plants
-áhanóné'o vii. shrivel and die (of vegetation). 
É-áhanóné'o. It shriveled and died. fii: -óne'ó. See: -hóne'ó. Category: plants.
ȧhkévó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl gumweeds. Category: plants.
anonévee'tose ni. yampah, carrots. Lit: hang-four-together?? Usage: This word is not well known today. Category: check. Refers to either a wild or domesticated plant. Probably traditionally refers to yampa; Grinnell lists this Ch. term as Carum gairdneri (H. & A.) A. Gray); modern term Perideridia gairdneri (H. & A.) Math.; the Cheyenne term seems to have something to do with four wild roots (typically) being together in a bunch. See: heóve-mo'ȯhtá'éne 'yellow turnips'. Category: food, plants.
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e'eeháséto ni. vine. Plural e'eehásétónėstse. Usage: not widely known today See: véškee'ėstse. Category: plants.
é'kotsévó'ėstse ni. choke weeds. Category: plants.
-é'o'emató vii. broken growth. for example, of a willow branch. É-é'ó'émáto. It is broken growth. Medial -o'e. See: -e'o'evo'ėhahtsé; hoóto'e; -ootó'e. Category: break, plants.
-é'o'o'e2 vii. broken vegetation. for example, of a field of grass laid over due to hail. É-é'o'o'e. The vegetation is broken. Medial -o'e5. See: -é'o'o'e1 ‘broken handle’; -é'o'evo'ėhahtsé; hoóto'e; -ootó'e. Category: break, plants.
-énano'é vai. plant. É-énanō'e. He planted. tsé'-énano'éstove garden (lit. where there is planting). Medial -o'é3. See: -o'eno'é. Category: plants.
-énano'ot vta. plant s.o. É-énano'oto. He planted him. É-énano'ótóho. (newer pronunciation). Category: farm, plants.
-éxo'o'é vii. bloom. Ééše-éxo'ō'e. It is fully bloomed. Category: plants.
-éxóne'ó vii. grown, sprouted. Lit: finish-grow É-éxóné'o. It's grown. See: -hóne'ó ‘grow’. Category: plants.
-háa'ėstó'o'e vii. tall of growth. of something that grows in height. É-háa'ėstó'o'e. It is tall. Category: plants, size.
-háa'ėstóné'o vii. grow tall. for instance, of a corn stalk. É-háa'ėstóné'o. It grew tall. See: -hóne'ó. Category: plants.
háhnóváso na. Ques: ni?? wild licorice, cockleburs. Category: check. See: ma'kėháhnóváso. Category: plants.
háhnóvó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl thorny weeds like sand burrs. Category: plants.
-háo'o'e vii. much grass. É-háo'o'e. There is lots of grass, hay (growing, for example, after some good rains). Final -o'o'e. Category: plants.
héheotsé-heséeo'ȯtse ni. vomiting medicine. Category: plants.
he'évánó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl woman sage; female sage. probably fringed sage. See: hetanévánó'ėstse. Category: plants.
he'konō'ėstse ni. Gram: pl buffalo grass. Lit: hard-grasses Category: plants.
-he'konó'o'e vii. tough growth. for example, tough grass, rough bushes. Phon: iah É-he'konó'o'e. It's tough growth. Category: plants.
hémotséhnó'ėstse ni. horse weed. Lit: breed-weeds increases stud breeding ability; similar effect to Viagra; given to horses but also used by men. Category: herbs, plants.
henēne na. rosebud, rosehip, rose bush, tomato. Etym: O ogin (sg); oginiig (pl) (N). Plural heneno; Obviative heneno. Category: plants.
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-heneneve vai. rose bush. Ná-heneneve. I am a rose bush. [Floating Eyes (Whitedirt).048] Category: plants.
henenó'e ni. rose bush. probably another plant also, which is rich in Vitamin C. Category: plants. Medial -ó'(e).
héováéstse tséhetó'o'ee'ėstse vii. flowers. Lit: various kinds how they grow See: tsépėhévėstséavó'o'e. Category: plants.
heóvėheséeo'ȯtse ni. yellow medicine. Category: plants.
heóvėhestaahtsémenó'ėstse ni. yellow currant bushes. Category: plants, berries.
heóvėstséávó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl dandelions. Lit: yellow-headed-weeds Category: plants.
