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LABOR
niisi3ooo, niisi3oot
LACING PIN hoku3oo'hoe, pl. hoku3oo'hoeno
LADDER houuhuut
LAKE ni'ec,
pl. ni'ecii; in the lake: ni'eci'
LAMB anim.
noun; hoteiisoo, pl. hoteiisoono'
LAME I am
lame: ceni'eihinoo
LAMP
nohoe'3eeyoo, noho'e3eeyoo, pl. nohoe'3eeyono, noho'e3eeyoono
LANCE biixoo', pl. biixou'uu
LAND
biito'owu'; on land: biito'owuu'
LANDER (town in central Wyoming, on the southern edge of
Wind River Reservation) howoh'oowu' (means: "many houses"); in, at
Lander: howoh'oowuu'
LANGUAGE heenetiit; my language: neteenetiit; foreign
language (other than the one the speaker uses): ce'eseitiit
LANTERN
niixooneeni', pl. niixooneeni'i
LARAMIE
beniino'oowu' (means:
"soldier building")
LARD
nookcebitee (means: "white grease")
LARGE he
(she) is large: beneeseinooehit; it is large: beneesoo'; it is larger:
woo'bei'oo'; I have a large arm: beneesneseenoo; I have large feet:
beneebeesseihteenoo; I have a large nose: beneessiibeenoo
LARIAT anim.
noun; seenook, obv. sg., pl., obv. pl. seenookuu
LAST the
last one (anim. subj.): hiitooxu'oot; the last one (inan. subj.):
hiitooxu'oonoo'; last item on the agenda: hiitooxu'owoo'; last night: biikoo;
last year: tihceciiniini'; he (she) is walking last (in line): hiitooxuseet
LAST-CHILD
hiitooxusoo
LAST RITES
he (she) is receiving last rites: heetbeebeesio'heiht
LATCH latch
(lock) it!: nih'oo'ohoo
LATE it is
late: konouto'oo'; I am late: konoutoneihinoo; don't be late!:
ciibehkoutoneihi; later (on): beexoo3iihi', hoo3iihi' (next time)
LAUGH I am
laughing: hooxooninoo, hooxo'oninoo; don't laugh!: ciibeh'oxooni; he (she)
makes me laugh: nooxooheinoo; I make him (her) laugh: nooxo'oho', nooxooho'; he
(she) makes him (her) laugh: nooxoohoot, nooxooheit; I am laughing at him
(her): nooxoo3o'; he (she) is laughing at me: hooxoo3einoo; I laugh at myself
(frequently): noonoxoo3etinoo
LAUNDRY
hehiise3oono
LAW
hooxuwuut
LAWYER anim.
noun; hooxuwuunen
LAY I am laying it down (anim. obj.): ceniineno'; I am
laying it down (inan. obj.): ceniinenowoo; I am laying him (her) down:
heniisbeno'; he (she) laid me (down): nih'iisbeneinoo
LAZY I am lazy: 3oonouhunoo, 3onoowobeihnoo; he (she) is
lazy: 3oonouh(u)t; don't be lazy!: ciibeh3onouhu, ciibehnii3eenebi
LEAD I am
leading (I am in the lead): neniitobeeenoo; I am leading you: neniitowoone3en;
I am leading him (her): neniitowoonoot; I am leading it (an animal, on a leash
or rope): nonoo'eici3o'; he (she) is leading (in a race): neniitowo'oot
LEAF
biiciis, pl. biiciixo; leaves are falling: ceenkoo'
LEAK it is leaking: ceenii'oo'; there is a leak (here):
biisii'oo'; it leaks in (whenever it rains): niicenii'oo'; I am taking a leak:
seneikoohunoo; leak (from a car, discharge from a living organism): biisii'oot,
pl. biisii'oo3i'
LEAN lean
meat: nii'oseinoo'; it is lean (not fat): hoowniineniin
LEAN-TO toukoohowoot, toukoohoe, besoowu'
LEAP the
deer is leaping: nonoonoh'oxoot bih'ih; I am leaping (jumping): ceeno'oonoo
LEARN I am
learning: heniixoohootowoonoo, neeyeitiinoo (I am going to school); learn it!:
hei'noo; he (she) learns fast:
ceiinenooneyei3itoot
LEASE I am
leasing it from him (her): heniiheinoo (he, she is leasing it to me)
LEATHER
woo3onesi'
LEAVE I am
leaving you: nonoo3e3en; he (she) is leaving him (her): nonoo3oot; don't leave
