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x-   tns. past tense. allomorph of /h/ 'past tense' before /h/. Éx-ho'sóeo'o. They danced. See: h- past tense; š- past tense. Category: grammar.

-xaa'e   vai. urinate, pee. É-xaa'e. He urinated. Phon: vs vti: -xaestá. See: -šéšeahe feel like urinating; xaenoo'ȯtse bladder; -nȧha'en catch s.t./s.o.; xāō'o skunk. Morph: /-šae/. Etym: *šekiwa. See: -šéšeetanóotse. Category: body function.

xáa'e   na. weasel. Xaeho éohkemȯšéškanȧheo'o méanēva naa éohkevó'omȧheo'oaénéva. Weasels are brown in summer and they are white in winter. [1979:204] Phon: apoc; vs AltPl=xaeo'o Plural xaeho; Obviative xaeho. Morph: /šaeh/. Etym: *šenkwehsa. See: náa'e; naene; hohkeveho. Category: animals.

Xáa'ȯhvó'komaestse   na. White Ermine, White Weasel. Category: names.

-xaaméné   vai. smiley face, face smile. É-xááméne. He has a smily face. (another recording) See: hohátséné. Category: face.

-xaaméné'o   vai. smile. É-xaaméné'o. He's smiling. Ques: -xaéméné'o ?? Category: check. See: -hohátséné'ó. Category: face.

-xaameneotsé'tov   vta. smile at s.o. can be used of flirting with someone. Ná-xaameneotsé'tova. He smiled at me. Ques: recheck pitches?? vai: -xaaméné'ó. Category: face.

-xaaménešé   vai. smile while sleeping. É-xaaménéše. He smiling in his sleep. Category: sleep.

xae-   pv. simply, ordinary, plain, regular. xaevo'ėstaneo'o (var. of xamaevo'ėstaneo'o) Indians (lit. ordinary-people). Násáa-xaehéne'enóhe. I simply do not know. Non-contracted xamae-. Phon: probably a contraction of xamae-, but the two terms have slightly different ranges of semantic usage Category: quality.

Xaehá'e   Weasel Woman. Ques: henry little coyote's wife > Clara Harris Category: names.

Xaehénȧhkohe   na. Weasel Bear. Category: names.

Xaehétane   na. Hopi. Lit: weasel-person Plural Xaehétaneo'o. Category: tribes.

xáema   na. boil. Phon: iah Etym: cf. M sae:kemyah. Plural xaemaho; Obviative xaemaho. Category: sickness.

-xaemenee'e   vai. urinate sitting. É-xaemenee'e. ?? He's urinating sitting. [Croft] Category: check. See: -xaa'e urinate. Category: body function, sit.

xaenoo'ȯtse   ni. bladder. Phon: vs Plural xaenootȯtse; vai: -xaa'e urinate. See: Mȧhtamȧháahéxaenoo'ȯtse. Category: body.

-xaeóó'e   vai. urinate standing, stand urinating. É-xaeóó'e. He's standing urinating. See: -šéšeóó'e. Category: stand.

-xaestá   vti. urinate on s.t., pee on s.t. É-xaēsta. He urinated on it. Oeškēso mȧxhéxaēsto nevenȯtse he'poo'o! When a dog urinates against your tent just smoke! That was an instruction to a new chief, meaning "When someone does something bad to you, even as bad as stealing your wife, stay calm, don't take revenge." Tóhtoo'éma'enóne éohkema'xė-xaestánóvo ka'ėškóneho. Children pee on prairie turtles a lot. Category: smoke. vta: -xaet.

-xaestóo'onáohtsé   vai. dry throat - have a. for example, said after eating tart berries, or after eating sour lemons. Ná-xaestóo'onáóhtse. I have a dry throat. See: -éstoo'e. Category: sickness.

-xaéstoo'onáotse   vai. glands water. Lit: urinate-jaw-INCH É-xaéstoo'onáotse. His jaw glands are watering. This happens, for example, when eating something sour. BodyPartMedial -éstoo'oná; Stem -éstoo'o. Category: body function.

-xaešé   vai. urinate in bed. Lit: urinate-lie É-xaēše. He urinated in bed. See: -šéšeénome. Category: lie.

-xaet   vta. urinate on s.o. É-xaetóho. He urinated on him. vti: -xaestá.

