Comanche dictionary

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-betu

towards (suffix)

-bʉkwʉ̠

you two (suffix)

-bʉnitʉ

shows on-going action (suffix)

-bʉnʉ

on the other hand (suffix)

-nai

suffix from or to

-napʉ

suffix used to refer to deceased persons

-tsi

diminitive; expression of endearment (suffix)

a

aama

underarm to waist, side of chest

aama / ama / ama̠

arm

aatakii / aatamuu / kuʔtaraa / huʔararaa

grasshopper

aawo / awo

cup, container

aawo punitʉ̠

skull; frail looking

aawʉtama̠

braid (man's braid)

aaʔkwi̠si

braid (woman's braid)

aaʔwʉtama

man's hair wrapped in yarn or fur, not braided

ahiʔbʉniitʉ

destroy, waste, torment

ahna tukatʉ

armpit

ahnatukatʉ

under the hill

Ahpaitsi̠

Apache, OK

ahpʉ

father; father's brother

ahra

uncle, mother's brother

ahwepʉ̠

tuber (any food dug up from the ground)

ahwetʉ / ahwepʉ

dig up

ahwi

thin out

ai / aiku / aitʉ

bad, wrong

ai nabunitʉ / tʉtsʉnabunitʉ̠

does not look good, ugly

ai nahapʉ̠

fungus

aikurekwatʉ

talk wrong

aisi̠ kuriʔi / aisi̠ kuriʔim / aiskuri

ice cream

aisua kwana̠

bad breath

aitʉ

not good; no good

aiʔmiʔa

loping (such as a horse)

aiʔpihinʉʉsukatʉ̠ / tʉtaa nʉsukarʉ̠

discouraged, downhearted

akwaruinʉ̠

belching

akwarʉi / akwarʉʔi

burp

akwʉ̠si

sneeze

ama wʉʉnʉ / amawʉhmina / amawʉnʉ̠katʉ / tʉʔinawʉnʉrʉ̠

pneumonia

amatʉpe

cuff

amawóo

apple

amawoo yʉyʉka

apple jelly

amawoosa / aamawosʉ̠

trunk of the body

amawooʔa paa

sweet cider, apple juice

amawosa

shirt pocket (underarm bag)

amawoʔa poʔa

apple skin

amawʉnʉtʉ

suffer chest pain (have pneumonia in side of chest)

ana

underarm, armpit

ana kwana

body odor

anaa!

ouch!

anáabi / anabi

edge of cliff; bank of creek

anahabinʉ̠

vision quest / in search of a vision

anakwana

wild gourd used for medicine

anapʉ / anapʉhʉ

under arm hair

anaruka

under arm (same word used for gourds)

ania

horse mane

anikuura

ants

anikwita miʔa

roll along, tumble's dung

animui / anibui

housefly

ani̠mui̠ wasʉ

fly spray, fly swatter (fly kill)

ani̠mui̠ wʉ̠htokweʔa

flyswatter

anitʉ / ani wʉnʉrʉ̠

look upward

arabʉ̠ / ahrabʉ̠

jaw

arai

bridle

arakwʉʔʉtʉ / arakwʉtunʉ̠

marriage of uncle

aratsi

uncle (an endearing term)

aratuhku / ahraruhku

jowl meat (meat of jaw)

arʉka

deer

Arʉka Papi

Deer Head (a Comanche chief)

arʉkáa kuhma

buck

arʉkáa tʉhkapʉ̠ / arʉka tuhku

deer meat, deer food

arʉkanʉʉkʉ̠ma / arʉkaanoyoku̠ma

buck (male deer leading a herd of does)

ata-

easy (prefix)

atabaroʔitʉ

rise, swell, to easily flood

atabitsi̠ / atabitsi

non-Comanche Indian

atabitsʉnoi̠

button snakeroot (roots chewed for juice; and used as a remedy)

Atakʉ̠ni / Ata Kahni

Lone Tipi (name)

atakwasʉ

cooked dried corn with meat

atakwaʔsʉʔaipʉ̠

cooks easily

atakwaʔsʉʔaitʉ

roast corn (quick-dry corn over a fire)

atanaʔi / paaunai / atanaʔitʉ

foreigner

atanitʉ̠ / atabitsʉ̠

foreign

atapu / atahpu / atapuku

doing differently, doing another way

ataʔokwetʉ

easy flow

Atsabi

Spirit

atsi

secretly see

atʉrʉʉ

others

atʉsokoobi

foreign country

awi

to miss it

awi- / ahwi

miss aim

awomakotse

dishwasher (wash cups / wash dishes)

awomatsuma

tea towel, dishtowel, towel

awonohi / awoʔnohi

dice (cup game)

awonoo / awonoʔo / naʉaukora

armadillo

aworahna

cupboard (shelf or box for dishes)

aʔa

baby talk for feces

Aʔaa

Crow Indian

Aʔaanʉʉ

Crow Tribe

aʔakáa

banana; devil's horn - plant found in prairie to eat

aʔhaʔheeʔe / yaʔhaʔhee

making fun of (woman's word)

á

áikʉrahánipu̠

do something wrong

e

ebi̠

powder

ebi / ebibi̠tʉ / ebipi̠tʉ

blue or green (color)

ebihuutsu / mubiyake / tosa tʉ / ebihuutsuu

blue jay; blue bird

ebi wʉmi̠na

influenza, flu

ebipi̠tʉ / ebipi̠tʉ

blue or green (color)

ebikahni / ebikʉ̠ni

plaster

ebikuyuutsi

roadrunner

ebikʉhtawanapʉ̠

denim

ebimuura yaʔke

bullfrog (cries like a gray mule)

ebisiʔyuhki

thin, stone-baked, blue corn meal cake

ebisonipʉ̠

alfalfa (green grass)

ebitotsiya

Texas thistle

ebiweha

sulfur (blue burn)

ebiwʉhmina / onibʉkʉ̠katʉ̠

flu

ebu / ebutʉ̠

different, various directions

eeko

tongue

eere / eʔree

nape of neck

Eetii Wʉhtʉkwa

Atetewuthtakewa (name - "Hits with a Bow")

Eetii Wʉhtʉkwa

Hits With A Bow (name - Atetewuthtakewa)

eetʉ̠ / eetii

bow

ehka

those

ehkweʔne

skinning knife

eka / ekabi̠tʉ

red (color)

eka huutsúu

red bird; cardinal

Eka Kura

Red Buffalo (name)

eka kuura

baby buffalo

eka kwinai

red tail hawk

eka kwitsʉbaitʉ tuka

modern electric lamp

eka kwʉrʉʉ

red shafted flicker

Eka Nooyo / Eka Noyo

Arthur Lawrence's father's name ("Red Testicles")

Eka Nooyo / Eka Noyo

Red Testicles (name of Arthur Lawrence's father)

eka nʉapʉ

robin

eka paapi

turkey vulture; buzzard

eka panatsayaa

strawberry

eka pihúura

red beans

eka̠ pusia

flea

eka sapʉ̠katʉ̠

red belly woodpecker

eka tsoapʉ

red shouldered blackbird

ekahokoni

Indian breadroot

ekahuukupʉ̠ / ekahuhkupʉ̠ / ekasokoobi

red soil

ekahwi

gold color, shiny

ekakuhtabeʔarʉ

shine red (to give off a red light from a fire or sun)

ekaku̠ma

bay horse (reddish brown male)

ekakuyáa

roach headdress

ekakwiitsi

electricity

ekakwitse / ekakwitsimiʔarʉ

discharge a flash of lightning

ekakwitsʉ̠baitʉ̠

lightening

ekakwitsʉ̠baitʉ / ekakwitsʉ̠baitʉ̠ / tomokwitsʉ̠baitʉ̠ / kuna naʔmahpee

lightning flash

ekamitsáa / ekamitsonaa

red hackberry

Ekamurawa / Ekamutawoʔarʉ

Red Crooked Nose (name)

ekamuroraʔi huupi

redbud (red-bursting tree)

ekanaki

red-eared horse

Ekanarʉmʉʉ

The Red Store

ekanatsu / eka naropa

eriogonum root (red medicine)

ekapaa / ekahpaa

soda pop (red juice)

ekapaapi̠ / taahma inapʉ / tahma inapʉ

buzzard

ekapia / ekahpia

sorrel mare (red female)

ekapokopi / ekapokoo

red fruit

ekapoʔa / tsomo wʉʉnokoa

mescal beans (very red)

Ekarasiapukurua (Pokoro family name)

colt (baby horse)

ekarʉhkapʉ̠

beets; radishes

ekarʉʔpi̠

brick; red stone

eka̠sa

dye of any color; vermillion

eka̠saapana / taibo ekʉ̠sahpana

soldier

eka̠sahpana paraiboo

army officer (soldier chief)

eka̠sobi

prairie hay

eka̠soni̠

red grass

ekasonipʉ̠ / eka̠soni̠

grass, little bluestem (used as switches in sweat lodge; ashes from stems were used for treating syphilitic sores.)

ekasʉkwe / eka̠sʉkwe

old style blanket, half red, half blue

ekatawike

perch ( fish)

ekatʉʉpi̠

red brick, red rock

ekaʉnʉʉʔa tʉhkaʔeetʉ / anikuraʔa tʉʉkaʔetʉ

ant eater

ekawaapi̠

juniper, red cedar

ekawehaarʉ

burn red, turn red hot

ekawitaʔwoʔi

22 rifle

Ekawokani

Red Young Man (name)

ekawoni

smartweed, stinging weed

ekawotsa

bank of stream, river bank (red gully)

ekawʉwiapʉ̠ / wʉwia

blister (red raw place)

ekayʉyʉka

red jelly, jam

ekaʔanikura

red ant (red insect)

ekaʔeʔre

cottontail rabbit (red nape)

ekaʔnaʔtsa kwipuna

edible red berries, candy cane

ekaʔpuhiwi

penny (red money)

eko toa

stick out your tongue

ekokwinetʉ̠

lap with the tongue

ekotʉwʉni

glottis (opening at the upper part of the larynx)

ekwipʉ̠sa

red rock, used for makeup (rouge)

ekwʉ̠sibeniitʉ

lick

emʉahkatʉ / emʉahkatʉ̠ / emʉaroʔi̠katʉ̠

deceive, mischievous, deceitful, to draw attention, lunatic

ena / wʉkupʉ̠

semen

eróo

white person (child's language)

Esahibi

Wolf Drinking (name)

Esawana

Bed Blanket (Indian name of Rudolph Fisher)

esi ebibi̠tʉ

light blue (color)

esi kʉ̠hma

horse (gray male)

esi muura / kusimuura

mule (gray mule)

esi napʉ̠

gray shoe

Esi Noyoko

Gray Intercourse; Gray Testicles (personal name)

esi pohoobi

gray sage

Esi Tanapʉ̠

Gray Knees (name)

Esi Toya

Slick Hills (located southwest of Apache OK)

esi wana ʉhʉ / esianaʔʉhʉ / esikwahaʔhʉ

blanket (cotton bed blanket)

Esihabiitʉ

Gray Streak; Gray-flat-lying-object (former Comanche chief)

esikakwoʔa / esikawoʔa

gray face (used when making fun of someone)

Esikono

Grey Box (war chief of Antelope Eaters around 1836-1916)

esikooitʉ / esitʉyai / esitʉyaitʉ

faint, convulse

Esikwita

Fort Sill Apache; Lipan Apache; Mescalero Apache

Esinaape

Asenap (name) (means gray foot)

Esinaape

Gray Foot (name - Asenap)

esinʉmʉ

gray, drab person

esinʉʉhparabi

loco weed

esipia

gray mare

esipipi̠kuurʉ

make strange or unclear sounds

esipʉ̠tʉ / esipi̠tʉ̠ / esipi̠tʉ / esipi̠tʉ̠ / kusipitʉ

gray, whitish gray, slate color

Esitai

Grey Rectum

Esitami

Asetammy (name) (gray brother; person)

Esitami

Gray Brother (name - Asetammy)

Esitohi

Milky Way (name)

Esitoya / Esitoyapi̠tʉ̠

mountains east of El Paso, Texas

Esitoyaabi̠

Gray Mountain

Esitoyanʉʉ

Mexicans captured by the Comanches

esitsʉnʉʔiitʉ / esinabuniitʉ

gray appearance

esiwana

bed blanket

esiwana

blanket (gray cloth)

esiʔebipi̠tʉ̠

lavender (color)

esiʔekapi̠tʉ̠

pale pink, faded red (color)

esiʔinapʉ

dried meat

eti̠huupi

osage orange, hedge apple, bois d'arc wood

etsipʉ̠

ashes, coals

etʉ̠sikawoʔarʉ

accuse someone of being gray-faced

etʉʉ

those

ewa kʉʉpi

ground squirrel, striped squirrel

ewa kʉʉpi / ebipabokoʔai

mountain boomer

ewa pooki / ewakʉʉpi

lizard of different colors

eʔbootsia / eʔbootsiarʉ

mildew, molded

eʔmʉarʉ

go crazy, act without self-dignity (in reference to women)

h

haa

yes

haa me

please; say yes

haa, marʉawe

hello / a greeting

haabi

prone position, lying down

haaka / hakarʉ / hakarʉ̠

who

haaki

rotten, body odor

haakutʉ̠

where from

haapaniitʉ̠

valley

habi kahni

motel room

habi pitsoko

pajama bottoms

habiikwa

go lie down

habiitʉ̠ / habiitʉ

lie down

habika̠hni

bedroom

habikʉ̠no / haabikʉ̠no

night cradle; cradleboard for sleeping

habikwa̠suu / habikwasu

nightgown, pajamas

hahka

whom

hahpaniitʉ̠

level valley

hai pia

wife's sister

hai pʉyʉ

water bird (duck)

haibuʔyu̠

helldiver

haipia

opposite-sex sibling-in-law, cross cousin

haipʉyʉne

water turkey

haitsi̠

man's male friend

haitsi̠ wihtaipʉ̠

former male friend

haitsi̠ wihtaitʉ

disown a friend

Haiwinai

Limping (name - Sayerwinne)

Haiwinai

Sayerwinne ("limping") (name)

haka / hakai / hakani / hakaniku

how

haka̠karʉ

find room for someone or something

hakanai

from where

hakaputu

where to

haka̠se

where

hakeetʉ / hakeetʉʉ

what's his / her name

hameetʉ

Isn't that right / ennit (lit. say yes)

hanikootsapʉ̠

corn mush

haninookopʉ̠

cornbread

hanitusupʉ̠

corn meal

hanibita tsometʉ

harvest corn, gather

hanibuhipʉ̠

corn shucks, corn leaves

haniibi / haníibi̠

corn, maize, ear of corn

hani̠ka

wear or object lying

hanikahni̠

corn-crib

hanikwasʉkʉ

toast corn

hanipʉ̠

anything that has been done

hanisahuuba

corn soup

Hanitaibo

Comanche Band (Corn People)

hanitoʔi̠

corn-cob pipe

hanitusupʉʔakootsapʉ̠

cornmeal mush

hani̠tʉ / hani̠katʉ̠ / haniitʉ

do, fix, repair

hani̠tʉnitʉ

order, command

haniwoʔora

corn cob

hapiʔna / haʔpina

suspenders

hawokatʉ̠ / haʔwokahtʉ / haʔwoʔitʉ

loose, hollow

hayakwasikʉ̠

at last

Hayarokwe Habitʉ / Puha Tabeeni Hayarokwe Habi

Thursday

hayarokwe̠ sʉʉmarʉ

forty

hayarokweetʉ̠

four

haʔíi

Oh, my! (used by women only)

haʔnii / pia kwasi

beaver

he

what

heekwi

spleen of a cow

hehekʉbʉniitʉ

pant with tongue hanging down, pant heavily

hibi / hibitʉ

drink

hibiawo

coffee drinking cup

hibikatʉ̠ / hibipʉ̠ / nakʉkwinumai

drunk

hibikʉtʉ

water an animal

Hiitóo

Philip Lookingglass (name)

hiitóo / ohanʉnapʉ̠

meadowlark

hima

get (pl.)

himakatʉ

hold (pl.)

himakitʉ / pitsʉhimakitʉ̠

return an item, bring something back

himaku̠

with what on what

himataaka / himatakʉ̠

barely; barely making or doing it

himaʔarʉ / himara

pick up several objects

himaʔikarʉ / himawekwiitʉ

carry in

himetʉ̠ /

why

hina

what (obj)

hinanahimitʉ̠ waipʉ̠

gift-exchanging partner (woman)

hini / hiini

what (subject form); thing

hipaʔa

on what

hipe

when

hipeeti / hipeetʉ

how much (obj)

hipeka

to have how many

hipekai / hipekaʔi

how much; how many

hipʉ̠

possessed, owned, belonging to

hipʉ̠katʉ̠ / hipʉ̠katʉ

own, possess

hiyooʔitʉ

giggling and having fun

hiʔoopi̠taohayaa / hiʔopi̠tatotsiyaa

sunflower head

hiʔoosanahkóo

weed wax (sap was used for chewing gum)

hiʔopi / hiʔoopi̠ / hiʔohpi̠ / híopi / hiʔoo / ohayaa

sunflower; sunflower stalk or plant

hiʔoʔkwana / hiʔookwana

sunflower salve, menthol (cold remedy for nose and throat)

hiʔoʔwʉhturuʔa̠

windbreak of dead sunflower stalks

Hoawai

Albert Nahquaddy' s grandfather's name (Hoahwah)

Hoawai

Hoahwah (name of Albert Nahquaddy's grandfather)

hoikwa

hunt, look for prey

hoitsʉ̠bʉnʉ̠

it's up to you

homo tʉsaasi

powdered Indian perfume

homo- / homobi̠ / homopʉ̠

powdery, flour

homokatʉ̠

to have flour; ground; powdery

homoketʉma

powdery

homonabi̠sarʉ

apply powder to oneself

homonutsai

crumble (like dust)

homopʉ narʉ̠so / tosahnarʉ̠so

flour sack

homorosoʔyoki / ebi

talcum powder

hooki̠

hog

hooki̠ tʉʉhtʉmapʉ̠

hog-pen fence

hoora

hole dug in soil; dig

hoorarʉ

digging; dig a hole

hoyopʉ̠tʉ̠

uneven, inexact

hoʔaniitʉ / watsi nʉmitʉ

sneak around, spy on, look for

hoʔyopi̠ / hoyopʉ̠ / hoʔyopitʉ̠

ill, sickly

hu

refering to tree, wood, stick, or strong odor

hu ma rʉʉ

Cooper's hawk

huaboʔkóo

wild currant, mulberry, huckleberry

huba aawo

coffeepot or cup

huba aikʉtʉ / huba aitʉ

brew coffee

hubiya

song (any song)

hubiyawapʉ̠ / tʉnikwʉwapʉ̠

singer

hubʉhkai

illness of a child caused by an animal

huhku̠

collarbone whistle

huhku- / huukupʉ

refering to dust

huhkuwʉnʉrʉ

dust storm, raise dust, stir up dust

huhtsuʔrekwaʔeʔtʉ̠

parrot

hukuhna

quiver

hukunʉ̠ / huukunʉ̠

wooden match

hukusʉʉpeti

doodlebug

hukuwʉnʉrʉ / huukuʔnʉetʉ / huhkuʔnʉetʉ

blow dust, dust storm

hukwanʉ̠

smell of urine on trees

humasʉapʉ̠

domestic tree

humasʉapʉ̠

orchard

hunai / hunakwʉ

from the outside

hunakʉ̠hu

toward the outside

hunakwʉ̠ / huʔnakwʉ̠

outside (post)

hunutaabu / eka eʔree

swamp rabbit

hunuubi / hunuʔbi

creek, stream

hunuuma

creek (at the creek)

hupitanʉ̠ sanahpi

rosin (juice of a tree)

huu aawo

mortar, barrel, wooden vessel

huuba / wesi huuba / wesi tupaa / tuʔpa

coffee (black water)

huubebi

drink coffee

Huuhunuʔbi̠

Timber Creek

Huuhwiya / Huwiya

Refuse-to-come (a medicine man who refused to attend the council at Fort Sill)

Huuhʔinʉʉ

Comanche Band, southern Comanche (Timber People)

huukabatʉ̠ / huhkabatʉ̠

in the woods

huuki̠ saakitʉ / huusayakenʉ̠

hear or make noise in timber

huukonoʔi̠tʉ / wʉʔturua

natural windbreak

huuku

whistle

huuku tsunipʉ̠

collarbone

huukumatsumarʉ / huhkumatsumarʉ

dust off by hand

huuku̠muyake / huhku̠ muyake

whistle (made of collarbone; used by medicine men)

huukupʉ̠

dust, dirt

huuna

badger

huunaroʔi

ladder, stairs

huunarʉmʉʉ

lumberyard

huunatsihtuʔye / huunatsihtʉʔye

wooden comb

huupi

tree

huupi kasamawʉ / huupi tasakoʔinʉ/ huupitakobiʔi

battered tree (as by wind)

huupi̠hnáa

syrup, molasses

huupinatsanikarʉ̠ / naisabʉ̠ kwasu

put clothes on backwards

huupita homoketʉ̠ / huumuwonepʉ̠ / huupita pisoni / huutusupʉ̠

sawdust

huupita mooka

tree limb

huupita poʔa

tree bark

huupita tʉrahna̠

tree root, stump

huusibe / waatsibe / watatsibe

drawknife, wood plane, peeling tool

huutsi

grandmother on father's side

huutsi / huutsi̠

paternal grandmother; grandchild (reciprocal term)

huutsi piahpʉ̠ / huutsi piapʉ

daughter-in-law

huutsihkaa / huutsihkaʔa / huʔkoʔi / moʔo huutsihkaʔa

handsaw, ripsaw

huutsikaʔarʉ

saw something using a hand saw

huutsúu

bird

huutsúʔa káhni̠

birdhouse, sensitive pea

huutsúʔa pisooʔni̠

bird nest

huutsúʔa tʉʉhkapʉ̠

sumac (bird food)

huutunaakatʉ̠

slender

huutʉrane

wooden mallet

huutʉrohpakoʔiʔi / tʉroh pakuʔi

wedge

Huuwʉhtʉkwa

Take-a-stick-and-hit-someone (name)

huuyaarʉ / huuhimarʉ

possess, carry a stick

huuyʉkʉ̠kwi / huuyukʉ̠kwʉ̠ʔnʉʉ

lumberman, white man

huyuni / huyubaʔatʉ̠ / huyubatʉ̠

oblong, long and flat

huyupanʉ̠ / mutsipanʉ̠

french bread

huʔpi̠hna / tusonipihna

molasses; syrup

huʔsi / husi

spirit during peyote ceremony

huʔsibe

draw-knife, wood carver's plane

huʔtabuʔkina

wood rabbit

huʔtohtʉbʉʔi

brace and bit (tool)

huʔtsihkaʔa / huʔkoʔi / tsikaa

saw

hʉahuupi̠ / hʉaana huupʉ̠

fishing pole

hʉamiarʉ

go fishing

hʉawapi / tahʉawapi̠ / hʉaʔetʉ

fisherman

hʉbi / hʉʉbi / hʉbi waipʉ̠

middle-aged woman, elderly

hʉhtsawʉ̠katʉ

feel cool

hʉitsi / hʉitʉhtsi

small amount of something

hʉki / hʉkiʔai / hʉkitsiyaa / hʉkʉ̠tsiyaa / hʉʉkiʔai

umbrella; parasol; arbor; porch (any kind of shade)

Hʉkiyani

Carrying Her Sunshade (name)

hʉnʉ / hʉnʉketʉ̠ / hʉʔnʉketʉ̠

thin

hʉnʉbi pokaa

bat (animal)

Hʉnʉpetʉ

Daughter of a Bat (name)

hʉtsipʉ̠ / kʉpʉsipʉ̠ / kʉpʉ̠si̠ / kʉpʉ̠sipʉ̠ / kʉpi̠si / huhtsipʉ̠

saliva, spittle

hʉʉ / hʉʉtʉ

few; how many

hʉʉkatʉ / hʉkatʉ / hʉkai

cool off (as in food)

hʉʉkina huupi̠

poles for constructing brush arbor; its framework

hʉʉkiʔaitʉ / puhi hʉʉki̠ / puhi hʉʉki / soni hʉʉki / hʉkiʔaitʉ

brush arbor (usually made of horseweed, blackjack oak, or willow

hʉʉtsaawetʉ / hʉʉtsawʉtʉ

cool, as in weather

hʉʉtsaʔwʉ miʔarʉ

go to cool off

hʉʉtʉ̠tsi̠ / hʉʉsʉ / hʉʉtʉ

little bit, few times

Hʉwʉni

Dawn (name)

hʉwʉnikatʉ

to dawn

hʉʔniipʉ̠ / hʉʔniitʉ / hʉʉʔnitʉ

hiccough

i

ibu / ibutu

this way, in this direction

ibu̠niitʉ / ipʉ̠niitʉ

come this way

ibuʔitʉ / ibuʔikʉ / ibuʔikatʉ̠

filled to the brim

ibʉ̠ niitu kooni

turn this way

ibʉ̠nitʉ̠

leaning towards you

ihka

his, her, its, this

ihka / iika / ihkaake / ikaaki

enter, come in

ihka̠ karʉ

sit here

ihtʉkia

exclamation of disapproval of someone (This one)

iiku

this way

ikʉ̠ / iki̠ / ikʉ̠hu

here

ina / inanʉ̠ / inaarʉ / inaʔetʉ

cut meat in thin, flat slices and hang to dry

inaanakwʉ̠

on this side of

inakwʉ̠ / ibʉ̠nitʉ̠

over here, this direction

inapʉ̠

sliced and dried meat

inasʉ / inaasʉ

younger than, smaller than

inawata

meat drying A-frame (poles for preparing jerky)

inaʔetʉ

meat jerky, jerked meat

iniku

in this way

isa

wolf

isa wasʉ

poison

isaha̠pʉ

liar; trickster, named for coyote

Isananika

Howling Wolf

isanaramuʔitʉ

one who lies

Isataiʔi

Wolf's Vagina (name)

Isatekwa

Liar, Lie-talk (name)

isawasʉ

pesticide, poison

isawasʉ̠ wanakotse

lye (soap poison)

Isawʉra

Wolf Bear (name)

isaʔai / isaʔaitʉ / isananarʉmuʔipʉ

lie (tell an untruth)

isʉ

this, these (question form)

itii

these

itsa

this is

itse / itsee

medicinal root

itsee

medicinal root

itsina̠ / itsini / itsinʉ̠

agent, Indian agent (word adopted by Comanches)

itʉ / itʉʉ

this; these

itʉkwʉ̠

these two; they (du.)

itʉtsa

this

itʉʉ

these (pl.) they, their

iyaaʔitʉ̠

watch for

iʔa / iʔana / takʉmakʉ̠

close by

k

ka

suffix means plural

kaabekanʉ̠ / kaabehkarʉ / kaabehkatʉ / kaabekʉ̠katʉ

trick, deceive, cheat, fool

kaahaniitʉ

fool, deceive, cheat

Kaaiwanʉʉ

Kiowa people

kaakwakurʉ̠

defeat by cheating, win in a contest by cheating

kaanatsakaʔuhturʉ / kaanatsakaʔuhtupʉ̠

betray someone

kaarʉ

sit, sit down

kaasuarʉ / kaayʉkwiitʉ

intend to deceive or cheat, pretend, kid around

kaatatakinʉ̠

lulu (trill sound)

kaatʉhʉnipʉ

medicine, rat feces

kaawosa̠

deceitful, liar, tricky

kaayʉ̠kwi̠tʉ

cheater

kabitsi̠

cabbage

kabʉrʉʉ

sheep, goat

kabʉ̠rʉʉ tʉkapʉ̠

mutton

kabʉrʉʉʔa pʉhʉ

sheep wool

kabʉrʉʉʔa tua

lamb

kabʉrʉʔa piabʉ̠

female goat; nanny goat

Kabʉrʉʔrahkoniwapi̠

Shepherd (the Lord)

kaheeka

leader, boss, warrior

kahkuʔe

upstairs, upper floor

kahni

house, teepee, room, home

kahni kuʔe

housetop

kahni mianʉ̠

gone home

kahni miʔa

visit, go visiting, go to house

kahni nahʉʉki̠ / kahninahʉʔki̠

porch

kahni pusi̠ʔa

house bug of any kind, bedbug (house louse)

kahni tʉbanaa

wall, as inside a building

kahni tʉbitsaka

trailer house

kahni̠ tʉboopʉ̠ / kahni̠ tʉbana / tʉbanaa tʉbopʉ̠

wallpaper

kahnibai / kahnikatʉ̠ / nʉmʉ kahni / nʉmʉkʉ̠ni

own a house

kahnitaikʉ̠

tunnel, burrow

kahnitaitʉ̠ / kahnitai

room

kahnitʉʔeka

paint your house

kahniʔaitaibo

carpenter

kahniʔaitʉ

build a house, construct a house or other building

kahpe / norʉ̠napʉ̠

bed

kahpenakwʉ̠

west

kahpepusia

bed bug

Kahpewai

No-bed (name)

kahtʉi

neighbor

kahúu

mouse

Kahúu Nihku Putsiyaketʉ

Squeaky Like A Mouse (name)

kahúu pipi̠kuniitʉ / kahúu pipi̠kurʉ

squeak

kahúu pʉmata hʉarʉ

mouse trap, rat trap

kahúʔa pisoni

rat's nest

Kaiwa

Kiowa Tribe

kaiʔibʉ̠ / kaʔipʉhʉ̠

eyebrow

kaku

maternal grandmother, grandchild (reciprocal term)

kamakʉna

beloved

kamakʉna̠

loved one

kamakʉtʉ / kamakʉrʉ

love, like

kamatiikatʉ̠ / iyaasua / iyaʔisua

look all around

kamatʉ̠

taste

kamúuta

sweet potato

kana woʔoraa

skinny and frail

Kana Wʉʔa

Connywerdy (name)

kanabaʔatʉ̠ / kʉbʉraatʉ̠ paʔa̠wʉnʉrʉ

stand tall, tall and slender

kanabʉʉtsi / kanabʉ̠htsi̠

skinny; thin person

kapanakarʉ

leader of peyote meeting who sits on the west side

Kararʉ

Kahrahrah (name)

karaʔaa

tick (insect)

Karóo

Caddo Tribe

karʉkʉʉtʉ̠ / narʉ̠ni

put up

karʉrʉ

sitting down

karʉʉrʉ

stationary

kasa / wʉhki

wing

Kasa nabóo

Kassanavoid (name)

kasa taiboo / kasaraibo / kasaráiboo / nʉtʉyoi wapi̠

angel

kasabipi̠kurʉ

batter, battered as by wind

kasakatʉ̠

winged

kasamaarʉ

Clubs suit in playing cards; bushy-headed

kasamarʉ̠

uncombed hair

katakakitʉ / katatakitʉ

woman's whoop (cry of excitement)

katsonakwʉ̠

edge or end

katsopai

have a point or end

katsowaatʉ̠

eternity, no end; afterlife

katu

to, along, down

kaweku / kawiku / kawitui / kawitui

gather up

kawi̠katʉ / kaʔwikatʉ

get together; have a meeting

kawinʉ̠

reunion

kawohwi̠

bell

kawonokatʉ

street

kaʔainʉ̠

trick, swindle or cheat

kaʔi / kaʔipʉ̠

forehead

Kaʔi naboo

Ponca Tribe

kaʔweki̠tʉ

greater than; more than

kaʔwitʉ

hold, gather together

ke nʉ

I won't

ke tʉnakatʉ

deaf, will not listen

ke umáʔʉbʉʔitʉ̠

can't handle it

ke yʉmʉki̠katʉ

air is still; not minding or behaving

Kebakuwe

Coyote (Does-Not-Go-In-Water) (name)

