.

amevo'ėstanéhevestȯtse   ni. life go on, generation. Category: live, check.

-amo'omenehe   vai. continue to live a poor life, drink uncontrolled. É-amo'omenehe. He is such a drunkard he cannot control himself / he continues to live a poor life. fai: -o'omenehe. Category: live.

-anovéstanove   vii. mixed up live, live in a mixed up way. refers to a mixed up kind of living. É-anovéstanove. It's a mixed up world. fai: -éstanove. Category: live.

-éstanove   fii. live, conduct life, exist as citizen. Éam-éstanove. Life goes on. Náhoónȯs-éstanove. I'm living a lonely life. Évés-ėstanove. He lived with. "Ééševon-éstanove," éohkėhevoōne. "The (traditional) way of life is already gone," they say. [1987:10] fai: -éstánové. See: -héstanove; -vo'ėstanéheve; -ametanéné. Category: live.

-éstánové   fai. live, conduct life, exist as citizen. tsévésė-stanovese all of the people/those who live (together). Návésė-stánóvémo. I live with him (for example, as a fellow citizen or neighbor). tsépȧháv-ėstanovese those who live well. [1980:45:13] tséno'-éstánóvétse which we have lived with. [1987:98] Móstamámȯhev-éstanovėhevóhe. They came to live together. [1987:100] Náhoónȯs-éstanove. I'm living a lonely life. tséévėheš-éstanovétse how we live. Náhetóta-éstanove. I have a joyful life; live joyfully. fii: -éstanove. See: -héstanove; -vo'ėstanéheve; -ametanéné. Category: live.

-etanéné   fai. live, be alive. Éam-etanéne. He's alive. É-he'éšetanéne. He was alive for that long. Category: live.

-évȧhé't   vti. exist at (that place). tsé'-évȧhé'to tsėhéóhe A'tšemȧhoéve'ho'éno tséhenove where I live, in Round Town as it is called. [Atlantic Trip.030] Category: live.

-háo'omenehe   vai. poor, experience a difficult life, be in bad shape, poor condition. poor or of general difficult life condition. É-háo'omenehe. He is poor/destitute. The following are often said in prayer. Ná-háo'omenehe. I am poor. Ná-háo'omenėhéme. We (excl) are poor. Vovóhnėhešenáno tsé-háo'omenėhese! Take care of those who are poor! [1987:206 ; Hymn 155] fai: -o'omenehe. See: -hávėsévo'omenehe; -hésto'omenehe; -to'omenehe; -pėhévo'omenehe; -nėstamenóohéheve; -nėxȧheve. Category: money, live, check.

-hávėsévo'omenehe   vai. experience something bad. É-hávėsévo'omenehe. He experienced something bad. Héne énėhetóseme néhe kȧsovááhe tséhešė-hávėsévo'omenéese. That's the story of the young man, that something awful had been done to him. fai: -o'omenehe; Antonym -pėhévo'omenehe. See: -háo'omenehe. Category: live.

-hesta   vai. Gram: rr appear so, be that way, reside there, have such abode, live that way, exist, inhabit, come into being, originate, live. É-hesta. That's where he resides ; that's his habitat. É-hesta hétsėhéóhe. He inhabits here. tsé-hestávȯse the way they are; the way they look. For example, when speaking of the monster of Loch Ness, we could say Nessie é-hesta Loch Ness, meaning that Loch Ness is the ONLY location of this monster. Étsė-hesta. He is like this. Énė-hesta. He is like that. tsé-hestȧse "You're always doing something goofy/stupid" (idiomatic usage). A'e é'évaamėhnesėstse naa oóxésta mó'évȧ-hestȧhéhe. He walked very soon and all right, that's how he became. [1987:109] Ho'néoxháaestse móx-hestȧhéhe 1900 tséxhenóvetse. Brave Wolf (Jim One Bear) was born in the year of 1900. [1987:32] Móhkaveo'o éohkė-hestao'o háá'ėše hoéhose. Bobcats live far away in the hills. [1979:204] Hée nevá'esėstse tsėhéóhe mó-hestȧhéhe. Hey, someone must exist here. [JOURNEY.TXT] tsé-hestatsėse the way he looked. [1988:289] A number of Cheyennes have pointed out that this sounds similar to their word for 'Cheyenne people', Tsétsėhéstȧhese (simpler spelling Tsitsistas), which they suggest may be derived from this word. compare Tsétsėhéstȧhese those who are Cheyennes. See: héstánóva place; Héstáné'e Nation Woman; -hestá say s.t.; -héstahe be from there; -hestáotse born; -hesó be so; -vo'ėstanéheve live; oóxésta all right; -tsėhéstahe be Cheyenne; tsétsėhestase those who are this way; Tsétsėhéstȧhese those who are Cheyennes. Category: live, appearance.