-xaetanó   vai. want to urinate. É-xaetāno. He wants to urinate. [PD]

-xáevanohtsé   vai. noisily walk. É-xáévánóhtse. He's walking noisily. Category: walk.

Xáévánóhtsėstse   na. Noisy Walker. See: Néstónéváhtsėstse. Category: names, sounds.

xaevetoo'o   ni. commode, pee pot, chamber pot. Lit: pee-container See: -xaa'e pee. Category: containers.

xaevo'ėstane   na. Indian. Usage: less common than xamaevo'ėstaneo'o Lit: ordinary-person Synonym xamaevo'ėstane. Category: tribes.

xȧhkema   na. mudhen, mud duck, northern shoveler.

possibly the coot or grebe. Plural xȧhkemaho. Usage: obsolescing; this pronunciation was more common than mȧhkema in the past. Variant: mȧhkema; Obviative xȧhkemaho. Etym: *šenki'm(ehs)a water hen, grebe (Pe79:379); cf. M sekeemeh diver duck.Spatula clypeata • na. Category: birds.

-xá'xae'pa'onáh(n)   vta. massage back of s.o. É-xá'xae'pa'onahno. He massaged his back. É-xá'xae'pa'onáhnóho. (newer pronunciation). BodyPartMedial -'pa'oná. Category: body.

-xá'xaen   vti. massage s.t. É-xá'xaēna. He massaged it.

vta. massage s.o. É-xá'xaenóho. He massaged him. See: -momáxan. Category: touch.

-xá'xa'nȯhta'ov   vta. stomp on s.o. Éxxamaetšėšeáhanė-xá'xa'nȯhta'ovóhoono vóhkooheho. He just stomped the rabbits to death. [The Whiteman and the Rabbit.043]

xá'xan-   i. crush. É-xá'xanōha. He crushed it by tool. É-xá'xanóhta. He chewed it.

-xá'xanohá   vti. crush s.t. by tool. É-xá'xanōha. He crushed it by tool. Etym: cf. *šekw-; redup. še'šekw- 'crush, grind'.

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

-xá'xanȯhta'ov   vta. crush s.o. by stomping. Ques: reck first pitch with other speakers tsé'éšemá'sė-xá'xanȯhta'ovȯse after he got through stomping them. [Croft 1988:25:42] See: -xó'xoeohá'ov. Category: violence.

-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.

-xa'xoeotse   vai. deflated.

vii. deflated. É-xa'xoeotse. It's deflated. Category: shapes.

-xa'xoešé   vai. duck down, crouch down. for example, lowering oneself in a car so as not to be seen by others outside. É-xa'xoēše. He's ducking down. Category: motion.

-xamaa'é'o'tov   vta. bow head to s.o. for example, a sign of worship or respect in some cultures. É-xamaa'é'o'tovóho. He bowed his head to him. Ques: xama'a'é'o'tov?? vai: -xama'a'éóé. See: -tóo'á'eóé't. Category: interpersonal, check.

-xamaa'éoeotse   vai. bow head quickly while standing. É-xamaa'éoeotse. He quickly bowed his head while standing. Final -óé2. See: -xama'a'éóé. Category: interpersonal.

-xamaa'éóó'e   vai. stand with bowed head. É-xamaa'éóó'e. He stood with bowed head. Variant: -xama'a'éóó'e; vta: -xamaa'é'o'tov. Category: stand.

xamae-   pv. ordinary, simple, simply, prototypical, natural, common, regular. As a prenoun, this modifier marks terms which are culturally prototypical, or the unmarked species, for example xamae-hoohtsėstse, xamae-kóhkonȯheo'o, xamae-vo'ėstane, xamae-vee'e. xamae-vo'ėstaneo'o Indians (lit. ordinary-people). xamae-hoohtsėstse cottonwood tree. Ná-xamaemésehe. I ate simple/I ate in the Indian fashion/I ate without fuss or bother (for example, without fancy manners). Phon: contracted to xae-

xamaeheóvȯhkȧho'hého'táneovee'e   ni. plain yellowed hair tepee.

xamaehetohko   ni. dish pan. See: hetohko. Category: containers.