Kebakuwe

Does Not Go In Water (name)

kebayʉmʉkitʉ

quiet, still; water is still

kee

no

keewatʉ / kehewatʉ

absent, not here

Kehaitsipaapi̠

Bald (name)

kehe / kehetʉ

none, nothing, zero

kehewainahapʉ̠ / kewainahai / kewainahapʉ

deceased, no longer with us, passed away

kehewaʔitʉ

missing, exhaust supply, run short

kehoʔyopi̠tʉ̠

healthy, whole

kemabanaʔitʉ

lack knowledge of anything

kemahpʉʔarʉ / kemahpʉʔa

can't leave it

kemakʉmapʉ̠ / kemakʉmahpʉ̠

dulled edge, dulled

kemarʉkwi̠sʉ

soon, real quick

kemiarʉtatsinupi

north star

kenamaʔʉbʉʔitʉ

healthy, well, not sickly

kenanawatsitʉ / kenanakwatsitʉ

clear, plain, understood

kenaninabenitʉ

distraught, continue uncontrollably

kenatsʉ̠witʉ / tʉʔonabʉ̠ / tʉʔohnaabʉ̠ / tʉonaabʉ̠ / tʉʔooʔnabʉ̠

weak

kenáwʉnʉrʉ

deep water (be in deep water)

kenubaʔatʉ

over or on the plain

kenutuka

over the canyon

kesóʔsoarʉ̠

not gentle, not tame (refers to animals)

kesóʔsoarʉ̠

not humble, not calm, not relaxed (refers to people)

Kesu tsisʉsa pahiku taʔapʉ tekwapʉ̠ha nabopʉ̠

Old Testament ("Before Jesus was born, Our Father's written word")

kesua yʉkwiitʉ̠

being mean

kesuatʉ / nahmakwihtsetʉ

mean

kesʉ

wait

kesʉ ma yʉikʉ̠

before it gets too late, (dark)

keta

don't, not

keta

not

keta wʉpainʉ̠

don't whip

ketanaʔru

don't fight

ketatoʔpainʉ̠

don't hit

ketekwakatʉ̠

dumb; unable to speak

ketokwetʉ̠

deficient, not good enough

ketsatʉbi̠tabuʔitʉ

blind, unable to see clearly

Ketse Naʔbo / Kesianaboo / Kasanaboo

Painted Feather (name)

ketsihaʔnabenitʉ̠ / kahumiarʉ / kahumiarʉ

starving

ketunabunitʉ

dark, darken

ketʉnakatʉ̠

disobedient

kewáhabahku

doubtless, surely

keyu / keyuu / keyuʔu

late, tardy

kii

corner

kii naboorʉ / kinaboʔrʉ / kii naborʉ

diamonds suit in playing cards

kiipʉ̠

elbow

kikootʉboopʉ̠

box

kima

come

kimarʉ

coming

koa

crotch

Koa Tosa Naboo

Cheyenne Chief (name given him by Comanches)

kobe

wild horse

Kobe

Wild Horse, Comanche Chief (name)

kobe tsaʔnika

mask, false face

kobe wihtʉʔeka

face cream

kobenaboʔpʉ̠

portrait

kobe̠sari

bulldog (face dog)

kobeʔebi̠

face powder

Kohi

Narrow Gut (name)

kohikamʉtʉ / kohikamʉ̠katʉ

Intestinal pain, abdominal pain, to have an upset stomach

kohinehki / kohineeki / kohinehki̠

belt, sash with long tassel, g-string

kohinehkitʉ

wear something around the waist

kohno / waako̠hno

cradle, day cradle; resting place

kohpapʉ / kohbiapʉ̠

broken object

kohparʉ / kumina / kohbiʔaitʉ / wʉhkobi

break up

kohpoorʉ

iron brand

kohto / kohtóorʉ

build a fire

kohtoo wapi̠

fire-builder

kohtopʉ̠ / kohtoopʉ̠

fire (noun); heat of fire

kohtsáarʉ

stew, cook

kohtsapʉ̠

cooked cereal, mush

koká / kukaa

guinea / guinea fowl

kokora nooya / kokoraa noyo / kokoráʔa pokopi̠ / kokoraʔanoyo

chicken egg

kokoraa

chickens

kokoráʔa aráhimaʔetʉ̠ / kokoraʔaʔatahimaʔetʉ

chicken hawk

kokoráʔa arʉhtʉma / kokoraʔaarʉhtʉmapʉ̠

chicken wire

kokoráʔa kahni

chicken house

kokoráʔa kuhma / kokoráʔa nʉʉahpʉ̠ / taayake

rooster

koni

turned

konikwai / koonitʉ / kooniʔetʉ

turn around

kono- / konóopʉ̠

firewood

konoorʉ

carry wood

kooa

cut with scissors (present tense)

koobe / kobe- / koobe̠

face

kooipʉ̠ / kooi pʉ̠nʉʉ

dead people

kooitʉ / tuyaitʉ

die

kooko

chicken

koono / koonʉ̠ho

cradle; also called a coffin

koono miʔarʉ

fetch firewood

koopapʉ̠

broken

kootsa

flank of living animal, hindquarter

kootsapʉ̠ / koosahpʉ / kootsapʉ

mush, a mix, batter allowed to become set, dough-like batter such as cornmeal, plaster, or even a blacktop road

kooʔi

cut or slice

kooʔitʉ

cut up something with scissors; chop, slice

kora kwanʉ̠ / korʉ kwanarʉ

smell of urine; urine smell

korohko̠

neck tie; necklace

korohko̠rʉ

wear something around the neck

korʉ kwanarʉ

urine smell, the smell of urine

korʉpitsoni̠ / korʉpisoona̠

brown stained mat

Korʉpunitʉ̠ / Korʉpi̠tʉ̠

Codopony; Brown-eyes (name)

kotse

wash

koʔa kwanʉ̠

odorous crotch

koʔarʉ

cut (past tense)

koʔi

slice, cut

koʔi kamatʉ

upset stomach

koʔitʉ / koyama / koyamanʉ̠

return, come back

Koʔkoraʔaʔraibo

Democrat (rooster-white-man)

kuabitʉ

peel off skin, abrasion

kubi̠si

brain

kubi̠simawa

mixture of brains used for tanning hides

kubi̠siʔarʉ / kubi̠siʔanʉ

rub with brains

Kueʔkwi̠si

Oriental person

kueʔwoo / kuʔewoo

dove

Kuhiyai

Peeping-from-behind-tree (name)

kuhiyarʉ

peep at, spy on someone

kuhketʉ / kuhkenʉ̠ / kuhkʉ̠pomiʔi

chop firewood

kuhkuparʉ / kuhtokwe

kill with heat, cremate, burn to death accidentally

kuhkwarʉkitʉ / saanʉ̠

boil, boiled

kuhma

man, male animal

kuhmabai

married

kuhmakatʉ

husband (to have a husband)

kuhmapʉ / namuwoo / namʉ̠woo / mukwo

husband

kuhparʉ / kuʔokwetʉ

melted

kuhpateʔe

firecracker

kuhpawikʉʔitʉ / kuparʉ̠wi

melt something with heat

kuhporákitʉ̠

crackle, make popping noise, like water in hot fat

kuhpuruʔaitʉ̠

splattered

kuhtakwitsooʔnitʉ / kuhtsoʔokitʉ / kuhtsookitʉ

wrinkle, wither, shrivel up from heat

kuhtsahwitʉ̠

throw into the fire, burn something up

kuhtsi̠ omo / kutsu̠ omo / kutsiomo / tuhhu

shin, shinbone

kuhtsu / kuutsu / kuutsuhnanʉʉ

cow, steer, buffalo

Kuhtsu Kwiʔta

Cow Dung (name)

kuhtsu taibo / kuutsu taiboo / pimoroo taiboo

cowboy

kuhtsu taibo napʉ̠

cowboy boots

kuhtsutʉbinina̠ / kuutsu tʉbini

horned toad

Kuhtsutʉʉka

Comanche Band (Buffalo Eaters Band)

kuhtsuʔmarʉ

burn down

kuhtsʉnikʉrʉ

heat something

kuhtsʉni̠tʉ / kuhtsʉni̠katʉ

feverish

Kuhtu

Coals In A Wood Fire (name)

kuhtu tʉkʉmanitʉ̠ / kuʔiʔnapʉ̠

cook over an open fire; barbecue

kuhtuubi

charcoal

kuhtʉyarʉ / nakutʉyai

burn oneself to death, self-immolate

kuitsi̠bʉkʉ̠katʉ̠

sore throat (have a sore throat)

kuitsi̠kwaitʉ / natsiʔoʔikʉnʉ̠ / natsiʔoʔi

gag oneself

kuitsi̠marʉkitʉ

strangle someone; strangled

kuitsi̠tsi̠waitʉ / kuitsi̠tsioike / natsioikʉnʉ

gag (put a finger down the throat to induce vomiting)

kuitsʉ̠ / kuitsi̠ / kuʔitsi̠

throat

Kukapʉ

Cooks-Dried-Meat (name)

kukʉ̠manʉʉ

males

kukʉ̠mepʉ̠

parched corn, toasted maize

kukʉ̠metʉ

parch corn

kukʉ̠meʔawo / kukʉ̠meʔaʔwoo

skillet (cooking cup)

kumaru

marry (said of a woman)

kumiita / kuʔmiitsa̠ / kuumitsa

wart, knurl on a tree

kumiitsanatsu

milkweed

kuminarʉ / kohparʉ / kʉminarʉ / tatʉ̠barʉ

break something

kuna

wood or firewood

kuna natsu

prickly ash, toothache tree medicine

kunakʉarʉ / kunakʉʉʔetarʉ / kuroʔi / kunakʉʉʔitʉ / kunakʉanu̠

appear, bob up, protrude

kunawaikina̠ puʔe

railroad tracks

kunawaikinʉ̠

train engine

kunawobipuuku̠

train railroad car

kunaʔaitʉ

cutting wood

Kunaʔitʉ

Onion Creek, Texas (literally firewood rock)

kunʉ̠baitʉ̠

swallowing sounds

Kupáre

Kopaddy (name)

kupasa / pasapʉ

dry up; dry object; dried

kupatu

in

kupatu matuʔi

after the hour (as in time)

kupi̠ta / nakupi̠ta

light, electric light, flashlight

kupi̠tarʉ

light a lamp or fire, throw a light on something

kupu̠sakʉnʉ̠

dry by heating on a stove

kupʉ̠sakʉ̠

dry with heat

kupʉ̠taʔa nakuʔe

chimney

kupʉ̠tsarʉ / kúpuruʔanʉ̠

explode from heat, burst from overheating

kurʉʉpe̠

opening in clothing in front or back

kusa

leggings

kusa napʉ̠ / narapoke

women's leggings

kusememekinʉ̠

fry

kusi

referring to gray color of ashes

kusi woobi

burro

kusikwaʔa / kusikwaʔaa / kusiʔkwaʔa

crane

kusimuura / esimuura

gray mule

kusinʉʉhparabi

gray-colored plant; could also be a blanket spread out

Kusiokwe / Paboko Okwe

Pecos River

kusipi̠ / kusipi̠tʉ̠

gray, light blue (color)

kusipi̠tʉ / esipʉ̠tʉ

gray (color)

kusipʉ̠ / kusipi̠tʉ̠

light gray (color)

kusisai / kusiʔsai

cow bird, small gray bird

kusisʉkʉi

fall plum

kusitekwarʉ

whistle for someone

kusitʉnikwʉ

whistle a tune

kusiwʉhpima

roast in ashes

kusiwʉʉnʉ

shrub similar to a sage tree

kusiyuna

shovel used for ashes

kusiʔebipi̠tʉ̠

grayish blue (color)

kusiʔsai

grackle

kusuatʉ

got hot

kusuatʉ

hot

kusuatʉ

I'm hot

kusʉwetʉ

radiate heat, blow heat toward one

kutabetuʔikʉ

flash, as a light

kutsi̠tonarʉ / kutsi̠towakarʉ

set on fire, burn

kutsiwobi / kutsihpʉ̠

donkey

kutsiyaapʉ

shish kebob

kutsuhpi / kutsuhpi̠

fire poker

kutsʉni / kusʉnuʔitʉ / kuhtsʉni

fever, to have fever

kutsʉtʉyʉwipʉ̠ / kutsukwipʉ̠

cud

kutʉ̠

from

kutʉ̠horapʉ̠

open ground fireplace

kutʉ̠horarʉ

dig a fire hole

kutʉ̠hubita hora

coal mine

kutʉ̠huubi

coal

kutʉ̠huyuna

coal shovel

kuumarurʉ / kuhmarukatʉ

marry a man

kuumarʉmanʉ̠

baking; cooking in the oven

kuuna

store something

kuuna̠ / kuna / kuupʉ̠

cache (food stored by animals or birds)

kuutsu

cattle, buffalo

Kuutsu Tʉhka

Comanche Band (Buffalo Eaters)

Kuutsukwita

Kosechqueta (name)

kuutsupokáa

cockle-bur

kuwonepʉ

burned out hollow tree trunk

kuwʉ̠hora

pick, mattock

kuyaarʉ / kuyaamiʔarʉ

carry on the head

kuyaʔakatʉ / tʉʔʉʔyatʉ̠

afraid of

kuyunii / kuyuʔnii / kuyuníiʔnʉʉ / kuyuníiʔa / puhikuya / puhitoo / puhikawiketʉ

turkey

kuʔ tsukʉ̠ / tuhu nʉ kʉnʉ

whippoorwill

kuʔe / kuʔekʉ

top, summit, on top

kuʔe kwʉ̠si

spinner (hair style; braid from top or back of head)

Kuʔe Kwʉ̠sih Taibo / Kue Kwa̠sih Taibo

Chinese

kuʔe naba wʉhtia

baptize by sprinkling

kuʔe tsasimarʉ / kuʔe tsasimapʉ̠

scalp someone

kuʔe wóo

dove (moaning on top)

kuʔe wʉnʉrʉ puuku / kuʔe kwʉnʉ puuku

bucking horse

kuʔekarʉ

hill, peak

kuʔekwi̠si

scalp lock, pony tail

Kuʔenabawʉhtiʔapʉ̠

Methodists, Presbyterians and other Protestant denomination that sprinkle baptismal water on the head.

kuʔewóo / pasoho / ekaʔomo / nayanuunaitʉ

mourning dove

kuʔhiboo / huʔhiboorʉ

nurse cape (dress with a large round collar)

kuʔina / kuʔinarʉ / kuʔinapʉ̠ / kuʔinapʉ̠ha

roast meat over coals, roasted meat, roasted dried meat

kuʔinawaata̠ / inaʔwaata̠ / kuʔinakwaata̠

grill, barbecue grate, pole, drying rack

kuʔitsi̠ pekwipʉ̠

swollen throat

kuʔitsi̠ pʉkʉ̠katʉ̠ / kuutsu pʉkʉ̠katʉ̠

acid reflux

kuʔitsiwai

medicinal treatment in one's throat

kuʔitsiwainʉ̠

poked throat (past tense)

kuʔiʔnapʉ̠

cook meat over an open fire

kuʔnika / kuwekwa

rope someone or something while moving

kuʔnikarʉ / kuwekwarʉ

slip a rope around something

kuʔnuʔinʉ̠ / kuʔnui

gulp

kuʔtsipʉ̠

ashes

kuʔtsiyaarʉ / kuʔtsihimarʉ

roast on sticks

kuʔtsukʉ̠

poor will

kʉ

in; at

kʉarʉ/ toʔitʉ

escape, come out, climb out

kʉayʉkaʔetʉ

mounted on horseback

kʉbʉraa wʉnʉ

stands straight

kʉbʉráata̠

tall and slender

kʉhkarʉ

bite and hold

kʉhkarʉ̠katʉ

bite into and not turn loose

kʉhkaʔanʉ̠

bite off

kʉhkihtse

spit out, mash in the mouth

kʉhkoba / kʉhtokwe

bite to death, break or sever with the teeth

kʉhkwatuubirʉ / kʉhtsobokikatʉ

roll in the mouth, crunch up ice or hard candy

kʉhkwibikitʉ̠

quiver the lips, chatter the teeth

kʉhkwʉ̠ria / kaawosa / kʉhtsayaʔyaʔke

coyote (tip over with the mouth)

kʉhkwʉ̠ria / kaawosa / kʉhtsayaʔyaʔke

tip over with the mouth

kʉhpara

straighten something using the mouth

kʉhparoʔaitʉ / kʉhparʉʉbʉrʉ

moisten in the mouth

kʉhpitsoonitʉ

grind something with the teeth, extract juice by mouth

kʉhpohtorʉ

burst with the mouth, pop with the mouth (like chewing gum)

kʉhpomarʉ

trim, prune

kʉhpomiʔitʉ

chew up fine, to bite things off

kʉhporokitʉ

pop with teeth

kʉhtaa

fast, hard

kʉhtáa mubitai

hard walnut

kʉhtaa nuhye

racer snake, coach whip

kʉhtáaku

hard, to go fast

kʉhtáanʉetʉ

blow hard

kʉhtáatʉ̠

strong, tight, hard

kʉhtabitsipʉ̠ / koʔabitsipʉ̠ / koʔakwana / koʔabitsi̠pʉ̠

cheese

kʉhtaʔhuʔpi̠

hardwood

kʉhtoroki

clack the teeth once or many times

kʉhtsakarʉ

catch something with the mouth

kʉhtsiarʉ / kʉsoʔi

bite (used in speaking of dogs or babies who bite

kʉhtsuukarʉ

close the mouth

kʉhtsuʔmarʉ

eat up, finish off by eating

kʉhtsʉtsʉʉʔni

poisonous wild onion

kʉhtʉkʉtoʔipʉ̠ / kʉhtoʔipʉ̠

leftover food

kʉhʉwʉnʉ̠katʉ̠ / hʉwʉni / tahbetoʔikitʉ̠

dawn, before sunup

kʉhwʉ

stuck up (chin in the air)

kʉhyaarʉ / kʉhhimarʉ

take something in the mouth

kʉkʉ pʉ taakwasi / kʉkʉburaakwasi / kʉkʉbʉraakwaʔsi

scissortail, fork-tailed flycatcher

kʉma / kʉmakʉ̠ / kʉmaʔ kʉ̠

beside, close by, along the edge of

kʉmakoorʉ

trim, prune as to shape a tree

kʉmapʉ̠

sharpened edge, knife edge, can opener

kʉmaʔai

bottom edge of something hanging

kʉmaʔrʉ / kʉmakʉ̠

alongside

kʉnabenitʉ̠ / kʉsoʔi

bite

kʉnu

paternal grandfather; grandchild (reciprocal term)

kʉnua

move something with the teeth

kʉnutsai / kʉhtabai

break up with teeth

kʉpi̠soʔaitʉ

annoy by chewing

kʉpsi kwanʉ̠

bad odor breath

kʉpʉ̠si okwetʉ / kʉakwepʉ̠ / pakʉ̠sarʉ / kʉʔokwetʉ̠

drooling

kʉpʉ̠tsarʉ / kʉpʉ̠tsai

break open with the teeth

kʉrahúu

hackberry tree; a thin tree that has small hard, red berries with a sweet hull

kʉrʉrʉkinʉ̠

giggling

kʉrʉʔatsi̠

water lily; pond lily

kʉsarʉ

open the mouth

kʉsiʔkwarʉ / kʉsiʔwainʉ̠

tear with the teeth

kʉsukarʉ / kʉpuni / kʉhpunitʉ

taste, try out

kʉtáatʉ̠ / kʉhtaatʉ̠

tight, strong, hard

kʉtaku suake̠katʉ̠

pant, breathe heavily

kʉtana̠

wish

kʉtoʔyarʉ

unwrap something with the mouth

kʉtsatsaki

chattering teeth

kʉtseena / tseena / tseʔna / kaaʔwosa̠ / iʔsaʔpʉ / ohaʔanaʔ katʉ̠ / ohaahnakatʉ̠

coyote

kʉtsibia

grit your teeth

kʉtsuʔtsuʔkitʉ̠ / kʉtsʉ̠barʉ

squeak, creak

kʉtsʉ̠bakitʉ

bite together

kʉtsʉ̠kwetʉ̠ / kʉtsʉ̠kwenʉ̠

chew, chewing

Kʉtsʉ̠kwipʉ̠

Chew Up (name)

kʉtu

yesterday

kʉtʉ̠bai / kʉtu̠tʉkwa

click; snap with teeth

kʉtʉ̠banʉ̠ / kʉta baʔi

crack with the teeth

kʉʉhtarakiitʉ / kʉʉhtorokiitʉ̠

chatter the teeth

kʉʉka / kʉtsʉtsʉni

onion

kʉʉkʉme / kʉhkʉme / kʉhkʉma

stranger

kʉʉpaayuanʉ̠

chin is sticking out

kʉʉpai / kabʉʉrʉ

goat

kʉʉta nʉetʉ

hard wind

kʉʉtsani tekwarʉ / kʉtsani / kutsaninʉ̠

stutter

kʉʉtsuma

ate up; ate it up

kʉwokarʉ / kʉhpiwokarʉ

drag something by mouth

kʉyuʔnetʉ / kʉyunepʉ

chew

kʉʔkwʉ̠ria

coyote; scavenger

kʉʔkwʉ̠ria / kʉʔokwetʉ̠

dribble, spill from the mouth

kʉʔokwetʉ

slobber, dribble from the mouth

kʉʔtoponitʉ

make round with the mouth

kʉʔurai

hope (to have hope)

kʉʔwikeetʉ

shake something by holding it in the mouth

Kʉʔwʉ Toya

Mount Sheridan (in Wichita Mountains)

kʉʔwʉnʉ̠bai / piʔyʉpu̠káaʔi / kʉwonʉ̠bai

railroad handcar

kw

kwabarʉ / kwabarʉ̠ / kwabatʉ

hug, squeeze, carry in the arms

kwabi / kwabitʉ̠

lie down, stretch out (pl)

kwabi kahni

rooming house

kwabika̠hni

hotel

Kwaharʉ / Kwaharʉnʉʉ / Kwahari Tʉhka / Kwaharʉʉ

Comanche Band (Antelope Eaters)

kwaharʉʉ

antelope

kwahi

back

kwahi kubi̠si / kwahikupi̠si

spinal cord

kwahi noorʉ / tʉnookatʉ̠ / tʉnoo / tʉʉnoorʉ

carry on the back, backpack

Kwahihʉʉki

Comanche Band (Back Shade)

kwahinatsuʔu̠

plover shorebird

kwahipitsipʉ̠

spinal fluid; condensed milk

kwahiporopʉ̠

backbone, vertebrae, to pop your back

Kwahira

Robe-on-his-back (name)

kwahisiapʉ̠

jealous person

kwahisiʔa

covet; envy another person

kwahitsuhni̠

vertebra

kwakurʉ

defeat, win over someone

kwakuwaitʉ̠

unbeatable

kwakuʔi

beat or win in competition

Kwana

Quanah Parker (name)

Kwana kuhtsu paa / Tukʉ̠hunu / Ebi Okwe

Rio Grande

Kwana Pekwi̠sʉ

Rio Frio (literally stinking fish river)

kwanarʉ̠

smell

kwanuʔitʉ / kwaʔnuʔitʉ

throw oneself to the ground

kwasi

tail

kwasi naboo ʉ tʉkapʉ̠ / ekanarohtʉma

tomatoes

kwasi nʉrʉʉkwʉ̠

have a bumpy tail

kwasi nʉrʉʉʔwʉ

snapping turtle

kwasi taibo / kwasi taiboo

monkey

kwasi taiboʔa pʉʉpi

iodine, mercurochrome

kwási taiboʔa túhkapʉ̠ / kwasi taibooʔa tʉhkapʉ

coconut

kwasi tona

scorpion (stinging tail, or tail that stings)

Kwasia

Eagle Tail Feather (name)

kwasikʉ / kwasikʉ̠

last, next time

kwasikʉ̠nahayu

last one

kwasinabóo / nuhye

snake

kwasinaboo pekwi / nuyapekwi

eel, snake fish

kwasinaboo wʉhkitsuʔtsuʔikatʉ / wʉhtsabeyakatʉ / wʉhtsaya kwasinaboo / wʉtsʉtsuki

rattlesnake

kwasinaboʔa tʉhkapʉ

wild tomato

Kwasiyaa

Eagle-tail-feather (name)

kwasu

dress, shirt

kwasuʔu tohtsana / kwasuʔu tsaweni / ooʔrʉ tohtsana

clothes hanger

kwasuʔu tsitʉpʉ̠ka

hang clothes on a line

kwasuʔu̠ tʉmʉʉrʉ

buy an article of clothing

kwasuʔukatʉ / kwasuʔu tuarʉ

own an article of clothing

kwasʉkʉ̠

fried, to fry

kwasʉpʉ

ripe (said of fruit)

kwasʉpʉ̠

cooked food

kwasʉtʉ / kwasʉkʉ

cook

Kwaʔarʉ Nʉʉ / Kwarʉ

Comanche Band (Loud Speaking People Band)

kwetʉ̠sapʉ̠

fussy

kwetʉ̠sapʉ̠ / kwetsapʉ̠

unfriendly

kwetʉ̠suakʉrʉ / kwetʉ̠saʔitʉ

ignore, reject

kweyai / kweyaʔi / kweʔyʉ̠katʉ / kweyakatʉ / namakweyaipʉ̠

tire, tired out

kweʔyʉkʉ̠ sohóobi

aspen

kwibihpikitʉ / kwibibikitʉ

tremble

kwibuki̠

hit with a whip

kwibukitʉ

lash (as hard rain or hail), switch, whip

kwihipʉ / kwihitʉ / nakwihi̠tʉ

smoke, smoke someone with cedar

kwihnai

golden eagle

kwihnai / kwiʔnai

eagle

Kwihnai Tosabitʉ̠

White Eagle (name)

kwihnai tsiiki̠

eagle staff, eagle stick

kwihne

winter

kwihne kahpinakwʉ̠

northwest

kwihnenai

from the north

kwihnenakwʉ̠ / kwihnebetu

towards the north

kwihnetabetóinakwʉ / kwihne muhyʉnakwʉ̠

northeast

kwihnetʉ / kwihnerʉ

cold (as of weather), turn cold, cold wind

kwiikwanarʉ

smell like smoke

kwiipʉ̠siarʉ / kwihipʉ̠sianʉ̠

tan a hide by smoke

kwiitsipʉ̠ / kwitsipʉ̠

switch, branch

kwiitsʉ̠baʔitʉ

dart, flash, flicker, continuous sharp pain

kwiitʉ̠

buttocks

kwiiwʉnʉrʉ

smoking, as in chimney

kwinumapʉ / kwinumakatʉ

drunk, intoxicated, dizzy person

kwinumarʉ

make dizzy

kwinuma̠suarʉ

feel faint

kwinuʔyai

go in circles; spin around

kwipunarʉ

twist

kwipʉ̠ / kwiipʉ̠

smoke

kwipʉ̠siapʉ̠

brown horse

kwisihka / kwisipʉ / kwʉsipʉ / kwisipʉ̠ / kwisirʉ

tangled, braided, twisted up

kwisihkarʉ

make, cause to tangle

kwisipʉ̠ / kwisikatʉ

braid (noun)

kwisitʉ

braid (verb)

kwita ka̠hni / kwita kahni / naroʔi kahni

bathroom; toilet; restroom; out house

kwita maropona

doodle bug, sow bug, dung beetle

kwitanʉ̠

bowel movement

kwitapʉ / naroʔi / naroʔinʉ̠

feces

Kwitarái / Witsapaai / Witsapaainʉʉ

Pawnee Tribe

kwitarʉ / naroʔi / naroi / naroʔitʉ / kwitapʉ / kwitanʉ̠

defecate

kwitatotaarʉkatʉ̠ / kwitatotʉ̠katʉ̠

loose bowels

kwitatsi̠

large intestine

Kwitawooʔwooki

Barking Buttocks (name)

kwitaʔtoʔta

diarrhea

kwitnetʉ̠

winter

kwitsoʔai

saved (said of soul)

kwitsoʔai / makwitsoʔai / wʉhkwitsoʔai

save, rescue

kwitsoʔaitʉ

get well, recover from illness

kwitsoʔaitʉ / tsaa nahanʉ̠

recover get well, improve in health

kwitsunairʉ / tsahkwitsunai

twist the body

kwitsʉ̠bai tekwapʉ̠ / pʉetʉyai muyaʔke / pʉetʉyai muyake

radio

Kwiʔena̠ Mʉa / Kwiʔne Mʉa

September

kwʉhti / kwʉʉtinʉ̠

shot or wounded, to shoot

kwʉhtuʔi

marry, going to marry, take a wife

kwʉhʉ / kwʉhʉpʉ̠ / nʉpetsʉ

wife

kwʉhʉniwaitʉ / kwʉhʉnikwaitʉ

propose marriage (ask a girl for her hand, ask parents for hand of their daughter)

kwʉhʉpʉ̠

caught

kwʉrʉʔarʉ / kiaboʔarʉ

peel something

kwʉsibetʉ / wʉsiberʉ

brush off, scrape

kwʉʉhtʉ̠katʉ / kwʉʉkatʉ / kumahpʉ / kwʉʉhturʉ ʉ

marry; married (said of a man)

m

ma

he, she, it, this, that

ma bʉarʉ / mabʉarʉ

quit, let go, leave someone, leave alone, leave

ma mayʉkwi

straighten it out

ma niha

read, make a fixed speech (name something)

ma tuaʔa pabi / maʔnika / moʔotsinika

ring finger

ma tʉawe / ma tʉawekwai

greeting, meaning "tell it"

ma tʉbinaa / mapabi

middle finger

ma tʉkitʉ̠ / narʉ̠niʔi

placed, put in place

ma yʉkwi / makwʉʔnikʉtʉ

smooth with the hand

maa

with or on

maabo

marble

maaka

feed, give to eat

maatu

up to or onto someone or something, go through

maaʔʉʉkwi

smell it

mabáakuʔneetʉ̠

baptized, submerged, put hands under water

mabáaʔaitʉ̠

watered, moistened; over

mabararʉ / narʉʔekarʉ

massage, press down, rub medicine on body

mabarʉ / mabanʉ̠ / tʉmabarʉ

knead, mix; massage

mabasahtʉkitʉ / pasahtahtʉkitʉ / tabe̠soʔakarʉ

sit in sun to dry

mabaʔisokitʉ̠ / mabaiʔsokitʉ̠ / paʔi̠soketʉ̠

dampened, sponged

mabetsʉrʉ̠ / wʉhpetsʉrʉ̠

wave using a hand

mabetʉ / maʉeʔetʉ

midwife

mabeʔakatʉ̠

parted hair

mabihtu̠ʔuyarʉ / mabihtuʔyarʉ̠

exchange one item for another, give back

mabisoʔáitʉ̠

angry, angered

mabisukiitʉ̠

crushed into small pieces; ground up

mabitsia

take care of it

mabitsiakatʉ̠

take care of something one was given

mabitsiakatʉ̠ / mabitsiarʉ

honor, respected

mabitsiarʉ / maritsiakatʉ / mabitsiʔakatʉ̠

respect, honor, care for

mabitsoorʉ / mabitsooni

press down with hands to expel water

maboʔayarʉ̠

take off, carried away by the wind

mabunitʉ̠

tempt someone

mabʉa

release from hands

mahbotse / mahpotse

push away, jerk hand away from body

mahikoʔitʉ / mahikoʔibitʉ

return from warpath

mahimamiarʉ

keep on taking objects

mahimiarʉ

go to war

mahimiawapi̠ / tekwa̠niwapi̠ / tekʉ̠niwapʉ̠ / tekwʉ̠niwapʉ

warrior; veteran

mahípʉrʉmʉrʉ / mahipʉ̠tʉmʉrʉ

possess, buy for oneself

mahiyaitʉ̠

reach out, offer a hand

mahkʉ̠kitʉ

drive in animals, cause to come in

mahkʉrʉ / mahkʉ̠suwaitʉ

drive along or drive away

mahkwʉmarʉ

loosen with hands, unwrap

mahoikʉ / mahooikatʉ̠

stalked, ambushed, sneak up on

mahoinitʉ̠

go in circles, encircle

mahomonutsarʉ / manutsaʔarʉ / tahhomonutsarʉ / homonuhtsaitʉ

crumble to powder with hands, mash into small pieces

mahorarʉ / tsahhorarʉ

scoop up, dig with hands

mahri

two of them

mahrubʉhkaitʉ̠

anger someone

mahrʉ

them

mahtowʉnaitʉ / mahtowʉnʉʔitʉ

lean on something, rest on something

mahtsokotʉ̠

close the hand

mahtsukitʉ̠

close someone's hand

mahuhnenʉ̠

baby crawl

mahunetʉ̠

crawling (like a baby)