-heóvėstséávo'o'e vii. be a yellow flower, yellow flowers (any kind). Lit: yellow-headed-vegetation É-heóvėstséavo'o'e It is a yellow rose. tsé-heóvėstséavo'o'e rose/that which is a yellow-headed plant. tsé-heóvėstséavo'o'ee'ėstse yellow flowers. BodyPartMedial -stséá. Category: plants.
hesó'xėhestaahtséménó'e ni. currant bush. Plural hesó'xėhestaahtséménó'ėstse. Category: plants, berries.
hesó'xėho'enóse ni. rank weed with a yellow flower similar to sunflower, Chinese Chrysanthemum. Category: plants.
hesó'xenó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl sunflowers. Lit: slippery-plants Category: plants.
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hestáhpánó'e ni. yucca, soap weed. Plural hestáhpánó'ėstse. Traditionally used for soap; this weed is also used with a mixture of brains and liver for treating hide during tanning. Category: plants.
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hestamóó'káne ni. sweetroot. grows near the sandrocks; a root that looks like rope; the inner part is sweet. Category: plants.
hestoomo'e ni. bark (of bush). It is a bush's "robe"; folk etymology. ?? Variant: hestoomo'ke. See: hetané-menó'ė-hestoomo'é-hohpe; hetone'ke. Category: plants, check.
hestoomo'ke Ques: hestóomo'ke ?? ni. bark (of bush). it is a bush's "robe"; folk etymology ?? hetané-menó'ė-hestóomo'é-hohpe juneberry bark tea. Variant: hestoomo'e. See: hetone'ke. Category: plants, check.
hestovo'ēško na. mushroom. Plural hestovo'ėškono; Obviative hestovo'ėškono. See: mo'ēško. Category: plants.
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hešėxovávó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl reeds. Category: plants.
heškóvanēō'o2 ni. wild Sweet William. See: heškóvanēō'o1 ‘weapon’. Category: plants.
heškóvėhestaahtsémenó'e ni. gooseberry bush. Category: plants.
heškóvemata na. 1 • cactus. Plural heškóvemátaho. See: mata. Category: plants.
2 • Cactus. Category: names.
heškóvemenō'e ni. thorny bush. Plural heškóvemenó'ėstse. Ques: heškóvemenó'e ?? See: heškóvema'táa'e. Category: plants.
heškóvėstséávó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl thistles. Lit: thorny-headed-weeds Variant: heškóvó'ėstse. Category: plants.
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heškóvo'enóse ni. Gram: pl sunflower like plant. Category: plants.
-heškóvo'ésáóó'e vii. thorns stand. Ȯhtséveévo'sóetonȯhtse éohkėhoháeheškóvo'ésáóó'e. Whenever I played there were lots of thorns. [The Rolling Head.054]
vai. thorns stand. Category: stand, plants.
heškóvó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl tumbleweeds, thistles, thorn bushes. That is, any kind of plants with stickers. Often translated as 'tumbleweeds'. Variant: heškóvėstséávó'ėstse. See: éseohtsévó'ėstse. Category: plants.
-heškóvo'ešé vai. covered with thorns, lie in thorns. É-heškóvo'ēše. He is covered with thorns. [pd311] See: -heškóvo'e'e. Category: plants.
-heškóvo'o'e vii. be lots of stickers. É-heškóvo'o'e. There's lots of stickers. fii: -ó'o'e. Category: plants.
hetanemenó'e éhestóemó'ėstse ni. tea bark. of inner bark of juneberry bush. Category: plants.
hetanévánó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl man sage, male sage. Only the man sage is used for hitting oneself in the sweat lodge, or for a bedding foundation during a fast. See: he'évánó'ėstse. Category: plants.
-hetó'o'e vii. Gram: rr such growth, so grown. ... é-hetó'o'e. ... that is how it grows. heováéstse tsé-hetó'o'ee'ėstse flowers (plants of various kinds). fii: -ó'o'e. Category: plants.
hexaenó'káne ni. sweet onion, Mariposa lily. known elsewhere as Mariposa lily. looks like a small lily. See: xaóenėhéstȧhévo. Category: plants.
hexovávó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl a kind of reeds. Category: plants.