héstánóva   obl. place, among people, among mankind, in the world, country, state, in life. ma'xetónėstȯheāā'e onétȧhévė-héstánova mótanėhe'xóvėhanéhe as it has been for many ages and many generations ago. [1987:100] Nátó'tšėšeno'kėháa'ého'oése tsėhéno héstánóva. I am the highest (sacrifice) here in this world. [1987:239] Ques: Are the morphemes like this that begin with héstá different from the morphemes that begin with hesta meaning 'exist'?? Are héstánóva and hestanōva both words?? See: héstanėheo'o; héstanovestȯtse; vo'ėstanéhevestȯtse. Category: live, check.

-héstanove   vii. living - be a place for, live there. tséx-héstanovetse at another place (obv). [1980:57:54] See: -hesta exist; héstánóva; héstanovestȯtse. Category: live.

héstanovestȯtse   ni. life of the people, the people's philosophy. Naa éohkevésetanoo'o, tā'se énėšéveotséto héstanovestȯtse. Now they (people) are in a hurry, like life is rushed. [1987:224] Netao'o énėhéso héstanovestȯtse. Éohkėho'má'seohtse hová'éhe. Life is like that everywhere. Things die out. [1987:96] vii: -héstanove. Category: live.

-hestoéstove   vai. reside, be at, have residence. Ma'hēō'o he'ama tsé-hestoéstoveto God, you who are above. [1987:233] vta: -hestoé'tov. See: -hoo'e; he-. Category: live.

-hestóhtȯheomenehe   vai. however many live. tséévė-hestóhtȯheomenėhévȯse as they (the family of the man) lived by that (pity). [1987:302] See: tónėstȯhe-; -tónėstȯxe; -ome. Category: live.

-hešéstanove   vai. Gram: rr so live. ... é-hešéstanove. ... that's how he lives. nesta tséméhae-hešéstanovėse the way his life used to be. [2 Cor. 5:17] fai: -éstanove. See: -héstanove; -vo'ėstanéheve. Category: live.

-hešėtánéve   vai. so.live. Nėstsevé'ėhešėtánévéme! Don't live like that! [Sweet Medicine Comments.076] Category: live.

-hetótaéstanove   vai. live joyfully. É-hetótaéstanove He lived joyfully. [PRAISE.TXT] Final -éstanove. Category: live.

-hoé'tá   vti. rent s.t., reside at s.t., inhabit s.t. É-hoé'ta. He is residing at it. Éohkeméhae-hoé'tanovȯtse véenȯtse. They used to live in tepees. vta: -hoé'tov, hoé'tovom- ??. Category: check. See: -hoó'tá; -hóo'tá; -hoe'tó; -hoo'e; -ho'tsé. Etym: cf. O abiit- (N). Category: live.

-hoénove   vii. be at. Variant: -hoéstove. É-hoénove. There is being at. vai: -hoo'e. Category: live.

hohátse-   pv. laughingly. É-hohátsevo'ėstanéheve. He is full of laughter. (literally, 'he lives laughingly). Category: sounds, laugh, live.

-hoónȯséstanove   vai. live a lonely life. Ná-hoónȯséstanove. I'm living a lonely life. fai: -éstanove. Category: live.