me!: ciibehnooxu; leave me alone!: ciinihi; leave him (her) alone!: ciinihin;
leave (pl.) him (her), them alone!: ciinihe'; I will leave this horse for you:
heetnootowuune3en nehe' woxhoox
LEFT (left side) nowoo3; to, on the left (side):
nowoo3iihiiteeniihi', nowoo3iihi', nowooteeniihi'
LEFT-HANDED
I am left-handed: noowoo3(i)noo; he (she) was left-handed: nihnowoo3it
LEFTOVER
cenii'iissise', pl. cenii'iissei'i
LEG (from
the thigh to and including the foot) wo'oo3, pl. wo'ooto; my foot: no'oo3; his
(her) foot: hi'oo3; on my leg: no'oote'; I have a broken leg: toowooneenoo; I
have broken legs: tonootowooneenoo; it has legs (e.g., a chair):
hii'oo3iinoo'; he (she) has a
wooden leg: beshii'oo3it; I have long legs: heneeneyooneenoo; I have short
legs: tonooto'ooneenoo; I am (barely) standing on one lies:
ceeneeseyoootoo'oonoo; my leg is aching: seesiiyoonoo'oonoo
LEGEND heeteetoo, pl. heeteetoono
LEGGING
wotoo, pl. wotooho; my
leggings: nonotooho
LEMON
(nii)siisinice'ee' pl. (nii)siisinice'ei'i
LEMONADE
niscih'ebiit (sweet drink)
LEND I am lending it to him (her): heniiho'; he (she) is
lending it (anim. or inan. obj.) to me: heniiheinoo; I am lending it to you:
heniihe3en (indefinitely), neneeciihe3en (for a short period)
LESS
3ooniihi'; he (she) lets me have it for less: 3onoonoutoneinoo
LET he (she) lets him (her) eat: xonouwoo3, niixouwoo3
bii3hiinoot; let's eat!: hehbii3ihin; let's drink!: hehbenen; let's play!:
heh'iinikotiin
LEVEL
(measuring instrument) cectonoobe'eiyoo
LEVEL it is
level: ceectoyoo'
LEVER
noh'o'oe
LICENSE
PLATE hoyeibi3oo, pl,
hoyeibi3oono
LICK I am
licking it: niisootowoo; I am licking it (anim. obj.): niisoowo'; I am licking
myself: niisoobetinoo; lick me!: nisoowu
LID (cover)
hokohoe, pl. hokohoeeno
LIE (make
untrue statements) I am lying: neentooyeinoo; I lie (I am a liar):
neentouhunoo; I am lying to you: neentoonobe3en; he (she) is lying to him
(her): neentoonowoot; don't lie to me!: ciibehnentoonowu; don't lie!:
ciibehnentooyei
LIE I am
lying: see'esinenoo; he (she) is lying: see'isi'; they are lying: sei'isi'i;
lie down!: se'isii, hiis(i)bi; I am lying down (in bed): heniisibinoo; he (she)
is lying flat on the bed: see'isi'
hoobe'; it (anim. subj. e.g., rope) is lying (there): heneinokut; it is
lying (there): heneinootee'
LIFE hiine'(i)tiit; this is the good life: hii3eti'
nuhu'uunetiit; my life: netiine'(i)tiit
LIFT I am lifting him (her): nooh'eno'; I am lifting it:
nooh'enowoo; he (she) is lifting him (her): nooh'enoot; lift it!: noh'enoo; lift
him (her)!: noh'enin; lift me!: noh'eni
LIGHT (not heavy) he (she) is light: nooh'ohei3e'; it is
light: nooh'eyoti', nooh'oheyoti', hoowuuheyot (not heavy)
LIGHT
it is light (not dark): nooh'oe'; it is light (day): heniisiini'; it is
light (illuminated): nooho'etee' nooh'oo'utee'; it is getting light (now): woow
cenihnoh'oe', nooh'oesei'oo' (illuminated)
LIGHT ( it is) light green: nonookceneeteeyoo'; (it is)
light gray: nonookniice'ee'
LIGHTER nooh'owoot
LIGHTNING ceheekuut
LIKE what is
it (inan. subj.) like?: tousoo; what is it (anim. subj.) he, she like?:
tou3eih; it is like something else: neneehiisoo'; they are like each other:
neneehii3eihi3i'; it (anim. subj.) looks like a cow: neneehii3ehiiwoot wookecii
(obv.)
