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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vá'kôhéáso prairie chicken; vá'ôhéaseo'o prairie chickens
váótséva deer (singular); váotseváhne deer (plural)
véhpâsékôhkonôheo'o white bread
véhpotséhohpe tea
vé'ee'e flicker (obsolescent for many speakers)
vée'êse tooth; véesôtse teeth
Éhe-véesäne He's teething.
vé'ho'e spider; vé'hó'e spiders (same pronunciation as 'whiteman' and 'whitemen')
vé'ho'emaahe bullet; vé'ho'emaahotse bullets
vé'ho'emahpe whiskey (literally, whiteman-water)
vé'ho'éome tent
vé'ho'éotoa'e cow; vé'ho'éotóao'o cows
Vé'hóóhtôtse! Look at it!
Vé'hoomêstse! Look at me!
vé'keahonoo'o cake
tsé-vé'keéno'e wine (literally, that which is sweet)
vé'keekóhkonôheonôtse cookies (literally, sweet-little breads)
vé'keemahpe sugar
vé'keemahpêstse candy
vé'kêséhemêstaa'e owl (literally, 'bird-spook')
vé'késo bird (also pronounced as vé'kése); vé'kêseho birds
É-vé'ôhtsemo. He is going along with him; he's "going with" (dating) her.
vé'šeeseo'o medicine bundle
vé'še'êsénôhestoto pairs of pants
Náhe-vése'enôtse. She is my friend (only said by a female).
Náhe-vésenéhenôtse. He is my friend (only said by a male).
É-vésétáno He's in a hurry.
Néh-véstâhemêstse! Help me!
vétanove tongue
vetšêške fat
É-vétsêškévâhonóne She cooked frybread.
vétšêškévâhonoo'o frybread
vóaxaa'e bald eagle
na-voestáto my belt (compare hoestáto belt)
na-voestôtse my dress (compare hoestôtse dress)
na-vóhkêha'e my hat/cap (compare hóhkêha'e hat/cap)
vóhkêhevá'séhe scorpion
vóhkóóhe rabbit
É-vóhpénóva. He's painting (the Sun Dance pledgers and dancers).
tsé-vóhpenövâtse one who is a painter; tsévóhpenovase the painters
É-vóhpo. It's light (whitish or grayish-white).
vóhpoma'ôhtse salt (lit. white-dirt)
vóhtáne skin
vó'aehnoestôtse buckskin dress
vo'e cloud
Vó'ho'êho'hovâtse! Shine the light!
vó'ho'kâsénâhnestôtse light
Vó'ho'kâsenôtse! Turn the light on!
vó'hó'óhta mule
vó'kaa'e antelope; vó'kaeho antelopes
É-vó'kómo. It's white.
vó'nâhanestôtse window
tsé-vó'néóvâtse bay (horse)
na-vo'ota my choker/necklace (compare ho'ota choker/necklace)
he-vo'tanôtse his cheeks
he-voxôtse his body (rarely said today)
vonâhé'xá'e talisman (a kind of medicine bundle)
na-vóseestôtse my earrings (compare hóseestôtse earrings)
Vonâhéome Sun Dance lodge (also called Hoxéheome; Vonâhéome is probably the older term)
vóo'kooma redheaded woodpecker (identification of bird is uncertain)
É-vóona'âsénáhne He had the fire going all night.
vovó'haséhe pinto (horse)
tsé-vovó'hásêstse pinto
vovôtse egg; vóvotôtse eggs
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