xamaehoohtsėstse   na. cottonwood. Lit: ordinary-tree Usage: commonly used term possibly omission of the prototype prenoun xamae- can also refer to the cottonwood. Plural xamaehoóhtseto; Obviative xamaehoóhtseto. See: hoohtsėstse. Category: trees.

xamaekȧhámáxėstse   ni. Gram: pl ordinary firewood, cottonwood branches. Lit: ordinary sticks for example, ash or cottonwood, but not pine. See: kȧhámáxe. Category: wood.

xamaekóhkonȯhēō'o   ni. Indian bread, Indian oven bread, oven bread. Lit: ordinary-bread See: méstaévȧhonoo'o boogeyman bread; táxȧhonoo'o skillet bread; kóhkonȯhēō'o bread. Category: food.

xamae'oeškēse   na. Indian dog. Lit: ordinary-dog Category: animals, dogs. See: oeškēse.

xamaemȧhaemenȯtse   ni. Gram: pl Indian corn. See: mȧhaemenȯtse corn. Category: food.

xamaemé'šéško   ni. hand-tanned leather. See: mé'šéško. Category: handcraft.

xamaemo'ē'ėstse   ni. Gram: pl blue joint grass. Category: plants.

xamaeoeškēso   na. Indian dog, mutt. proper kind for eating at the Sun Dance. Plural xamaeoeškėseho. Category: dogs.

xamaesémo   ni. canoe. Lit: ordinary-boat Plural xamaesémonȯtse. Category: transportation.

xamaešé'šenovȯtse   na. rattlesnake. Lit: ordindary-snake See: šé'šenovȯtse snake. Category: snakes.

xamaevánó'ėstse   ni. Gram: pl native sage. Category: plants.

xamaevee'e   ni. tepee. Lit: ordinary-dwelling See: vee'e; éškȯseome; vé'ho'éome. Category: tepee.

xamaevé'késo   na. sparrow. meaning of 'sparrow' not widely known. Variant: xamaevé'kése. Category: birds.

xamaevo'ėstane   na. Indian, Native American. Lit: ordinary-person Usage: less commonly shortened to xaevo'ėstane (said by some to be of the Southern Cheyenne dialect, however, both the longer and shorter forms are found in texts from Oklahoma Plural xamaevo'ėstaneo'o; Synonym xaevo'ėstane. See: -tsėhéstahe; notse. Category: tribes.

Xamaevo'ėstaneo'o Tsé'amo'eétȧhévȯse   vai. Native American Week. This is one way that has been suggested to express the meaning of "Native American Week" in Cheyenne. Other ways are possible also. See: xamaevo'ėstane Native American. Category: holidays.

-xama'a'éóó'e   vai. stand with bowed head. Variant: -xamaa'éóé. É-xama'a'éóó'e. He stood with bowed head. vta: -xamaa'é'o'tov. Category: stand.

-xamanahe   vai. ordinary person - be an ?? Ná-xamanahe. I'm just an ordinary person. See: xamae-. Category: personality, check.

-xanánot   vta. calm s.o. É-xanánotóho. He calmed him down. (for example, by holding him tightly when he was angry). See: ována'xae-.

-xanáotse   vai. calm down. É-xanáotse. He calmed down. Mó'éšė-xanáootsėhéhe. He was starting to see reason. [Stamper 1991:8] See: -méseeotse. Category: emotions, cognition.

-xanéhpahe   vai. steadfast, stubborn. É-xanéhpahe. He is steadfast/he is stubborn/he 'can't be budged'. Usage: obsolescing See: -tóvahe. Category: personality.

xanéhpe-   pv. scoop-shaped. xanéhpe-ménȯhe'éheo'o shovel.

xanéhpe-ménȯhe'éheo'o   ni. spade, shovel. xanéhpe- has something to do with being 'scoop-shaped'. Phon: vs See: ménȯhe'éhestatseo'o; -ménȯhené. Category: tools.

xanéhpoeo'o   0ni. spade. Plural xanéhpoenȯtse. Category: check, tools.

xanov   i. straight. É-xanovo'ȧhéotse. He ran straight. See: ono'-.

-xanovahe   vai. 1 • be straight.

2 • honest, righteous, well-respected, proper. Category: figurative. É-xanovahe. He is straight/upright. This figurative usage may be a loan translation from English. See: onó'ahe. Antonym vovóhkahe. Category: figurative.