LIKE I like
you: nii'eenebe3en; I like him (her): nii'eenowo'; I like it nii'eeneetowoo; he
(she) likes me: nii'eenebe'inoo; he (she) likes him (her): nii'eenowoot; he
(she) likes it: nii'eeneeto'; do you like me?: keini'eeneb, kooheini'eeneb; do
you like it?: keini'eeneet, kooheini'eeneet; what do you like to eat?: heeyou
hein'iice3oo; I don't like soup: neihoowuni'iicet hokok
LIMB hitei,
pl. hiteino; tree with many limbs:
ceetounit, woowounit
LINE (on a
playing field) nonooxeihi'; (boundary)
heenei'ooxeihi'
LION anim.
noun; heneeceine3, obv. sg., pl., obv. pl. heneeceine3ebii; lion cub:
heneeceine3ebiisoo
LIP
someone's lip: beses, pl. besesii; my lip: neses; his (her) lips:
hisesii
LIQUOR
nih'oo3ounec
LISTEN I am
listening to you: ceeh'e3ihe3en; I am listening to him (her): ceeh'ee3tono'; he
(she) is listening to him (her): ceeh'e3ihoot; I am listening to it:
ceeh'ee3towootowoo (radio); listen!: ceh'e3tii; listen to me!: ceh'e3hi; listen
to him (her): ceh'e3(i)hin(ee); I am not listening: niihoowceh'e3tii
LITTLE it is little: hookecouhu'; it was little:
nih'okecouhu'; I am little: hook(e)ciihihnoo, heecesneniininoo (male speaker);
it is becoming little: hook(e)cii'ooo', nooxowniiwotooo; little mouse
hookuuhuhu'
LITTLE DIPPER anim. noun; heecesteebiiceso'o'
LITTLE FINGER heces3ee3oo
LITTLE PEOPLE
heecesiiteihii, pl. heecesiiteihiiho'
LIVE I live
in Arapahoe: hinono'ei' heniine'etiinoo; he (she) lives over there: hii3e'
heniine'etiit; I am living well: niinii'iine'etiinoo; I live well:
niini'iine'etiinoo; where does he (she) live?: tootiine'etii,
tootouheetoh'iine'etiit; he (she) is making a living: heniine'etiiwoohut
LIVER his, pl. his(i)no; my liver: netis(i)neb; his (her)
liver: hitisneb; I like (to eat) liver: niini'iicetowoo his
LIVESTOCK
anim. noun; wookecii (pl.)
LIZARD anim.
noun; seeniwo', obv. sg., pl., obv. pl. seeniwouu
LOAF loaf of
bread: co'oc, co'coo
LOAF I am
loafing: neihoowkohtowutoo
LOAN
neeciihetiit; I will get a loan: heetnootooneenoo; I will extend a loan
to you: heetniihe3en (for an extended period), heetneeciihe3en (short-term)
LOCATION
heetou' (where something is located), heetoot (anim. subj.)
LOCK I am locking him (her) in or out: nenih'oo'ohe';
lock him (her) in or out!: nih'oo'ohun; I am locking this house: nii'oo'ohwoo
nuhu' hoo'oowu'; lock up!: nih'oo'ohei'i
LOCOMOTIVE
anim. noun; heso'oonotii
LOCUST anim.