-hoháo'o'é vii. very much grass, very dense growth. É-hoháo'o'e. There is a dense growth of grass. Medial -ó'o'e. Category: plants.
hohnóhkȧ-heséeo'ȯtse ni. contrary medicine. Category: plants.
hohpa na. sponge, spatter dock. modern usage for 'sponges'. Plural hohpaho; Obviative hohpaho. See: hohpe ‘soup’. Category: plants.
hohpȧhtsenámenó'e ni. wild grape bush. Category: plants.
ho'enoo'o na. sweet potato, tuber. modern meaning is 'sweet potato'; previously this word referred to a traditionally used tuber. Plural ho'enóono; Obviative ho'enóono; Diminutive ho'enohko. See: mésėhestȯtse ‘potato (md)’; aéstomemésėhestȯtse ‘potato’. Etym: cf. *wexpenya 'potato, ground nut'. Category: plants.
ho'enóse na. tall weed very similar to sunflower(s), sunflowers, lambs quarters. traditional term also used for 'sunflowers' and 'lambs quarters'. Oblique ho'enóséva. Category: plants.
-hóne'ó vai. grow.
vii. grow (of vegetation), sprout. É-hóné'o. It (or He) grew. See: -pėhévóne'ó; -éšee'e. Category: plants.
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hoó'kȯhtséme'hahtse ni. hair like string next to ear of corn. Category: plants.
hoomȧhévó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl "blanket plant", mosquito plant ?? Category: check. This is medicine boiled to clean out kidneys. Category: plants.
-hoónȯhtó'o'e vii. yard grass gone to weeds while occupants are gone. Lit: lonely vegetation É-hoónȯhtó'o'e. The yard has gone to weeds while the occupants of the house are gone. Category: plants.
hotamemenó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl dogwood. Usage: loan transl. from Petter ?? Category: check, plants.
hotamó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl smart weeds. seems to be similar to nettles; will make skin hurt. Category: plants.
hoxo'ȯhtsévó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl grass. Lit: green-grass/weeds Usage: possible new word See: mo'ē'ėstse. Category: plants.
-hoxo'ȯhtsévo'o'e vii. green grass growth. É-hoxo'ȯhtsévo'o'e. There's green grass. Éxxae-hoxo'ȯhtsévo'o'énėse. There was green grass. [1987:259] fii: -ó'o'e. See: -hoxo'ȯhtsévoma'o'e. Category: plants.
hoxoméheséeo'ȯtse ni. stink weed. Lit: rotten-smell-medicine cook this and pour it around a house; it repels snakes. Category: plants, smell.
ka'ėškónȧšé'šestȯtse ni. children's drink, Grass of Parnassus. Final -asé'še. Category: plants.
mȧhaemenéma'óhkéé'e ni. corn tassel. Phon: vs Plural mȧhaemenéma'óhkeenȯtse. Category: plants.
mȧheasénó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl bush with bright red berries ?? Category: check, plants.
mȧho'xeno na. gourd, gourd rattle, peyote gourd. Plural mȧho'xénono; Obviative mȧho'xénono. See: mȧhōō'o; mȧhōhko; šé'šeno. Category: plants, dance.
mȧhpémóxėšéne water mint. found in slow-moving water. Category: plants, record.
mȧhtovóotsė-heséeo'ȯtse ni. ear medicine. See: -htovoo'ȯtse. Category: plants.
ma'ėheóvėheškóvó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl golden-weeds. Category: plants.
ma'ėheséeo'ȯtse red medicine, saxifrage. Category: plants.
ma'emenó'ėšé'e ni. buffalo berry bush area. Category: plants.
ma'emo'kóhta'e na. 1 • orange Indian turnips. Category: plants. Variant: ma'emo'óhta'e; Plural ma'emo'kȯhtá'éne.
2 • beet.
ma'éveotsévó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl tall weed similar to hemp which emits blood red sap when twisted. Category: plants.
ma'kėháhnóváso na. Gram: pl 1 • cockleburs, burs. term for both the plant and the reddish burs from the plant. É-mȧhoe'tó'tóó'e ma'kėháhnóváso. He has burs stuck all over him. See: háhnóváso. Category: plants.
2 • boyfriends. É-pȧhoeotsé'tóó'e ma'kėháhnovaso. She has lots of boyfriends (lit. cockleburs are stuck to her). Category: figurative, romance.
ma'óhkee'e ni. tassel, plume, scalplock. originally referred to tassels of corn but extended to plumes worn for powwow dancing. Plural ma'óhkeenȯtse. Phon: vs See: -ee'e ‘feather ; quill’; a'ké'háso; voto; hoo'kȯhtse; Ma'óhkeená'e. Category: plants.
ma'ō'ėstse ni. Gram: pl prairie grass. Lit: red-grasses Category: plants.
ma'óomėhá'eonȯtse ni. Gram: pl wild Oklahoma tea (plants). Category: plants.
ma'xėheséeo'ȯtse ni. big medicine. apparently a plant used in many medicinal mixtures. Category: plants.
