Cheyenne-English Dictionary: N

      (much more work to be done)

      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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      É-naä'e. He is doctoring.
      naa'émâhéó'o hospital
      É-naesëtse. He's purifying himself (the cleansing motions toward the body before praying).
      nâha'ónôsanévo'ha roping horse
      Nâhahétsêstoveha! Be leery of him!
      nâhahévo'ha wild horse
      É-nâha'enóho. He caught him.
      Nahe! Here! (=Take it!) (woman's voice)
      É-nâhestóne She is menstruating.
      náhkohe bear; náhkôheo'o bears
      É-nâho'ôhtsevo. He came to visit him.
      tséh-na'nôxe'ohe when it was 3 o'clock
      É-ná'so'eemo. He teased him.
      Ééva-nanóvâhtseo'o. They recognize each other again ( = reconciliation).
      É-nanovóho. He recognizes him.
      É-naóotse. He is sleeping.
      Néá'eše. Thank you. (verb root is -a'eh)
      nêhe'še then / that's all / the end
      Mó-nêhé'še? Shall we go now? / Are we ready to go?
      Néxhóse-nêhešeha! Say it again!
      Névé'-nêhešéve! Don't do that!
      nêhetáa'e that's enough
      Mó-nêhetáa'e? Is that all? / Is that the end?
      Néhoveóó'êstse! Stand up!
      nêhpe'êhestôtse diaper
      nêhpêsó'hestôtse loincloth / breechcloth
      nêhpo'aneo'o lock
      ne'e'e bullsnake
      É-ne'étaménoto. He depends on him.
      Né'tó'êstse! Take your shoes off!
      É-némáhtse. He has a crooked mouth (esp. from Bell's palsy).
      É-némeótóho. He sang for him.
      É-némonenáotse. He sprained/twisted his ankle.
      Nenáasêstse! Come here!
      É-nene He is nursing/sucking.
      nénéhe I want to nurse, I want to suck on the bottle; Nurse! (babytalk)
      É-nenóvoo'e. He stayed for awhile. (Alternate pronunciation: Énonóvoo'e.)
      nésé'e my friend (female to female)
      néséne my friend (male to male)
      É-nése'neva. He's hunting for small game (e.g. rabbits, birds).
      É-nêsétamóho. He is mad at him.
      ma'ta-nésôxe'ohe when it's 2 o'clock
      É-nêše'šêhe'öna. He washed his hands.
      Nêše'šêhe'onâtse! Wash your hands!
      É-nêše'šévoéne. He washed his face.
      Nêše'šévoénêstse! Wash your face!
      É-nêše'xähtse. He brushed his teeth (literally, He washed his mouth).
      É-néšeo'o. There are two of them.
      Néh-nêševátamêstse! Have pity on me!
      É-nêševátamóho. He pities him.
      néške'esta chipmunk
      netse eagle
      É-netsé'e'tovóho. He lied to him.
      É-netsé'emóho. He lied about him.
      É-nétse'ovóho. He let him go.
      Névááhe? Who?
      Névááso? Who?
      Neváaseo'o? Who (plural)?
      névéé'êše for four days
      néxâhtsenávó'e double-barrel shotgun
      nêxo'mévéhe watermelon; nêxo'mévêheo'o watermelons
      Nóheto! Let's go!
      Nóheto, nétaévâhóo'ôhtsémáne! Let's go back home!
      É-nóhoneo'o. There are five of them.
      É-nôhtseno'e. He stalked.
      É-nôhtsenotóho. He stalked him.
      no'ee'e squirrel
      no'kâhtsenávó'e single-barrel shotgun (30-30?)
      É-no'kena'éva. He has one arm.
      No'keome Lone Tepee
      É-no'konëne He has one tooth.
      Éno'kôxe'ohe. It's 1 o'clock.
      Nétâhé-no'óe'tovâhema Let's go hold the baby!
      nomá'ne fish (plural)
      É-nomëne He's drinking hot liquid (e.g. coffee, tea, soup).
      Mónêstse-nomëne? Do you want to drink coffee (or anything else hot)?
      nomenévetohko drinking cup
      nómonêhe'še Lets's go!
      tsé-nonomö'ta jello
      É-nonótovâše'eše He's drunk.
      Énoóno. It is faded/dried up.
      nóoo Wow! (only used by females)
      novêše'évo'ha racehorse
      Nóxa'e! Wait!


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