mahuyubakatʉ̠

oblong

mahuʔinoorʉ̠ / mahuʔninoorʉ̠

crawling along

mahwaitʉ̠ / mawa-

feel around with hands

mahwikatʉ̠

pushed over, knocked over

mahʔyaʔi

break something (such as treaty, law)

maihtʉkʉ̠

openly, plainly

makaarʉ

feeding

makamʉ̠katʉ̠ / tʉkamʉrʉ

ambush, waiting

makananʉ̠

rub back

makaʔmukitʉ̠

prepare for something

makitsetʉ̠

squashed, mashed

makitsui

squeeze something in your hand

makitsuʔinʉ̠ / makitsui

mash, squash, hand grind

makobe tsaʔnika / namutsora

halter

makoobi̠katʉ̠

broken up

makotse

wash it

makoʔitʉ̠

regain possession, get something back

maku

going to

makuhpʉ̠katʉ̠

strangled, choked

makuyaanʉ̠

scare or frighten

makuyaʔaitʉ̠ / wʉʔyʉrʉhkikatʉ

frightened

makʉ

here or there; going to

makʉ̠

here; right here

makʉ̠kwitubi

wrap a baby or candy or a present

makʉmaʔai

sharpen

makʉmaʔaitʉ

sharpened

makʉnaitʉ / makʉnanʉ / makʉnarʉ

hold down with hand

makwarʉ̠ / maʔwarʉʔitʉ̠

can't feel anything

makwatubiinʉ̠

folded, rolled up

makwe

back of hand

makwiitʉ / moʔo kwitʉʔeka

hand lotion, something spilled on hand

makwineetʉ̠ / makwineerʉ / takwʉ̠perʉ / kwipunarʉ

twist, crease with hands

makwi̠teetʉ

strip off (as seeds from a plant)

makwitsetʉ̠

persecute, oppress, cause pain

makwitsoʔaitʉ̠ / kwitsoʔarʉ

save someone, rescue someone, prevent one's death

makwi̠yetʉ / makwʉ̠yeerʉ

chased, chase someone

makwiʔnumaitʉ̠

intoxicated, dizzy, drunk

makwʉ̠riʔai

accidentally spilled

makwʉ̠sá / makʉ̠a

sleeve

makwʉ̠sinʉ̠

tangled by hand

makwʉʔnetʉ / makwinenʉ̠

rub lightly, touch lightly with hand

mamamʉekatʉ̠

delayed, detained

mamárʉma

close up, cover with a lid

mamásutsaa

giveaway (to honor someone)

mamutsiakatʉ / mámutsiakatʉ̠

sharpened to a point; formed to a point by hand

mamutsiarʉ / manutsiarʉ

make pointed

mamʉ̠suakatʉ̠ / mamʉ̠sukatʉ̠

prohibited, taboo

manáawʉnʉʔetʉ

incite to rear up

manahkerʉ̠ / tʉmanahketʉ

measure

manakwʉ̠

far, far away

manawʉnʉ̠

reared up, standing on hind legs

manaʔkoroomitʉ̠

cover the head with a cloth, cover something

maneki̠htʉ

full house in card game

maniibʉa

leave person alone, stop quarreling (stop biting, used when a person is aggravated)

manitʉ

cross over something

manoórʉ̠

carry, haul in a vehicle

mansunʉ̠ / ma pʉ̠nukenʉ̠ / mapʉ̠nukeerʉ

polish by hand

manuarʉ̠ / ma rʉʔokitʉ / marʉʔokitʉ̠ / marʉʔokitʉ / manuarʉ

rake together

manu̠kikʉrʉ̠ / manʉ̠kikʉrʉ̠ / manurakʉ / tanu̠kikʉtʉ

cause something to run away

manutsaʔarʉ / homonuhtsaitʉ

break up, crumble with hands

manutsiarʉ̠ / ma mutsiarʉ

form into a point

manʉ̠kʉtʉ̠ / mamanʉ̠kitʉ̠ / manʉ̠kitʉ̠

packed tightly, pressed down, keep pushing to pack in more

manʉ̠narʉ̠

raise a child

manʉsukai

make someone feel a certain way

manʉ̠sutainʉ̠

defeat, force to lie down wielding a weapon

manʉ̠suʔnarʉ

tame something wild, including a child

manʉsuʔyu

tame something wild

manʉʉtsikwa / wʉʔtsikwarʉ / nakʉ̠nʉʉʔmaitʉ̠

tired of something

mapaana̠ / mapaana

palm of hand

mapi̠tserʉ̠ / makʉ̠tserʉ / makʉ̠tsetʉ / makiitsetʉ / mapi̠tserʉ

mash

mapʉ̠hʉ

hair on cougar arm

mapʉ̠hʉ̠ / mapʉhʉ̠

hair on lower arm or hand

mapʉ̠tsarʉ̠ / mabʉptsanʉ̠

burst open, break open with hand

marapuni̠hkatʉ̠ / marahpuni̠hkatʉ̠

tried on, tested

marátʉ̠baitu / takwʉ̠kitʉ̠

throw it

marátʉ̠baitʉ / maráhtataʔi / marataʔbaʔitʉ̠ / marʉ̠barʉ / marapanʉ / matʉ̠banʉ̠

crack with hand

marebunitʉ̠

cure by touching

marii / pʉhʉ / uhrʉ / ohrʉ

their (du.)

marohtʉmarʉ

close up with hand

maropona

roll something up

maropoʔnarʉ̠ / maropoʔniʔitʉ

roll around, coil by hand

maropoʔniʔipʉ̠ / tohtoponitʉ̠

something round formed by hand

marukarʉ / maruka

clench by hand, snuff out with fingers

maruruʔarʉ̠ / mahiyaitʉ / makwʉbʉtsʉrʉ

reach for, stretch out arm

marʉa / pawahkapʉ̠

herd

Marʉhke

Eating Tribe, Shoshoni band, Snake people

marʉ̠hnikatʉ

respect someone

marʉkitʉ̠

touch to heal with hand

marʉ̠kiʔnetʉ / marʉʔbanʉ̠

flatten; cause to be flat

marʉkwʉ̠

they (du.)

marʉmabunipʉ̠

tested, tried

marʉmanʉ̠

close, cover

marʉmʉrʉ

buy something

marʉpuni

shake someone awake

marʉrooniita / marʉrooniitʉ

put away

marʉroonitʉ / marʉrooniitʉ / tohtʉrooniitʉ̠

brace by hand; braced, supported

marʉʉ

them; their

marʉʉ

they (du.)

marʉweka

welcome (as into your home)

masaraa!

hands up!

masiito / mahsiito / matsitoo

finger nail

masikwaitʉ / masiʔwaʔinʉ̠

torn by hand

masitotsai / masiʔtoʔtsai

pinch, take hold of with fingernail

masíʔwarʉ̠ / tsasiwarʉ̠

tear by hand

masuabetaitʉ / masuabetaitʉ̠ / suabetai

learn by experience; bring someone back from fainting

masukaa

feel with the hand

Masúne

Frank Mahia (name), of Walters (made snow cones by shaving ice)

masutsaa

give gifts to someone to honor them

masutsarʉ̠

offer help or give something

masuyakerʉ̠

tempted, temptation

masuyuʔikarʉ̠

break a horse, tame an animal

masuʔnaitʉ̠ / masʉroonitʉ

rub something the wrong way

masuʔnerʉ̠

rub by applying pressure with the hands

masʉa

raise a garden; raise a crop

masʉapʉ̠

home-grown garden product

masʉarʉ

help to grow

masʉsʉʔnitʉ̠

numb the hand

masʉwʉki / masʉwʉʉki / masʉwʉhki

fingers (all)

mataboʔikʉtʉ̠

transplant

matookóo

thumb

matopʉ̠tsaitʉ / matopʉ̠tsai

make something burst

matsaaihkakurʉ / matsaʔaikʉ / matsaakʉ̠katʉ

lead along

matsáapikaarʉ̠ / matsaaka

pull to make a noise (as a rope on a bell)

matsáhtsurʉ / makitsui

squeeze hand

matsai / maatsai

grasp with hand; get a hold of

matsáyʉtsʉrʉ̠

help, by hand, from a lying to sitting position

matsaʔwʉnʉkʉrʉ̠

help, by hand, from a sitting to a standing position

matsíhtuyeetʉ̠

comb someone's hair

matsiyunoa / maʔometʉ̠ / ma maʔomerʉ

stir up fire

matsiʔokwʉ̠katʉ̠

hand gathered as in sewing

matsiʔyotsoninʉ̠

sewing pieces together

matsokatʉ̠ / matsoki̠katʉ̠

held in hand

matsoope / toponi̠ kobe / matʉ̠sohpe

bobcat, wildcat

matsuma

fabric, cloth

matsumarʉ / matsuma

clean, wipe

matsune

wipe up something by hand

matsʉ̠bakikatʉ̠

glued, pasted, sealed

matsʉki̠katʉ̠

tight on the hand

matsʉ̠ʔbaki

stick to, adhere to

matua / ma tua

little finger

matu̠wetʉ̠ / matu̠wetʉ

limp in the front leg of an animal

matʉ̠hwarʉ̠ / mahʉ̠rahkatʉ̠

open with one's hand

mawa-

prefix refers to feeling around with hand

mawai

feel around with the hand

mawakatu

toward someone or something

mawʉmerʉ̠ / mawʉmetʉ̠ / nimarʉ̠niitʉ̠

hurt feelings

mayake

piano

mayaketʉ̠

play instrument with hands

mayʉ yʉtu / mayʉʔyʉrʉ̠

twitch of the hand / jerking hand

maʔai / maʔi / maʔaitʉ

with, along

maʔaikʉrʉ̠

push

maʔaitʉ̠

at or to someone or something

maʔbohtoi

snap fingers together

maʔitsaʔbʉkatʉ̠

person that "witched" another by paralyzing hand

maʔkweʔyarʉ / maʔkweʔyariʔi

lose something from hand or wrist, or to tire out

maʔnʉ sarii

dachshund dog (short-legged dog)

maʔohtaʔaitʉ

place soil, by hand, around base of something

maʔokwetʉ̠

milk, cause to flow

maʔotsoma

dry hands with a towel

maʔsaʔra

open the hand

maʔsimanʉ̠

skin back

maʔsʉʔsunii

have a cramp in hand

maʔsʉʔtsoni

hand cramp

maʔurarʉ̠

find something with the hand

maʔwiitsa

wrist

maʔwitsohko̠

bracelet, wristband

maʔwʉminarʉ̠ / maʔwʉmi̠nanʉ

reach out and touch

maʔyʉneetʉ̠ / mananaaʔwaihkatʉ

entertain, make smile or laugh

me / meh

listen

meeku

sure, now

mia!

go!

miakʉrʉ̠

chase, run after

miarʉ / miarʉ̠

go, walk

miibetʉ

in a few minutes

miibeʔtu̠ / miihbeʔtu̠ / miibeʔtu

farther along, in a little while, temporarily

miihtsi / mihtsi̠

ankle

miitsi / miitu̠tsi / miihtsi

soon, near, shortly, in a while

mitʉ̠koʔo

roof of mouth

moha- / moha

sour, bitter, acidic

mohakama

taste sour, bitter, acidic

mohatsi̠

bright

mohatsi̠

very; a lot of

mohatsʉ̠kuʔekapi̠tʉ̠

bright red (color)

monahpʉ

son-in-law

monanʉʉ

sons-in-law (plural)

Monsi

Monoessy (name) (means son-in-law)

Monsi

Son-In-Law (name - Monoessy)

mooka

branch of a tree

mookʉ̠sʉaitʉ̠

branch out

moonʉ̠ʔʉakatʉ

cancerous, chronic

mootah

giant moth

mootekwaʔpʉ̠ / moʔotekwapʉ̠

sign language

mootsi̠ibetʉ̠

shave someone

Moowi

Comanche Chief who fought with Geronimo in war

mooʔsonipʉ̠

make a bird nest

Mopai

Owl (name)

mosoope

fluid extracted durring traditional treating of bad headaches, and sore joints.

Mota / Tatseni

Lee Motah, former Comanche Tribal Chairman

motso / motso̠

whiskers, beard

motso noʔipʉ̠ / namotsonoʔi

tweezers

motso sarii

poodle dog

motso taiboo

bearded white man

motsosibenʉ̠

razor

moyaipʉ / moyaitʉ / moyaʔitʉ̠

reject, no longer wanted, slander, speak against another, dislike

moʔo

hand

moʔo narʉ̠so

glove, mitten

moʔo tekwarʉ̠

use hand gestures instead of speech

moʔo tsaaitʉ / moʔotsaʔinʉ̠ / moʔotsai

hold hands, shake hands

moʔo tsiʔnika

finger ring

moʔo tʉboo / moʔotʉboo / puhiwitʉbo

typewriter

moʔo wʉhtamarʉ̠ / moʔo wʉhtama

hobble an animal, handcuff a person

moʔobeka sʉʉmarʉ / mohobeka̠ sʉʉmarʉ

fifty

moʔobeti̠

five(obj.)

moʔobetʉ

five

moʔonʉmʉ naakina̠ / moʔorʉmanaakina̠

measure with hands

moʔorʉtsahkʉna

thimble

moʔotsai

shake hands

moʔotsiʔnika

ring

moʔowʉtamanʉ̠

have hands tied up

Moʔoʔwatʉ̠

No-hand (name)

mubi pooro / mubipoʔro / pooro / poʔro

pig

mubi pooro sapʉ̠ka tʉʉkapʉ̠ / hokhʉ̠

bacon

mubi poro tʉhkapʉ̠ / mubi poʔroo tʉhkapʉ̠

pork

mubi poʔroo tʉhtʉma

hog fence

mubi poʔroʔa poʔaa

pork rind

mubi tsooʔnitʉ

suck on something, such as candy

mubi ʉnʉʉ

gopher

mubi̠si

blow one's nose

mubitai / muʔbitai / muʔbitai huuhpi

walnut tree

mubitaʔi

nostril

mubohtohkipʉ̠

balloon, bubble

mubohtohkirʉ̠ / mubohtohkitʉ̠ / pohtokʉrʉ

inflate

muboraʔitʉ

bud

mubʉ̠siipʉ̠ / musiipʉ̠ / musipu

mucous, drainage

mubʉ̠tsaakatʉ̠

bloom

mubʔsinʉ̠

blow the nose

muhasuarʉ̠ / muhakatsuʔaitʉ / muhabuni

frown

muhbi / muubi / mubi / mu-

nose

muhibitʉ

cleanse nose, breathe deeply through nose

muhka / mooka

hook something

muhnemiʔarʉ̠

lead others

muhnetʉ̠ / muunerʉ̠

lead, ahead

muhpe

hoe (tool)

muhpoo kahni wanapʉ̠ / muhpoo wanapʉ̠

mosquito net

muhrai / muhraaʔipʉ̠

kiss; kiss someone

muhwitʉ

blow a kiss

muhyʉ

door

muiʔtaa / kʉbitʉ̠

short nose, small nose

mukuhparʉ̠

gore someone

mukwihte

suck on something once

Mukwii

Morgan Tosee (name)

mukwite / mubitsoʔni

lollipop, candy sucker

Mukwoorʉ

Spirit Talker (name)

mukwʉrʉ / mukwʉti̠kurʉ̠

gore, butt with horns

mumutsi

yucca

mumutsi pokopʉ / mumutsitʉʉkapʉ̠ / wokwekatʉ amawoo

pineapple

mumutsia

soapweed / yucca (used for shampoo)

munakʉai

poke out nose (as when a blanket is wrapped all over but nose is sticking out)

munakwʉ̠ / namunakwʉ

in front of

mune

lead us

munekatʉ / muneʔkatʉ̠

has the lead; proceed ahead; ahead of

munenʉʉkitʉ̠

head dancer

Munenʉʉkitʉ̠

Head Dancer (name - Monenerkit)

Munenʉʉkitʉ̠

Monenerkit (name) (means head dancer) (Father who raised Margaret Poahway)

Munetatsai

Monatathchi (name)

munikatʉ

unable; having trouble with

muparai habinitʉ / muhpaʔaraitʉ

laying face down, lying in prone position

mupaʔarai / muu paʔarai

on one's face

mupi̠habi / mupi̠habiitʉ

bend over

mupitsi̠

mythological giant

mupitsʉ̠ha pisahpi̠ / mupitsa pisahpi̠

mushroom, puffball, devil's snuffbox

Mura Hunuʔbi / Kwita Kuʔeʔa Hunu

Mule Creek (Pease River)

Mura Hunuʔbi / Kwita Kuʔeʔa Hunu

Pease River, literally mule creek

Mura Kwitapʉ̠

Mule Dung (former Comanche Chief)

muratʉʔkapʉ̠

crab apple, horse apple

murawe / muruahwʉnʉtʉ

point with the lips or nose

muroinʉ̠

blow nose, blow out of the nose

muroraʔipʉ̠ / murʉ̠hrapʉ̠

bud of a plant or tree

murukarʉ̠

extinguish

muruʔoʔinʉ / muroʔinʉ̠

overflow; blow out water or vomit

mu̠sasuakatʉ̠

worried, cause to worry

musasuarʉ / mussuarʉ̠

concerned

musitaa

wrinkle your nose

musiwanʉ̠

steal (verb); take something

musoopitʉ̠

traditional medicinal practice of sucking on body to draw out pain

mutsi-

prefix meaning to point ; to be pointed

mutsii

dives

mutsikwáʔaa / mutsikwa

mosquito

mutsimuhpe

pick (tool)

mutsipʉ̠ / muutsi / mutsipʉ̠tʉ̠

pointed, sharp

mutsiwahtʉ̠ / mutsikwahtʉ̠ / kʉmawatʉ̠

dull

mutsonooʔitʉ

pull someone's beard

mutʉmikatʉ̠

have a stopped up nose

mutʉmi̠katʉ̠

has a stopped up nose

Muu Tʉʉmi

Albert Nahquaddy's maternal grandfather (means "stopped up nose")

Muu Tʉʉmi

Stopped Up Nose (name of Albert Nahquaddy's maternal grandfather)

muu yakenitʉ

moo (as a cow)

muunanahwenurʉ̠ / muunahwerʉ̠

hoot

muura / muʔra

mule

muutsika̠hni / mutsikʉ̠ni / nʉmʉ ka̠hni

teepee

muuyaketʉ̠

make music, play a wind instrument

muwainitʉ / muwainitʉ / ahweniitʉ

root around (like a hog)

muwoʔne / wobi muwoʔne

termites

muyake

music, musical instrument, phonograph, organ

muyakeʔetʉ

orchestra, band, musician

muyenakwʉ̠

in the east

muʔibuikʉrʉ̠

fill

Muʔpitsʉ̠ tsukupʉʉ

Old-owl, former Comanche Chief

muʔsooʔtoinʉ̠ / muʔsoorookinʉ̠

snort

muʔtsiinʉ̠

dive (to go head first into something)

muʔwaruʔipu̠

mule (referring to stubborness)

muʔyanesuarʉ

grin, smile, laugh, laugh with a grin

mʉa

month, moon

mʉahtabe / mʉakatʉ / toʔiʔkatʉ̠

moonlight, (have moonlight); moon is coming up

mʉarʉboʔpʉ̠ / mʉarʉboopʉ̠

calendar, almanac

mʉaʔai / tʉ muʔkwi / ohamukwíi

wren

mʉhi

you (du.obj.)

mʉhʉ

your (du.)

mʉi

you (pl. obj.)

mʉkwʉ̠

you (du. subj.)

mʉmi / mʉmʉ

you (pl. obj.)

mʉmʉ

your (pl.)

mʉmʉʔebi̠

powder of white clay used to whiten buckskin.

mʉnʉ

you (pl.)

mʉʉ

your (pl.)

mʉʉ mʉmʉkʉ̠nʉʉ mʉʉki

custom of giving away surplus food

mʉʉrʉ

do with, treat, control

mʉʉwarʉʔitʉ̠ / naʔwaraiʔtʉ̠

perplexed

n

na tsaa / nah tsaa

just good; fine

naabai sʉʉmarʉ

sixty

naabaitʉ

six

naahábitʉ̠ / naahkwabi̠ka

continue lying down

naahkatʉ̠

hire, continue doing something

naakatʉ

live, reside

naanaarʉ̠ / nahnaarʉ̠ / nanaa

grow in height and health

naanapʉ̠

old, grown

naasohko̠

white flour sack

naasʉʉpee / naasʉʉpeetʉ

ball, play ball

naasʉʉpee sʉʉkwʉti

kickball game

naatsakʉna

bag with a drawstring

naatsanika / natsaʔnika / natsaʔnikarʉ

wear

naatsokwe kootsapʉ̠ / tsomo wʉʉnokoa

mesquite mush

nabaai tohwaaitʉ̠

oil well

nabaka̠ / nabaaka̠

bullet, lead

nabanaʔaitʉ / nabanaʔaitʉ̠ / tsa suatʉ̠

conceited / show-off (referring to a person)

nabanaʔaitʉ / tsaasuatʉ̠

proud

nabarai

tributary, creek, fork of a stream

nabawʉhtiarʉ̠

immerse oneself in water

Nabawʉʉtiapʉ̠ / Nabakwʉhtiapʉ̠ / Nabakwʉhti-apʉnʉʉ / nabawʉhtia / nabawʉhtiapʉ̠

Christian; baptized

nabaʔaikʉ̠

stack things on top of one another

nabehkakʉrʉ̠ / nakwʉ̠sʉkʉrʉ̠

cause to be killed

nabekʉ̠katʉ̠ / nabekakʉtʉ

suicide

nabetutʉbunitʉ̠

person with crossed eyes

nabihtawʉna

beginning, start

nabikapʉ̠

leather back strap of harness

nabinai tʉboopʉ̠

deed or title to land

nabinaihkatʉ

chosen

nabinaitʉ / naʉinaiʔetʉ̠

save, store

nabinakwʉ̠ / nanʉ̠binakwʉ̠

one behind the other

nabinarʉ̠

choose, pick

nabi̠sarʉ

apply make-up, paint oneself

nabi̠siʔaipʉ̠

dream (noun)

nabi̠siʔaitʉ

dream (verb)

nabitʉ̠ / nabetu

face each other

nabitʉ̠bunitʉ̠

look behind oneself

nabitʉkʉ̠ tekniwapi̠

war chief, war hero

nabitʉkʉtʉ̠ / nabitʉkʉrʉ̠

war (verb); go to battle

nabiwinanʉ̠ / nabiwianʉ̠

butt wore out

nabiyanʉ̠

accidentally soil oneself

nabiʔaaikʉnakarʉ / nabiʔaikʉʔ / nabiʔaikʉnabiʔaaikʉnakarʉ / nabiʔaikʉʔ / nabiʔaikʉ

rocking chair, rocking

nabiʔatsi̠katʉ

taboo

nabo

marking, write

nabóo / nabóorʉ

painted, spotted, striped, marked

nabóo mura

zebra

naboo toyaruhku / naboohmatʉ̠sohpe / naboohroya tuhku

leopard, tiger

Naboohnʉʉ

Navajo people

Naboohroya

Navajo Mountain

nabookatʉ̠

painted (a certain color)

naboopʉ̠

picture

naboopʉ̠ha narʉ̠so / naboopʉ̠ha naroʔnika / naboopʉ̠ha pʉkʉ̠ratoʔnikaʔi

picture frame

naboʔaa / kahni nasiyuuki / kahnisiʔyuna

shingle, siding, covering

naboʔpʉ̠

writing, print

nabuihwʉnʉtʉ̠ / nabuiʔwʉnetʉ̠

examine oneself, check over ones' appearance

nabukuwáa / potsu̠kaa

car

nabukuwaatʉ

horseless

nabukuwatʉtsawoo

tractor

nabuni / nabuuni

mirror

nabunikitʉ

look towards one another

nabunitʉ

look at oneself, mirror

naburu̠anu

clouds separated by wind

nabu̠siʔaketʉ̠

delouse, check for head lice

nabutʉ punitʉ

cross-eyed

nabʉahraitʉ̠

abandon, divorce, "split the blanket"

nabʉesʉ

early, anytime, now

nabʉkapʉ / nabʉkʉ sokoobi / koipʉha pʉkʉ / koipʉ̠ha pʉkʉ̠ kwabikanʉ̠ / nʉpʉkʉ sokoobi / pʉka sokobi / pʉka sokobi̠ / koipʉ̠ha

cemetery, graveyard

nabʉkapʉ̠ / nʉpʉkapʉ̠

grave, burial

nabʉ̠saitʉ

put on (makeup or paint)

nabʉ̠soanʉ̠

punctured foot or tire

nabʉ̠suwai / naʔsuʔai

bashful, be ashamed

nah

just

nah tsaa

good, fine (response to "How are you?")

nah-

reciprocal prefix meaning with each other, together

naha / naharʉ

happen, become

nahamu / nahamuhku̠ / nahamuhku

pin, safety pin, diaper pin

nahaniitʉ / nayʉkwiitʉ

continue, go along

nahapʉ̠

event, happening

nahawaruʔikatʉ̠

needy, don't have it

nahawarʉinʉ̠

there's no hope; to have nothing

nahawarʉʔip kahni̠

poor house

nahayane / kenai

terrible, worse

nahayaʔni

worse than before

nahbaʔa

on top of each other

nahbuku

across each other

nahhoo / nahuu

drawing knife

nahimii

give several objects

nahimiitʉ / naʔuhturʉ / hinanahimiitʉ / hinanahimitʉ

exchange gifts, give away

nahimiitʉʉ

giveaway

Nahiru / Nahirúu

Niedo (personal name of a woman)

nahkʉepʉ̠

stingy with food (referring to someone)

nahkʉsuaberʉ / nakʉ̠suabetainʉ / naki̠suabetai / naki̠supanaitʉ

understand

nahnamiʔarʉ / nanʉ̠napʉrʉʉ / nanapʉ̠

eldest child, grown child; adult

nahnaʔati

not matching, different from each other

nahnaʔati tahtoonʉ̠

wearing non-matching shoes

nahnia / naʔnia

buckskin horse; palomino horse

nahnia / naʔniha

name

nahnia makarʉ / nihakʉrʉ / makaarʉ

name someone; give name to

nahniakatʉ̠

named or to be called; has name

nahniarʉ

named

nahorapʉ̠

hole dug by man

nahotsaʔma

horse blanket, saddle blanket

nahoʔbʉnitʉ

hurting, groaning

nahoʔyopi̠kurʉ

mark wrong

nahpanaʔaitʉ̠ / nabanaʔaitʉ̠

brag, praise; show off

nahtsaitʉ

crumbled

nahtsiituyenʉ̠ / natsihtuʔyeetʉ

comb one's hair; comb hair

nahuahtsitʉ / nahutsitʉ̠ / nasuawʉki / nasuawʉhkitʉ

sigh, breathe deeply

nahubinitʉ / nahúbiniitʉ

groan, cry out

nahuhyaitʉ̠ / nahohiyaitʉ / namarʉ̠nitʉ

hurt oneself

nahutsama / kwahitʉki

saddle blanket

nahuu

knife

nahuupi

wooden shaft of a lance or arrow

nahyemiʔarʉ

go live with in-laws

nahyu̠

oil

nahyu / yuhhu

lard, fat on meat

naianʉ

group of little girls (pl.)