-mámeno'o'e vii. huge growth of berry bushes. É-mámeno'o'e. ó'o'?? It's a huge growth. for example, a huge growth of berry bushes. Étaéetšėše-mámeno'o'énėstse vénȯhó'kóhtsėstse. There's a growth of chokecherry bushes here and there. [1987:43] fii: -ó'o'e. Category: plants, check.
-manohtsé vti. water s.t. É-manōhtse. He watered it. for example, to water a plant. vta: -manohá. See: -he'kóovohtsé. Category: liquid, plants.
-manó'ko'o'e vii. Ques: -manó'o'o'e ?? grove, patch of vegetation. Category: check. Lit: cluster-vegetation.grow Variant: -manó'o'o'e. See: Mano'o'eo'hé'e. Category: plants.
-mano'ó'o'e vii. Ques: -manó'o'o'e ?? grove. Category: check. Lit: cluster-vegetation.grow Variant: -manó'ko'o'e. See: Mano'o'eo'hé'e. Category: plants.
mata na. pickle, peyote. Plural mátaho; Obviative mátaho. Morph: /mátah/. Ques: does it also mean cactus?? Category: check. See: véhonemata; heškóvemata; véhonemata; -mátȧhéve'haná; -mátȧhémahpe. Category: plants, food.
Mátȧhó'ómo ni. 1 • pin cushion cactus. Plural mátȧhó'omonȯtse; AlternatePlural mátȧhó'komonȯtse. These are small cactus plants with little red berries similar to a persimmon; they taste sweet. Category: plants.
2 • Pin Cushion Cactus. Category: names.
matanaéheséeo'ȯtse ni. milk medicine. This is an herbal medicine to encourage lactation. See: matanaévó'ėstse; matanaémáxėstse. Category: plants.
matanáémáxėstse ni. milkweed?? Synonym matanáevō'ėstse. Category: plants, check.
matanaévó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl milkweed. an herbal medicine for encouraging lactation. this may be a new word, a loan transl. based on the English term; the older Cheyenne may be matanaémáxėstse. See: matanaémáxėstse; matanaé-heséeo'ȯtse. Category: plants.
matomenéheséeo'ȯtse ni. nosebleed medicine. Category: plants.
méeméa'tóne ni. good smelling tree. Lit: good smelling incense Category: plants.
méeškaahé'ėstse ni. Gram: pl short yellow plants similar to goldenrods. perhaps they were used to increase lactation? Variant: méeškaatsėhē'ėstse. Category: plants.
méhnó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl monster plant. used in altar of Sun Dance. See: méhmemenó'ėstse. Category: Sun Dance, plants.
mé'hoomanōhtsėstse ni. Gram: pl water plants. Lit: hairy-water-?? Category: check. these are hairy, fibrous, like grassy seaweed. Category: plants.
-mé'o'é vii. appear growing, emerge (of vegetation). É-mé'ó'e. It emerged growing. fii: -o'é. See: -hóne'ó; mé'-. Category: plants.
ménó'e ni. chokecherry bush, berry bush. Plural ménó'ėstse. See: ménó'ke ‘willow’; vénȯhó'kȯhtse ‘chokecherry branch’. Category: plants.
méstaehámėškone ni. owl spoon. pod of milkweed. Category: plants.
mȯhonatone ?? Category: check.
ni ??. reed - a kind of. Category: check. Usage: obsolescent Category: plants.
mo'éhemóxėšéne ni. elk mint, peppermint. Variant: tóhtoo'émȯxėšéne. Category: plants.
mo'éhno'hamé-heséeo'ȯtse ni. horse medicine, meadowrue. Category: plants.
mo'éhno'hamémȯxėšéne ni. horse perfume. Lit: horse-mint a plant. Category: plants.