-xanova'éno'hamé   vai. drive straight. É-xanova'éno'hāme. He drove straight. Initial xanov-; Final -a'éno'hamé. Category: drive.

-xanova'hahtsé   vti. throw straight s.t. É-xanova'hāhtse. He threw it straight. Category: throw.

-xanova'ham   vta. throw straight s.o. É-xanova'hamóho. He threw him (obv) straight. Category: throw.

-xanova'haso'he   vai. ride horse straight. É-xanova'haso'he. He rode horse straight. Category: horses.

-xanova'ó   vai. shoot straight, jump straight.

vii. shoot straight, jump straight. É-xanovā'o. It shot straight. Final -a'ó. Category: motion.

-xanova'ov   vta. drive s.o. straight. É-xanova'ovóho. He drove him/them straight. That is, in a straight line. Initial xanov-; Final -a'ov. Category: do.

-xanovan   vti. straighten s.t. É-xanovāna. He straightened it.

vta. straighten s.o. É-xanovanóho. He straightened him. Category: shapes.

-xanovanené   vai. straighten things. É-xanovanēne. He straightened things. Final -anené. Category: do.

-xanovátam   vta. regard s.o. as being straight. É-xanovátamóho. He regards him as being straight (righteous etc.). Category: cognition, interpersonal.

-xanovaxá   vti. cut s.t. straight. É-xanovāxa. He cut it straight. Antonym -vovóhkaxá. Category: cut.

xanove-   pv. straight. É-xanoveameōhtse. He's walking straight. See: sóhkome-. Final -ohtsé.

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

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

-xanove'há   vai. fly straight. É-xanovē'ha. He flew straight. Final -e'há. Category: fly.

-xanove'háoohe   vai. fly straight. É-xanove'háoohe. He flew straight. Final -oohe. Category: fly.

-xanoveméohe   vai. run straight, straight run. É-xanoveméohe. He ran straight. Category: run.

-xanoveohtsé   vai. go straight. Tanėševe-xanoveōhtsėstse!. Go/Drive straight! See: -xanovó. Category: shapes.

-xanoveóó'e   vai. stand straight. Phon: vs É-xanoveóó'e. He's standing straight. fai: -óé2. See: -onó'eóó'e. Category: stand.

-xanoveotse   vii. straight. É-xanoveotse. It is straight (for example, a road). See: -xanovó. Category: shapes.

-xanovešé   vai. lie straight. É-xanovēše. He's lying straight. Category: lie.

-xanovėšem   vta. lay s.o. straight. É-xanovėšemóho. He lay him/them straight. for example, to lay tepee poles straight on the ground. Category: lie.

-xanovetóvȧsén   vta. part hair of s.o. straight. Ná-xanovetóvȧséno. I parted his hair straight. See: -tóvȧsén; -tóvas. Category: hair.

-xanovevo'oh(n)   vta. hit s.o. straight. É-xanovevo'ȯhnóho. He hit/knocked him straight. Category: hit.

-xanovó   vii. be straight. É-xanōvo. It is straight. É-xanōvo méó'o. The road is crooked. Antonym -vovóhkó. See: -onó'ó. Category: shapes.

-xanovóé'ó   vai. float straight.

vii. float straight. É-xanovóé'o. He/It floated straight. Final -óé'ó. Category: liquid.

-xanovo'ȧhéotse   vai. run straight. É-xanovo'ȧhéotse. He ran straight. fai: -o'ȧhéotse. Category: run.

-xanovo'eétahe   vai. do (something) straight, do right. É-xanovo'eétahe. He did (something) straight/he lives straight. fai: -o'eétahe. Category: do.

-xanovo'tá   vii. sit straight. É-xanovō'ta. It is sitting straight. Category: sit inan.

-xanovóma'ȯxová   vai. straight plow, plow straight. Mó'ȯsee-xanovóma'ȯxovȧhéhe. He plowed in very straight rows. [A Plowing Story.021]

-xanovónean   vti. make s.t. (ropelike) straight.

vta. make s.o. (ropelike) straight. of a rope or fence. É-xanovóneane. It's a straight fence; it's been fenced straight. Medial -ón; Antonym -vovóhkonean. Category: shapes.