naikwʉ / naikwʉ̠

mistress, second wife, or sister-in-law

naisa tenahpʉ

flirtatious man, "teepee creeper"

naisapʉ̠

flirtatious

naiya

often, frequent

naiyʉ̠we / nayʉ̠wetʉ

play handgames

naiʔbi

young girl, pretty

naiʔsa hanitʉ̠ / naʔisahanitʉ

commit adultry

naiʔsa suatʉ̠

want to flirt, flirt with someone

naka / naaka

continue to be

naka / naaka / nakaarʉ / naka̠ / naki̠katʉ / tʉnakarʉ

hear, listen

nakaaʔaitʉ̠ / nakaʔaitʉ̠

false, hypocritical

nakamabitsiahkatʉ̠

attentive, paying attention

nakamʉmi / nahkʉmuni

full, as in eating; don't want anymore

nakanaʔyai / kenanawatsitʉ

misunderstand

nakapuhiwihima

loan

nakaranʉ̠

way to announce a break; wait a while

nakarʉ

chair

nakarʉpaʔakarʉ

sit down

nakarʉtʉtsawo / tʉtsawoo / tʉtsaʔwoo / tʉtsakwoo

plow

naken

sex

naki̠

ear

naki̠ hiikatʉ̠

heed, listen

naki̠ kwiita̠

back part of ear lobe

naki̠ oonakotsenʉ̠

irrigate the ear; wash inside ear

naki̠ tai

lizard (a specific species)

naki̠ tsaʔnika

earring

naki̠ wʉnʉ̠katʉ̠ / naki̠nʉʉtsikwarʉ

have an ear ache

nakia / nokia

maybe, perhaps

nakiikatʉ / tʉnakʉ̠katʉ̠

listening

naki̠karʉ / naki̠katʉ̠ / naki̠i̠karʉ / nakʉ̠hitʉ / tʉnakiitʉ

listen; hear

naki̠oonʉ̠ / naki oona

ear wax

naki̠sari

hound

naki̠toyabarʉ̠

alert, referring to animals

naki̠tsukitʉ

stopped up ear

nakkuminoorʉ / nakʉ̠kuminoorʉ / anikwitamiʔarʉ

somersault

nakobe maʔotsoma / nakobe matsuma / kobe matsuma

face towel

nakohpoo

brand (cattle)

nakohpoorʉ̠

tatoo, printed, branding iron

nakooʔipʉ̠

pieces

nakótoo / nakohto

stove

nakunaku

side-by-side

nakupta / kupi̠ta

lamp

nakutsi̠

gunpowder

nakutʉ̠kʉna

heated rock used as heating pad

nakuyaarʉ̠

fire, grass fire, prairie fire

nakuʔe

stack

nakʉahkatʉ

protruding

nakʉakitʉ

appear, come in sight, become visible

nakʉhkuparʉ

eat or drink oneself to death

nakʉ̠hoowaaitʉ̠

eavesdropper

nakʉ̠katʉ̠

attentive, listening

nakʉkwiyarʉ

have a taste for, crave a cigarette

nakʉ̠ni waikinʉ

covered wagon

nakʉ̠nʉʉmaitʉ̠ / narahtokwetʉ / manʉʉʔmai / namaʔnʉmai

discouraged, tired of something

nakʉtabaʔi / nahkʉtabaʔi / naʔkʉhtabaʔi

pecan, nut

nakʉtsayaketʉ

yapping, howling coyote

nakwiita̠ / awonakwiitʉ̠

saucer

nakwitanoorʉ

piggy back ride

nakwitanʉ̠ / nabiyanʉ̠

defecate on oneself

nakwitohi

toilet paper

nakwitoʔi / nakwitoʔhi / nakwitosi

toilet paper; clean oneself after using the bathroom

nakwʉ / -nakwʉ̠

toward

nakwʉ̠si / naʔkwi̠si

pumpkin

nakwʉ̠sipʉ̠

dried pumpkin

nama nuranʉ̠

run away

namabakune

dip under the water; dive

Namabakuʔnepʉ̠

Baptist

namabeʔahkapʉ̠

part in the hair

namabimarʉ / watsitʉkinʉ

put away, hide

namabitsiapʉ̠

care for oneself

namabitsooni / namabiitsoni / wohi / woʔhi / wohiʔhuu / wohihu̠

mesquite (food)

namabitsóʔaitʉ̠

mesquite (made into a soup from the pods)

namabunitʉ

practice

namahkaʔmukitʉ / namakaʔmukitʉ

complete, prepared, get prepared

namahkiapʉ̠

cut on hand

namahku / namahkui

personal belongings

namahtowʉnarʉ / namahtowʉniʔitʉ

lean an object

namakamukinʉ̠

getting ready

Namakitoa

Nahquaddy (peeling something) (name)

namakitoarʉ

peel something, rub with hands

namakotse / namoʔo kotse̠tʉ

wash hands

namakupʉ̠katʉ̠ / namakupakʉrʉ

overworked, worked to death, work someone to death

namakʉmaʔaipʉ̠

sharpened object

namakʉ̠nʉmapʉ̠ / namakwitabuinʉ̠

tired, sore

namakwatubiitʉ / tahkwatúubitʉ / tʉmakwatʉbiʔetarʉ

fold over, wrap, roll over

namakweyaipʉ̠ / kweyai

exhausted

Namakweyuʔi

Vernon Cable's grandfather; Josie Cable's father (name)

namakwʉrʉitʉ

shower or bathe; scrub oneself

namaminaitʉ / nanaminoʔinʉ

sprain or break hand or lower arm

namamohkarʉ / nanomohkarʉ

hitched animals

namamʉ̠surʉ

prohibit

namanahkitʉ

measure oneself

namanakwʉ̠

separated by a long distance

namanuhkitʉ / namanuraarʉ

run away afraid

namapee

basketball or volleyball

namaroʔitʉ / namaroʔihkatʉ̠

escape

namarʉkapʉ̠

finished item

namarʉ̠nihtʉ

hurt or wounded

namatunehtsʉrʉ / namatunetsʉ̠

run to something because of fear

namaʉbʉi

sickly person

namawʉko̠nʉ̠

masturbation (past tense)

namaya / namahya / tʉmaya

baking powder

namaʔai / nahmaʔai / nahmaʔaitʉkwʉ̠

together; with each other

namaʔotsoma / namoʔo matsuma / namaotsoma

napkin, hand towel

namaʔyʉkwitʉ / maʔyʉkwiitʉ

primp

nametʉ̠

two people, two of them

namewatsʉkwi̠ sʉʉmarʉ̠

eighty

namewatsʉkwi̠tʉ̠

eight

nami

younger sister; little sister

namiʔakʉnʉ̠

chased, being chased

namotʉ̠sibe / namusimatsuma

handkerchief (nose wiper)

namotʉ̠sibetʉ / namutʉ̠sibe

shave oneself

namsi / namsohitʉ

fast

namsi puhiwi tekwapʉ̠

telegraph

namuhkarʉ

fasten on harness

namuhyʉ̠ / muhyʉ̠ / natsahtʉma

doorway

namutsonoʔitʉ

pull one's own beard

namʉ̠newapi̠

leader, man of importance

namʉ̠si

hurriedly, quickly

namʉ̠sohi / namʉ̠soi / ʉkitsi namsohi

immediately

namʉ̠sohitʉ / namsohitʉ / yoyakatʉ̠ / yoyapitsʉ̠

hurry

namʉ̠sua

change clothes or get dressed

namʉ̠suapʉ̠

clothing

namʉ̠suʔaitʉ / manʉ̠suʔaitʉ

shame someone

namʉ̠suʔnetʉ

rub hands together

nana-

prefix meaning through or throughout

nanáarʉmuʔi̠ tʉboopʉ̠ / naramui tuboopʉ

story book

nanaarʉʉmoa / nanʉsuwʉkai / tʉmoa / tʉʉmoa

surprised, marvelous, wonderful

nanabuni

window

nanabuni saawʉ / nanabuni saawʉtʉ̠

window screen

nanabuni tsahpara

window shade or blind

nanabuni wanapʉ̠ / nanabuni wanatsahpara

window curtain

nanahbisoʔaitʉ̠ / nanabisoʔaitʉ / kebitsoʔaitʉ

slow moving

nanahtakaʔnʉkwʉ̠

pair in poker (two brothers)

nanahtenanʉʉ

husbands, men

nanakati / nanakatʉ

sound, to have sound

nanakatsoʔarʉ / nanakatsoʔaitʉ̠

splice

nanaki̠tonapʉ̠ / nʉnaki̠tonapʉ / naki̠toonʉ̠katʉ̠ / naki̠ toone

pierced ear

nanakukʉtʉ

judge

nanakuyaʔarʉ / nakuyaʔarʉ

fearful, strange

nanakʉ̠nʉ / nanakui

lose or get beaten (as in gambling)

nanakwʉ̠hʉ / nanakwʉ̠nʉkwʉ̠

married couple

nanakwʉʉhtʉ

marry

nanakwʉʉrʉ / nanakwʉʉtukʉtʉ

perform a marriage

nanamokʉnʉ̠ / nanamoktsi̠

load onto a horse

nanamukarʉ

harness (verb)

nanamʉ̠su / nanamʉ̠su / yaʔipʉʉ / yaʔhipʉʉ

in-law

nanamʉʔaitʉ / nanamʉanoorʉ

stall, delay

nananʉʉmaitʉ / nananʉʉʔmaitʉ / narahkupaitʉ / naninʉʉmaitʉ̠

tired, exhausted, tire one's self out

nanapʉ̠

elderly; grown up (either human or animal)

nanarʉmuinʉ̠

tell each other stories (pl.)

nanawaʔihpʉʔanii / nanawaʔihpʉʔanʉʉ / nanawaʔihpʉʔanʉ / naʔkwaʔihpʉʔa

women

nanaʔatahputahawanapʉ̠

changeable cloth

nanaʔatanaiki̠ / nanaʔatahpʉtu / nanatahputʉ̠

from different directions

nanaʔatapu / nanaʔataputʉ̠ / nani̠susumatʉ̠

different, various

nanaʔisa nayʉkwi tʉkwʉ̠

flirt with each other

nani makwitsʔetʉ / nana kwitsʔetʉ

disagree, scold

nani tuinʉ̠

quarrel; call each other bad names

nanihkanuitʉ / nanikahniinʉ̠ / nanikarʉnʉ̠

clear throat

nanihkuparʉ

laugh or cry hard

naníhpanaʔaitʉ

brag or boast about oneself

nanihpuʔeʔaikʉpʉ̠ / puʔeʔaikʉpʉ̠

agreement

nanihtʉbinitʉ

ask permission

nanikawʉ̠itʉ / nanikawi̠katʉ̠

group of people talking

nanikaʔwitʉ

meet

nanimaaʔʉbʉʔikʉtʉ

asked; don't want to bother each other

nanímʉakatʉ̠

criticize, blame, find fault

naninasuʔaitʉ̠

taboo against mentioning the name of a dead person

nanináʔookitʉ

happy, rejoice verbally

nanipuʔeʔaitʉ / naniʔatsiitʉ̠

make plans, make agreement

nanípʉ̠ka

game played by boys called "guess-over-the-hill"

nani̠suabetaʔaitʉ / natsahpunitʉ

introduce oneself; know yourself

nani̠susumatʉ̠ / nanaʔataputʉ̠

different kinds

nani̠sutai / nani̠sutaitʉ / sutai

pray; bless

nani̠sutaikʉtʉ

intercede, pray for someone

nani̠sutaipʉ

prayer (past tense)

Nani̠suwʉkai

Arthur Clark's name, means wonderful

nani̠suwʉkai

wonderful

Nani̠suwʉkai

Wonderful (name of Arthur Clark)

nani̠suwʉ̠kaitʉ / nani̠suwʉkaitʉ

spirit, miracle

nani̠suyake / nanʉ̠suyakenaibi

pretty young girl

nani̠suyaketʉ̠ / nanani̠suyake

beautiful, wonderous

naniwiketʉ̠

fuss, agrue, quarrel

naniyoʔnaitʉ

riot, commotion

naniʔemʉahpʉʔaitʉ

blaspheme, say something one doesn't mean

naniʔokinʉ̠

meeting, council

naniʔokitʉ

meet, discuss

naniʔókʉ̠katʉ̠

situated, lying somewhere; sounds like crowd gathering corn

naniʔookitʉ̠

try in court

naniʔookʉ̠ taiboo

lawyer, meeting, trial white man

naniʔoʔki

court of law

naniʔtokwe

laugh or cry hard (pl)

naniʔʉrʉʔaitʉ / tʉsuʔʉrʉ / tʉniʔatsitʉ

advise, counsel; advisor, counselor

naniʔwiketʉ / nanitsu̠wakatʉ̠ / nanitsoakatʉ̠

quarrel, argue

naniʔyʉsʉkaitʉ̠

commotion

nanonakʉ̠ / nanoʔoʔnakwʉ

either side

nanoókatʉ̠

carried on back

nanoomanitʉ

harness an animal

nanoʔonai

from all directions

nanʉkarʉrʉ

full house in poker (five hand)

nanʉkwaitʉ̠ / nanʉ̠waitʉ

look alike; they are all alike

nanʉmʉnʉʉ

your family members

nanʉ̠soʔotʉ̠ / nanʉ̠soʔiitʉ̠ / nanansootʉ

busy

nanʉ̠suwʉkai nahapʉ̠

miracle; wonderful happening

nanʉ̠suʔuyaatʉ̠

cute

nanʉwokʉ / nanʉ̠woki̠ / nanowoketʉ̠ / nanʉwokitʉ

payment for damages

napanaʔaitʉ / nabana

show off; one who shows off

naparʉkitʉ

soak oneself in water

nape / naape / naape / naape̠

foot

nape wʉkoobanʉ̠

break at joint of foot

napetʉmanahke

foot (measuring unit)

napisoʔaitʉ̠ / nanabisoʔai

slow

napi̠soʔakatʉ̠

punctured by object in buttocks area

napitsimu

lamp globe

napuhiwi

price

napʉ̠

shoe, shoes

napʉ̠ eeko / napʉ̠naʔeeko

tongue of a shoe

napʉ̠ narawʉna / napʉ̠ tʉrawʉna

shoe nail

napʉ̠ saarʉ / napoosaa

laced, strung

napʉ̠ soona̠ / wobitasoona

floor

napʉ̠ tahpaana̠ / narahpaana̠ / narahpaana̠ / napʉ̠rahpaana̠

shoe sole

napʉ̠ takwʉ̠sa / napʉ̠bosa

shoelace, shoestring, shoe hook

napʉ̠ tʉʔeka

shoe polish

napʉ̠ uʔtui / napʉ̠ makarʉ / nautunʉ̠ / naʔutunʉ̠

give away moccasins

napʉ̠bosarʉ

fasten with shoelace

napʉ̠hu miʔarʉ

trail, follow

napʉ̠koʔi

sash

napʉ̠tsaʔika / nape̠tsaʔika

shoe-horn

napʉ̠tʉrʉwianʉ̠

worn out shoes

nara yʉʉka

quick sand

nara-

prefix refering to foot or lower leg

naraakitʉ / nuraakitʉ

come running

naraakupanʉ̠ / naraakuparʉ̠

give up (past tense)

naraapunikwatui nʉ

going to visit

narabeeʔaitʉ / narabee

take an oath

narabuniʔetʉ / narabuniwapi̠

racer (one who races)

narahka̠ʔwitʉ

congregate, gather

narahkiʔapʉ̠

wound on foot, a cut on foot

narahkooni wapi̠ / kabʉrʉʔa tahkoni wapi̠

shepherd

narahkupaitʉ

exhaust oneself

narahpana

tire of a wheel

narahpomiʔitʉ̠

divided into groups

narahpunipʉ̠ / nanapunipʉ̠ / narapunipʉ̠ / napʉ̠

footprint; attempt, footwear tried on

narahtsʉki̠katʉ̠ / narahtsʉki̠katʉ / yoʔtsonʉ̠katʉ

crowded together

narahtʉkii / nataʔtʉkii / naraʔtʉki

stirrup

narakuparʉ / nasutarʉ / manʉ̠sutai / manʉ̠sutarʉ

surrender

naraminaitʉ

sprain ankle

naraminaitʉ / narominaitʉ

turn your ankle

naramiʔnanʉ̠

sprained

nararʉnarʉ

gamble over some type of competition

narawonetʉ̠

scratch, like an animal (past tense)

narawʉhtama

garter

narayaakʉ

fishing weight or sinker

narayaakʉ / narayaʔkʉ

scale for weighing

narayaakʉpʉ̠

pound, as in a unit of measure

narayaapʉ

pound something

naraʔnoo / narʉnoo

saddle

naraʔokatʉ / naraʔokʉ̠katʉ

bunched up, pounded, dried

naraʔokinʉ̠

meet, come together

naraʔuraitʉ / naraʔuranʉ̠

meet, encounter each other

naraʔwonetʉ̠

scratched (past tense) like an animal

narenahpʉ / nanahtenanʉʉ

man's male relative

narisoʔarʉ / nanitsoʔarʉ̠

not satisfied with outcome

narohpa

any kind of dug up root

narohpainʉ̠ / narohpaʔinʉ̠

fight hand to hand, wrestle

narohtsanarʉ

hanging, hung up

narohtʉma

can, lid, canned goods

narohtʉma

lid, cover

narohtʉmanʉ̠

inside, the inside of something; tighten the lid

narohtʉmi ikʉ̠ yʉkwi

contents of a can or jar

narokwʉ̠ria / tsakwʉ̠riarʉ

pour out accidently

naromʉnitʉ

lack, be short of, run behind

naropai

hit one another

naropaitʉ

boxing

naropʉ̠sarʉ / naropʉ̠siʔi

beaded

narotʉma / narotʉmarʉ

close something; closed something

naroʔi

stairs, ladder

naroʔinʉ̠

going to the bathroom

naroʔtoneetsi̠

throwing arrows

Narua

Cynthia Ann Parker (name)

naru̠bapʉ̠ / tʉbapʉ̠

ante, pot, bet

narurerʉ

stretch arms or body

narutsaʔi / narutsai / pʉetʉpʉ / hʉʉbi

old lady

narʉahwenʉ̠

confess

narʉbahkarʉ / narʉbaʔerʉ

bet, as in gambling

narʉhka sokoobi̠

vegetable garden

narʉhkapʉ

groceries

narʉhkapʉ̠

food

narʉhkaʔruarʉ / narʉhkaʔrʉmʉʉ

buy or receive groceries

narʉituahkarʉ

help one another

narʉkuyunapʉ̠

fairy tale

narʉkuyunipʉ̠ / narʉkuyunʉ̠ tʉboopʉ̠

history

narʉmakanʉ / narʉmakarʉ

pay for something

narʉmaʔe / narʉmʉʉrʉ̠

exchange

Narʉmi / Narʉmii

Master, Lord, Jesus, God

narʉmiwahtʉ̠

has no owner

narʉmuhku̠

bridle reins, harness

narʉmui

tell a story (sg.)

narʉmuʔi tʉboʔpʉ̠ / narʉmuʔi̠ tʉboopʉ̠ / narʉmuʔi tʉboopʉ̠ / tekwapʉ̠ tʉboopʉ̠ / naramuipʉ̠ tʉboopʉ̠

newspaper, story book

narʉmuʔikatʉ

tell, relate

narʉmuʔipʉ̠

story, tale

narʉmʉ

trade, exchange

narʉmʉʉ

store

Narʉmʉʉ Paʔi Hunu

North Fork of the Red River

narʉnooʔroʔyarʉ / narʉnooʔtóyanʉ / narʉnooʔ tooʔitʉ

unsaddle a horse

narʉnooʔrʉkitʉ / narʉnooʔ tahniʔrʉ

saddle a horse

narʉnoʔanahotu̠ko̠

saddle skirt

narʉnoʔbaʔpi̠

pommel

narʉrʉnitʉ

hold races, to beg for something

narʉ̠soʔipʉ̠

tanned hide, process of tanning a hide

narʉʉʔnitʉ / narʉʉʔnitʉ̠

beg

narʉyaakʉ

fishing float, bobber

narʉyunepʉ̠

pounded

narʉyʉ

rough

narʉyʉkuyunapʉ̠

fairy tales (amazingly cooked up)

narʉʔʉyahtʉ / narʉʔʉyapʉ / narʉʔʉyatʉ

dangerous, mean

narʉʔʉyʉ̠ kuhtsʉni

typhoid fever

narʉʔʉyʉ̠ ʉʉʔa

chronic sore, cancer, lesion

nasaanutoʔitʉ

rust

nasaapʉ̠

boiled food

nasaaʔwʉ

screen door, window screen, old fashioned bed spring

naseka / naseeka / naaseeka

persimmon

nasiinʉ̠

urinate on oneself

nasiyuuki / kahni siʔyuki

roofing shingles

nasokooʔitʉ / nasokoʔitʉ / nasokooʔi / nakukwarʉkitʉ̠ / nakuhkwarakitʉ / nakuhkwaraki

steam bath, sweat bath, sauna

nasokoʔinʉ kahni

sweat house

nasosoʔaitʉ

put makeup on your cheeks

nasuawʉhkinʉ̠

breath

nasukia

shawl

nasupeti

hope

nasupetipʉ̠

faithful, dependable

nasupetitʉ

depend, hope

nasupʉ̠

ground up object

nasutamai / nasutamarʉ

remember; think about something

nasutama̠kʉtʉ̠

remind someone; remember

nasutamʉ̠ habitʉ

rest while thinking, lie down and think

nasutamʉ̠ wʉmi̠naitʉ

fall short

nasutsa

show off, act pretentious

nasutsawaitʉ̠

ask

nasuwatsi / nasuwatsirʉ

forget

nasuwatsipʉ̠

forgotten

nasuwʉ̠hkitʉ

lose faith in someone, quit hoping

nasuyake

admire, wish for, covet, lust

nasuyaketʉ̠

desire or wish for

nasuʔainʉ̠

feel embarrassed or ashamed

nasuʔaitʉ

shy; shame

nasuʔaitʉ̠

ashamed, bashful

nasʉkia

fringe

nasʉkiʔapʉ̠

fringed

nasʉsʉaʔeetʉ / nasʉseetʉ / nanʉ̠sʉsʉaʔetʉ̠ / nanʉ̠sʉsʉʔitʉ̠

dirty, nasty, no good

Natai / Tsaa Suatu

Proud People (what Comanches of Texas were called by Wichita tribe)

nataʔaikʉ / naraʔaikʉ / naraaikʉʔ / taʔaikʉtʉ

bicycle

natsa

interjection translating to "no matter!"

natsa akwʉ̠si / natsaʔakwʉ̠

sneeze weed

natsa ʉnʉhaa

don't like what was said (woman's word)

natsaaturuʔitʉ

tug-of-war game

natsahkiʔarʉ / natsahkiʔa / natsahkiʔapʉ̠

cut, gash, wound or scratch oneself

natsahkupʉ̠katʉ

scratch until raw

natsahkweʔyarʉ / natsah kweʔyuʔitʉ

undress, disrobe

natsahkwine

automatic pistol

natsahkwinu̠ʔe

revolver

natsahkwinuʔitʉ

spin around, spun

natsahpunitʉ

test something, introduce yourself

natsahtoʔitʉ

pull oneself up

natsahtʉma

door, doorway

natsahweniitʉ̠

hung up, hanging

natsahwi

door, gate

natsahwiʔetʉ

open of own accord

natsakaʔuhtuʔetʉ

betray

natsakaʔuhtuʔetʉ

traitor, betrayer

natsakwʉ̠sa

zipper, lace cradle

natsakwʉ̠sikʉ

laced (as in shoe laces, not fabric trim)

natsamarʉ̠nitʉ

strained, hurt self

natsaminairʉ̠ / natsaminarʉ

dislocate of own accord, hurt oneself, disjoint on purpose

natsamukwe / yʉbaʔtsi

grape

natsamukweʔa paa

wine, grape juice

natsamukweʔa pasapʉ̠

raisins

natsamukweʔa sʉʉki̠

grapevine

natsanahaatʉ / natsa ʉnʉ haa

challenge, persistent, keep on going

natsanʉhka

girth pack or saddle

natsanʉhkʉ / nakwʉ̠si tsaʔnika

saddle strap

natsanʉʉka

buckle

natsapuki / natsa puuki̠

smoke hole

natsarokwenʉ̠

bump into each other, bump heads

natsa̠soʔipʉ̠

tear skin

natsaweni

hanger, hook

natsawenitʉ

hang suspended off ground, swing

natsawenitʉ

swing back and forth

natsawoʔinʉ̠ / natsawoʔne / natsawonenʉ̠ / natsawoʔnitʉ / natsawoʔnetʉ̠

scratch yourself

natsawʉnʉ̠katʉ̠ / natsawʉnʉ̠rʉ

situated, set in place

natsayaa

handle

natsayaa tuka

kerosene lamp

natsayaarʉ

carry by the handle

natsayaatuka

lantern

natsaʔani

buggy

natsihpara

opening at top to teepee to allow for ventilation

natsihpeʔaka

hair-parter

natsihpeʔakarʉ

part hair using special Comanche object for that purpose

natsihtaraa

standing high

natsihto / natsihtóo

cane, crutch, staff

natsihtóo noorʉ / natsihtóo miʔarʉ

walk with a cane

natsihtóoʔetʉ

double ball (variation of shinny or lacrosse game)

natsihtóoʔitʉ

play lacrosse

natsihtuye

brush

natsihtʉma

lock, bolt, key

natsihtʉma

padlock, or any type of lock

natsihtʉpʉ̠ka

brooch, decorative pin

natsimina / naatsimina

joint

natsinaroʔikʉtʉ

give own enema

natsinʉhkatʉ / natsinʉka̠katʉ̠

cram into small space

natsitoʔitʉ

shinny ball

natsi̠turu / tu meso / nakʉ̠surupʉ̠ / yapaitsoni

cricket

natsituʔye

hairbrush, comb

natsitʉpʉ̠ka / natsanʉʉka

buckled belt

natsiwekwa

spurs, rowel

natsiʔparʉ̠

flaps on teepee

natsiʔpeʔaka

part in the middle; fix your hair; do it yourself

Natsiʔtaroni

George Hunt's mother (name)

natsome

dried plums / raisins

natsooʔwookʉ̠ni

farm

natsu / natʉ̠suʔu̠

medicine

natsu kahni / natʉ̠suʔu̠ kahni / wʉ̠mi̠naa kahni

hospital (medicine house)

natsu̠ taibo / natsu taibo

medical doctor

natsui̠tʉ / natsuwi̠tʉ

strong

natsusuwai / nakatsenʉ̠

smoke ritual, seek medicine

natsu̠wi

strength

natsu̠witʉ̠ tenahpʉ̠ʔ

strong man

natsu̠witʉmakaʔeetʉ̠

strengthen, encourage

natsuwʉkai / nanʉ̠suwʉkai

strange, odd, wonderful

natsuʔai

making traditional Comanche medicine

natsʉ̠kwʉpʉ / natsʉ̠kwʉpʉ̠he

wrap; put on a blanket

natʉhkaʔtsuʔmarʉ

run out of groceries

natʉmuhko / narʉmuku̠

harness, bridle reins

natʉ̠sakʉ̠na

wardrobe case made of rawhide

natʉsuʔu̠ narʉmʉʉ / natsu narʉmʉʉ

drugstore

natʉ̠suʔu puha taiboo / puha taiboo

doctor

nawarʉʔi naakarʉ̠

no one around to help

naweetʉ̠ / nahweetʉʉ / naʔwenʉ̠ (pl)

cry (pl.)

nawehai nʉ / na wehaʔkʉi / naweahkʉnʉ̠ / wehhakatʉ

burn one self

nawitsakʉ / nawitsakʉ ʉnʉ

why don't you…

nawoʔorʉ / naboorʉ

striped

nawʉkobanʉ̠

break one's own bone

nayaarʉ

trail a human or animal

nayanohitekwarʉ

jokester, one who tell jokes

nayapʉ̠

make a mistake, sin or sinful

nayaʔisaʔaitʉ̠

liar

nayoh ka̠hni

brothel

nayoko̠waiʔiʔpʉ

prostitute

nayʉkwiitʉ / nahanitʉ

continue along, move on whenever they're ready

nayʉ̠netʉ

laugh (pl.)

naʔa-

prefix meaning reciprocal

naʔaa

buffalo horn case

naʔakʉ̠

between

naʔakʉ̠

core of the wood

naʔanitʉ / naʔaniʔitʉ

wallow, roll over or around (as buffalo did)

naʔa̠rurʉ / naʔa̠rurʉʉ

fight with several involved, hit with fists; them that fight

naʔatanakwʉ̠

separated but in the same general area; two different places

naʔaʔwo̠

drawer

naʔbekoʔarʉ

parted, separated, cut in half

naʔbeku̠

divided evenly

naʔbukuwáa

automobile

naʔbukuwáa kahni̠ / naʔbukuwáaʔa kahni̠

garage

naʔbukuwáaʔa nábaa

gasoline

naʔbukuwáaʔa narahpaana̠

automobile tire

naʔbutikʉmakatʉ tʉʉhkaʔaa

double-bladed ax

naʔbutitʉikatʉ̠

joker in playing cards; month of March

naʔhʉmuhku̠ / naʔhumuku̠ / natsitʉpʉ̠ka

safety pin

naʔi̠sa yʉkwitʉ̠

flirt with someone when it's not reciprocated

naʔiyaika / nababitsiʔa

careful

naʔiyaitʉ

watch oneself; more than one

Naʔkoroʔmi

Klu Klux Klan

naʔmahpeʔe / naʔmahpee / naʔsʉʔpee

ball

naʔnohiʔeyu

archaic game; playing game

naʔnookatʉ

traveling together

naʔnʉmʉ̠

relative, descendant, kin (singular)

naʔnʉmʉnʉʉ / nanʉmʉnʉʉ

relatives, family members (plural)

naʔokʉ̠suarʉ

feel happy

naʔomo̠ / naʔoomo̠ / naʔooma̠

wheel

naʔomo̠ natsi wekwa

spoke of wheel

naʔotsoma

cinch, girth

naʔoyorʉmakarʉ̠

exchange several gifts

naʔraibo

hired hand

náʔraiboo / nʉkwʉpʉ̠

slave (male or female)

naʔropʉkee

lady's leggings with fringe

naʔru

fight

naʔrumainʉ̠

let it go; stop fighting

naʔrʉ̠bomitʉ / naʔrʉ̠bomitʉ̠

divide, divided

naʔsoʔsoʔai

paint face

naʔsʉhpeʔetʉ

Indian ball game

naʔtsamokwe / natsamukwe

Concord grapes

naʔtsimina

ankle bone

naʔtsiya / naʔtsiyaa

see saw, teeter totter

náʔuranʉ̠

committed adultry

naʔʉyatʉ

down

naʔʉyatʉ / naʔʉyatʉ̠

slope

naʔwaʔihpʉʔ

man's wife or female relatives

naʔwee / namaninʉ

trail crossing, wagon crossing, ford

naʔwekitʉ / nawekitʉ

hide-and-seek game

naʔyʉ̠netʉ / yahneetʉ

laugh, laughing

naʔyʉ̠witʉ

hand games

nehki wʉhtʉpʉ̠ka / nehki nanʉʉtʉpi̠ka

belt buckle

niharʉ

read, say

nihawi / nihwaitʉ

ask for something

nihkwibihbikitʉ̠

tremble in speech

nihmakwih tseyurʉ / nihmakwitsetʉ̠

call down

nihpanaʔaitʉ̠ / nihpanaitʉ

brag on someone else

nihpitʉkʉtʉ

coax someone; begging

nihpʉʔaitʉ / nipʉa

stop talking to them

nihtsamuʔitʉ̠

agree

nihtunets / nihtunetsʉ̠katʉ

pester someone

nihtunetsʉ̠katʉe / nipisoaitʉ̠

bore (person who irritates by talking too much)

nihtunetsʉʔitʉ / nihtunetsʉ̠katʉ̠

urge one, encourage

nihtʉbunitʉ̠

wake someone by speaking to them

niikwi / yʉkwitʉ

say, said

niikwiitʉ̠

speak to, address, told

niikwitsoʔainʉ̠

warn by talking; to save

niimiakʉ / tʉye

send, talk someone into going, go away

niinohi / niinoinʉ̠ / ninohinʉ̠

tease

niipanainʉ / niitunetsi̠ka

encourage, strengthen

niipuni / nihpunitʉ

ask, persuade

niiwike / niʔwiʔke / niʔwiketʉ

scold

nikwekwitʉ̠ / niʔikaʔitʉ / niʔwekʉ̠witʉ / niwekʉ̠kwi / niʔikaʔitʉ̠ / niwekwitʉ̠

invite in

nikwitubi / niʔkwitui / nitui

fuss; tell them how it is

nikwʉ̠kitʉ̠ / niʔkwitʉ

inquire

nimabitsia

say correctly

nimai

call someone

nimaihkana

called one; been calling someone

nimaikatʉ̠

call to someone

nimakabaitʉ̠ / nakabaitʉ / nahkabaʔitʉ̠ / nakaʔbaianʉ̠ / nahkabaʔitʉ̠ / nakabaitʉ / ninakabaʔitʉ̠

reject

nimakaʔmukitʉ̠

make a plan

nimakwihtsetʉ̠

say unkind things to another

nimamʉ̠suitʉ̠ / nimamsukatʉ

forbidden

nimarʉkai

finish telling something

nimoyaʔi

forbid, prohibit

nimʉ̠sasuatʉ

annoy; remind

nimʉʉmiʔarʉ

gossip

ninabitsiarʉ / nimabitsiarʉ

order sternly, speak firmly

Ninakabaʔi

Refusing (name)

ninakabaʔikʉtʉ

prohibit, warn

ninakʉakʉrʉ / ninakʉakʉtʉ

give notice; tell a little

ninʉ̠kikʉnʉ̠

cause someone to leave by saying unkind things

ninʉ̠kitʉ

scare away by talking

ninʉ̠supetitʉ̠

appease, gratify, depend

ninʉ̠sutamakʉtʉ

reminded verbally

Nipanʉʉ

Eastern Apache people

nipisoainʉ̠

angered, enraged

nipʉ̠ka

tell a fortune

nipʉ̠yetʉ

sing one song after another; "let the cat out of the bag"

nisuabetaikʉtʉ̠

teach, train someone

nisuabetainʉ̠

advise, inform

nisuabetarʉ

explain, teach, introduce

nisutaitʉ

stroke, pet

nisuyakeetʉ̠

describing something good

nisuʔuyaitʉ̠

mock, jeer, make fun of

nitsi̠buni

tell or teach

nitsʉ̠bahikʉʔitʉ

persuade, talk someone into something

nitsʉ̠bunikʉtʉ / nimabunikʉtʉ̠

explain, instruct

nitubʉkaitʉ

angry, make angry by talking too much

nitui

scold someone

nitʉ̠suʔnai wapi̠

mediator

niwaitʉ̠ / nikwai / nikwaitʉ̠ / naníhtsawaʔitʉ

request

niwatsiʔaikʉʔitʉ̠

keep secret

niwʉnʉrʉ / tekwarʉ

talk (plural verb)

niyakekʉtʉ / tsiʔakenʉ̠

imitate; make cry by making fun of

niyukarʉ̠

sit still be quiet

niyukarʉrʉ̠ / niyunahka

quiet someone

niʔatsiitʉ

advise, order, command

niʔatsiwapi̠ / tʉniatsi̠katʉ

commander

niʔemʉabʉnitʉ̠

delirious, rave; talk in sleep

niʔheʔbunitʉ̠

insult, berate

niʔkweyaʔi

tired of talking

niʔwatsʉ̠katʉ

error in speech

niʔwikenʉ̠ / kʉʔura hai

get after someone

niʔyʉ̠sʉkaitʉ̠ / niʔyʉsukai

disturb

noha

nearly, almost, used to be

nohabi̠ suwaitʉ̠

want to lay an egg

nohabitʉ̠

hen, setting hen

nohi

toy, game to play

nohi

very / play

nohikahni

play house

nohika̠hni

theater

nohitaiboo

comedian

nohitaibooʔnʉʉ

circus, clown

nohitekwarʉ / nohiyʉkwitʉ̠

joke, fool someone, pretend, tricky, sneaky

nohitsaaku

exceptionally good

nohitʉ

playing

nohitʉetʉ

doll

nohiwaikinʉ̠ / nohi wobipuku

toy wagon

nohiʔnuraa / nohiʔnuraakwai

run around and play

nohko aawo / nohko aawo̠

baking pan, biscuit pan

nohkopʉ̠ / tohtiya / tohtiiya / paanʉ̠

bread

nohkorʉ

bake

nohrʉ̠na saawʉ / nohna saawʉ

bedspring

nohrʉnaʔ / nohrʉ̠na

bedstead, bed

nokaʔinʉ̠

break away

nokaʔitʉ̠

move to live separately, be apart from others

nokiʔa hini

whatever it is; maybe

Nokoni / Nokoninʉʉ

Comanche Band ("they travel around")

nomiʔarʉ / sʉmʉnomiʔarʉ

move away, all moved away

nomokoo / nomohkarʉ / nomohkararʉ

hitch up horse and buggy

nomʉ̠newapi̠ / nanohmʉ̠nʉ wapi̠

officer, leader, brave

noo

definite, for sure (adv.)