-mo'e'ámané v. grass - make, make grass, create grass, grass - create. Ná-mo'e'ámáne. I created the grasses. Category: plants.
mo'e'é- pv. grass, weeds.
pn. grass, weeds. É-mo'e'éméá'ha. It smells like hay. See: mo'ó'e-. Category: plants.
mó'e'e ni. hay, weed, grass (single blade). Usage: The singular is rare; almost always occurs as a grammatical plural because there are many blades of grass. xamae-mo'ē'ėstse blue joint grass (lit. ordinary-weeds). [1987:117 (sg. occurs here as generic)] Phon: iah Plural mo'ē'ėstse. Phon: iah fni: -o'e ‘plant; vegetation’; Medial -ó'(e)2 ‘wood; tree; bush’. Etym: *maškyihkyiwi/maškixkiwi. See: hoxo'ȯhtsévó'ėstse. Category: plants.
mo'ē'ėstse ni. Gram: pl weeds, grass, hay. Usage: rare as singular See: hoxo'ȯhtsévó'ėstse. Singular mó'e'e. Category: plants.
mo'ē'ėstse ni. grass. This is grammatically plural, referring to multiple blades of grass. The singular, mó'e'e, is rarely said. Singular mó'e'e. Category: plants.
-mo'e'eve 1 • vii. É-mo'e'eve. It's weedy. [1987:27]
2 • vai. weedy. Náxxae-mo'e'évémȧse. (they say) I was just all weedy. [1987:27] Category: plants.
-mo'e'évėstséá'e vai. 1 • have grass in hair. can connote having been in the bushes making out. É-mo'e'évėstséá'e. He has grass in his hair.
2 • make out. Category: figurative, hair, plants, romance.
mo'ȯhtáevánó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl black sage, ragweed. used for bowel cramps and to stop bloody stools. See: vánó'ėstse. Category: plants.
mo'omėstaso ni. reeds ?? Category: check, plants.
motsé'eonȯtse ni. Gram: pl sweet grass. has a sweet scent, especially when burned. See: vé'hó'ȯhtse; Motsé'eóeve; Motsé'eóó'e. Category: plants.
móxėšéne ni. mint. Category: plants.
-ná'someotse vai. withered. É-ná'someotse. It (or He) withered. for example, a flower. See: -noóneotse; -ó'eotse. Category: plants.
-nėševóne'ó vii. grow fast, fast grow. É-nėševóné'o. It's growing fast. See: -hone'ó ‘grow’. Category: plants.
-nétȧhévo'o'e vii. different vegetation - be. É-nétȧhévo'o'e. It's different vegetation. Final -ó'o'e. Category: plants.
no'aneono na. Gram: pl mixtures, leaves (especially of sumac) mixed with kinnikinnic for smoking. no'aneono is animate, while no'aneonȯtse is inanimate. Apparently some speakers consider this smoking mixture animate, while others consider it inanimate. Variant: no'aneonȯtse. See: no'otséstotȯtse; ma'kóomeehēso. Category: smoke, plants.
no'aneonō'e ni. sumac. Plural no'aneonō'ėstse; fni: -o'e. See: ma'kemenȯtse. Category: plants.
no'aneonȯtse ni. Gram: pl mixtures for smoking, herbs. leaves (especially of sumac) mixed with kinnikinnic for smoking. Ques: Lenora No'aneonȯtse náhe'ponȯtse. I'm smoking sumac leaves mixed with kinnikinnic. Variant: no'aneono. See: no'otséstotȯtse; ma'kóomeehēso. Category: smoke, plants.
no'e'hanávó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl locoweed. Lit: poison-weeds Category: plants.
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-nonó'ko'o'e vii. grow as single stem. only used with plural subjects. É-nonó'ko'o'énėstse hetanévánó'ėstse. Man sage grows as single stems. fii: -ó'o'e. Phon: redup Category: plants.
-noóno'o'e vii. withered grass. É-noóno'o'e. It (grass) is old and withered. [Stamper 1991:6] Medial -ó'o'e; Final -o'e. Category: plants.
oévėheséeo'ȯtse ni. scabby medicine. See: heséeo'ȯtse ‘medicine’. Category: plants.
-o'é3 fii. vegetation, plant, grass, weed. Éénan-ō'e. He's planting. Medial -o'é5. See: -ó'o'e; -ó'(e)2; -ó'é4. Category: plants.
-o'é5 fni. vegetation, plant, grass, weed. he'kon-ō'ėstse buffalo grass (lit. hard-weeds). ván-ó'ėstse sage. ma'-ō'ėstse prairie grass (lit. red-grass). véesév-ó'ėstse tall rank grass (lit. teeth-weeds). fii: -o'é3. See: mó'e'e; -ó'o'e; -ó'(e)2; -ó'é4. Etym: *-aškw ‘grass (medial)’. Category: plants.