-xanovóneanené   vai. straight fence - build a, fence - build a straight. É-xanovóneanēne. He built a straight fence. Medial -ón. Category: ropelike.

Xaóemáese   na. Skunk Foot. Category: names.

xaóemata'xevoto   na. Gram: pl onions, wild onion(s). Lit: skunk-testicles See: xaóenėhéstȧhévo onion; ta'xevȯtse testicle. Category: plants, vulgar.

-xaóeméahtsé   vai. onion breath - have. É-xaóeméáhtse. He has onion breath. Category: smell.

-xaóeméa'há   vii. smell of skunk, onion. É-xaóeméá'ha. It smells of skunks/onions. Category: smell.

-xaóeméa'xe   vai. 1 • smell of skunk, smell of onion. É-xaóeméa'xe. He smells of onion (or skunk).

that is, didn't get any points, especially in hand game. that is, didn't get any points, especially in hand game. Usage: loan transl. from English É-xaóeméa'xeo'o. They were "skunked." Category: smell.

Xaóeméhé'e   na. Skunk Smell Woman. Obviative Xaóeméhe'eva. Category: names.

xaóenėhéstȧhévo   na. onion, onions. including wild onion. See: xaóemata'xevoto. Category: plants.

-xaóeva'ó   vai. fail miserably, lose out romantically, skunked, take a chance and lose. Lit: skunked especially of failing losing out to some other man who got the woman you wanted. Usage: idiomatic É-xaóévá'o. He lost out. probably borrowed from English "skunked". Category: romance.

-xaóeva'ó'hané   vai. skunked. Usage: idiomatic Ná-xaóeva'ó'haneo'o.?? We got skunked. ?? Category: check. probably borrowed from English "skunked". Category: romance, games.

xaóhkéso   na. Gram: dim 1 • little skunk. Plural xaóhkėsono; Obviative xaóhkėsono; Non-diminutive xāō'o. Category: animals.

2 • Little Skunk. Category: names.

-xaóhkevȯxe'é   vai. be yellow painted. Lit: skunk-painted É-xaóhkevȯxē'e. He is yellow-painted on his face. Category: paint.

xāō'o   na. 1 • skunk. Plural xaóne; Obviative xaóne; Diminutive xaóhkéso. Hetóéva náévotsėhetȧhéóhtse HE. Nenótovenaóotsėstse HE! Náovēše HE HE. Násóhkomėhahtáxe In the evening I was out hunting food. Hurry, go to sleep! I'm going to bed. I'm lying down with long, skinny feet. (Skunk Song). another version of the Skunk Song; transcribe it?? Translate it?? Category: check, check. See: -xaóeva'ó. Morph: /šaón/. Etym: *šeka:kwa skunk; šeka:kwaki skunks (Go88). Category: animals.

2 • Skunk. Category: names.

3 • tree skunk. a vertical victory structure usually made of pieces of ash. Ques: Why is it named skunk?? Category: check, ceremonial.

Xaó'ȯhnéé'ėstse   vai. Skunk Standing, Standing Skunk. Category: names.

Xaó'ȯhvó'komaestse   na. White Skunk. Category: names.

-xé   fai. lie. Náoo'hetanóná-xe. I'm thinking lying down. Éháóéná-xe. He's praying lying down. Phon: allomorph of /-(e)šená/ 'lie' following back vowels -a or -o Variant: -eše. Category: lie.

xe'ėstoo'o   ni. paper, book. newer pronunciation of mȯxe'ėstoo'o. Variant: mȯxe'ėstoo'o. Category: school.

xȯheo'o   na. Gram: pl Ques: pl?? webbed hoop. Category: check. Plural xȯhéono. for a traditional Cheyenne game (shinny??) Ques: Is this correctly glossed? It may be that hó'xėséme is the proper name for this object, and xȯhéono is something else used in a traditional game. Ques: The plural agrees with Michelson's record. See: ahkȯheohtsé; hó'xėséme; hóhtséme. Category: games, check.

xo'-   i. salve (put on).

xo'anéó'o   ni. salve, lotion. (another recording) Variant: xo'enéó'o; Plural xo'anéonȯtse. Phon: vs; gr Category: medicine.