noo tokʉ̠se

expression of disbelief

noo-

prefix referring to carrying on back, hauling on back

noobi

hill

noobi paʔatʉ̠

top of the hill

noobotsarʉ̠

humpbacked person

noohkitʉ

haul or carry a child

nookarʉrʉ̠

one hill standing alone, sitting on a hill

nookimarʉ

coming along moving towards you

Nookoni / Nocona / Peta Nokona

Wanderer, a Comanche Chief

nookwarʉ / nookwai

carry away, haul away

nooma

on top of hill

noona / noopʉ̠

load

noonʉmiʔarʉ / nooʔmiarʉ

move from place to place

noopitʉ

haul in

nooyo wosa / noyo wosa / noyowosa

scrotum (testicle bag)

norawʉʔaitʉ / noraʔwʉarʉ / noraʔwʉarʉ

move away, moving along

noroʔyarʉ / noroʔitʉ̠

turn loose, unhitch a horse

norʉbaki̠tʉ̠ / tʉbakitʉ

pack

norʉ̠naarʉ / nohrʉ̠naarʉ

make a bed

notsakapu̠

boy friend or girl friend

notsaʔka

spouse, partner, sweetheart, friend

notsaʔkaarʉ

take women along, allow women to accompany

noyo / nooyo / noyorurua

egg, testicles

noyo nʉʉkanʉ̠ / tenanʉʉka

man's dance

noyokatʉ

male, stallion

noyonʉʉkanʉ̠

war dance

Noyotsoʔme̠ tabu

Easter rabbit

noyowatʉ

gelding

Noyowatʉ

Noyobad (name)

noyoʔna ohapi̠yuna

egg yolk

Noyʉhkanʉʉ / Noyʉkanʉʉ

Comanche Band (Wanderers)

noyʉka

vagabond, one who roams

noyʉkarʉ

wander

noʔa

fetus

noʔa nookopʉ̠

pie

noʔapʉ̠

pregnant

noʔapʉ̠ huutsúu

bomber (word developed by the Comanche Code Talkers meaning "pregnant bird")

noʔboatsarʉ

hunchback

noʔitʉ / noʔitʉ̠

pluck eyebrows; pluck out something

noʔyaitʉ / noʔyaikʉtʉ̠

boil, boiling

nuarʉ̠

slide, move over

nuhtsapʉ̠

crumpled

nuhyimiʔarʉ / nuhyukitʉ

rotate

nuki̠sari / mubi̠ sarii

greyhound

nunurawʉtʉ

run away one by one

nuraa

go (pl.)

nuuki

go (sing.)

nuusapʉ̠

brittle

nuyukatʉ

slim

nʉ

I

nʉ muhrai

kiss me

nʉ naranapʉʉ u

husband (that's MY man!)

nʉ suatsi̠se

me, too (also me)

nʉ sutai

bless me

nʉa

my

nʉbani̠tʉ̠

leaning back wards

nʉbetsʉ / wʉpuni / wʉpunapʉ̠

ex-wife who came back

nʉbetu

towards me

nʉbʉkarʉ / nʉbʉkarʉʉ

funeral, burial

nʉe / nʉ

I, me, my

nʉe / nʉ

me, mine

nʉe / nʉ

me, my, mine

nʉemaitʉ / nʉeʔyuʔnai

cease blowing, become calm

Nʉena

Wind (name)

Nʉenuhkiki

Wind-running-here (female name)

nʉepi

tornado; a mythical big red bat

nʉepitʉ̠

arrival of the wind

nʉetʉ

wind, blow, blowing wind

Nʉetʉtsi

Blowing Wind (name)

nʉhi

us (two people)

nʉhkarʉ / nʉhkarʉ̠ / nʉkara / nʉka / nʉʉkapʉ / nʉʉkarʉ / nʉʉkanʉ

dance, powwow

nʉhkiʔapʉ̠ / nʉʉkiʔa

cut yourself (noun)

nʉhkʉnarʉ / nʉkʉnanʉ̠

already covered; cover with towel

nʉhpopi / nʉhpopiwiyaa

jumping rope

nʉhʉ

our (two people)

nʉhʉkiapʉ̠

shadow (my shadow)

nʉhʉtsawe / nahʉtsawʉ / nʉhʉtsaʔwe / nʉʉhʉhtsaʔwʉ

fan (noun)

nʉkakwai / nʉʉkawapʉ̠

dancer

nʉka̠sokoobi

arena dance ground

nʉkuwʉmiʔarʉ / nʉkuʔwʉi / nʉkuwʉnipʉ̠ / nukuʔwupʉ̠ / nʉtsʉʔwʉpa̠ pitsipʉ̠ / pitsi pʉ̠ha nʉkuʔwʉpʉ̠ / nʉkuʔwʉpʉ̠

clabber, curdle, clabbered milk

nʉkʉ

prostate

nʉkʉnanʉ̠

cover with towel

nʉkʉta̠ / nʉkʉta / nʉkʉtʉ

goose

nʉkʉta̠nʉʉ

geese

nʉkwʉ̠

we (du) (two people)

nʉkwʉpʉ̠

captive, slave

nʉmai̠tʉ

tired or lazy

nʉmaʔai nʉmʉnakatʉ̠

live with me

nʉmaʔaikʉnʉ̠

push along

nʉmi

us (pl. ex.)

nʉmi himaʔetʉ̠

law enforcement officer (policeman, sheriff, etc.)

nʉmi makwinumaʔetʉ / nʉmi makwinumaʔetʉ pahmu

marijuana, marijuana cigarette

nʉmi nipʉ̠ka / nʉmi nipʉ̠kaʔetʉ / nipʉ̠kaaʔeetʉ / tʉnipʉ̠kawapi̠

fortuneteller

nʉmi sutai

have mercy on us; bless us only in prayer

nʉmi tsaʔʉ̠bʉikʉʔeetʉ̠

ether

nʉmi wʉyʉrʉki / nʉmi wʉyʉrʉʉki

quail ("scares us")

nʉmikáʔaitʉ

deceive, betray

nʉmimákaʔetʉ̠

waitress, waiter

nʉminooʔeetʉ

they picked us up; the thing that picks us up (bus, taxi)

nʉminóʔeʔtʉ̠ / nʉmi nooʔetʉ̠ / nʉnʉmi nooʔetʉʉ

bus, cab, taxi

nʉmitsawe

take us off

nʉmitʉ / yʉkarʉ

walk, move around

Nʉmʉ

Comanche (singular)

Nʉmʉ

Comanche person (singular)

nʉmʉ

we, our (pl.ex.)

Nʉmʉ Ahpʉ̠ / Kaatʉ̠ / Katinʉ

God

nʉmʉ ai mia

go with me

nʉmʉ̠ habina / nʉmʉ̠habitʉ

family tree

Nʉmʉ kaku

our grandmother

Nʉmʉ ko̠no / waakono / waako̠no

Comanche cradle; cradleboard

nʉmʉ kuhtsu / nʉmʉ kuutsu / tasiwóo

buffalo

nʉmʉ kutsu tʉhkapʉ / taʔsiwoo tʉhkapʉ̠

buffalo meat

nʉmʉ máʔtsáʔbahki

lizard, mountain boomer

nʉmʉ napʉ̠

moccasin

Nʉmʉ Narʉmʉʉ

Indiahoma, OK.

nʉmʉ narʉmʉʉ

trading post, Indian store

nʉmʉ narʉnoo

Indian saddle

nʉmʉ nohkopʉ̠

biscuit, Indian corncake

Nʉmʉ Pabi

Jesus

nʉmʉ paraibo

Indian agent

Nʉmʉ Puha Taiboo

Comanche preacher

nʉmʉ tamu

sinew

Nʉmʉ tekwa wapi̠

interpreter of Comanche language

Nʉmʉ tekwapʉ̠

Comanche language

Nʉmʉ tekwarʉ

speak Comanche

Nʉmʉ tenahpʉ

Comanche man

Nʉmʉ tokoo

our grandfather

Nʉmʉ tsoo

wife's grandparents; son's grandparents

Nʉmʉ tsuhnipʉ̠

prehistoric bones used as medicine by Comanches

Nʉmʉ Tuabetsʉ

She Invites Her Relatives (lady from Indiahomaa)

Nʉmʉ tuibihtsi

young Comanche man

nʉmʉ tʉborapʉ̠ / nʉmʉ tʉhorapʉ

creation, present generation; gave birth

Nʉmʉ Tʉʉka

Tonkawa Tribe; cannibal

nʉmʉbuibʉhka / puibʉkatʉ̠

trachoma (eye disease)

nʉmʉ̠habinʉ̠

family

nʉmʉ̠hani

Indian corn, maize, corn

nʉmʉkohtoowapi

fire man; one who takes care of the fire in ceremony

nʉmʉkuhtsusonipʉ̠

buffalo grass

nʉmʉkwasu / nʉmʉkʉ̠su

shirt; dress of deer or antelope hide

nʉmʉnaaka

where you live

nʉmʉnaitʉ

from our area, one of us

nʉmʉnaitʉ̠

live as a Comanche

nʉmʉnatsituʔye

hairbrush (made from the yucca plant)

nʉmʉnatsome / sʉkʉʔi

wild plums

Nʉmʉnatsu / Nʉmʉ Natsu

Comanche medicine

Nʉmʉnʉʉ

Comanche (plural) "crawling on belly like a snake"

Nʉmʉnʉʉ

Crawling On Belly Like A Snake (name - Comanches)

nʉmʉparʉbo

ink; Comanche ink yellow

nʉmʉpikapʉ̠

buckskin

Nʉmʉrekwaʔetʉʉ

Comanche Code Talkers (Comanche Speakers)

nʉmʉruku̠

in Comanche

nʉmʉrʉsasi

native perfume made from a plant

Nʉmʉ̠sʉ

Nimsey (name)

nʉmʉwahtʉ

uninhabited area, no Comanche around

nʉmʉwanahʉ̠

buffalo hide robe

nʉmʉyʉbaʔtsi

wild grapes

nʉmʉʔamawo / tue amawo / ekaʔamawoo

red haw; little apples

nʉmʉʔaʔahka

devil's claw

nʉna karʉkʉ / nʉmʉ tʉhorapʉ

brooch, pin, sheriff's badge, metal badge

nʉna wʉhtʉpʉ̠ka

buckle, button

nʉnapʉ̠

chest

nʉnatsiʔnika / nʉnatsiʔnika

pin, brooch, jewelry pinned on clothing

nʉnatsunipʉ̠

sternum, breastbone

nʉníhkoonirʉ / nʉnihkoonitʉ

send word to someone to return

nʉnipunikʉ̠

teach (verb)

nʉnipʉ̠ka

tell fortunes, guess

nʉnoorʉ / noorʉ / nookatu̠ / toyaakatʉ̠

carry

nʉnʉ

we (pl.)

nʉnʉ poʔa

outside layer of anything

nʉnʉbetʉ / núbetʉ / nʉ betʉ

fit, my size

nʉnʉkitʉ̠ / kuya nʉnʉkitʉ̠ / takunʉnʉkitʉ / kuyananʉkitʉ̠ / yayaka

heat wave, heat mirage

Nʉnʉpi / nʉnʉ pʉ̠hiʔ / nʉnʉhpi / nʉnʉ pi

little people, midget, troll

nʉnʉʉ

doll, loveable, little one

nʉnʉyʉwi / nʉnʉyʉʔwi

alligator

Nʉnʉyʉwi Hunubi

Alligator Creek (in the Wichita Mountains)

nʉpetsʉʔitʉ / nʉbetsʉʔitʉ

engaged to be married, get married

nʉrʉaʔwekʉ / nʉrʉahwekʉpʉ̠ / narʉahwʉkʉ

bride

nʉrʉwʉtʉ

rough, bumpy

nʉtsi̠ketaibo / nʉtsʉ̠ketaibo

barber

nʉtsʉʔwʉpa̠ pitsipʉ̠ / nʉkʉwʉpʉ̠ pitsipʉ

buttermilk, clabbered milk

nʉtʉhyoi wapi̠ / nʉtʉhyʉi wapi̠ / kasaraibo

messenger, angel

nʉʉbaikatʉ

lean; foggy

nʉʉbaipʉ

loose woman ("dew on her")

nʉʉhkiʔyuʔitʉ

self-mutilation

nʉʉhkupatʉ / nʉʉhpisiʔmaitʉ / nʉʉpʉ̠simaʔi

trip and fall

nʉʉhkwitubitʉ / nʉʉkwitubi̠

wrap around and around; wrap a woman after a baby is born

nʉʉhsoa

hang over, lean over

nʉʉhsoaʔ kahni

canvas tent

nʉʉhtamiʔitʉ

wrapped and tied up

nʉʉhtaʔneerʉ / nʉʉtanʉ̠ / nʉʉtani

brush oneself off

nʉʉhtokaʔe

muscle

nʉʉhtonitʉ

strut about

nʉʉhtoʔitʉ

mount on horseback

nʉʉhtsikwarʉ̠

body pain

nʉʉhtsiʔaitʉ

split of own accord

nʉʉhtʉpi̠ka / nʉʉhtʉpʉ̠ka / nʉʉtupka / nʉʉtʉpʉ̠ka

button, buckle, harness buckle, hook

nʉʉhtʉʔeka

petroleum jelly

nʉʉki̠aitʉ / wʉhpekwitʉ̠ / wʉkʉ̠ʔtsenʉ̠

bruise

nʉʉkiʔaitʉ / nʉʉkiʔa

cut yourself accidentally

nʉʉkwitsu̠narʉ / nʉʉʔkwipunarʉ

twist oneself

nʉʉmaitʉ / tsaanʉʉmai

lazy

nʉʉminaitʉ̠ / nʉminanʉ̠ / nʉʉminai

fall and hurt your leg

nʉʉmiʔakʉtʉ / mamiʔakʉtʉ / nʉʉmiʔakʉrʉ

operate manually

nʉʉmʉ / nʉʉmʉ̠

liver

nʉʉmʉ pʉkʉ̠ nah yʉkwiʔena kahnihabina̠

living room

nʉʉnʉarʉ / nʉʉʔnʉarʉ̠ / yʉʉtsʉ

get up (from a lying position)

nʉʉpaʔi

quirt

nʉʉpearʉ / nʉʉpiyuʔitʉ

chip

nʉʉpee

ball you hit with a stick or bat

nʉʉpʉrʉ̠suanʉpurʉ / nʉʉpʉrʉ̠suarʉ / tsapʉ̠sanʉ̠ / tsatunabanʉ̠

unravel

nʉʉpʉ̠sua

band supporting baby on back, sash

nʉʉsihwaʔitʉ

cut oneself, as when mourning

nʉʉsukatʉ̠ / nʉʉsukatʉ

feeling, good or bad

nʉʉtiʔarʉ / nʉʉtiʔakatʉ

spill

nʉʉtsikwarʉ / nʉʉtsikwarʉ̠

hurt; to have pain

nʉʉtsʉ̠ke / nʉʉtsʉ̠ketʉ / naraketorootʉ̠

haircut

nʉʉtsʉ̠kʉnarʉ

tied up

nʉʉwenitʉ

hang oneself

nʉʉʔnʉa

rise from seated position

nʉʉʔwikeetʉ

shake

nʉwʉpʉ̠tsai / nʉwʉpʉ̠tsaʔi / naʔwʉpʉ̠psapʉ̠

after surgery

nʉʔotsaitʉ

forty-nine dance

nʉʔpohpi

skipping-rope

nʉʔtʉpuʔipʉ̠

button-hole (slits for lacing teepee)

nʉʔtʉpʉ̠ka

button (teepee lacing-pin)

nʉʔʉhpee

baseball

nʉʔʉnehki̠ / nahoiki̠tʉ / nehki̠ / nekhi

belt

nʉʔʉnehki̠katʉ / nʉʔʉʔneki

belted

o

obetʉ

upriver

oha ekabi̠tʉ̠ / oha ekapi̠tʉ̠ / ekaʔohabi̠tʉ̠ / ohaʔekabi̠tʉ̠

orange (color)

oha kwʉrʉʉ

yellow shafted flicker

oha natsu

skunk bush

Oha Papi

Yellow Hair (name)

oha totsiyaa / hiopi / hiʔoopi

yellow flower, sun flower

oha-

prefix referring to the color yellow

ohahkunawaikinʉ̠

streetcar (yellow train, locomotive)

ohahkuya / ohahkuyaa / tanasi / tanʉsi

King in playing cards

ohahpitʉ̠ sʉkʉʔkama / ohpi̠tʉta tami sʉkʉkamatʉ̠

lemon

ohahpíyaa / ohahpiyaaʔ / ohapiyaa

bumblebee

ohahpuhihwi

copper

ohahpuhiwi̠

gold (yellow metal)

ohahtʉhkapʉ̠ / oha tʉranʉ̠

carrot

ohahuupi

osage orange tree, bois d'arc tree

ohahʉkwʉnikatʉ / oha hʉwʉni

early, before dawn

ohakuhtsʉni

yellow fever, typhoid

ohape

yellow watermelon

Ohapia

Bay Mare (name)

ohapia

sorrel mare

ohapi̠tʉ

yellow (color)

Ohapi̠tʉ̠ Kwahi

Yellow Back (name)

ohapi̠tʉʉ / ohapi̠tʉa pokopi̠

orange (fruit)

ohapi̠tʉʉʔa poʔa

orange peel

ohasʉkʉkamatʉ̠

mustard (yellow sour taste)

ohawaiki̠na̠

streetcar, trolley

Ohawasápe

Yellow Bear (Comanche Chief)

Ohawʉnʉ

Yellow Steps (name)

ohinibetutʉ̠

left

Ohinii

Lefty (name)

ohinikatʉ̠

left-handed

ohininakwʉ̠

on your left side

ohka

his, her's, its; that one

ohnáakohno

cradle

ohnaʔa huutsúu

bombs (word developed by the Comanche Code Talkers meaning "baby birds")

ohnaʔa norʉ̠hnaa / ohnaʔakabe

baby crib or bed

ohni / ohnitʉ / ohnitsi wʉhtoʔinʉ̠

cough, coughing, cough up something up

Ohnonʉʉ / Ohnononʉʉ / Onahununʉʉ

Comanche Clan from Cyril area (Hill People)

ohpepʉ̠ / oohpe

tear

ohpetoʔikatʉ

tears flow, tears flow

ohta-

prefix referring to dirt

ohtapi̠i̠ / ootapʉ̠ / ooyspʉ̠ / huukupʉ̠

dirt, soil

oihtʉyaitʉ

choke to death with rope around neck

oitʉ

throw up

oko

there

okweetʉ̠ / okweetʉ / okwetʉ

creek, stream, small river (flow, flowing)

okwehkwa / okwekwai

float away

omo / oomo̠ / oomo

leg

omo tsunipʉ̠

leg bone

omotoi

pipe stem

onáa

baby

onaabi

salt

onakwʉ̠

over there

onanatsuʔu̠

Epsom salts

Onawai

Salt-worn-out (name)

onaʔai

chicken "use salt" (a chicken's pecking is likened to shaking salt)

onaʔainʉ̠ / onaʔaitʉ

salt food

onoʔitʉ̠ / oʔonokawʉtʉ̠

crooked

oohpepi

tears (pl.)

oomowihtua

camp kettle, cauldron (leg bucket)

ootsa

pile

ootʉ peni̠

yellow jacket

ootʉpʉ̠ suakatʉ̠

stingy

ooyorʉ tahna / oyorʉ taniʔinʉ

drawer, dresser drawer

ooʔipekarʉ

hang someone with a rope, choke to death

ooʔitʉ

vomit

ooʔrʉ tohtsaniʔiʔana huuhpi / tʉtsapara huupi

clothesline pole

ooʔrʉ tʉtsi̠htuʔye / oʔyorʉ natsihtuye

clothes brush

orʉkwʉ̠

those two, they

orʉʉ

those, they (pl.)

orʉʉ / marʉʉ

their (pl.)

osa

that, that one

Otapoʔpi

Brown Jumper (name - Otipoby)

Otapoʔpi

Otipoby (name) (translation: Brown Jumper) (Grandfather of Kenneth Goodin)

otʉ kamaitʉ / otʉkamatʉ / yukamatʉ̠

bland taste

otʉ ku̠ma

sorrel horse, chestnut brown horse

otʉ kuwi

carlew

otʉ kʉrahuu / miitsonáa

hackberries

Otʉ Kwasu

Brown Robe (name)

otʉ kwasʉ̠kʉrʉ / otʉ kwasʉkʉtʉ̠

brown, as in cooking

otʉ mitsonaa

soapberry tree, chinaberry tree

otʉ peena

wasp

otʉ pihnáa

brown sugar

otʉ tohtía

gingersnap cookie

otʉka̠hni / ʉtaka̠hni / sekwi ka̠hni / sekwikʉ̠ kahni / sekwika̠ni

cellar; storm cellar; dirt cellar; sod or mud house

otʉmuʔra

oatmeal

otʉpi̠tʉ̠

tan color, or khaki color

otʉpi̠tʉ̠

tan, beige, brown (color)

otʉpi̠tʉ̠ / korʉpi̠tʉ̠

brown (color)

otʉtsa / orʉtsa

that

otʉwanapʉ / korʉwanapʉ̠

khaki (brown cloth)

otʉʔaʔwo

canteen, jug, thermos bottle

owóora / huupita piwʉnʉ

tree trunk

oyo- / oyʉ̠ / oyetʉ̠ / oyoʔko̠ / sʉmʉʔoyetʉ̠

all

oyóotʉ / natsakʉna

parfleche bag made of rawhide

oyorʉ / ooʔri / oyoʔrʉ

apparel, clothing, belongings, goods, wealth

oyorʉ kaʔwekitʉ̠

above all else; leader

oyorʉ tʉmarʉ / oyorʉ tʉmʉʉnʉ

buy clothing

oyorʉkatʉ

own many clothes

oyorʉtu

throughout a specific place

oʔisuwainʉ̠

nauseated; to gag

oʔoa / oʔoʔa

owl

oʔyorʉ taniʔi / oʔyorʉ tahna

chest of drawers, bureau

oʔyʉ̠ʔsʉ

every time

p

pa-

prefix referring to water

paa

water

paa kʉaʔetʉ / paa sʉaetʉ

drip water

paa kʉmaa

edge of the water

paa kwakʉme / pitsoʔkaʔkwaba

snapping turtle (lives in rivers and streams)

paa maibuikatʉ / paa ma iʔbuiʔkatʉ̠ / paawʉ̠saʔnaitʉ

fill with water

paa mutsaa

where two creeks join

paa nʉetʉ

wind blowing rain

paa tsa kebayʉmʉkikatʉ

water is very still

paa tsa takaʔaitʉ

water freezing over.

Paa Tseena

Water Wolf (name) (Gloria Wermy Cable's mother's grandfather)

Paa Tsukotubʉtʉ / Patsuku Tuhupi̠tʉ

Black Otter (name)

Paa Tsuʔku

Otter (name)

paa tʉpʉ̠naa sokobi

island

paabitsanitʉ̠ / pabitsaninʉ̠

choke, strangle on water

paai / pai

vein

paaka / paaka̠ / paka / húupakʉ̠

arrow

paakihʉʉ

choking

paakipʉ̠ / pahkipʉ̠

rawhide

Paakiʉhʉʉ

Hiccups (an ancestor of the Saupitty's, a medicine man)

paakiʔʉ̠hʉ

rawhide cover

Paakʉmaa

Comanche man who was a deaf mute (name)

paanʉ̠

loaf of bread

paapasʉ̠ / paapasi̠ / papasi̠

potato

paapi

head, hair

paapi̠

hair

paapi taaba

retarded person

Paarápuni / Paatapuni

Pahdopony (name) "See-how-deep-the-water-is"

Paasiwa Narʉmʉʉ

Fletcher, OK

Paatapuni

See How Deep The Water Is (name - Pahdopony)

paawihtua

water bucket

paayunitʉ

give something to drink

pabi

older brother

pabobi̠tʉ

light-skinned

pabokohi̠

large intestine

pabokoʔai / tʉpipabokoʔai

lizard (a specific species)

pabokoʔawo̠

tumbler, glass (clear cup)

pabokoʔawobitsi

nursing bottle (glass breast)

pabopitu̠

blonde, fair skinned

pabopʉ / pabopʉ̠tʉ̠ / pabokopi̠tʉ̠

clear, transparent

Pabopʉ̠ʔtʉʉ

Elton Pacheka's mother (name) (a light complexioned lady who lived south of Cache OK)

paha

aunt, father's sister

paha

father's sister, woman's brother's child

paha piapʉ

sister-in-law

pahabi̠ aawo̠

bathtub

pahabi̠ kahni

bath house

pahabitʉ / pakwabitʉ

bathe, swim

pahi / pahitʉ / yumarʉ / pahinʉ̠

born, fall out, fall off, drop

pahibahtʉ / pahibahtʉnʉnʉ̠

three separate groups; three separate families

pahiitʉ / pahihtʉ̠

three

pahimarʉ

thirty

pahimarʉ sʉmʉ ma toikatʉ̠

thirty one

pahinanahtakaʔnʉʉ̠

three of a kind (three brothers)

pahipʉ / pʉkʉ̠ʔpʉpahitʉ̠

birthday

pahki wiyaa / tʉmuku

rope made of rawhide

pahmu

tobacco

pahmuʔitʉ

smoke a cigarette

pahnaʔaitʉ

treat with respect, or to brag

pahoobi / paho ʉmarʉ / pahoopi̠

hail, hailstone

pahorapʉ̠

well, water well

pahparatsihkweetʉ̠

bright, shiny (as water)

pahpatsohkitʉ

drip

pahpitsunipʉ̠

skull (head bone)

pahteʔe

whip

pahtsi / patsiketʉ

slick, smooth

pahtsi kabʉrʉʉ

slick-haired goat

Pahtsi Ketʉ

Smooth (name)

pahtsi kuekatʉ / pahtsi papikatʉ

bald, going bald

pahtsi kuʔe / pahtsi papikatʉ

bald head / bald headed

pahtsi kwasi / patsikwasi / paʔasʉnoʔa

opossum; possum (bare tail)

pahtsi mubitai / paatsi mubitai

hickory, English walnuts

pahtsi noʔitʉ

pluck a bird clean

pahtsi okwe / pasiokwe

clear stream

pahu suakatʉ̠

ill, sickly

pai

with

Pai paku̠ pia huna

Pedernales River

pai tusiʔitʉ

spit out liquid

paisee

five cents, a nickel

paitsi / paihtsi

short, small, shrunken

paiyapi̠

plant with edible fruit, name not known

paka tuuʔru

dragonfly

pakataitʉ huupi

slender tree

pakatsi

slang for little penis

Pakawa

Kills-something (name)

pakawkoko / pakokoko / paʔkoko

prairie chicken

pakeeso / pakeetso

purple prairie clover

Pakekʉ̠ni / Pake kahni / Pakika̠ni

Dry Teepee (name)

pakuyuʔatʉ̠ / pakuyuʔa

lukewarm

pakuʔnerʉ / pakunenʉ̠

duck head under water

pakʉnaikatʉ

foggy

pakʉnaipʉ̠

fog

pakʉ̠siiwʉnʉrʉ

drool

pakʉʉka̠

swamp weed

pakwabi / pʉ̠habi

swim

pakwarʉhtʉkitʉ / kʉkotsetʉ / wʉhkwarʉʔrʉkitʉ̠

gargle

pakwaʔnuarʉ / pakumutsi / pamutsi

splash into water / dive

pakwihtsikʉrʉ / pawihtsikʉrʉ / pawʉpai / pawʉhpaʔitʉ

splash water on, dampen

pakwʉʔsʉʔmitʉ / pawʉsʉmi / paibui

filled with water by drinking

pamukwarʉʔrʉkitʉ

bubble in water, make bubbles

pamutsi

Indian saddle, grass saddle, temporary saddle

pamutsiʔitʉ̠

dive, as in water

pamʉ̠pʉ̠tsoʔni / pamʉ̠pʉ̠tsooʔnipʉ / pamʉ̠tsoo

swamp

panaaitʉ / niipanʔai

praise

panatsayáa

berry, blackberry, raspberry

panatsitooʔ / pawobi pukuʔa / panatsitoo

oar, canoe paddle

panee putu ma mʉʉ

raise something up

panihputʉ̠ mabáʔatʉ

straight up, high, tall

panimiʔarʉ

take someone home as a guest, escort a guest

papi / paapi̠

head

papi̠ hʉnʉpoʔa / papi boʔa / pʉʉ papi tsa kweya

scalp

papi kama natsuʔu

headache medicine

papi kama̠katʉ̠ / papi wʉnʉ̠katʉ / pahpikamʉ̠katʉ

headache

papi kuʔe̠ / pʉhʔkuʔeʔwatʉ̠

scalp person

papi taaba

abnormaly large head

papi tsihtʉpʉ̠ka

bobby pin, hairpin, barrette

papi tsiʔnika / papinnatsituye

side comb

papi tsunʉʔitʉ / papi tsʉnʉʔitʉ / tomsi

tangled up, tangled hair

papi wihtʉʔeka

hair tonic

papi wʉhtamʉ̠

braided hair

papikama̠ natsuʔu̠ / papikamʉ̠katʉ natsu

aspirin (headache medicine)

papitsihtʉpʉ̠ka

hairpin

papiʔaʔnika / papi tsaʔnika

wig

papʉ̠sitʉ / papʉ̠sipʉ̠

rot, rotten

papʉ̠tsipʉ̠

soaked thoroughly, rotting

paraibo / paraiboo

chief, peace chief, officer, agent, stepmother, leader; person in charge

parakoawʉnʉ̠

rain in the distance

pararakitʉ̠

shoot gun repeatedly

paratsihkweʔerʉ / paratsihkweyutʉ

glitter, shimmer

parokoa

watersnake

paroʔikitʉ

rise, swell

paroʔnika

dishrag

Paruakarʉ

Sitting Bear, Kiowa chief about 1821-1871

paruebiitotsiyaa

flowering dogwood

paruhparʉ / parʉpaʔitʉ̠ / masuʔwaʔnekitʉ̠

dog paddle, paddle water

Parukaa (Padouka)

