Words, such as verbs, which most often are pronounced with prefixes, appear in alpabetical order according to the first letter of their word root. For example, Émésehe. 'He/She is eating.' is filed under M as É-mésehe.
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maáhe Go to sleep! (babytalk)
maahe arrow; maahötse arrows (woman's voice)
mâhaemenôtse corn
É-mâháne He got firewood.
Ta-mâhanêstse! Go get firewood!
mâhtamâháahévo'ha old mare
Ná-mâhéésta I ate it all up.
Ná-mâhe'hähtse I gobbled it all up.
mâhëö'o house
Émâheónáne. He is building a house.
mâheško shed
Náto'se-mâhoéve'ho'eohtse. I'm going to town.
mâhoo'o squash, melon
mahpe water
É-mâhtôhóva. He is instructing (the pledgers).
tsé-mâhtôhóvâtse the instructor
É-mâhtóhtôheaénáma. He's ten years old.
É-mâhtóhtôhnoeme. It/He costs $10.
ma'aatánó'e rifle; gun
ma'e blood
É-ma'eesévose. He has a red nose from the cold.
ma'eno turtle
ma'éstoo'o pillow
ma'êšeeonáhe robin
É-ma'éveotse. He's bleeding.
ma'háhkêhno'ha old horse
ma'heóneéestsémâhéó'o church
ma'heónevé'ho'e preacher, priest, Christian; ma'heónevé'hó'e preachers, priests, Christians
ma'háhko'e badger
ma'kaata money
Ma'kaata éhová'âhane. There's no money.
na-ma'kaatáeme my money
Éhe-ma'kaataeme. He has money; Násáahe-ma'kaataeméhe. I don't have money.
ma'kaataémâhéó'o bank
ma'kaataéve'ho'e treasurer/banker
ma'kaataevé'ho'e treasurer, banker
ma'kaatánêstse coins
ma'kemenôtse buffalo berries
má'má'e Owie! (babytalk)
É-má'o. It's red.
É-ma'óma'ôhtsévo. It's pink. (word is built from 'red')
má'ome ice
ma'ováhe roan (lit. red-furred-one); also, tséma'övâtse
É-ma'ovése. He has red hair.
ma'täno bowstring
Ná-má'tôhtóva. I'm finished shopping.
ma'tšêške bow
ma'xêhe'ne turkey
ma'xêhohtóvamâheo'o the big store (the grocery store in Lame Deer)
ma'xema'aatánó'e high-powered rifle (e.g. 30-06)
má'xeme apple; ma'xemeno apples (Oklahoma pronunciation: ma'xemenôtse)
Ná-mane I drank (today often implies alcohol).
manestôtse drink
É-manétáno He wants to drink.
Néh-manoxêstse! Give me a drink!
mâsêháneemâheo'o insane asylum; mâsêháneemâheóne at the insane asylum
É-másetsêstovóho. He welcomed him.
mátâhévee'e peyote meeting tepee
É-mátâhéve'hanáhtove. There is a peyote meeting.
matana milk
matanaéve'ho'e policeman
Ná-matanaéve'ho'eve. I'm a policeman.
mátaho pickles (also means 'peyote buttons')
É-matóne. He smelled (something).
É-matse'ësta. He has an infected ear / running ear(s). (woman's voice)
matsemenôtse oats
matsenêstse kingfisher
matšêšköme raccoon
Éhe-mâxeme He has firewood.
Néma'xêhe-mâxeme You have lots of firewood.
méamâheo'o BIA building; méamâheóne at the BIA building
É-méao'o. They are giving (e.g. to the painter at a Sun Dance).
méave'ho'e superintendent
Méavé'ho'eno nátao'sê-tsêhe'eohtse I'm going to Lame Deer.
méhmemenôtse pepper
méhne water monster
É-méhoto. He loves him.
Ná-méhóto. I love him; Né-méhotâtse. I love you; Né-méhotatséme. I love you (plural); Ná-méhotoo'o. I love them.
É-mé'emo'eeho. He bothered him.
É-mé'emóho. He told on him.
É-mé'emo'eeho. He bothered him.
mé'êševôtse baby; mé'êševoto babies
mé'hahtse beard
me'ko head/hair
me'ko tribal councilman; mé'kono tribal council
mé'konáséto braid tie / braid holder
mé'konemâheóne at the tribal office
mé'šeméhne caterpillar
he-mé'oono his sweetheart, girlfriend, lover; her sweetheart, boyfriend, lover
mémééhe grandpa (baby) (memeehe man's voice)
menôtse chokecherries, berries
meo'o road, path, trail
méonanévé'hó'e road builders
É-méoto. He fought him.
É-mese. He ate it.
Émese ho'évohkôtse. He ate meat.
Méseestse! Eat!
Hé-mêseestse! Come eat!
Émóneéva-mésééše He's coming out of a drunken stupor.
É-mésehe. He's eating / He ate.
mésêhémâhéó'o restaurant/cafe
mésêhestôtse potato; mésêhéstoto potatoes
mésêhestôtse food
mésó'ke swallow
méstaa'e owl (also means 'boogeyman'; 'owl' is often pronounced vé'kêséhemêstaa'e)
méstaévâhonoo'o ghost bread/boogeyman bread
méstahke screech owl (or small owl
méšéne ticks
méškéso bug, insect
Métseha! Give it to him!
Néh-metsêstse! Give it to me!
É-mevo. He ate him (some food which is grammatically animate).
môhenêšemo ladybug; môhenêšemono ladybugs
móhkave bobcat
mo'éhe elk
mo'éhnoesévoestôtse elk tooth dress
mo'éhno'ha horse (etymologically, elk-domesticated); mo'éhno'häme horses
mo'kéhno'hamëso colt
mo'éhno'hamémâhéó'o barn
mo'e'é'še'hono gunny sack
mo'e'ha magpie
mo'eško finger
mo'keha shoe; mo'kêhanôtse shoes
mó'kêsá'e calf
mo'kôhtá'éne turnips
mo'óhkonavekóhkonôheonôtse crackers (literally, dried-little breads)
mo'ôhtávêhohpe coffee
mo'ôhtávêšenévá'âhéaseo'o sagehens
É-mo'ôhtávo. It's black.
É-mo'ó'êháhta. He has coarse feet (esp. from walking barefoot a lot).
É-momá'e'éxáne. He has red / bloodshot eyes.
É-momáta'ehe He's mean, angry.
tsé-momé'šêhahtase shaggy-legged horses; Clydesdales
É-momóhtóhta. He has diarrhea.
É-momáxemóho. He turned him in.
É-mométsêstóvo'eeho. He tormented him.
mónêhé'še Shall we go now?
mónêškeho beans
môséškanetsénoonáhe bat
môxéhéó'o broom
tsé-môxe'a'ha TV
Ná-môxe'êstóne. I'm a secretary (literally, I write).
môxe'êstónemâheo'o school
môxe'êstóonémâhéó'o post office; môxe'êstóonémâheóne at the post office
môxe'êstóonéma'kaatánêstse bills
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