-o'kohné vai. dig wild turnips, dig tubers. É-o'kōhne. He's digging wild turnips. Nétȧhé'-o'kȯhnémáne! Let's go dig wild turnips! See: -ó'ohe ‘tree, tuber’. Category: plants.
-ó'o'e m. vegetation, plant, grass, weed. Épėhév-o'o'e. The grass is growing well. Éhohá-o'o'e. There is a dense growth of grass. Énoón-o'o'e. The grass is withered. tséhmano'k-ó'o'e grove ; clump of trees/bush. Lit: lit. where there is growing in a bunch See: -ó'(e)2 ‘vegetation; plant; grass; weed’; -o'é3 ‘wood; tree; bush’; -hóne'ó ‘grow’. Category: plants.
-óne'ó f. grow. É-asėtóné'o. It (or He) is starting to grow. Éáhan-óné'o. It shriveled and died. Ééšėhó-óné'o nȧhto'eo'o. My garden has already come through. Énėšev-óné'o. It's growing fast. vii: -hóne'ó. Category: farm, plants.
onėškevéesevó'ėstse a kind of reed. Category: plants, check.
ónonevonėškemóxėšéne ni. prairie dog perfume. Category: plants.
-oo'kó'enené vai. weed. É-oo'kó'enēne. He's weeding. Category: plants.
otá'tavėheséeo'ȯtse ni. blue medicine. Category: plants.
otá'tavō'ėstse ni. Gram: pl alfalfa. Lit: blue-weeds Oklahoma Dialect póovónáévó'ėstse. Category: plants, Montana.
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-pėhévo'o'e vii. good growth. É-pėhévo'o'e It's a good field. fii: -ó'o'e. Category: plants.
-pėhévóne'ó vii. grow well.
vai. grow well. É-pėhévóné'o. It (or He) is growing well. See: -hóne'ó. Category: plants.
póovónáévó'ėstse ni. alfalfa. Usage: od Montana Dialect otá'tavō'ėstse. Category: plants.
séotsémȧhóó'o na. wild melon. Lit: ghost-melon Category: plants.
šé'šenovotséheséeo'ȯtse ni. rattlesnake medicine, prairie coneflower. Category: plants.
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šé'šenovotsévó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl snakeweeds. Variant: šé'šenovotsé-mȧhtamȯtse. Category: plants.
tȧhpenonó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl flute shrub. wood used to make flutes. Category: plants.
tóhtoo'émȯxėšéne ni. elk mint. Lit: prairie-mint Ques: re-record?? Variant: mo'éhemóxėšéne. Category: record, plants, check.
tóhtoo'éotá'tavō'ėstse ni. Gram: pl prairie clover. Category: plants. Usage: loan translation?
-tóne'ėstó'ohe vai. how high (of something growing). This is about a tree or turnip. É-tóne'ėstó'ohe? How high is he (tree)? fai: -ó'ohe. Category: size, plants.
tsé-háaeéno'e heséeo'ȯtse vii. gray strong medicine. Category: plants.
tséh-mano'kó'o'e vii. small grove, small clump of trees, small bush. Lit: where there is vegetation growing in a bunch Medial -ó'o'e. See: Mano'o'eo'hé'e. Category: plants.
tsépėhévėstséavó'o'e ni. flower. Lit: that.which.is-pretty-headed-growth It is quite likely that there was no historical word for 'flower'. Plural tsépėhévėstséavó'o'ee'ėstse. See: pėhévėstséávó'ėstse; heováéstse tséhetó'o'ee'ėstse. Category: plants.
tsépėhévėstséavó'o'e ni. Gram: pl flowers. Lit: pretty-headed-weed Plural tsépėhévėstséávó'ėstse. Ques: tsépėhévėstséavoo'ėstse ?? See: vehpȯtse. Category: plants, check.
váno'é- pv. sagebrush. This functions like an adjective. The plural, vánó'ėstse, refers to a sagebrush plant or plants. See: vánó'ėstse. Category: plants.
vánó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl sage brush. Locative váno'ēva. There are names for a number of different varieties of plants which are considered by Cheyennes to be various kinds of sage, for example: hetanévánó'ėstse 'man sage'; he'évánó'ėstse 'woman sage'; mo'ȯhtáevánó'ėstse 'black sage'; xamaevánó'ėstse 'natives age'; vé'ȯhkevánó'ėstse 'bitter sage.'. This is usually pronounced as a grammatical plural because it is regarded as plants, just as Cheyenne 'grass' is usually plural. Category: plants.