Comanche (name given Comanches by the Sioux people)

Paruuku

Paducah (name for Comanches )

Paruwa Kuma / Parʉyaʔa Kuma̠

Bull Elk (name)

Paruwa Semʉno / Parʉyaʔ Sʉmarʉ

Ten Elks (name)

paruʔitʉ / paroʔi

flood, overflow

Parʉa Kuhma

Bull Bear (name)

parʉa sʉkʉi

plum, plum tree

parʉabi / parʉʔabi / parʉa / parʉabi / paarʉabii

dogwood, rough-leafed dogwood

parʉasʉkʉi / kusisʉkʉi

plum ripened in late summer

parʉboo / parʉbooʔa tʉbo

ink pen (water writer)

parʉbʉʉʔitʉ

soak through (as liquid through material)

parʉetsʉ / parʉtsʉ̠

chin

Parʉhʉya Kʉtsu̠kwipʉ̠

Elk's Cud (name)

parʉ̠hwimiʔarʉ

melt away

parʉ̠hwitʉ / parʉ̠wi

melt

parʉkitʉ

soak in water (for a length of time)

parʉ̠kóa

lizard (a specific species)

parʉkwiitsipʉ̠

small tree limb or switch

parʉtsohpe

spring of water

parʉya / parʉyʉ / parʉhʉya

elk

parʉya kuma

bull elk (male water horse)

Parʉyaʔeka / Paruyʉ eka / Parʉyeka

Red Elk (name)

parʉyekaʔa aa

elk's horn

Parʉyʉ̠ Naʔʉyah

Elk Ridge

Parʉʔa

personal name of a man who made arrows of dogwood

pasahkʉ

dry for someone

pasahóo / paʔsaʔhoo / taibobasoho / taibo huutsuuʔ / wookʉ̠ huutsu

pigeon

pasahtahtʉkitʉ / pasahtahniʔitʉ

set out to dry, sit in the sun to dry

pasahtohtsanarʉ

hang up to dry

pasakóopi / pasakopi / sekwiʔkahni ʔai

swallow (bird)

pasakʉtʉ̠ / tʉbitsi basapʉ̠

dry something

pasanuarʉ / pasamiarʉ

recede, to go down (as a creek rising)

pasapʉ̠

dried, dry up, dry object

pasarʉ

dry off body, to dry out (as in wet clothes)

pasawí?o / pasawiʔoo

frog

pasawiʔooʔa hʉkiʔai

mushroom (frog shade)

pasibunarʉ

sprinkle (as in rain); shower (light rain)

Pasiwa Huunuʔbi / Pasi Hunuʔbi

Sand Creek; Red River

pasiwanoo / pasiwanookatʉ / pasiwanookarʉ

sand dune, sand hill

pasiwanoorʉ

haul sand

pasiwapʉ̠

sand

pasiwona pʉhʉbi / pasiwʉnu pohoobi

silvery wormwood (velvet life leaf used as toilet tissue, in bulk used as cushion in teepee or mattress in childbirth

pasiwʉnʉʉrʉ̠

running in a steady stream

pasoko / pasokoʔanʉ̠ / pasokoʔarʉ / pasokooʔitʉ

buried, covered up; bury, cover with dirt

pati-

green (prefix)

puhipi̠tʉ / puhiʔebipi̠tʉ / patiwiaketʉ

green (color)

patowoʔnepʉ̠ / patowoʔnerʉ

erode, washed-out

patsahtoʔi / patsahtoʔitʉ / patsahtoʔi / patsaʔaikʉ / paatsaʔaikʉ

pump; windmill, hand pump, water pump

patsanuarʉ

channel water with a dam or ditches

patsi

older sister

patsi nabunitʉ

naked

patso / patsokwe

mesquite and leaf mixture, mixed with other material having a good flavor

patsoʔitʉ

fresh beef; wet

patsuku / paa tsoko / paatsukupʉ̠

otter

patu̠ tsanitʉ / patu̠ tsaniʔetʉ

snagged, as along the water's edge

Patua Sʉʉmarʉ

Ten Bears, Comanche Chief

patʉ̠tʉyainʉ̠ / patʉ̠rʉyaitʉ

drown

patʉwiarʉʔpi

turquoise (algae-colored rock)

pawinuki

action of a pole or limb swaying back and forth in water

pawobi puuku̠ / pawobi / pawobibuʔku̠

boat, canoe

pawʉhtia wapi̠

baptizer, one who baptizes

pawʉnua

mop

pawʉnuarʉ

scrub

pawʉpaʔitʉ

paddle feet in water, as when swimming

pawʉtʉmapʉ

man-made lake (noun)

pawʉʔweʔniitʉ

sprayed with water, dripping wet

payʉʔyʉkatʉ

softened, muddy

paʔa / paʔatʉ / paʔawʉnʉrʉ / paʔawʉnʉrʉ̠

high, tall, on

Paʔa Karʉ

Sits High (name)

paʔa toyokatʉ huutsuu / paʔati toyopʉkatʉ huhtsuu

crane (bird), stork (long-necked bird)

paʔa-

long

paʔabeʔnʉʉ / pahitʉʉ

triplets

paʔanai

from above

paʔanai nokopʉ̠

Pueblo bread

paʔarai

on one's back; upside down, on opposite side, on back

paʔasʉ / paʔatʉ̠sʉ̠ / paʔatsʉ̠

shallow, not deep or thick as in depth of chair or height of stair

paʔasʉnoabʉ̠ / pʉ tʉeti sapʉ̠ noo / woʔtsia

kangaroo

paʔatinʉmʉʔakatʉ / maʔnʉʔsari

dachshund

paʔatotsii

crayfish

paʔatoyo

giraffe

paʔboosi

water lizard, water dog, salamander

paʔekʉ̠sahpana

sailor (water soldier)

paʔibuikatʉ̠

water filled

paʔikarʉ / paaʔkwewi

sink to the bottom in water

paʔisokenʉ̠

sprinkle, dampen (as in ironing clothes)

paʔi̠soketʉ / paʔi̠soki̠

wet, soaked

paʔitʉhtsi / paʔitsiʔwʉnʉrʉ / paiʔtʉʔtsi

short (as in stature); stands short

paʔkʉtsoʔnika / arʉ tsonika / paka tsonika / paaka tsonika

otter fur hat

paʔmukʉ̠sʉʔarʉ

sprout

paʔmutsi̠ / paʔmutsi (pl)

plant similar to water lily (root was eaten cooked or raw, had a rich sweet taste)

paʔmutsi / paʔmutsi / paʔmutsia

saddle, old style saddle

paʔokwetʉ

eyes water heavily, shed many tears

paʔpuhi tʉhka

celery

paʔrai / paʔarai moʔo

woodchuck

paʔraihabiitʉ̠ / paʔaraihabiitʉ

lie on back

paʔsa ponii / paʔsah ponii

acorn

paʔsa ponii huupi / pasaapuni

oak tree

paʔsonipʉ̠

weeds

paʔtsaʔya

marsh hawk

paʔwʉhtakóo

tadpole

paʔwʉhtaráa / pakwʉhtaráa

scaffold from which to hand water containers

paʔwʉhtʉma

beaver (makes dams)

paʔwʉtiarʉ / pawʉʔweniitʉ

baptize, pour water on someone or spray water on something

paʔwʉtʉ / paʔwʉtʉma

dam up (as a body of water)

peeka / pehkarʉ̠

kill

peekwi

fish

peekwi tʉka

osprey

peharaa wʉʉnʉ

stand with you legs apart

pehe / huupipehe

seed, tree seedling

pekoʔarʉ

split open, come apart, such as clouds

pekwi pʉmata hʉarʉ / hʉa / hʉaʔeetʉ

fish hook

Pekwi Tʉhka

Comanche Band (Fish Eaters)

pekwi tʉhka / pekwi tʉhka huutsu

kingfisher

pekwinarohtʉmanʉ̠

canned salmon or sardines

pekwitʉ / pekwipʉ̠

swell, swollen

Penatʉka Nʉʉ / Penatʉhka / Penanʉʉ / Pihnaatʉka

Comanche Band (Honey Eaters; also known as quick striking)

pepi̠kurʉ / pokaarʉ / poka kahni / pokaka̠ni

gambling (old lady game; poker; house)

pesotái / pesoʔta

buttonbush (wood used to make sticks for Indian games)

petihtarʉ / petitai

throw away, dispose of

petsʉ kwarʉ / petsʉ mia

invite to go along

petsʉ miʔarʉ

fetch, go to get, take it with them as they go

petsʉ pitarʉ / petsʉpitui

go after, to bring back to the point of origin

petu / petuʔtu

toward, to

petʉ

daughter

petʉ toyapʉ̠ / petʉboopʉ̠

adopted daughter (daughter to carry)

pia / piapʉ

mother, mother's sister; big, large, loud

pia animui

horsefly (large fly)

pia atʉʔku tuku tana we

right beach, wrong place (word developed by Comanche Code Talkers)

pia hiini / huumara / huhmara

falcon

Pia huhtsuʔraibo

Republican (eagle white man)

pia huutsu

bald eagle

pia huyubatʉ

square (big square), oblong

pia kahuu

rat (big mouse)

pia kuitsi̠ / kuitsi̠ tʉwʉni

adam's apple

pia kʉsarʉ

open mouth wide

pia kwasinapuhaʔaitʉ

big beaver ceremony

pia mupitsi̠ʔapisaʔapi

bone medicine

Pia Nohi Tabeeni Mʉa

July (Fourth of July month)

Pia Nohitabenitʉ̠

4th of July

Pia nʉʔʉpaiʔi

Big Whip (similar to master of ceremonies)

pia ootsarʉ

disorderly in placement, piled in disarray

Pia opʉ / Piʔopʉ

Comanche Chief in early days (name)

pia oʔoʔa

great horned owl

Pia Paa

Big Water (Comanche Chief)

pia paa

ocean; large body of water

pia papi

mentally abnormal

Pia Pasiwahunu

Red River

Pia Pʉhu Waatʉkʉ̠

Staked Plains

pia pʉhʉ teʔtsi

tarantula (large, fuzzy brother-in-law)

pia pʉhʉwaatʉ

big prairie, also called the southern plains

pia saaʔnai

sapsucker

Pia Sooka̠hni

Oklahoma City, OK

pia sʉmʉhtʉ

thousand

Pia Taiboo Narʉmʉʉ

Dallas, Texas (big white person's stores)

pia tawoʔi

big gun

pia tekwa / pia pʉ̠ku tekwarʉ

shout; talk loudly

Pia Toya

Mount Scott (in the Wichita Mountains)

pia tsonika

eagle warbonnet

Pia Tʉboo Kahni

University of Oklahoma; Norman

pia tʉbookʉ̠ni

college

pia tʉhkarʉ

big feast

pia tʉnikwʉtʉ

sing loudly

Pia Tʉtsima

Big-Fall-By-Tripping (name)

pia tʉʔewo

tablespoon, big spoon

pia weki̠tʉ

wide, roomy

Pia Wesi Katʉ̠

Big Curly Hair (name)

pia wʉsiʔwʉnʉ̠

tore open

piabʉ̠

female animal

piakwa̠su / pia kwa̠su

coat

Piana Buniʔ / Pianaronitʉ̠

Big Looking Glass, a Comanche Yapai Chief

piana huwai

big doctoring (Beaver ceremony)

piapʉ̠

giant, large object; loudly, widely, everywhere

piaraabʉnʉ̠

it's up to you

piaraabʉnʉ̠

it's up to you (sg.)

piarahpanakatʉ̠

bear (has big soles)

piatama̠

wisdom tooth

piawatsi

buck antelope

piayʉha / nomiataibo

fair; carnival

piaʔohapi̠tʉ / pia ohapi̠tʉʉ / ohápi̠tʉʉʔa taka

grapefruit (big orange; large yellow)

Pibia Ni̠wʉnʉʔnʉʉ

Comanche Band or clan (Talk Loud)

pibiabʉ̠nʉʉ

females

pibianohitaibo / nohihtaibo

clown

pibo

belly

pihi

heart

pihi anʉʉ

group of teenage boys

pihiboa

skirt

pihiboa

type of modern dress, petticoat

pihiboʔa kwasi

peacock (sun bird)

pihikarʉ

satisfied; have enough of something

pihima / piyarʉ

ride double, carry someone behind on horseback

pihinaboorʉ / pihinaboʔrʉ / pihinaboo

Hearts suit in cards ("heart printed")

pihisiapʉ̠

cowardly

pihisoʔai / pihisoʔaitʉ

angry, disturbed, peeved

pihisoʔaiwʉnʉrʉ

stand angrily, desire not to be disturbed

pihitsi / pihitsi̠ / pihitsi̠ suanʉ̠ / pihitsi yʉkwiitʉ̠

greedy, dirty, stingy; greed

pihitsiipʉ̠

plume

pihiwʉhmina

heart disease

pihiʔa / pihiʔanʉʉ / wókahni / tuinʉhpʉ / woka̠ni / wokaʔni

boys

pihka̠ / pihka habitʉ̠

scar

pihkarʉ / pipi̠kurʉ

drumming, ring a bell

pihkaʔarʉ / pihkobarʉ

break loose, break down

pihkʉma / pihkʉmaarʉ

hem

pihna nookopʉ̠ / pihnaʔnohkopʉ̠

cake, cookie

pihná paa / pihnatotsibaa

soda, soft drink

pihná tʉhkarʉ

eat sweets

pihnáa

sugar, honey

pihnáa wʉmi̠naa / pihnaʔwʉhmina

diabetes (sugar sickness)

pihnáa wʉmi̠naakatʉ

diabetic

pihnáaʔai

sweeten

pihnákamatʉ

sweet taste

pihnakʉtsʉitʉ / pinakʉtsʉrʉ / pinakʉtsuitʉ / pinakʉtsʉi

tickle

pihnarohtiya

cake, sweet roll (sweet bread)

pihpárʉbʉʔai

wet seat (as of clothing), sat in something wet

pihpkuhrʉ / pipʉ̠kurʉ

noise

pihpóo / piipóo

water jug, made of hide or stomach or an animal

pihtsakʉ huupi̠ / waikina pihtsakʉ huupi̠

singletree (part of horse harness)

pihtsamuu

dandelion; milky-rooted plant

pihtsʉʔnʉa / piitsʉnʉa

straight pin

pihúura

beans

pihúura huupi / eka pa huupi

catalpa (bean tree)

pii

rear end

piihuyuarʉ

flat butt

piikwʉsaarʉ̠ / kwaatanitʉ

swaybacked

piikwʉtsarʉ̠

stand with your bottom sticking out

piinaai / kʉʔtoʔipʉ

leftover, remnant saved, as of food or fabric

piitsa muuku̠ / marii muhkʉ̠ / nabu̠sa nabikapʉ̠ / nabusa narʉmuhku̠

harness

piitsi̠kwina / pitsʉ̠kwina

apron worn by Indian women; woman's dress apron

piitsuboa wʉnʉrʉ

stand with legs pressed together

piitʉe

arrive

pika namʉ̠soopʉ̠ / pikanamsuapʉ̠

buckskin clothing for man, woman or child

Pikaatamu

Comanche Band (Buckskin Sewing Band)

pikakʉ̠su

chaps (leather leggings)

pikapʉ̠

buckskin, leather, a finished hide; dry hide drum

pikapʉ̠ kwasu / pikapʉ̠su / pikakʉ̠su

buckskin dress

pikʉ̠tsekarʉ / pikitsuʔinʉ̠

crush, mash (as when sitting on something soft)

pikwebuitʉ̠

turn around quickly

pikwʉ̠rʉpʉ̠ka / pipʉ̠rʉpʉ̠ka

diaper (folder over for the seat)

pikwʉ̠tsi / pikwsii / pikwʉ̠siiʔ

one seat horse buggy

pimoróo / pimoro

cow; cattle

pimorooʔa korohko

white elm (tree)

pimorooʔa kuhma̠

bull

pimorooʔa piabʉ̠

cow (female)

pimorooʔa tua

calf

pimorooʔa tʉyʉʔwipʉ̠ / pimarooʔa kʉtskwepʉ̠

cow's cud

pimoroʔa pʉhi / pákipʉ̠

cowhide, animal hide

pimoroʔbahmu̠

Bull Durham brand of tobacco

pimoroʔbahmu̠

tobacco, Bull Durham brand

pimoroʔsari

cattle dog

pimʉni̠katʉ

stuck fast, unable to be pulled out (such as a car, or a calf)

pina nohkopʉ̠ / otʉ nohkopʉ̠

cookies / cake

pinai / binai / ʉpinai

from behind

pinake / pihnaketʉ

itch

pinakwʉ̠ / kwasikʉ̠

next time

pinakwʉ̠ / pinakʉ̠

behind

pinko / pinko kahni

bingo; bingo house

pinuamiarʉ / huupimia

walk backward, step backward, back up

pinutsarʉ

sit on something, breaking it to pieces

pipi̠ku

sound

pipóhtorʉ / piporoki

pop (to make a popping sound by sitting on something)

piporooki

motorcycle or motorized car

pi̠saapi̠

paint, rouge, compact powder

pisarʉ

apply make-up to someone

pisayuʔne / pisayuʔni

tin, tin can, canned goods; shiny metals used as jingles

pisi

rotten, infested, festered

pisi matokóo

rainbow

pisi miʔarʉ

becoming infected

pisi naki̠

infected ear

Pisi Narʉmʉʉ

Cache, OK

pisi tora / pisi toranʉ̠

prickly poppy, used for treating sore eyes

pisi waʔkóo

oyster

pisibuni

cattail

pisibuni

infected eye

pisibuni natsuu

medicine for an eye infection

pisikatʉ / tsipi̠si / tsipʉ̠si

gonorrhea

pisikwanúuʔi / pisikwanúuʔitʉ

slide, slide down

pisimarokoʔrʉʔpi̠

opal (rainbow stone)

pisinʉ̠

refers to rotting

pisipʉ̠

venereal disease, pus, rotten

pisiwakoo

muscle (freshwater clam)

pisonaʔaitʉ

build a nest

pisoona̠ / pisoʔna̠

cushion, rug, quilt, something you carry to sit on, pallet

pisoʔarʉ

prick someone with something

pisu kwáʔna

smell bad, bad odor

pisukwita

worry, fret, suffer on deathbed

pisukwitakʉ

interrupt someone because of worry

pisukwitanʉ̠ / sukwitarʉ

anxious, on edge

pisunarʉ / pisunetʉ̠

drag something on a flat surface

pisuni / pisunii

skunk (casts off a bad odor)

pisupʉ̠

body gas, pass gas

pisuʔnetʉ̠

rub against something, scratch rear or back against something

pisʉtʉki / pisʉʔtʉki / pisʉtʉkitʉ̠

pacer (type of horse)

pitsa miʔarʉ

return, go back, move away from

pitsa múu / pihtsa múu

legume

pitsaka / pitsákarʉ

trailer; anything pulled behind

pitsani tʉyaihumiarʉ ma

choke to death

pitsi / pitsii

breast of woman

pitsi makatʉ̠ / maakatʉ̠

wean a baby

Pitsii Toya

Mount Roosevelt (in the Wichita Mountains)

pitsimai

weaned

pitsipʉ̠

milk

pitsipʉ̠ pimoróo

milk cow

pitsipʉ wihtua

milk bucket, milk can

pitsipʉ̠ha poʔaa

cream, literally milk's covering

pitsiʔwʉhpara

brassiere

pitsoko̠

pants

pitsoko / pitsohko / pitsohko̠

trousers, pants

pitsʉ kima / pitsa ʉwakatu kimarʉ

come back

pitu̠wetʉ / pitu̠we

limp

pitʉ / pitʉnu̠

arrive; arrived, approached someone

pitʉ̠bai

crack something by sitting on it

pitʉ̠ku

butt

pitʉmi̠

constipated

piwinoki / piiyʉkwi

shake butt

piwokamiʔarʉ / piwokarʉ

drag something

piwoonokatʉ

crease down a horse's back; top of the buttocks on a human

piwoosa / piwoʔsa̠ / piwoʔse

hip, lower back, tailbone

piwosʉ

small of back

piwoʔsa wʉnarʉ / piwoʔsa wʉnʉ̠katʉ̠

ache in lower back, have a backache

piyarʉ / piyamiʔarʉ

carry someone behind on horseback, ride double

piʔmaʔnika

feminine napkin

piʔnakwʉ̠ bʉetsʉ̠ / piʔnaku̠ pʉetsuku̠ / kwasikʉ̠ petsku / kwasikʉ pʉetsʉ̠ku

day after tomorrow

piʔnuʔa miʔarʉ

backwards, go backwards, go back and forth or from side to side (as when riding in a wagon)

piʔtohtsía

white-tailed deer (bob-tailed white spot)

piʔtoʔarʉ / piʔtoʔnaʔitʉ

bob a tail, cut off short

piʔweesuʔruʔitʉ

swing sitting down

piʔweke miʔarʉ

walk swinging hips

piʔwesurúuʔi̠

playground swing

piʔwʉ̠riarʉ

spill something by sitting on it or beside it

piʔwʉʔwenitʉ

spill, sprinkle

poboko

clear, as in glass

pohho nʉkwʉ̠

quinine weed

pohitʉ / tsaʔtuʔru

stretched, as a hide

pohoobi

sweet sage

pohotatʉ̠

thick

pohotʉ̠ naʔsʉkía

heavy shawl

pohpitʉ

jump

pohtohki̠katʉ / pohotokʉ̠katʉ̠ / pohtokitʉ̠ / pohtokitʉ / pootokitu

bloated, swelled up, puffed up

pohtoʔitʉ

burst, to break open with a bang

pohya / poyaʔmia

walk

pohyamiʔarʉ

walk fast

poiya

fever plant, a plant whose leaves are used in the treatment of fever

poka

poker

poko tʉhka

fresh vegetable

pokoo / poʔko

burrowing owl

pokopi̠ / pokopʉ̠

berry, fruit, candy

pokopi̠ masʉapʉ̠

orchard, garden

pokopi tuarʉ

bear fruit

pomapʉ̠ / pomarʉ

picked berries, harvested crop, produce

pooro

club, weapon or tool

poorʉ

paint; write; moon (slang)

poosa

crazy

poósabʉhkaitʉ / poosabʉkʉ̠kaitʉ

berserk, crazed, have an evil spirit

Pooʔaikʉ

Blow It Away (name)

pooʔayaa / poʔayaahkwai

blow away

porokarʉ / porokatʉ / porokatʉ̠

crack, snap

posa paa / posaba

liquor, whiskey (crazy water)

posarʉboʔpʉ

comics, (crazy book); love books

posaʔka̠ni

bridge

posia pusia

body lice

positsʉ̠ / pasiwaʔʉma / pasiwaʔʉmarʉ

sleet

Positsʉ̠ Mʉa

February (sleet month)

potsu

bouncing (Ford)

potʉ̠tsanawʉtʉ̠ / potsenʉ̠

bumpy, as a road is bumpy

poyohkarʉ

made to trot

poʔa / poʔa

bark, cover, peel, skin

poʔayaakʉtʉ

blows around, blow away

poʔayaʔeetʉ

thistle

poʔharʉ

spread legs out

poʔhibahpakitʉ / poʔahibahpakitʉ

wave, flap in the wind

poʔhimarʉ / poʔahimarʉ

winnow, as to clean grain

poʔoya / poʔaʔyanʉ̠

blown-away object

poʔro tʉhtʉmapʉ̠

fence of a hog pen

poʔropʉ̠nʉʉ / poʔroʔnʉʉ

hogs

poʔsa paa kahni

saloon

Poʔsa Taibo

Adolph Hitler (word develped by the Comanche Code Talkers meaning "Crazy White Man")

Poʔsa Taibo

Crazy White Man (name given Adolph Hitler by Comanche Code Talkers)

poʔsabihiʔa

mischievous, boys being mischievous

puha

power; spiritual medicine

puha hubiya

medicine songs (hymns); ceremonial songs

Puha Hunubi

Medicine Creek

puha ka̠hni / puha kahni

church, church building

puha nabi̠sarʉ

anoint, apply medicine paint

puha nabisiʔain

vision, to have a vision

puha namakaʔmukipʉ̠

medicine items (herbs, rattles, gourds used for peyote ceremony)

puha natsu

red false mallow, used for reducing swelling

puha niwʉnʉrʉʉ / puha niwʉnʉrʉ̠ / pia puhaniwʉnʉna̠

church service

Puha Paatsoko

Medicine Otter (name)

Puha Tabeeni

Sunday

Puha Tabeeni Pahi Habi / Tapuharaibaʔatupahihabitsi̠ / Pahi Habiitʉ̠ / Pahitʉ Habiitʉ̠

Wednesday

puha taiboo / puha tekwi̠raiboo

preacher

puha tekwarʉ

pray

puha tekwʉ̠tsitʉ

preach, speak with power

puha tenahpʉ

medicine man

puha tʉnikwʉnʉ

hymns

Puha Tʉpanaabi̠ / Puha Tʉpana

Medicine Bluff (north of Lawton,OK)

puha waiʔipʉ

medicine woman

puha wʉki / puha wʉhtitʉ / puha kwʉhtirʉ

witch someone

puhabahmuʔitʉ

smoke during a religious ceremony

Puhakatʉ̠

Comanches with special spiritual powers; Indian medicine

puhakʉ̠ni muutsi̠

steeple; teepee

puhanamʉ̠suapʉ̠

Sun Dance clothing (medicine clothes)

Puhatʉbopʉ̠

Bible

puhawekitʉ

look for medicine

Puhawi

Medicine Woman (name)

puhaʔai

doctor someone with spiritual powers

puhaʔaitʉ̠ / puhaʔaitʉ

have medicine, prepare medicine, to hold a cure ceremony for someone

puhi- / puhipʉ̠

leaf

Puhi mʉa

June (leaf month)

puhi pinaa / puhibihna

watermelon

puhi taitʉ̠

clump of grass, bush

puhi taʔara / puhitʉrʉʉka / puhi taʔraka

poison ivy

puhí tsawoo

cultivator, grass scratcher, plow

puhi tubi / puhi tuhpa

bush, clover

puhi tuhpaa / puhi huubaa

liquid tea

puhi tʉhkapʉ̠

lettuce, leaf food

puhi tʉmakwatubi

leaf wrappers used for cigarettes

puhi tʉʉkapu̠

green vegetables

puhi tʉyaitʉ / puhi kooʔi / puhi kooʔipʉ

dead grass, grass burned by the sun

puhi yʉkwitʉ / puhi yʉkwitʉ

hoe (garden tool); hoe the soil

puhihuba̠

tea

puhihwi

money, gold, metal, dollar

puhihwi narʉ̠so̠ / puhihwi wosa

purse, pocketbook, wallet, coin purse, money sack

puhihwi natsihtuʔye

metal comb, wire brush

puhihwi ta ahwiitʉ̠

treasure, literally "gold dug up"

puhihwi tuarʉ / puiwihutui / puhiwihima

get, have money

puhihwi tʉʉhtʉma / puhihwi tʉʉhtʉmarʉ

barbed wire, literally "money fence"; put up a barbed wire fence

puhihwi wehki

look for money

puhihwi yaarʉ / puhihwʉ̠ himarʉ

cash a check, to receive money in exchange

puhikatʉ

leaves (has leaves)

puhinoo / puhinoʔorʉʉ

brush dance; dance the brush dance

puhipʉ / puhipʉ̠

leaf, brush, grass, weed

Puhipʉ̠ha pʉma oha toʔiʔena mʉa / Puhipʉ̠ha

October (leaf fall month)

puhitóo

turkey, turkey grass

puhitookatu

turkeys grazing in grass

puhitopi̠ka / puhitaitʉ̠

bush, clump of grass

puhitʉrʉka

mistletoe

puhiwi kahni / puhiwi kahni̠

bank; money house

puhiwi paraiboo

banker, money boss

puhiwi takwapʉ̠ kahni

railroad station

puhiwi tekwapʉ̠ / puhihwi tekwapʉ̠ huupi

telephone, telegraph

puhiwi tosito̠

horseshoe (metal hoof)

puhiwihʉa

fish hook, steel trap (metal trap)

puhiwimaaka

give money to someone

puhiwitʉboʔpʉ̠

bank check, bank note, (money paper)

puhiwitʉrawʉna

nails, metal pegs

puhiwitʉsona̠

tin plate

puhiwiʔai / puhiwiʔai taiboo

blacksmith; silversmith (makes metal)

puhkapʉ̠ / puhkarʉ

ripped, torn, burst open, tear something, rip something

puhnuketʉ / punuketu̠

smooth, slick, slippery

puhwaaitʉ

look for, search carefully for with the eyes

puhyu̠nukitʉ

glide, move slowly ( as a train moves along a track)

pui

eye; eyes

pui hwai / puiʔ wai / tootsomepʉ̠

blind, sightless

pui narʉ̠so

eyelid

pui tsaseni / puitsasena

rye grass, sharp edged (used in cutting cataracts from eyes)

pui wʉhtsoboki̠

blink your eyes fast

puibʉʉtʉ̠

sleepy-eyed, to have eyes heavy with sleep

puibʉʉtʉ̠tʉ / puibʉʉtutʉ̠

sleepy

puihtsara

flank of an animal

puihtsita

rib area of an animal

puikʉso

gnats, pests

puitsaatsuʔi

wink

puitsaʔnika

eye glasses

puiwʉnʉrʉ

examine, to look over

puku paʔatoʔi toʔi / nʉʉtoʔitʉ / nabukuwa paʔatoʔi / tʉhʉyaroʔi / tʉhʉya kʉʔaka

get into a car or mount a horse

puku tsakaʔmiʔarʉ

lead a horse

puku tʉhka

nosebag

pukuka̠hni

barn

pukurʉhka

oats (horse food)

pukurʉhkapʉ̠

greens, celery, lettuce, spinach

pukutsi

contrary one, crazy one, pretending

Pukutsi

Crazy Warriors (men who did things backwards; or being stubborn)

pukuutsi

practical joker, stuborn old person or child

Pukuʔa tuaʔ / Pukurua

Colt (literally "horse child")

puni kwai

visit, to go see

puniitʉ / puninʉ̠

see, look at, watch

Punitʉ

Looking (name)

pupu̠katʉ

threadbare, thin cloth

pusia / posia

head lice

pusiaketʉ / nʉpsiakenʉ̠

search for head lice, delouse

pusiʔa natsihtuʔye / posia natsihtuʔye

fine-toothed comb, literally "head lice comb"

putsi / puʔtsi

eyelash

putsi kwʉtsʉ̠baitʉ

sing high pitched

putsi tʉnikwʉyʉ / putsi tʉnikwʉrʉ

high pitched, high pitched voice

putsiwaipʉ̠

dead, white, dried tree trunk

puuhkikatʉ

blow breath, blown out, extinguished (as a candle)

puukitʉ̠

blow out (like a candle)

puukurúa

colt, filly, foal

puuyaketʉ

buzzing sound made by a mosquito

puʔe

railroad

puʔe

road, path, way

puʔe manitʉ / pue manitʉ

wagon crossing

puʔe tukaikʉ̠ habitʉ̠

underpass, "road goes under" (word developed by Comanche Code Talkers)

puʔe ubaaikʉ̠ habitʉ̠

overpass, "road goes over" (word developed by Comanche Code Talkers)

puʔe watsi

lost the way (wild, gone a long time)