-xó'é   mbp. genital area, crotch. Émátšė-xó'e. He (or she) has VD. See: -só'é2 crotch. Category: body.

xo'é-   pv. raw. xo'é-ho'évohkȯhtse raw meat. older speakers said nėxo'é-. Variant: nėxo'é-. See: ho'e. Category: cook.

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'ėhaénenȧhtsestȯtse   ni. eye salve, eye ointment. Category: medicine.

Xo'ėhéhe   na. Raw Woman. Ques: Is this the same name as Xó'héhe?? Category: check. See: -ho'e raw; Xó'héhe. Category: names.

-xo'ėhe'onán   vta. salve hand of s.o. É-xo'ėhe'onano. He put salve on his (someone else's) hand. É-xo'ėhe'onánóho. He put salve on his (someone else's) hand. (newer pronunciation). Category: hands.

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

xo'ematsénenȧhtsestȯtse   ni. eye salve. Category: medicine.

-xo'en   vti. grease s.t. É-xo'ēna. He greased it (by hand).

vta. salve s.o., grease s.o. É-xo'enóho. He greased him. (another recording) Ná-xo'ēno. I greased it. See: -xo'oh(n). Category: surface.

xo'enéó'o   ni. salve. Variant: xo'anéó'o; Plural xo'enéonȯtse. Phon: vs; gr Category: medicine.

xo'eóhtán   vti. grease leg of s.t.grease wheel of s.t. Ná-xo'eóhtána. I'm greasing the wheel of it. "Nétȧxo'eóhtananone hé'tóhe amó'enēō'o," éxhéhoo'o. "Let's grease the axle of this wagon," he said. [When Northern Cheyennes First Got Wagons.020]

xo'eóhtano'hamestȯtse   na. axle grease. BodyPartMedial -óhtá4; Final -o'hamé. Category: material.

xo'éstaahtȯtse   ni. hair tonic, hair oil. Category: hair.

-xo'éstáá'e   vai. apply hair oil, salve. É-xo'éstáá'e. He is putting hair oil on. Né-xo'éstaehe? Did you grease your hair? É-xo'éstaeo'o. They are putting hair oil on. Phon: vs See: Ma'heónėxo'éstaenėstse. Category: hair.

-xo'éstaén   vta. put oil on head of s.o., grease head of s.o. É-xo'éstaeno. He put oil on his (someone else's) head. Traditionally, Cheyennes would put grease on their hands and rub it into their hair. Category: head.

-xo'évoéné   vai. salve face. É-xo'évoéne. He's putting salve on his (own) face. Category: face.

-xo'évoénéh(n)   vta. apply salve to face of s.o. É-xo'évoénėhnóho. He put salve on his face. É-xo'évoénėhestse. He put salve on his (own) face. See: -xo'évoénén salve face of s.o.; -xo'ėhe'onán put salve on hand of s.o.. Category: face.

-xo'évoénén   vta. salve face of s.o. É-xo'évoénenahtse. He's rubbing his (own) face with salve. See: -xo'évoéneh(n). Category: face.

Xó'héhe   na. (woman's name). Ques: Is this the same name as Xo'ėhéhe?? Category: check. See: Xo'ėhéhe Raw Woman. Category: names.

-xo'oh   vti. grease s.t. É-xo'ōha. He greased it. for example, greased a wagon wheel. vta: -xo'oh(n). Category: surface.

-xo'oh(n)   vta. grease s.o. É-xo'ȯhnóho. He greased him (obv). vti: -xo'oh. See: -xo'en.

-xo'oma'ó'h   vta. put (something) in mouth of s.o. É-xo'oma'o'ho. He put something in his (someone else's) mouth. Naa móhe vo'ėstane vé'keemahpe néxo'oma'ó'haehe? Did someone put candy in your mouth? (fig.,=pacify you so you quit talking as you previously did). See: -xo'ome. Category: mouth.

-xo'ome   vai. 1 • put in mouth, ingest.

vti. Gram: ai+o Né-xo'oménone. We're taking it into our mouths.

2 • take Holy Communion, take the Eucharist; literally, refers to placing something in one's mouth, but now especially refers to partaking in the rite of Communion. É-xo'ome. He's taking Communion. Nátȧhé-xo'ome. I'm going to take Communion. [Stamper 1991:10] Final -om1. See: hetomóosanéve'hanahtȯtse; -ma'heónekóhkonȯheonéve'haná; -xo'oma'ó'h. Category: church.

