Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College
Southern Cheyenne Dictionary
Table of Contents
(Video links coming soon)
Daily Foods
| English | Cheyenne | Literal Translation |
| Lard | ahm ֱ sskֱ Audio | Video |
Also used for gasoline |
| Bread | go gon ho yo’ִ Audio | Video |
Flat dough |
| Tomatoes | hi nin nִ Audio | Video |
They pour out? |
| Rice | hi’i hi sson nִ Audio | Video |
Little maggots |
| Soup | ho pֱ Audio | Video |
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| Meat | ho’i vo gִ zֱ Audio | Video |
Beef |
| Gravy | i nhī nִ Audio | Video |
What you ladle |
| Milk | ma da nֵ Audio | Video |
From the breast |
| Food | ma dum mֱ Audio | Video |
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| Water | ma pֱ Audio | Video |
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| Ice | ma’o mֱ Audio | Video |
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| Melon | mhau’ִ Audio | Video |
Whole thing |
| Corn | mhī min nִ zֱ Audio | Video |
All corn berries together |
| Pepper | mi ni min nִ zֱ Audio | Video |
Bitter Berries |
| Beans | mon sski hִ Audio | Video |
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| Coffee | mo’ִ dav ho pֱ Audio | Video |
Black soup |
| Tea | vi bo zi ho pֱ Audio | Video |
Leaf soup |
| Frybread | vizh gi vhon noo’ִ Audio | Video |
Fried with tallow bread |
| Tallow | vizh gֱ Audio | Video |
Animal fat |
| Sugar | vi’gְ ma pֱ Audio | Video |
Sweet water |
| Salt | vo bo mau’ִ zֱ Audio | Video |
White ground |
| Jelly | zi ho’zi ssִ Audio | Video |
Jelled |
| Dessert | zi vi’gְ no’ֱ Audio | Video |
Sweet food |
| Potatoes | īss dom mi ssiss do dִ Audio | Video |
Bland-tasting food |
