pe'e nighthawk vé'késo bird (also pronounced as vé'kése); vé'kêseho birds mo'ôhtávêšenévá'âhéaseo'o sagehens vé'kêséhemêstaa'e owl (literally, 'bird-spook') She was a daughter of White Thunder, a well-respected medicine man of the Cheyenne tribe. koohkóva'e quail/bobwhite (obsolescing) tó'êsêhevá'séhe, or tó'êsevotonáhe pheasant mésó'ke swallow vóo'kooma redheaded woodpecker (identification of bird is uncertain). ma'xêhe'ne turkey This word has the following meaning parts (technically known as morphemes): ná- 'I' ohke- 'regularly' sáa- 'not' (this also requires the -he at the end of the word) héna'e goose; henä'e geese mónevata young bird mónevátâhesono … Among the Cheyenne, contemporary members of the tribe only considered one kind of owl to be a bird, the Short-Eared Owl, which they know as the “snake-eating owl,” an important source of medicine power for doctors or healers. For instance, the Cheyenne word for 'pemmican' is ame and it will be found in the section of words starting with the letter "a". aénohe hawk vé'kêséhemêstaa'e owl (literally, 'bird-spook') vé'késo bird (also pronounced as vé'kése); vé'kêseho birds vóaxaa'e bald eagle vóo'kooma redheaded woodpecker (identification of bird is uncertain) Other bird words Éame'ha It's flying. vóaxaa'e bald eagle netse eagle kó'konôhó'e woodpecker hetanékokôhéáxa rooster šé'še duck hove'še snipe Parts of speech called particles should also be easy to locate. he'heeno blackbird ma'êšeeonáhe robin Cheyenne words are made up of smaller meaning parts Here is a long Cheyenne word: náohkėsáa'oné'seómepėhévetsėhésto'anéhe, meaning 'I truly do not pronounce Cheyenne well.' táhtaenotováhe killdeer honóxeaso meadowlark (alternate pronunciation: henóxeaso) For instance, if you know that the Cheyenne word for 'twice' is nexa, you can find this word in the section of words beginning with the letter "n". vé'ee'e flicker (obsolescent for many speakers) matsenêstse kingfisher mo'e'ha magpie kokôhéaxa chicken ókohke crow Owl Woman (Cheyenne name: Mis-stan-stur; died 1847) was a Cheyenne princess. méstaa'e owl (also means 'boogeyman'; 'owl' is often pronounced vé'kêséhemêstaa'e) vá'kôhéáso prairie chicken; vá'ôhéaseo'o prairie chickens All other owls the Cheyenne class as … méstahke screech owl (or small owl