-xo'omóhtahe   vai. relaxed, peaceful. É-xo'omóhtahe. He is relaxed. See: ována'xae-.

-xó'xoeoha'ov   vta. smash s.o. with the feet. É-xó'xoeoha'ovóho. He stomped him. See: -xá'xanȯhta'ov. Category: feet, violence.

xó'xon-   i. dent. É-xó'xóno. It's dented.

-xó'xonó   vii. dented. É-xó'xóno. It's dented. Category: surface, shapes.

-xó'xova'ó'tsé   vti. squash s.t. fast. É-xó'xova'ó'tse. He squashed it fast. É-xó'xova'ó'tsenȯtse. He squashed them (inanimate) fast. Category: motion.

-xó'xovan   vti. squash s.t., squeeze s.t. É-xó'xovāna. He squashed it. For example, he squashed a pop can or squeezed on a tube of toothpaste. Ná-xó'xovanȯtse. I squashed them (inanimate). See: -kȧhkóe'há. Category: motion, check.

xomȯhēō'o   ni. hide scraper. Usage: obsolescent See: mónáhtsėstse; sé'senȯhēō'o. Category: tools.

Xomóó'e   na. Lance Woman, Spear Woman. See: xomoo'e. Category: names.

xomoo'e   ni. lance, spear. Variant: xomoo'o. See: xová'tove. Category: warfare.

xomoo'o   ni. lance, spear. Variant: xomoo'e. See: xová'tove; hásohko. Category: warfare.

-xomóonoh(n)   vta. lance s.o. É-xomóonȯhnóho. He lanced him. [PD639] Category: warfare.

-xóneehá   vii. drag on. É-xóneēha. It drags on (something). Hestsėhévá'xe tseohkemȧhexóneehatse ho'ēva. His tail will drag on the ground. [Sweet Medicine:032] See: -ho'ehá.

-xónetamahe   vai. filthy, unsanitary. É-xónetamahe. He is filthy (as a person). See: -ho'sótahe; -šénetamahe. Category: appearance.

-xónetamahtsé   i. filthy, dirty, unclean. É-xónetamāhtse. He has a filthy mouth. Preverb xónetame-; Reduplicated -xȯxónetam. Category: mouth.

-xónetamahtsé   vai. talk filthy. Lit: filthy-mouth É-xónetamāhtse. He talks filthy. Category: speak.

xónetame-   pv. filthy, dirty. É-xónetame-tsėhēso. It's messy, dirty. É-xónetameéestse He is talking dirty. Antonym hóxe'e-.

-xónetameéestse   vai. talk filthy, talk dirty, filthy talk, dirty talk, talk nasty, nasty talk. É-xónetameéestse He is talking dirty. See: -éestse. Category: speak.

-xónetamem   vta. talk filthy to s.o. É-xónetamemóho. He talked dirty to him. Category: speak.

-xónetamenestse   vai. speak filthy language. É-xónetamenestse. He speaks filthy. Category: speak.

-xónetamó   vii. muddy. É-xónétámo. It's muddy/sloppy. É-xónétámo meo'o. The road is muddy. Variant: -nėxónétámo. Category: weather.

-xónetamó'ané   vai. talk dirty. É-xónetamó'áne. He talks dirty. Variant: -xȯxónetamó'ané; fai: -ó'ané. Category: speak.

-xónetamotse'ohe   vai. filthy work. for example, a job of cleaning out sewers. É-xónetamotse'ohe. He has a filthy job / he does filthy work. fai: -otse'óhe. Category: work.

-xónetamȯxe'ėstóne   vai. graffiti. Lit: filthy-write É-xónetamȯxe'ėstóne. He's writing graffiti. Category: write.

xonóona'e   ni. drift. for example, in a river. Oblique xonóona'ēva. Category: rivers.

-xóo'ená   vti. ?? É-xóo'ēna. ?? Category: check.

xová'tove   ni. sword. Usage: obsolescing Plural xová'tovȯtse; Oblique xová'tonēva; Possessive -htsėxová'tove. See: xomoo'o. Category: warfare.

Xová'tovoneo'hé'e   ni. Knife River. Lit: sword-river a tributary of the Missouri River near Fort Berthold, North Dakota. Category: rivers.