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ON THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND PHILOLOGY OF THE 
CHAPTER VIII. 
VOCABULARY OF THE SHYENNE LANGUAGE. 
A. 
above, e-am’, above, overhead. 
abominable, si’-e-to-wa’-no, very mean, abominable. 
abreast, e-mo-no’-i-o-tsi-o, abreast, in a row. 
abstain from, e-ni-ni-ta’-mi-ots, to abstain from, to 
leave off when one has eaten enough. 
accept, e’-i-stan, to accept or take. 
acid, tsi-wi-ki’-i-nu, acid. 
acquaint, e-dh/-ta-han, to relate or acquaint. 
acrid, e-wi-oh’-i-i-no, acrid, sharp to the taste. 
across, i-ta-ta’-o-mi, across, by a near way, & cut-off. 
adhesive, e-pa’-o-yots, sticky, adhesive. 
adulteress, he-im’-i-sa-ni, an adulteress. 
afar off, ta’-a-is, i-ha’-is, ha/-ish, at a great distance, 
afar off, far away, a long distance. 
after, ho-ol’, following after, immediately after. 
afraid, shi’-i-pais, to be afraid, to be astonished. 
i-mo’-si-o-toh’-ta, to be scared or afraid secretly. 
ni-i-e’-yo, to make afraid by talking to. 
na-a’-hi-yo, J am afraid. 
na-sa/-a-hi-yo, I am not afraid. 
e-e-po-no’-ma-au, to have fear, to be afraid. 
ago, o-o-mi’-shi-iv, long ago. 
all, ni-ta’-o, all, the whole. 
ni-ta-a’, all over, all around. 
ho-i-ni’-ta-o, all the world over. 
alone, e-ho-wa’-a-haiv, alone, single, unmarried. 
always, ho-woli’-po-nit, at all times, at any time, al- 
ways. 
and, ma/-tu, and, also. 
annoyed, in-ha-stun’, bothered, annoyed. 
any, nasts-mih’-o-yats, any one, no matter who. 
appear, i-mi’-i-dts, to be visible, manifest, appear. 
tsi-me’-i-nis, to appear occasionally, as one 
passing under a hill, or as the sun through 
clouds. 
arm, he’-ats, an arm; na’-ats, my arm. 
ni-ats, thy arm. 
he-a-tsi-ni’-wots (pl.), arms. 
ma-i-tsi’-ndts (dual ?), both arms. 
e-tsi-non’, the armpit. 
e-woh’-¢i-6n, the bend of the arm. 
i-i-na’, the part of the arm above the elbow. 
ni-hi’-sta-tan, within arm’s reach. 
e’-e-wo-nl, an armful of wood. 
arrive, i-nili’-o-ydts, to arrive at a place. 
e-tam-sto’-i-yots, to arrive, and remain at home. 
arrow, ma, an arrow. 
ma-hots’ (pl.), arrows. 
na-ma, my arrow. 
ni-ma’, thy arrow. 
ascend, e-i’, to ascend, as a hill. 
ashes, pa’-a, ashes. 
pa-isé’, (pl.) 
o-sta/-pa-a. (?) 
ask, ni-midst’, to beg, or ask of any one. 
nili’-o-mist, to ask for anything. 
assembly, i-mo-hi’-no-is-to, an assembly of men. 
astride, i-tsi’-o-i-ta’-ho, straddling, astride. 
i-ni/-sko-na, to sit astride of anything. 
at, nai’-nu, at or to. 
attack, c’-min-hau, to charge on, to attack. 
i-ta/-min-ho-wa’-to, to make an attack. 
audibly, mahi-i-hast, audibly, with a loud voice. 
aunt, e/-ha-hi-sto, to have for an aunt. 
awake, tist, to awake from a sleep, to be awake. 
awl, he’-dn, an awl. 
he-o-ninst’, pl. awls. 
na’-tsi-On, my awl. 
ni-tsi-on, thy awl. 
axe, ho-ak’, an axe. 
ho-dks¢’, pl. axes. 
ho’-to, axe-handle. 
ho-to’-ist, pl. 
B. 
back, i-to’-to-nas, a crooked back. 
he-na-dn’, upper part of the back, across the 
shoulders. 
tau-ta-ma-inst’, at or on the back. 