Puʔekatʉ

Christian, one who has a path

puʔeyarʉ

follow a road

puʔeʔaikʉpʉ̠

tradition

puʔeʔaitʉ̠

construct a road, clear a path

puʔeʔawinʉ̠

fall off the road

puʔi

gall bladder

puʔikʉsoʔi

gnat that buzzes around your eyes

puʔiʔwʉnʉrʉ

suffer gall bladder pain

pʉ

he, she, it

Pʉ Tua Wʉni Kwai

Been-To-See-His-Son (name)

pʉa

finish, quit

pʉa nuhkitʉ

run away from somewhere, desert

pʉa tainʉ̠ / nabʉatainʉ̠ / nabuarai

divorce

pʉah taikatʉ / nabʉataikatʉ̠

divorced, separated in marriage

pʉah taitʉ

forsake someone, desert

pʉarʉ

turn loose, quit something, cease doing

pʉaʔtai

leave someone for good

pʉbʉetʉʉ / pubʉʔetʉʉ

forefathers, past generations

pʉe / pʉesu̠ / pʉesʉ / pesʉ

already

pʉesúube

velvet cloth, work-type handkerchief

pʉesúubeʔ / pitsikʉ

nursling (young animal)

pʉesʉnahanipʉ / pʉesʉ nahanipʉ

ready made clothes

pʉetsʉ̠ku

tomorrow, in the morning

pʉetsʉ̠ku / pʉetsʉ̠kunakwʉ̠sa / taakitʉ / taa / taahkatʉ

morning

pʉetsʉ̠kunai

early

pʉetʉyai / pʉe tʉyaai / pʉeh tʉyaai

ghost, evil spirit, spirit of deceased person, invisible

pʉewatsi

wild

pʉheetʉ / pʉhetʉ / pʉhhetʉ

fast, frisky, lively, quick (refers to a horse)

pʉhkaikatʉ̠

comfort an adult, help someone stop crying; hushed, comforted

pʉhkitʉ / pʉhʔkitʉ

stop raining

pʉhkwinuʔitʉ / pʉkwitsunitʉ

squirm, wriggle

pʉhpi / pʉʉpi

blood

pʉhtsa / pʉhtsai / pʉtsʉ̠ha

burst, explode

pʉhtsapʉ̠

broken, burst, blown out as a tire blows out

pʉhtsaʔetʉ

dynamite, explosive

pʉhtuku nʉmʉ / tʉbooʔena̠ / tubooʔetʉ / pooruinʉ / kobe nabo / nʉmiboʔeʔtʉ̠ / nabooʔetʉ̠

camera

pʉhtʉtʉ̠

heavy

pʉhʉ

fur, fuzz

pʉhʉkabʉrʉʉ

sheep (wooly goat)

pʉhʉkabʉrʉʔsarí

sheep dog

pʉhʉkatʉ

furry

pʉhʉkatʉkuusa

furry leggings, chaps

pʉhʉkukweya / pʉhʉkukweʔya

lion

pʉhʉkwa̠suʔu̠

fur coat

pʉhʉnatsu / pʉhʉtʉsahsʉ̠ / pʉhʉ tʉʔsaasi / pʉhʉ tʉtsaasi

medicinal herb that grows in Mexico, used to ease pain, lower fever, cure kidney disease; has roots with hairs similar to wool, used in a mixture to purify blood

pʉhʉnʉnapʉ̠

hairy chest, chest hair

pʉhʉpusia / suhuposía

crab louse, hair louse

Pʉhʉrasoope

Perdasofpy (name)

pʉhʉsoyoʔitʉ

bear (hair hanging down)

pʉhʉsoyoʔitʉ̠

animal with long hair, any animal

pʉhʉsʉawanapʉ̠

velvet (down feather cloth)

pʉhʉsʉʉkʉi / pʉhʉsʉʔkʉʔi̠

peach (hairy plum)

pʉhʉtasoona̠

rug, carpet, "fuzzy floor"

pʉhʉtumuihpaa / pʉhʉtsonika / tʉmuihpaa

fur hat, fur cap

pʉhʉwaatʉ / pʉhʉwahtʉ / pʉhʉwaatʉ̠

plains, prairie; slick

pʉhʉwanapʉ̠

flannel (hair cloth)

pʉkai

stop crying (singular)

pʉkapʉ̠

lap

pʉka̠rayʉkwiʔenʉ / pʉkʉ̠ra yʉkwiʔena̠ / yʉkwi kahnitai

living room, front room, parlor

pʉkarʉ / tʉkitʉ

bury

pʉkʉ̠

there

pʉkʉ̠ urʉʉ nahanʉ

present generation

pʉkʉ̠ra nohkoʔena̠ / nohko aawo̠

oven, place where one bakes biscuits

Pʉkʉ̠ra Totsiyaaʔaiʔeka / Totsiyaa Tabenihtʉ̠ / Totsi Yaarabeni̠htʉ̠

Decoration Day (Memorial Day)

pʉkʉ̠rahabiʔena piʔwesuruʔi

hammock

pʉkʉ̠ta soo yʉkwina

auditorium; where a lot of people sit

Pʉkʉ̠taakuyuniʔatʉhkaʔena̠ / Pʉkhrakoʔkoraʔaʔrʉhkaʔena / ʉratabenʉ̠tʉ / ʉratabeni̠htʉ / ʉrahtabehni̠tu̠ / ʉratabeeni / Pʉkhrapiarʉhkaʔena̠

Thanksgiving Day

pʉkʉtatʉkwʉ̠sʉkʉʔena

where you fry meat

pʉkwʉ̠ / puhwʉ

you two

pʉmata nookoina / homopʉ̠

wheat flour

pʉmatanatsinaroʔikʉʔina̠

enema

pʉmi / pʉma / pʉmʉ

them; themselves

pʉniiku

how, like this

pʉnʉ̠sʉ

oneself

pʉpaʔakura tʉrahkwʉʔneʔena̠

ironing board, place on which one irons

pʉpekumaʔʉrʉʔiʔna̠

degree (of heat)

pʉpetʉ̠

complete, fulfilled, that much

pʉrʉ̠suʔarʉ

uncoil, unwind, unravel

pʉʉ

their (own)(pl.)

pʉʉ natsu

blood weed plant (found in Old Mexico)

pʉʉ wʉhtoinʉ̠

throw up blood

pʉʉ-

prefix that refers to blood

Pʉʉhibituʔitʉ / Pʉʉhibituʔinʉnʉ

Communion (sacrament), Mass (sacrament)

pʉʉhibitʉ

partake of Communion

pʉʉka

lap (pl)

Pʉʉka Kwana

Perkaquanard (name), meaning "stinking thighs"

Pʉʉka Kwana

Stinking Thighs (name - Perkaquanard)

pʉʉokwetʉ

bleed, hemorrhage

pʉʉpi̠

Communion wine

pʉʉra

forearm

pʉʉra

upper arm

pʉʉyu / puyunu / pʉʉyʉ / pʉyʉnʉ / pʉyʉn

duck

pʉʉyʉ namanahkepʉ̠

decoy, duck

pʉʔhimataka / pʉʔhimaʔtaaka̠

barely, almost

Pʉʔne

Only Daughter (name)

pʉʔnetʉetʉ̠

only child

pʉʔʉne / pʉne

only

pʉʔwʉhmi̠na

high blood pressure

pʉʔwʉhtoʔinʉ̠ / paho wʉhmʉ̠nakatʉ / pahowʉhmina / oʔni

tuberculosis

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saabara

a half, or partial sheet worn by men during peyote meetings held in the summer time

saabara / sabaraa

bedsheet, sheet for bed; also sash wrapped around waist in peyote ceremony

saabe

fabric insert on the side of a Comanche dress

saahtotsitoʔikatʉ

fermented, foaming, frothing at the mouth

saapana

sides of a body trunk (human or an animal)

saapʉ / saapʉ̠

boiled meat

saatitamakatʉ / tsatsatitamakatʉ

loose tooth, chattering teeth from the cold

saatotsiya

flowering plant

saatotsiyapʉ̠

potted plant, flower with fragrant blooms

saatʉ / saanʉ̠

cook by boiling

saawihtua

soup pot

saaʔarʉ

cause to boil

saaʔnai

downy woodpecker

saaʔwʉ / saaʔwʉtʉ̠

mesh, sieve, screening, metal with holes

saaʔwʉ̠ hʉa

fishnet

saaʔwʉ̠ napʉ̠ / waraatsi̠

sandals, literally perforated shoes

saaʔwʉ tʉkʉmaʔai

lace, perforated trimmed edge

sabahpaki

drum

sahki̠

canoe

sahpaana

mid-drift

sahpáana

side of stomach or abdomen, covering

sakwʉ̠sikʉtʉ

tangle, tangled

samohpʉ / samuʔpʉ

man's sister, woman's brother

samupʉ

brothers, cousins

samupʉʉ / taka

sibling

Sana Woosa

Sticky Bag, personal name of a woman

sanaapi / sanaketʉ̠

sticky

Sanahpia

Sanapia, a Comanche medicine woman who had a book written about her

Sanah Pia Arʉbʉ̠

Comanche Mother Jaw, a female Comanche Chief

sanahkóo / kʉtsʉ̠we / kʉtsʉkwe

chewing gum

sanahkoo kʉyuʔnetʉ

chew gum

sanahpʉ̠ / matsu̠bakitʉ

glue, paste, pitch

sanahtuʔre

snail, sticky leech

sanapi / sanahpi̠ / sanahkena

sap of a tree or plant, sticky

sanarʉ

adhere to, stick to

sanarʉ̠

cedar sap, resin

sanaweha

broomweed, mormon tea

Santanta

Comanche Chief

sapʉ / sapʉ̠

stomach

sapʉ̠ nʉʉtsikwarʉ

stomach ache

sapʉ̠ wʉnʉ̠katʉ

baby colic, extreme stomach pain

sapʉ̠bitsohko̠

overalls

saraa / unaʔru

across

sareeku / amakwa̠su̠

vest

sari yake

harriel hawk

sarii / sarií

dog

Sarii Tʉhka

Comanche Band (Dog Eaters)

Sarii Tʉʉka

Arapaho Tribe (translates to "dog eaters")

Sarii Tʉʉka

Dog Eaters (name for Arapaho Tribe)

sawʉ

screen

sawʉnatsatʉma

close the screen door

saʔhuʔba̠

soup

saʔwʉtiboʔaʔkatʉ̠

almond

sebutu

here and there

seekwibii

intestines known as "the bible" of a cow

seekwipʉ̠ / sekwi / sekwikʉ̠

mud; clay

sekwi nuyuʔi̠tʉ

mud covered

sekwi suhkai / sekwiku suhkai / sekwi suhʔkai

stuck in the mud

sekwimatsi̠baki

plaster or house paint

sekwitsipuhitsi / sekwi naroʔtekai

mud men

setʉʉ / sitʉʉ

those

seyʉyuki / ehyu̠yuki

ash, tree pods

sia / sia-

feather; prefix referring to feather

sia muyaa

wear feathers in front of head

Sia Naboo

Cheyenne Tribe (translates to "Painted Feather")

sia piyaa

bustle (dance regalia)

sia sona tʉbaki

feather mattress

sia tsohpe

feather pillow

sibenʉ̠ / síibetʉ

shave, scrape off

sibeʔniki̠yutʉ̠

from now on

Sihka Tabe Ke Isaʔai

This Midday Sun Does Not Tell A Lie (name)

sihka tabeeni

today; this day

sihkupʉ̠ / huuku

shoulder blade; collar bone

sihkutʉ̠

from here

sihwapi̠ / sihwarʉ̠

torn object / tear something

siiko / sikoo

wild hyacinth

siiko / sʉʔkʉʔiha taka pahpaʔakunátsaweniʔeʔtʉ̠

cherry

siikú / sikoo / siikoo

navel, belly button

siipʉ̠

urethra

siipʉ̠ / siinʉ̠ / siihumiarʉ

urine; urinate

sikʉ̠ / sika

here; this

simuhtarʉ

suck through nose

sinai

different ways, various ways

sinihku

manner, in this way

sitoo

field lark

sitʉ

he, she, it, this, all of them

sitʉkwʉ̠

these two

sitʉtsi

this little one

siʔana

you, being there

siʔanetʉ̠ / tsiʔani

knocking teepee down; at this point

siʔapʉ̠

chip off, shave poles

siʔbíbi

chickadee

soho kʉa / sohoroʔi

climb up

soho kʉaʔetʉ totsiyaa

morning glory, climbing flower

soho weerʉ̠

climb down

sokanaakutʉ̠ / sokonaikutʉ̠

on their land; from the land

soko / sokobi / sokoobi̠ / sokoni̠

land, earth, ground

soko bookʉtʉ

deed, title deed, title to land

soko kimarʉ / soko nʉmitʉ

come walking, come on foot

soko naboopʉ̠ / soko rʉboopʉ̠

map, deed to land, "land picture"

soko sikʉ̠sa totsiya

dandelion, dandelion flower

soko tahkaʔmiitsa̠

cucumber, wild cucumber

soko tsatu̠warʉ / soko tsatʉ̠wai

open country to settlement

soko tukai miʔa / paraimoʔo

mole

soko tʉmanahkepʉ̠

measurement of land

soko tʉmʉrʉ

leased land

soko tʉtsikaʔapʉ̠

quarter section of land

soko tʉtsʉʔpʉ̠

mile

soko yʉʔyʉmuhkutʉ̠ / soko yʉʔyʉmuhkurʉ

earthquake

sokobaʔaihtʉ

nations, people on earth

sokobi paa tʉbi̠naatʉ̠

island; land in the middle of water

sokobi sʉmʉ paroinu̠

whole world flooded over

sokomiʔarʉ

go walking, go on foot

Sokorohkatʉ̠ Pʉkʉ̠nawehana

Hell

sokotsihpomiʔi

disc; divide the land

sokotsihtoba

shovel; post hole digger

sokoʔaʔwo̠

china cup or dish

sokoʔeksahpana

infantryman

sona boʔa

quilt top

sona tʉbaki / sonana tʉbaki

mattress, "stuffed quilt"

soni / sooni / soonipʉ̠

grass

soni narúa / soni narui

oats, kafir corn

soni narʉso / soni narʉ̠so

tow sack, gunny sack

soni nʉʉhtama / sonipʉ̠ha nʉʉhtama

baling wire

soni sokoobi

pasture, open grassland

soni toorʉ

graze on grass

soni tsoʔnika

straw hat, hat

soni tʉhtʉmapʉ̠

fenced pasture

Soni Wiyaa

Clinton Paddyaker (Red Elk) (name)

soni wiyaa

twine, clothesline rope

soni wokweebi

grass burr

soni wʉhpoma

sickle (implement)

soni wʉhpomarʉ

mow grass, cut weeds or grass, with a hoe or sickle

soni wʉhtama / soni wʉhtʉma / soni tʉhtʉma

baling wire, wire; to bale hay

soni wʉhtʉmapʉ̠

pasture, feeding lot around haystack

soni wʉtsʉ̠ke / soni wʉtsʉ̠kerʉ̠

scythe, lawnmower, mow grass with lawnmower or tractor

sonibihna / sonipihna / sonipihnaa / soni bihnáa

sugar cane, sorghum, molasses

sonibuhiwi̠

money received from cattlemen for leasing grasslands (grass money)

sonipʉ / sonipʉ̠

grass; hay

sonitsihima / sonitsiima / sonitsihima / soni tsiyaa / tʉtsiyaa

pitchfork

soniyʉkwi

binder, mower

soo huuhpi̠

woods, forest, many trees

soo moʔo

centipede, "many hands"

soo naahkwetʉ̠ / soo manakwʉ

distant, a long way off

soo naboo

printed material, fabric

soo naiʔʉnʉʉ

many girls

Soo Pitʉ / Soo Pitenu̠

Saupitty (name); many arrive

soo tuʔku / soo tukukʉ

flank of animal, "much meat"

soo tʉhimarʉ

coon can, kick-the-can, "many rations"

soo yake

locust

soobetsʉ / soo beʔsʉ / soo beʔsʉkʉ

long ago, a long time ago, many years ago

soobokóo / soho bokopi̠ / pahtsi kwasi tʉkahpʉ̠

mulberry

Sooka̠hni / Sookʉ̠ni / Puha Tʉpaanʉ̠

Lawton, OK (translates to "many houses")

Sooka̠hni / Sookʉ̠ni / Puha Tʉpaanʉ̠

Many Houses (name given Lawton OK)

sookaʔwʉ̠katʉ̠

lot of something

sookobitʉ

earth

sookʉ̠ni / soo kahni / narʉmʉ

town, village

soomo

lungs

soona̠ / sona

quilt, cloth cover

soonarʉbaki

repeating rifle or quilt

sooti / sootʉ

many

sootʉ̠ peekwi̠

fish (general term)

sooyake / sooyaketʉ / tʉnimawaki / tʉnimanahke huutsu

mockingbird, locust, cicada, "always chirping"

soroʔrokitʉ

purr, as a cat; snore

Sosokoi / Soʔsokoi / Soʔsoʔni

Shoshones ("on foot")

soyoʔitʉ

mass of hair

soʔo

cheek (on the face)

soʔo

cheeks of face

soʔo narʉbaki / soo narʉbaki

shotgun

soʔo tsuhni

cheekbone

soʔopekwipʉ̠ / tʉbekwipʉ̠

mumps

sua / suatʉ̠ / suarʉ̠ / suatsʉ̠

mind, breath, soul, thought, feel

sua kwana̠ / kʉpsikwana̠ / kʉkwana̠

breath odor; bad breath

sua soyuraperʉ / suayurape

allow to rest or cool off

sua watsikatʉ

faint, become comatose

sua watsikʉ

unconscious, comatose

sua watsitʉ

become insane, lose mind

sua yarapenʉ̠ / sua yurahpetʉ

rest, relax

suabe ma taa narʉmiʔa tawʉnai

Crucifixion

Suabepuha taibo / Suabebuhabaraibo

Catholic; Catholic priest

suabetaikatʉ

conscious, revived after being knocked out

suabetaitʉ / suabetarʉ

recognize

suabi / suabe̠ / suaabe

cross, crucifix

suahkena̠ / suahketʉ

breath; breathe

suakʉtʉ

think good thoughts, think well of someone

suapʉ

tension; knot at the back of the neck

suapʉ̠ / suana / suyoroʔakapʉ̠

soul, will, thought, sense, mind

suapʉ̠waatʉ / yʉʔha

stupid, no sense

suapʉ̠watʉ / supewaitʉ

carefree; leisurely; don't know what to do; undecided

suaʔsuʔmakatʉ / suaʔtsumʉ̠katʉ̠

breathless, dying one

suaʔsʉma̠katʉ̠

hard to breathe

suaʔtsumai

dead

suaʔtsumiarʉ

unable to breathe, out of breath, dead

suaʔtsumuʔmiarʉ

breathe heavily, pant

sube

that's it, end of it, the end

subeetʉ / tʉmarakai

end; finished; over

subeʔsʉ

since then

suhi / suʔhi

pubic hair

suhu posía / pʉhʉ pusia

crab louse

sukʉ̠

right there

sumetʉ̠

for that reason

suni / subutu̠ / obo / obotu

that way

sunihtʉtsi / senihtʉtsi

pitiful, undependable person

suniku / suniiku / suniitʉ

that way; like that

sunitʉma / sunitʉʔu

that's the way it is

suniyutʉ̠

because, for that reason

supanaʔitʉ̠

know or understand

supi̠kaahkatʉ

perceptive, aware

surʉ

he, she, it, that

Surʉ tsaa sokobi hayaʔʉkʉna tenapʉʔmaʔaiku waʔihpʉʔa tatatʉki

Garden of Eden

surʉ̠ha

he, she, it, that (question form)

surʉʉ

those

sutai / sutaitʉ / sutaaitʉ / nani̠sutai

bless, blesses, blessed; mercy, pity

Sutaʔnʉʉ / Papitsiminanʉʉ

Sioux people

sutena ikʉrʉ / ikarʉ / sutena̠ikai

enter by force

sutena karʉrʉ

force to sit down

sutena petsʉmiarʉ

lead off by force

sutenabetʉ

forceful, stubborn; take someone by force

sutenapʉ

stubborn person

súʉkoitʉ / sʉhkoitʉ

freeze solid

suwʉkaitʉ / suwʉʔkai

amazed, amazing

suʔabee / suapʉ̠ wahta̠

slang for stupid

suʔahri

along there

suʔakʉtʉ / tsa u suʔakʉtʉ̠

admire someone, like someone

suʔarʉ / súʔuranʉ̠

recall, ponder, search the mind in effort to remember

suʔats / suʔatsitʉ

think; think about something, make a plan

suʔatʉ

another one, different, not this one

suʔkah / orʉ / surʉ̠se / sutse

that one

suʔuyai / suʔuyaʔinʉ̠

laugh at, make fun of

suʔuyaʔi

laughingstock

suʔwaitʉ̠ / nihwaitʉ / nihwai

want

sʉakatʉ

grow

sʉatʉ

grow, increase, bloom, bud open, multiply in number

sʉaʔinʉ̠

distasteful; to gag on something

sʉhtorokitʉ / sʉwiʔnoʔnoʔkitʉ

shiver from the cold

sʉhtʉyaitʉ / sʉhkooi

freeze to death, die of the cold

sʉhʉ aawo

basket woven of willow

sʉhʉ mupitsi̠

screech owl

sʉhʉ tsitsina

small wild potato

sʉhʉ tsitsina / sʉʉtsʉnʉni

willow twigs, potato

sʉhʉbi

willow tree

sʉhʉʔawotʉhpetʉ̠

bushel

sʉkʉ

sour

sʉkʉ kama / sʉkʉ kaama

lemon, pickle ("sour taste")

sʉkʉbunitʉ

make a sour face

sʉkʉkaʔma

pickles, vinegar, mustard, lemons: anything sour

sʉkʉpia

childless woman

sʉkʉʔi̠ / sʉʉkʉi / sʉkui

plum, a particular wild variety; plum bush

sʉkwe naisʉ

side of an object, either front or back

sʉkwe tʉyai / sʉkwe tʉyaipʉ̠

paralyzed, literally nerves dead

sʉkweebi

cut in half

sʉkweebi

fifty cents (word "adopted" by Comanches)

sʉkwerʉ / makatsona̠

end of row

sʉkweʔbi̠

half dollar

sʉmasʉ nooi / sʉmʉʔa noo / sʉma noo

one horse buggy, horse drawn sulky

sʉme yʉkwitʉ̠

thus; what someone said

sʉmʉ

one; somebody

Sʉmʉ Ekapitʉ

All Red (name of William Tivis' father [Sim-i-eck-a-vit])

Sʉmʉ Ekapitʉ

Sim-i-eck-a-vit, personal name of William Tivis' father (translates to "All Red")

Sʉmʉ Habiitʉ̠ / Sʉmʉ Tabeeni / Sʉmʉhabitʉ / Puha Tabeeni Sʉmʉ Habi

Monday (first day)

sʉmʉ kʉhtsumai

eaten up completely

sʉmʉ nokimarʉ

come, as a group

sʉmʉ nomiʔarʉ / nomiʔarʉ

moving, move away as a group, abandon a location

sʉmʉ sihwarʉ

tear off, rip completely

sʉmʉ susunitʉ̠

all the same

sʉmʉ tayuʔnerʉ

pound completely, as in pounding meat

sʉmʉ tʉhkarʉ

devour, eat most of something

sʉmʉ ʉhtsumitʉ / ʉhtsumarʉ

require everyone to close their eyes completely

sʉmʉbuharai

week, one week

sʉmʉnahapʉ̠

become one

sʉmʉnarayaʔkʉ

pound, pounds

sʉmʉnokima

coming after all of them

Sʉmʉnʉ Kuhtsupaa

Nueces River

sʉmʉrabekwihne

hour

sʉmʉrʉmanahke / sʉmʉyúʔtʉmanahke

inch

sʉmʉ̠sʉ

once, one time

sʉmʉtʉmanaake

one yard

sʉmʉʉhtsumitʉ / sʉmʉʉʔʉtsumitʉ̠

close your eyes

sʉrookatʉ

hair raised on back

sʉroonitʉ / tasʉroonitʉ

bristle hair, stand hair on end

sʉsuatʉ / ʉtsuʔitʉ̠

cool, chilly / cold

sʉsʉmʉ

one at a time; some

sʉsʉmʉnʉʉ

some of them

sʉsʉʔana̠

sometimes, once in a while

sʉsʉʔnikatʉ

numb, feel numb, numbness

sʉtsʉtu

freeze to death

sʉʉ aawo

tin cup, cup made out of willow

sʉʉ ani

kick, causing it to roll away

sʉʉ potserʉ̠

kick something away

sʉʉhkwʉhtʉ̠kurʉ

kick something

sʉʉhpotsʉ̠katʉ

kicked away, discarded by kicking

sʉʉki̠ / parʉkwihtsipʉ̠

twig, switch

sʉʉkʉi kootsapʉ̠

plum jelly

sʉʉkʉ̠tsaʔnoo / sʉʉkʉ̠ʔnoo

in doubt, perhaps, maybe

sʉʉkwʉtinʉ̠ / sʉʉhkwʉhtitʉ / sʉʉkwʉhtʉkurʉ

kick

sʉʉmarʉ̠

ten

sʉʉmarʉ̠ sʉmʉ ma tohikʉtʉ̠ / sʉmʉ ma tohikʉtʉ̠

eleven

sʉʉmarʉ̠ wahatʉ̠ ma toʔikʉtʉ̠ / wahatʉ̠ ma tohikʉtʉ̠

twelve

sʉʉmaʔai

together

sʉʉmaʔaitʉ / naniokitʉ

gather together, congregate

sʉʉmaʔokatʉ̠ / naniokitui

call people together, invite to congregate

sʉʉmʉtú / sʉmʉʉtʉ

one hundred

sʉʉmʉʔokʉ̠ / tamarʉmarʉʉ / sootʉ

group of people, crowd of people

sʉʉpetʉ / sʉʉhpetʉ̠

level, even, flattened

sʉʉtsʉnitʉ / sʉʉʔkʉmi

chill, have chills, tremble with cold

sʉʔsʉmʉʔniku

one at a time

t

tenahpᵾ

man

taa

our (pl.in.)

taa ahpʉʔa tekwapʉʔa tsaakobanʉ

sin; our Father's language broken

taa ara

our uncle

taa kahnitainʉ̠

our room

taa kootoo

bring in kindling for morning fire

taa nanawapʉ

elders

Taa Narʉmi

our Master; God

Taa natsainʉ

the best we've got (word developed for Boeing Aircraft)

Taa noyowehkitʉtabeni / koʔkora / noyopʉkʉ̠ratʉkaʔena̠

Easter ("our egg look for day")

taa nʉkwʉpʉ / taa nʉkwʉpʉ̠

our captive

taa nʉkwʉpʉ̠ taiboo

captive white man

taa tatsinuupi / tatsinuʔpi

morning star

taa tekwapʉ̠ha pooitʉ̠ / naboopʉ̠ / ekakwiitsi naboopʉ̠ / ekakwiitsi tʉboopʉ̠ / kwiitse naboopʉ̠

computer (modern term)

Taa Totsiyaʔinʉ̠

Memorial Day, Decoration Day

taa tʉhkarʉ

eat breakfast

Taa wohonʉʉ "our enemy"

Germans (people)

taabuʔkina noyo

Easter egg, "rabbit egg," (made up word)

taaitʉ / tainʉ̠

cave, hole in the ground, rectum

taaka pitsipʉ̠ / ʉtsʉʔi pitsipʉ̠ / ʉtsʉi pitsipʉ̠ / ʉtsʉ pitsipʉ̠ / taaka pitsipʉ

ice cream; ice milk

taaka wewenuka / tahka weʔwenuka

icicle

taakabi

ice

taakabúu

slingshot

taakaʔaitʉ̠

freeze or frozen over

taaki

kidney

taama̠

teeth

taama / tama / taama̠

tooth

taamoyaʔipu̠ / ketamoyaʔipʉ̠

reject someone, rejected

taanakwʉ̠ / tahʉʉkiʔaikʉ

in the morning

taapapʉ̠ / taatʉ̠bapʉ̠

cracked

taarʉhkapʉ / taarʉhkarʉ

breakfast food, eat breakfast, "morning eating"

Taasi

Kiowa Apache Tribe

taasiiniku ʉma

raining hard ("urinating on us")

taatsa

summer

taatsʉkwi̠ sʉʉmarʉ

seventy

taatsʉkwi̠tʉ

seven

taawekwika̠hni / kesuakhni̠ / kesua ka̠hni / narawekwi̠ kahni

jail, prison

taayaa / tʉkapʉ̠ha taayaa ma

carry in talons

taayʉtsʉ / taayʉtsʉtʉ / taayoritʉ

arise, awaken in the morning, to get up in the morning

Taaʔ Ahpʉ

Our Father

taaʔahpʉ puʔeʔawi

missed the road

taaʔahpʉwakatu kwitsoʔaipʉ̠

redeemed (saved by God)

táaʔahpʉʔa tekwapha tuaweʔtʉ̠

sermon (telling God's word)

taaʔahpʉʔatekwapʉ̠ha narʉmuinʉ̠

parable

tabakoitʉ

split, cause to split the clouds due to storm coming

tabe / taabe

clock, watch, day; sun

tabe kini

sparrow hawk

tabe kusʉwehkatʉ

hot, scorching day

Tabe Kwiʔne

Sun Eagle, a Comanche war chief circa 1759

tabe moʔo

hour hand on a clock or watch

tabe nabi̠siʔaipʉ̠

day dream (noun)

Tabe Nanaka / Tabe Naneka

Hears The Sun (name of Comanche Chief)