-hótoanávo'omenehe   vai. difficult life - have a. É-hótoanávo'omenehe. He has a difficult life. [1987:270] Category: live.

-hótoanávoo'e   vai. live in a difficult place, be in a difficult place. É-hótoanávoo'e. He lives in a place which is difficult to get to. See: -hoo'e; -hótoanávoohe. Category: live.

-mȧhésėstanove   vai. all live there. É-mȧhésėstanoveo'o. They are all living there. for example, all living in the same house. Category: live.

-mȧhéstanove   vai. all live together. É-mȧhéstanoveo'o. They all live together. for example, all live in the same area. Category: live.

-ma'enóevo'ėstanéheve   vai. live timidly. Lit: turtle-live É-ma'enóevo'ėstanéheve. He lives timidly. See: -vo'ėstanéheve live; -ma'enóevoéstomo'he have a turtle personality. Category: live.

-ma'heónėstanove   vai. live a holy life. É-ma'heónėstanove. He lives holy. Tsitsistas é-ma'heónėstanoveo'o. Cheyennes live a holy life / they are a spiritual people. John Stands In Timber used to say that. fai: -éstánové. Category: live, sacred.

-mȧsėháneestanove   vii. crazy living. tséhnėhméhaemȧsėháneestanove when there was living crazy. [Head Chief and Other Instruction to Children.004] fii: -éstanove. Category: live.

mȧsėháneestanove   vai. crazy live. ma'tamȧsėhánééstánóvése when you (plural) have a crazy way of living. [Head Chief and Other Instruction to Children.082] fai: -éstánové. Category: live.

-mȧsėhánee-vo'ėstanéheve   vai. live crazy, live in an inappropriate cultural manner. É-mȧsėháneevo'ėstanéheve He lives crazy/he lives in a culturally wrong manner. Category: live.

-mȧsėhávėstanove   vii. crazy living. É-mȧsėhávėstanove. It's crazy living now. See: -héstanove; -anovéstanove. Category: live.

-nėhešėstánové   vai. live that way. Nėstsevé'-nėhešėstánóvéme! Don't live like that! [1987:13] See: -vésėstánóve. Category: live.

-néše'ená   vai. live with. This is an intransitive verb. Né-néše'enáme. We (the two of us) are living together. Éhnéše'enásesto. He (obv) lived with (his grandmother). vta: -néše'enám. Category: live, check.

-néše'enám   vta. two live together with s.o. ?? vai: -néše'ená. See: -tsėhéstoem; -véstse'enám; -véstoem; -vésėstánovém ??. Category: live.

-nétȧhévėstanove   vai. have a different way of life. É-nétȧhévėstanove. He has a different life. Variant: -nétȧhévėstave. This pronunciation seems to be preferred over -nétȧhévėstave. fai: -éstánové. See: -vonéstanove; -vo'ėstanéheve. Category: live.

-no'éstanove   vii. live along with (something). for example, to live along with honor. É-no'éstanove. There is living by means of something. Final -éstanove. Category: live.

-no'késtanove   vai. live alone. for example, of someone who lives away from others and seldom comes to town. É-no'késtanove. He lives by himself. Category: live.

-onétȧhévėstánóvé   vai. live in different places. only used with plural subjects. É-onetȧhévėstanoveo'o. They (for example, Indians) live in different (that is, a variety of) places. Category: live.

-pȧhávėstao'omenehe   vai. have a good life. É-pȧhávėstao'omenehe. He is well off/he has a good life. Variant: -pėhévėstao'omenehe; Antonym -háo'omenehe. Category: live.

-pėhévėstao'omenehe   vai. have a good life. É-pėhévėstao'omenehe. He has a good life. Variant: -pȧhávėstao'omenehe. See: -pėhévėstave. Category: live.

-pėhévo'omenehe   vai. experience something good. É-pėhévo'omenehe. He experienced something good. Antonym -hávėsévo'omenehe, -háo'omenehe. Category: live.

-stanéhéve   fai. live. Móhnėhestȯhéhe tsé-hešėstanéhévétse. He spoke about our way of life. [Sweet Medicine Comments.071] Category: live.