noun; nih'ooceihii, pl. nih'ooceihiiho'
LODGE lodges (collectively): beyoowu'u
LOG ce'ibes,
pl. ce'(i)bexo; log house: besiino'oowu'
LOINCLOTH
wonout, pl. wonoutno
LONESOME I
am lonesome: neneetou3ecoonoo; don't be lonesome!: ciibehneetou3ecoo
LONG it is
long: heeyoo'; it was long: nih'eyoo'; it (anim. subj.) is long (or tall):
heeneiht, heeyoceihit (rope, snake); it has been long (long ago): teec(i)xo'; I
have long hair: heeni'einoo; I have long arms: heneenenneseenoo; how long is it
(anim. subj.)?: tohuuciteih
LOOK I am
looking around: noonoo'eininoo; I am looking for something: nootnoohootowoo; I
am looking at you: nenei'oohobe3en; I am looking at him (her): nenei'oohowo';
he (she) is looking at him (her): nenei'oohowoot; I am looking at it:
nenei'oohootowoo; look at me!: nii'oohowu, cih'esoohowu; look at it!:
nei'oohootoo, noohootoo; I am looking for it: niinotinowoo, nootinowoo; I am
looking for him (her): niinotiiho' nootiiho'; look for him (her)!: notiihin;
look for it!: notiitii, not(i)noo; he (she) is looking for him (her):
nootiihoot, nootiiheit; I am looking good: nii'inou'hunoo; I am looking up:
honoo3i3inne'eixoonoo
LOOKOUT he
(she) is always on the lookout: niiteco'onhonoyeiit
LOOP I
am making a loop on this rope: toonoeeno' nehe' seenook (anim. obj.), (inan.
obj.) toonoeenowoo
LOOSE it is loose (my shirt): koono'oe' (nebiixuut); he (she) is wearing loose
pants: koono'otoohoeet; I am letting him (her) loose: ceniineno'; turn it (the
horse) loose!: ciinkuusin(ee); I am turning it (anim. obj.) loose: ceniinkuu3o'
LOOSEN I am loosening (untying) it: (anim. obj.)
honookuno', (inan. obj.) honookunowoo
LOPE the
horse lopes: woxhoox nonoh'ukotiit
LOSE I have lost it (inan. obj.): heenetiinoo; I have
lost it (him, her): heeniho'; he (she) has lost it (inan. obj.): heenetiit; he
(she) has lost it (anim. obj.): heenohoot; don't lose it!: ciibeh'enetii (inan.
obj.), ciibeh'enehin (anim. obj.); he (she) is losing a race: hiito'oot; I am
losing consciousness: niiceeciine'enootinoo; I am losing weight:
wooxoonoo'oonoo
LOT I have a
lot of horses: hoowohuusebeinoo; I have a lot of money: nonoo3ci3eibeenoo; I
have a lot of children: nonoo3seinoo; I have a lot of friends: wonoo3ee3i'
neiteh'eihoho'
LOUD he
(she) is loud: niibeeseitit; he (she) is talking loudly: beneeseitit; it is
loud (makes a loud noise): nonooteinooni'; don't be so loud!: ciibehbeeseiti
LOUSE anim.
noun; betei, pl. beteiwo'; my louse (louse on my body): netei
LOVE I love
you: biixoo3e3en; I love him (her): biixoo3o'; you love me: biixooxun; he (she)
loves him (her): biixoo3oot; we love each other: biixoo3etino'; I will love
you: heetbixoo3e3en; love me!: bixooxu; I love it: biixootowoo; he (she) loves
it: biixooto'; I love my children: niibixoo3ou'u netei'yooniiwo'
LOVE
bixoo3etiit
LOW it is low (e.g., water level in a creek): howteb; (cloud)
3onoonouute' hoowuco'ouut; it is running low: konou'unoo'oo', (very low)
nooxowkou'unoo'oo'
LOWER I am
lowering it: ceneenenowoo; lower it!: ceenenoo; he (she) is lowering prices:
3onoonou3eit
LUCKY I am
lucky: hoowounouhunoo; he (she) is lucky in gambling: henee3neeni'oyeit; I was lucky (did something that turned
out to be fortunate): nihbii'ontoonoo
LUGGAGE
ce'eiinox, pl. ce'eiino3o
LUMBER
se'bexo
LUNG hiikoon, pl. hiikono; my lungs: netiikono; his (her)
lungs: hitiikono
LYNX anim.
noun; 3ouyoteebexookee, pl. 3ouyoteebexookeeno'