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váno'éšé'e ni. sagebrush area. See: šé'e; váno'éva. Category: plants.
véeno'e'e ni. reed. See: véesevó'e. Ques: is this word known today?? Category: check, plants.
véesevó'e ni. reed. Lit: tooth-weed Plural véesevó'ėstse. Southern Cheyennes used these for windbreaks; they have sharp-edged blades. Synonym véeno'e'e. Category: plants.
-véhpotseve vai. be in leaf, leaves - already have. This is especially about trees. Ééše-véhpotséveo'o. They already have leaves.
vii. be in leaf, leaves - already have. Category: trees, plants.
vé'hó'ȯhtse 1 • ni. sweetgrass. Variant: Vé'hó'kȯhtse; Plural vé'hó'óhtsėstse. See: motsé'eonȯtse. Category: plants.
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2 • na. Sweetgrass. See: Vé'hó'kȯhtse; Motsé'eóeve. Category: names.
vé'hó'óhtsėstse ni. sweetgrass. grammatically plural. Singular vé'hó'ȯhtse. See: motsé'eonȯtse; Motsé'eóeve. Category: plants.
-vé'ho'ȯhtsévo'o'é vii. sweet grass grow. tsé-vé'ho'ȯhtsévo'ō'e where sweet grass grows. Medial -ó'o'e. Category: plants.
vé'keeheséeo'ȯtse ni. sweet medicine. probably a loan translation from English, given to Grinnell; perhaps motsé'eonȯtse or vé'hó'ȯhtse was intended. See: Motsé'eóeve; motsé'eonȯtse; vé'hó'ȯhtse. Category: plants.
vé'ȯhkėheséeo'ȯtse ni. bitter medicine. that is, horsemint. Category: plants, medicine.
vé'ȯhkémȯxėšéne ni. bitter perfume, sweet flag. See: móxėšéne. Category: plants.
vé'ȯhkevánó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl bitter sage. See: vánó'ėstse. Category: plants.
vénȯhó'kȯhtse ni. chokecherry branch. sometimes the "bush" is called ménó'e. Plural vénȯhó'kóhtsėstse. These branches are used in the altar of the Sun Dance. See: véno'hohkȯtse ‘tripe’; ménó'e ‘chokecherry busy’. Category: plants.
vénȯho'kȯhtšėše'e ni. chokecherry bush area. Category: plants.
-véstó'o'e vii. be with among growth. É-vésto'o'e. It is growing with (other plants). Naa tótseha móh-vésto'o'éhanéhe héne mó'e'e. And long ago this weed was there amongst the others. [1987:238] fii: -ó'o'e. Category: plants.
véškee'éhemenó'ėšé'e ni. strawberry area, raspberry area, blackberry bush grove. Category: plants.
véškee'évó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl sand lily ?? Category: check. small plants with tubular flowers having white petals; you can suck on the flower; they taste sweet. Category: plants. Variant: véškee'émȧhtamȯtse ??.
vétánó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl cattails. Category: plants.
vóhkoohémenó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl rabbit-brush. Category: plants.
vóhpėstséávó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl white flowers. Lit: white-headed-weeds for example, daisies. BodyPartMedial -stséá. Category: plants.
-vóhpo'eeséotse vii. blossom, turn white headed (of plants). É-vóhpo'eeséotse. It (for example, plant) is blossomed out/it has turned white. Ȯhtséše-vóhpo'eeséotsee'ėstse menō'ėstse naa ma'xemenō'ėstseéénano'éstove. When chokecherry and plum bushes are in bloom you can plant. Category: plants.
vóhpó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl whiteweed, gromwell, cabbage. Category: plants.
-voné'emátó vii. lots of thick bushes. É-voné'émátó. There's lots of thick bushes. Category: plants.
xamaemo'ē'ėstse ni. Gram: pl blue joint grass. Category: plants.
xamaevánó'ėstse ni. Gram: pl native sage. Category: plants.
xaóemata'xevoto na. Gram: pl onions, wild onion(s). Lit: skunk-testicles See: xaóenėhéstȧhévo ‘onion’; ta'xevȯtse ‘testicle’. Category: plants, vulgar.
xaóenėhéstȧhévo na. onion, onions. including wild onion. See: xaóemata'xevoto. Category: plants.
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