-tóhtonoo'e   vai. live out in the boonies. É-tóhtonoeo'o. They live out in the boonies. That is, living where no one else is around. See: -tóhtonóma'o'e flat ground - be; tóhtoō'e prairie. Category: ground, live.

-tóhtoo'évo'ėstanéheve   vai. live out on the prairie. É-tóhtoo'évo'ėstanéheve. He lives out on the prairie. Category: live.

-to'omenehe   vai. suffer. É-to'omenehe. He suffered. Ques: -tó'omenehe?? Initial tó'om-; Final -énehe. See: háo'omenehe. Category: live.

Tsėhéseamanēō'o   ni. Cheyenne culture, Cheyenne ceremonial culture. This may especially refer to Cheyenne ceremonial ways. See: amanēō'o; -tsėhésto'eétahe. Category: live, new.

-tsėhésevo'ėstanéheve   vai. live as a Cheyenne. É-tsėhésevo'ėstanéheve. He lives as a Cheyenne. [pd228] See: -tsėhésetanó. Category: live.

tsėhésevo'ėstanéhevestȯtse   ni. Cheyenne way of living ?? See: tsėhésetanohtȯtse. Category: live.

-vee'e   vai. camp. É-vee'e. He camped. É-véeo'o. They camped. tséh-véévótse where we were camping. É-véestove. There is camping / it is a campground. tsé'ȯhke-véestove campground. Lit: where there is regularly camping Tósa'e né-vee'e? Where are you camping? [pd909] Some speakers also use that for 'Where do you live?'. Nȧhéno ná-vee'e. I live over there. Phon: vs IndepNoun vee'e. See: -eehe; -oe. Category: tepee, camp, live.

-véhonevo'ėstanéheve   vai. live as a chief, live a noble life. É-véhonevo'ėstanéheve. He lives a a chief. Category: live.

-vé'ho'évėsėstánóvé   vai. live as a whiteman. tsésto'seéemóneasevé'ho'évėsėstánóvévȯse when they were going to start living like whitemen. [Learning to Plow.001] Initial vé'ho'é-; vai: -véstánóvé. Category: live.

-vésėstanomev   vta. live with s.o. as co-citizen. Mo'évea'ene-vésėstanomevȯhevóhe Ho'óhomo'óho. He lived with the Sioux. [1987:50] Category: live.

-vésėstanove   vai. live with. This means to be a co-citizen with. It does not refer to staying in the same dwelling. É-vésėstanove. He lived with. Nėhéóhe ésáa-vésėstánóvéhe. He is not a permanent resident there. É-vésėstanoveo'o. They (an.) lived with. tsé-vésėstanovese all of the people/those who live (together). tsésto'seéemóneasevé'ho'é-vėsėstánóvévȯse when they were going to start living like whitemen. [Learning to Plow:1] Final -éstanove. See: -vonéstanove; -améstanove; -vo'ėstanéheve. Category: live.

-vésėstánóvem   vta. live with s.o. as co-citizen or neighbor. É-vésėstanovemóho. He lives with him. Ná-vésėstánóvémo. I live with him. Category: live.

-véstsėhném   vta. walk with s.o.; live with s.o. By semantic extension, this verb can refer to living with or socially communing with s.o. É-véstsėhnemo. He's living with him. See: -véstse'enám; -véstoem; -vé'ȯhtsém. Category: live, walk.

-véstse'enám   vta. live with s.o., room with s.o., married to s.o. This word often implies being married to s.o. The more commonly used verb for being married to s.o., however, is -véstoem. É-véstse'enamo. He is living with him. Ná-véstse'enámo. I lived with him. See: -vésto'tsém; -véstsėhném; -vé'ȯhtsém; -vésév; -vésėstánóvem; -néše'enám; -véstoem. Category: live, marriage.

-vo'ėstanéheve   vai. live. This word generally refers more to social life whereas -ametanéné refers to biological life; this word is only used about people but -ametanéné is used of any living beings. É-vo'ėstanéheve. He is living/he is making his living. É-vo'ėstanéheveo'o. They are living / they are making their living. Ésáa-vo'ėstanéhévéhe. He just wanders around; he doesn't have his own home (or life); he lives with various people. The name of the place where you live is often said before this word, especially after the question Tósa'e névo'ėstanéheve? Tósa'e né-vo'ėstanéheve? Where do you live? (another recording) Vóhpoométanéno ná-vo'ėstanéheve. I live in White River Place (Busby). É'ėxováhtóva ná-vo'ėstanéheve. I live in Billings. Various lifestyles are described with this stem plus a preverb, such as: Épėhéve-vo'ėstanéheve. He lives in a good way. Nápėhéve-vo'ėstanéheve. I have a good life. Éována'xae-vo'ėstanéheve. He lives in a serene/calm way. Éxamae-vo'ėstanéheve. He lives in an ordinary way. that is, he lives as an Indian. Éma'heóne-vo'ėstanéheve. He is a religious person. Éxónetame-vo'ėstanéheve. He lives in a filthy way. Éháanae-vo'ėstanéheve. He lives a respected (literally, heavy) life. For example, the life of someone who is respected, such as a Sun Dance priest. Tósa'e né-vo'ėstanéheve? Where do you live? Néta-vo'ėstanéhévémáne! Let's live! See: -ametanéné; -héstanove; -vésėstánóve; -htánové; -hesta; -vo'ėstaneve; -hoo'e. Category: live.

-vo'ėstanéhevé'tov   vta. live for s.o. Éohkeoo'haenéhe-vo'ėstanéhevé'tovóho Ma'heóneva. He carefully ("followingly") lives for God. Nésáavé'šėhé-vo'ėstanéhevenȯtse! Don't let it bother you! (lit. you're not alive just for him--so don't let what he did to you bother you). [1987:309] See: néhe-; néhov-. Category: live.

-vo'ėstanéheveotse   vai. come to live. Ques: recheck gloss?? Category: live, check.

vo'ėstanéhevestȯtse   ni. life. Éto'sėsáapėhéva'éháne ne-vo'ėstanéhevėstonane. Our (incl.) life is not going to be good. [1987:209] Vo'ėstanéhevestȯtse étaomėhotáanáto, he'konetānȯhtse! Life is difficult just as it is, be strong! See: ametanénestȯtse. Category: live.

vo'ėstanéhevetanó   vai. want to live. Násáavésenėheše-vo'ėstanéhevetanóhéme. We don't want to live like that. [Sweet Medicine Comments.108] Category: live.

-vo'ėstaneve   vai. be a person; live. When used with the meaning of 'live', the sense is different from that of the related verb, -vo'ėstanéheve, and, of course, of -ametanéné. With this verb, if one said é-vo'ėstaneve, the statement could be referring to someone who managed to live through a serious sickness. É-vo'ėstaneve. He is a person. See: -vo'ėstanéheve live (socially); -ametanéné live (biologically). Category: identity, live.

-vonéstanove   vii. way of life disappear.

vai. way of life disappear. É-vonéstanove. The (traditional) way of life is gone. Ééše-vonéstanove éohkėhevoōne. "The (especially traditional) way of life is already gone," they say. [1987:10] Ésáa'éšemȧhe-vonéstanovėhane. The way of life is not all gone yet. vai: -vonéstánóvé; Final -éstanove. See: -vonéstánóvé; -héstanove; -nétȧhévėstanove. Category: live.

-vonéstánóvé   vai. way of life disappear; lose way of life be. É-vonéstánóve. His way of life disappeared. Nėstse-vonéstánóvéme. Your (plural) way of life will disappear. [1987:11] Sweet Medicine prophesied that to Cheyennes. Néto'sėsáa'ó'-vonéstánóvėhémáne. We are not actually going to lose our way of life. [1987:11] See: -vonéstanove; -vésėstánóvé. Category: live.

-xanovehné   vai. 1 • walk straight. É-xanovēhne. He walked straight. [Croft]

2 • live straight. fai: -ehné. Category: walk, live.