Tabe Nanaka / Tabe Naneka

Tabananica (Comanche Chief circa 1872); "Hears The Sunrise"

tabe narʉmuhku̠

watch chain

tabe tʉhkarʉ / tabe tʉhkapʉ̠

lunch or dinner; noon meal

tabe ʉhpʉi / tabe ʉhpʉitʉ / tabe ʉhkoikatʉma

nap, take a nap

tabe ʉhyʉh / tabe ʉhyʉihka / tabe ʉhyʉi

afternoon; late afternoon; early evening

tabe wenuakʉ

winding your watch

Tabe Wʉnʉrʉ̠

Standing Sun (name)

tabe wʉnʉʔitʉ

stand in the sun; stand just above the horizon (as in the setting sun); waiting for the sun to set

tabekuyaarʉ̠

halo

tabeni / tabeeni / tabeni̠ʉ

day, today, all day, time

tabetoi / tabetoʔi / tabetoʔikitʉ

sunrise, sun up

tabetóinai / muhyenai

from the east

tabetoinakwʉ / muhyʉnakwʉ / muhyenakwʉ

east

tabetóinakwʉ̠ / muyenai

towards the east

tabetotsiyaa

flowers in general

tabeʔaitʉ / mahiyarʉ

swear as in taking an oath, to vow as in court

tabeʔihka / tabeʔikai / tabeʔikarʉ

sunset, sundown, evening

tabeʔikamiʔarʉ

sun goes down, the setting of the sun

tabeʔikanai / kahpenai

from the west

tabeʔikanakwʉ̠ / kapenakwʉ̠

towards the west

tabukina / tabuhkina / tabuʔkina / tabu /ekaʔere / naʔnohka

rabbit

tabusahkatu / puʔhpasapu̠

anemia

tabʉikatʉ

grief, sadness

Tahaawa

Hollow (name - Tahhahwah)

Taháawa

Tahhahwah (name); means "hollow"

tahhanitʉ

pound on something, hammer something

tahhimaʔetʉ̠

catch with claws, grab with claws

tahhomonutsarʉ

crumble to powder with the foot

tahi

us (du.in.)

tahi / tahhibatʉ / tahi̠bi

flat, thin, lightweight

Tahi Bá

Gloria Wermy Cable's grandmother's name

tahiba / taihibatʉ

flat

tahibi̠wihi

sword (thin knife)

tahibʉ̠nohkopʉ̠

pancake, tortilla (thin baked)

tahibʉ̠wosa̠

suitcase (thin container)

tahipʉ̠ pekwi

flounder, "flat fish"

tahka aawo

refrigerator, ice box

Tahka Hunuʔbi

Colorado River, "Ice Creek"

Tahka Hunuʔbi

Ice Creek (Colorado River)

tahka-

prefix that refers to snow or ice

tahkaaitʉ

divide, cut out of the herd

tahkabi

snow, ice

tahkai

broken, divided

tahkanaboʔrʉ

spades

Tahkapʉ̠

Poor One (name)

tahkapʉ / takaapʉ

pitiful one; poor, to be poor, have no relatives

tahkaʔimiarʉ / tahkaiʔimiarʉ / takaiʔmiarʉ

freeze, in the process of freezing

tahkaʔmitsa̠ / kehekahma

cucumber

tahkaʔʉmarʉ

snowfall, "snow rains or falls"

tahkitemiʔarʉ

slip standing up, slide standing up

tahkobarʉ / tahkobakatʉ

break off or snap off with the foot

tahkobititʉ̠

break up something

tahkoonikarʉ

round up, herd

tahkoonitʉ

stop someone by force

tahkuyaʔarʉ

frighten, make threatening movements with the foot

tahkʉarʉ

drive out, force to leave

tahkʉmaʔaitʉ

sharpen using a treadle grindstone

tahkwatúubitʉ

fold with the foot, like folding grass down

tahkweʔyarʉ / tahkweʔyuʔi

take off a shoe

tahkwinetʉ

wipe with the foot; pigeon toed

tahkwipe̠

sickly

tahkwʉmarʉ / tahkwʉmiʔi

unwrap something with the foot

tahkwʉ̠riarʉ

spill something with foot

tahma inapʉ̠

a species of buzzard

tahma yokake / kuhmitoʔai / kuʔmitoʔai

popcorn

tahmaiʔinapʉ̠

deer meat, dried meat, summer dried meat butchered and dried in the summer

tahmani

early corn

Tahmaroʔi / Tahma Toʔitʉ̠

Spring (as in time of year)

tahni

lay or place

tahnikatʉ

more than one, several

tahniʔarʉ / tahʔninʉ̠

defeat, overcome

tahniʔitʉ

put away, drill in as in seeding, keep something

tahnutsaʔerʉ

crushed with the foot

tahpai / tahpaʔi

cracked; crack something, break something

tahpanaʔaa

sole shoes, put soled on shoes

tahpapʉ̠

broken object such as a dish or glass

tahparanʉ̠

soften something by trampling on it

tahparaʔitʉ

align spine, stand on someone's back to ease pain

tahpomiʔitʉ / maraʔbaʔinʉ̠

break something up into fine pieces with the foot

tahporoorʉ / tahpuruanʉ

shatter, break in pieces with foot

tahpunitʉ / tapunipʉ̠

try on shoes

tahsanʉ

raise one leg

tahtahbaitʉ̠ / tahtabaʔitʉ

break in pieces, cause to break in pieces

tahtaʔnitʉ

shake the foot as when shaking off dust or dirt

tahtokóo / tatookoo

big toe

tahtoo

put on shoes

tahtoʔitʉ

let out, allow to leave

tahtsaitʉ

catch up with, overtake

tahtsanitʉ

stumble

tahtsukitʉ

wipe away with foot

tahtsumarʉ

wipe something off with feet

tahtsʉ̠kitʉ

crowded while standing, "crowded foot" as in tight shoes

tahtúaʔa pabi

fourth toe ("little toe's older brother")

tahtukitʉ̠

put out fire with foot

tahtunaabarʉ

straighten something wrinkled with the foot

tahtʉbináa

middle toe

tahtʉbunitʉ

waken, cause to wake up with heavy steps or noisy walking

tahtʉkarʉ / atʉ / ata / ekwipʔtsa

different

tahtʉki

footstool, take a step

tahtʉkwarʉ / tahpaʔitʉ

throw at something

tahtʉmarʉ

close up, nail shut, cover over

tahuhkuwʉnʉrʉ

raise dust by walking

tahuʔnenʉ̠

crawl on knees

tahʉ

our (du.in.)

tahwainitʉ̠

go on foot to look for; feel around with foot

tahwi

earn something

tahʔhoranʉ̠

dig a hole in the ground with an implement or tool

tai

our; morning

tai kunimaakʉ

bring in firewood

tai kupi̠taka

turn on the lamp

taibo natsome

prunes

taibo natsu

patent medicine

taibo naʔseeka

date, persimmon

taibo nʉhkapʉ̠

modern dance

taibo nʉkʉta̠

domesticated goose

taibo pikapʉ̠

leather

taibo pikapʉ̠

leather that's been commercially prepared

taibo pʉʉyʉ

domesticated duck

taibo sʉkʉʔi

domestic plum, usually a hybrid

taiboo

white person

Taiboo tekwapʉ / taiboʔtekwapʉ̠

English language

taihi̠ pihúura / tahipihuura

butter beans

taikuihka / taituʔika

lizard (a specific species)

taina̠ / tainʉ

rectum; cave; hole; room; cluster of trees; vagina

taiʔi

vagina, hole, cave

taka

sibling of the same sex (brother, sister, cousin)

takami

gland

takapʉrʉʉkahni

shelter

takatsi

relative (slang word)

takaʔarʉ

copy, duplicate

takaʔkatʉ

sibling (brother or sister)

takotsenʉ / takotse

wash feet

takuhtʉyaaihumiʔarʉ

going to die of thirst

taku̠sitoipʉ̠

sweat

takuyaʔena̠

fever thermometer

takʉ̠simʉnʉ̠ / takʉ̠simanʉ

tangle with feet; get tangled

takʉ̠suaitʉ

thirst, feel thirsty

takʉ̠tsuki̠ / tabu̠tsubʉ̠

instep

takwi hʉnʉpoakatʉ̠

wrinkled all over

takwikatʉ

wrinkled

takwikoobe

wrinkled face

takwimoʔo

wrinkled hand

takwipʉ̠

person in ill health

takwitsi

skinny and wrinkled

Takwitsi

Skinny-And-Wrinkled (name)

takwitsooʔnimiʔarʉ

wither, wilt, droop, wring

takwokarʉ / tawokarʉ

drag something with foot

takwʉ̠

we (du. in.)

takwʉ̠kitʉ̠

throw at the foot of something, throw at a line

takwʉ̠sarʉ

loosened; foot in wrong side shoe

takwʉ̠sipʉ̠

perspiration, sweat

Tama Mʉa / Tamaroʔi Mʉa

April (new-spring month)

tamakotse / tamamatsuma

toothbrush

tamakukʉmapʉ̠

sharp

tamakupihitsi / tʉbitsi̠pihitsi̠

extremely greedy, hoggish

tamakʉʔnikapʉ̠ / tamatsaʔnika

false teeth, dentures

tamakwasu

buckskin dress decorated with elk's teeth; summer dress

tamakwita̠

roots of the teeth

tamanahketʉ̠

measure by stepping off a distance

tamanʉʉtsi̠kwarʉ

suffer from a toothache

tamapuha taibo

dentist

tamaruhka / soʔo ruhku̠

gums of teeth

tamarʉ / tʉmarʉ

lot (amount)

tamatsiwainʉ̠

toothpick

tami

younger brother; little brother

tamihtsiʔbenihtsi / tamihtsiʔbenitʉʔtsi

dear little brothers (an expression of endearment)

taminoʔinʉ̠

break at the joint, cause to be broken

tamotsoi / tamutsoʔii

thorn, briar

Tamotsoi Hunuubi

Briar Creek

tamu

thread, sinew

tamunaikʉmiʔarʉ

go on foot to meet someone

tamʉ

us; our (both pl.in.)

tamʉ pia / tahʉ pia

our mother

tamʉ̠kʉrʉ

drive animals by force

tanabawʉhtiaʔeʔna̠

baptism

tanakue

kneecap

tanapʉ̠

knee

tanarʉmiʔayʉtsʉ

resurrection

tanarʉmiʔmaʔai yʉkaʔetʉ

disciples

tanatookarʉtʉ

kneel down on heels

Taninʉʉ

Comanche Band (Liver Eaters, living south of the Peace River in Texas)

tanitʉ / taniʔitʉ

lay something out (pl.)

Tanoyoʔtsoʔme tabeni

Easter egg day

Tanoyoʔtsoʔmeʔe̠

Easter (ta [our] + noyo [egg] + tso?me [gather])

tanua

push with foot, move something with foot, rake together with foot

tanu̠kikʉtʉ

shoo, cause to fly away (as with chickens)

tanuraakʉtʉ

chase away

tanʉ / tanʉ̠

we (pl.in.)

tanʉ̠kʉtʉ

tamp down with foot (such as dirt)

tanʉsi

decoration hanging from knee on dress leggings

tanʉʉhkupai

trip someone, cause someone to fall or stumble

tanʉʔyʉkitʉ

tread heavily, stomp, make sound of running, heavy footsteps

tapaana̠

bottom of foot

tapaana̠

sole of foot

tapainʉ̠

crack with glass or burst with glass

tapi naʔsʉkia

lightweight shawl

tapi̠ wanapʉ̠ / tarʉ̠wanapi̠

dry goods, fabric, thin cloth

tapikoo / tahpi̠koa

heel of foot

tapi̠tʉhtsi

thin, sheer

tápokʉ / sohoobi̠ / weʔyʉkʉ̠ sohoobi

cottonwood

Tapookʉ Mʉa / Naʔbutitʉikatʉ̠ mʉa

March (cotton wood month) (hot or cold month)

tapoʔsahanipʉ̠ / naraʔʉyakunʉmʉhanipʉ̠

sin

Tapuaraihbaʔatuhayarokihabitsi̠ / Tapuharahhabibetu haiyarokwetʉ̠habitʉ

Thursday (slept four times after Sunday)

Tapuharaabetuwahahabi / Puha Tabeeni Waha Habi / Waha Habiitʉ̠

Tuesday

Tapuharaibaʔatumoʔobeʔkahabitsi̠

Friday (slept five times after Sunday)

tapʉ / tapʉ̠hʉ̠

leg hair

tapʉ̠he / tayu miʔitʉ

drop, let fall, remove, take off with foot (or claws)

tapʉ̠ki

referring to feet

tapʉ̠ki kwanarʉ

smelly feet

tapʉ̠tsai

break open with foot, burst with foot

tapʉʉʔhibinʉ̠

communion (drinking blood)

tarawʉtʉ̠

holey, full of holes

tarʉhkapʉ̠

cereal (morning food)

tasaa

step over something

taseyuki̠ / taseyuki

man's shoe

taseyuʔitu

raise someone (as in gambling)

taseyuʔki

jingles on a man's moccasin

tasia / ekarasiʔa̠ / tʉeʔekata̠siʔa̠

measles or small fleas

tasia / tasiʔa / taasiakatʉ / narʉʔʉyʉ̠ tasiʔa̠

smallpox, chicken pox

tasikoʔi / tasikoinʉ̠ / tasikoʔiʔmiʔarʉ

skate, slide on something while standing on feet

Tasikwana

Tahsequah (name)

tasito

hoof

tasiwaitʉ̠ / tasiwanʉ̠

torn by a foot; tear with the foot

tasiwo nʉʉkanʉ̠

buffalo dance

tasiʔawʉsiwʉpʉ̠

vaccination (small pox cut open)

tasiʔwomiʔarʉ

walk dragging one foot as when injured or lame

tasoona / taso wʉpara

foot rug

tasoona / tasoʔna̠

floor, rug, carpet

tasukarʉ

touch with foot, feel with foot

Tasúra

That's It, Water Horse (a Comanche band or clan)

tasuwʉki / tasʉwʉʉki / tasaʔwʉʉki

toes, all toes

tasuʔne

wipe feet, rub feet

tasʉkʉmitʉ

cold feet, have cold feet

tasʉkʉpunitʉ

squint, peek through squinted eyes

tasʉsʉʔnitʉ

numb, asleep (as with extremities)

tataa

baby talk for food

Tatsa Mʉa / Tatsatʉ̠ mʉa / Tomo̠ ʉhyʉʔitʉ̠

August (summer month; end of summer)

Tatsaawikena

Been Shook Up (name - Tahchawwickah)

Tatsaawikena

Tahchawwickah (translates to "been shook up")

tatsii

nits, lice eggs

tatsinuupi̠ / tatsinuʔpi̠

star

tatsitoo / tahsiito

toe nails

Tatsiwóo / Taʔsiwo

Buffalo (name); feet dragging

tatsuki

push in with foot, make something fall using foot

tatsuʔkwe

mash, crush, smash with feet

tatua / tahtua / tʉe tahtua

little toe

tatu̠wetʉ

limp (person only)

tatʉ̠banʉ / tahparʉ

crack

tatʉ̠keʔnerʉ / tanʉkʉnʉrʉ / takʉnanʉ̠

press something down with foot

tawekwitʉ

penned up, one end driven into ground

tawekwitʉ / taʔikʉrʉ

imprison

tawiarʉ / tahwiarʉ̠ / tʉrawiʔiarʉ

wear out shoes

tawonetʉ̠ / tasitotsarʉ / taʔsoʔinʉ̠

scratch someone with foot or toes

tawoʔi / tawoi / taʔwoʔi

gun

tawʉnʉ / tawʉnarʉ / tawʉniʔitʉ

hammer something, stake down, nail down

tayune / tayuʔne

pound food

tayuʔmarʉ / tayumiʔi

knock something down

tayuʔnetʉ̠

crush, pound with a pestle, cause to be crushed

taʔahpʉʔa tekwawapi̠

minister, prophet, one who brings a message

taʔaikʉtʉ

pedal

taʔibihuʔra

lima beans (flat beans)

taʔikʉ̠katʉ / naraʔikʉ̠katʉ

imprisoned, locked up

taʔikʉtʉ / takwekwitʉ / taʔweʔkwitʉ̠ / taʔikʉ̠katʉ

pen up animal, lock up someone

taʔitsaʔbʉrʉ

arm cramp

taʔitsaʔkweya

leg cramp

taʔkaʔinʉ

isolated

taʔkaʔmiitsa

glands under arm or groin

taʔkibihuʔra

kidney beans

taʔóhai

expression of disbelief (a woman's word)

taʔoo / tʉrayuʔnepʉ̠

pounded dried meat

taʔookitʉ

drive together, round up as with cattle

taʔporoʔanʉ̠ / tsapuruanʉ̠ / tsapoʔarʉ / tsapoʔakatʉ

scatter; scatter in all directions

taʔsiwoo wanaʔʉhʉ / taʔsiwoo ʉhʉ

buffalo blanket, soft tanned hide

taʔsiʔwoorʉ

dragging feet

taʔukatʉ̠ / taʔurʉ̠katʉ̠

deserve, merit

taʔuranʉ̠

found

taʔurarʉ

meet someone, find object being searched for

taʔurʉ̠katʉ̠

own something

taʔʉtʉ̠

temple

taʔwaitʉ

locate something by feeling around with the foot

taʔwiitsa̠ / taaʔwitsanʉkʉ̠ / tahwiitsa̠

calf of leg

taʔwitsa toponiitʉ

leg cramp in calf of leg

taʔwitsuki

flip your foot back and forth

Taʔwitsuki̠

Henry, a Black man who walked with a limp ("swing his leg"); this was his nickname

taʔwoʔe / taʔkwʉ̠bai

shoot a gun repeatedly such as a rifle or machine gun

taʔyaahkana / taʔyaahkatʉ

something carried in the claws

taʔyaamiʔarʉ

carry in the claws

taʔyaʔke

chicken (dawn crier)

taʔyʉrʉhkitʉ / tahtaʔyʉtʉ

jerk the leg

tebuuni

recover from illness, improve in health

tekwakʉtʉ

interpret, help to speak, speak for someone

tekwa̠nikitʉ / tekwʉ̠nitʉ / tekwawapi̠ / tekwa̠niwapʉ̠

announcer; camp crier

tekwapʉ̠

word, language

tekwarʉ

speak, talk

tekwaʔai

going along talking

tekwaʔwapʉ̠

speaker

tekwʉ̠niwapi̠

brave person

tenahpʉ

man over thirty years of age

Tenebeka / Tʉnʉbekʉ

Gets To Be A Middle Aged Man (name)

tensee

dime

tetsi̠ / tʉetsi̠ / pʉhʉ teʔtsi̠ / pʉhʉretsi̠

brother-in-law; tarantula, spider (literally "fuzzy brother-in-law)

Tinawa / Tenawa / Tehnahwah

Those Who Stay Downstream (name)

tiroʔwoko

throwing arrows

toboʔihupiitʉ

stop, come to a stop

toh-

prefix referring to push, as with the fist or hand

tohhobinitʉ / tohnobinitʉ

hurt, cause to groan by hitting with fist

tohhomonutsarʉ

crush with fist, crumble, crush into pieces with fist

tohkweʔyarʉ

take off, knocked it off, disassemble, remove

tohkwʉmarʉ

pry open, pound on to open, open forcibly

tohobiyaa / tohoobi / tohoobe̠ / tohobe

hindquarter

tohpaakuʔnetʉ̠ / topʉ̠kaarʉ / topʉkaarʉ

chisel something, split something

tohparaarʉ / tosoʔitʉ

soften by pounding

tohpaʔi̠sokitʉ / tohpaʔisoketʉ̠

sprinkled

tohpaʔitʉ / tohtʉkwarʉ

hit with fist, slap with palm of hand, punch

tohpetihtʉ

throw around

tohpunitʉ

test, try out, bargain, make a deal as in buying or bartering

tohpʉarʉ

stop hitting with fist or palm of hand

tohtaniʔitʉ / tʉʉki

carry and put down, put away

tohtarakiʔarʉ / tohtarakitʉ

knock on door

tohtía masʉa

wheat (grain)

tohtía narʉmʉʉ

bakery, bread store

tohtía sonipʉ̠

wheat plant, bread grass

tohtía sonipʉ̠ha taka

rye, barley, literally "mate to wheat"

tohtía tʉhkapʉ̠ / tatohtiyarʉhkanʉ̠

Communion wafer, mass sacrament

tohtíaʔarʉ / nohkoʔai

bake bread, make bread

tohtoʔitʉ / tohkʉarʉ

exit forcibly

tohtsanarʉ / tohtsaniʔi

hang up something

tohtsatsarʉ

move from side to side, such as a snake moves

tohtsiyuʔitʉ

scrape meat from a hide, chisel or split with an ax

tohtsiʔarʉ

chisel wood

tohtʉbʉʔitʉ

drill a hole using a tool

tohtʉkiʔ

put something back into place

tohtʉmapʉ̠

closed off, stopped up

tohtʉmarʉ̠ / tohtʉmiʔitʉ

stop flow of something

tohtʉrʉʔarʉ / wʉhtʉrʉʔarʉ̠ / tsahtʉrʉʔarʉ

rip something

tohtʉ̠warʉ

open something using an instrument

tokarʉ

pull off, knock off

toko / toko̠ / tokoo / tooko

maternal grandfather (child's term); grandchild

tokópa / toʔkoʔpa

knock someone out with a fist

toktʉkwa

hit using fist

tokʉ̠nitʉ̠

shell corn, thresh by having horses trample grain

tokwaitʉ / tohʔwaitʉ̠

excavate, explore for oil, to dig searching in soil

tokwe

good; even

tokwetabeni

noon, midday

tokwetukani / tokwehtukani̠ / tokweʔtukani

midnight

tokwetʉ̠

exact, proper

tokwetʉ̠katʉ

agreeable, approving

tokwetʉtua

admire; agree with someone; accept

tokwi̠ketʉ̠

peep into something

tokwinoa / takwinoʔa

pigeon-toed

tokwi̠suaka

believe

tokwʉ̠kiʔinʉ̠

pitch, throw something long

tokwʉ̠ria / tokwu̠ria / wʉhtia / toʔwʉʔwenitʉ

pour out

tokwʉ̠sikʉtʉ̠

tangle something with the hands

tokwʉ̠suakʉnʉ̠

belief, faith

tokwʉ̠suakʉtʉ̠

believe something or someone

tomáato / tomáatʉ

tomato

tomakwʉ̠yetʉ̠

chase on horseback

tominarʉ

break at joint of body

tomo

sky

tomoakatʉ

cloudy

Tomobaʔatʉ̠

Heaven

tomobi / tomoobi̠

cloud

tomo̠soʔme

tanned buffalo hide, yearling

tomotsiarʉ / wʉmutsiarʉ̠ / mutsiarʉ̠ / tʉmutsiarʉ

sharpen to a point

tomotsiʔa / toʔmotsi

mule (pointed hoof)

tomoyaketʉ

thunder

Tomoʔa Tua

Sky Child (name)

tomoʔakitʉ

cloud up

tomʉ̠ / tomopʉ̠

year

tomʉ̠siketʉ̠

tangled up hair

tonarʉ / towaka

insect sting, stab, pierce

tonaʔ / tonapʉ̠

stinger of an insect

tonʉ̠kʉrʉ

tamp down with some kind of tool

tooko

grandfather on mother's side

tookwitsoʔainʉ̠

save by striking (as when someone is choking)

toonarʉ / yoʔotsone

clusters

tooniitʉ / tooyʉhkatʉ

graze from place to place

toopeti

toss

toopʉkinʉ̠

make fishing line or rope from horsehair

toorʉ

graze

tootsa

medicinal root (treats fever)

tootsitoo

tiptoe; walk on tiptoe

tootsitoowʉnʉ̠

stand on your tiptoes

tooyʉ / toyopʉ / toyʉ / tooyo

neck

tooʔitʉ / toʔyarʉ

unhitch

tooʔpotsotsii

spinning top (toy)

Tópee / Toʔpee

Topay (name); Quanah Parker's wife's name

Topehtsi / Topache

Topetchy (name); means pass it on

Topetsi / Topatsi

Pass It On (name - Topetchy)

topohtʉ̠ / toʔpoʔni / toponi / toponitʉ̠

round, ball shaped

toponi̠pihuura

peas (round beans)

toponitʉ

have muscle cramp or spasm; describes knot formed when muscle cramps

toponiweki̠

circular

toporoʔanʉ̠ / pʉtsanʉ̠

blow up, explode, come apart by force

topʉ̠ / topʉ̠ha

shield

topʉ̠kaarʉ / tohpakurʉ / tohpakuʔitʉ

chisel, split

Topʉ̠sana

Flower (name); daughter of Cynthia Ann Parker

topʉ̠sarʉ / tʉropʉ̠sapʉ̠ / tʉropʉ̠sarʉ

beadword (bead something)

tosa ekapi̠tʉ̠

pink (color); blend of white and red

tosa hʉwʉnikatʉ̠ / tosa hʉwʉkitʉ ma / tosa hʉwʉnikatʉma / tosa hʉʔwʉnikitʉ̠

dawn, early, literally "white horizon"

tosa kuyunii

white turkey

tosa nabunitʉ

appear to be white

tosa nakaai

hawk

tosa nakai

rough-legged hawk

tosa nʉʉbaai / tosa nʉʉbaikatʉ̠

frost, dew

tosa ohapi̠tʉ

cream color (blend of white and yellow)

Tosa Parʉtsoope

Elm Spring, south of the Red River ("White Spring")

tosa pihuura

white beans

tosa rohtiya / tosa tohtiya

cracker

tosa seyuʔyuki

ash tree

tosa tukanai huupi

white oak

tosa wahtsuki

blood weed; medicinal use

tosa waikina̠

white two-seated buggy; white hack

tosa wanahʉ̠

sheet; bedspread

tosa yuhu tuka / tosa tuka / yuhtuka / yuhu̠tuka

candle (grease lamp)

tosa-

prefix meaning white

tosahketuka

white lamp; oil lamp

tosahpuhihwi̠

coins, silver money

tosahwi̠

silver

tosakani̠ / tosaka̠ni

tent, canvas

tosakʉma

blanket with white edges

tosanaboó

calico horse (spotted on the hips)

tosapi̠ / tosapi̠tʉ / tosapi̠tʉ̠

white

tosarai

praying mantis, "devil's horse"

tosaʔnetʉ̠

rub off, scrape off

tosíito̠ / tosiito

hoof of horse or cow

tosiʔwarʉ̠

tear something using an instrument

tosoʔitʉ

scrape, rub or scrub by hand

tosoʔwaitʉ

try or want to hit with fist

totohtʉ / taʔwahkóoʔ / taʔbahkóo / payaʔpe̠

edible tuber, root

totsiyaa

flower

totsiyaa aawo̠

vase, container for flowers

Totsiyaa Mʉa

May ("flower month")

totsiyaa papihtsipʉ̠

stamen of flower

totsiyaa patʉpi̠naatʉ̠ / totsiyaa puhhipʉ̠

flower petal, "flower leaf"

totsiyaa tsakwʉna

flower vase, "set out flowers"

totsiyaaʔa sʉʉki

vine, stem of plant

totsiyaitʉ / totsiyakatʉ

bloom, blossom out; blooming

totsʉ̠bakitʉ / totsaniʔinʉ

hang up

totʉ̠bihkurʉ

beat on, knock on, make galloping sound

toya / toyabi

mountain

Toya Ma Karʉ

Bob Wallace's nickname (means "Sitting on the Mountain Top")

Toya Ma Karʉ

Sitting On The Mountain Top (name of Bob Wallace)

toya tuhku

mountain lion, leopard, mountain meat

toyaketʉ̠

make cry by hitting

toyarʉ

lift up, carry in arms

toyatuku / tʉmakupa

panther, mountain lion

toyo kwabarʉ̠

hug around the neck

toyo tahkaʔmiitsa̠

sweetbreads, literally "neck wart"

toyo tsihkaʔarʉ / toyo tsihpomarʉ

behead, cutting as with a knife

toyo wʉhkaʔarʉ

behead, chopping as with an ax

toyʉsekai / manʉʉsukaarʉ̠ / tsayʉsʉkai

excite

toyʉ̠sʉkai

exciting

toʔi

appear, come out

toʔi

rise

toʔi̠

pipe used for smoking

toʔi̠bitʉ / kiahbitʉ / kuabitʉ

come out at a particular place

toʔikatʉ̠ / toʔiʔkatʉ̠

over

toʔnikarʉ

put away for safekeeping

toʔnikarʉ / tʉbakitʉ

place into a container

toʔonapʉ

choke cherries

toʔporoʔanʉ̠

scatter by force

toʔroponii

beet-like tuber

toʔtsimuhpe

pick (tool) (used for scraping hides, mattock)

toʔwʉmi̠na

fall short, fail to reach

toʔwʉʔwenitʉ / wʉhtiarʉ

empty into something

toʔyabarʉ

prick up the ears

Tu Parawʉtʉ̠

Black Mesa (Black Canyon)

tu piarai / tuʔpiarai

black bear

tu soho / tu sohopʉ̠ / tusohopʉ̠ / tusohó

elm, elm tree

Tu Sohoʔokwe

Washita River; Elm Creek

tu taiboo / tuh taiboo / tuh tenahpʉ

black person, black man

tu-

prefix to an unspecified object

tu- / tuh-

prefix for black, dark

tua

son; brother's son

tua boopʉ̠

adopted son

tuahpʉ̠ / tooʔapʉ̠

similar to a berry

tuakatʉ / tuanʉ̠ / turuarʉ

give birth; in labor

tuanarʉ̠so

womb; placenta

tubiayóo

animal, species unknown

tubitsʉ̠

quarter, twenty five cents

tubokoo / tupokoo

blackberry

tubokóo / tuʔpoʔkoo

thorn apple, black haw

tubupokoo

chittam tree

tuhani̠ / tuhani̠kitʉ̠

shadow from darkness

tuhe tekwarʉ / tuhu tʉkweerʉ / tuhu tekwaitʉ / tuhu suwai

jerk and slam things in anger; act angry (humans); growl in anger (animals)

tuhhu tʉhkapʉ̠ / tuhu

bone marrow

tuhhu tʉhkarʉ / tuhurʉkanʉ̠

eat bone marrow

tuhhúu

stick for hand game, poker chip

tuhkanai kwasu / tuhkanaai kwasuʔu̠

undergarment

tuhkani̠ʔkita̠

become night

tuhkatʉ̠ / tuhkatʉ

deep, down, downward (such as a hole in the ground)

tuhkatʉpaa

deep water

tuhkaʔnaai niwʉnʉ

those who speak the Wichita language

tuhkaʔnaai tekwarʉ

speak the Wichita tribal language

tuhku tsaʔnikapʉ

sausage (Comanche delicacy made of intestine stuffed with meat and juices and boiled

Tuhkwasi Taiboo / tuʔkwasitaibo / ahkatʉ ke hinatokwe hanitʉ tʉanoo kwasikatʉ

Satan, Devil

tuhmubitai

black walnut

tuhnaseka

Mexican persimmon

tuhnatsoʔme / tuu natsoʔmeʔa

prune

tuhpanatsaya / tuu panatsaya

blackberry bush

tuhparokoo / tuu paroko

water moccasin snake

tuhpihhínaboo / tuhtahkanaboo / tuu tahkanaboo

Spade in playing cards

tuhpui / tuhpuui

pupil of eye

tuhtaiboʔaʔtahtoko

brazil nuts

tuhtsaipʉ̠

dirty, unclean object

Tuhtseena

Scrapes The Meat Off The Bone (name)

tuhu nʉ kʉnʉ wopʉʔkoa (same wianʉʉ name)

whip poor will

tuhu peekwi

bass (as in fish)

tuhu suʔaitʉ̠

feel anger, feel rage

Tuhu̠ Wii

Black Crow (or Black Knife) Warrior Society

tuhu yʉkwiitʉ

rave in anger

tuhubʉkʉ̠katʉ̠

become angry at someone

tuhubʉʉkai / tuhusuʔatʉ̠ / pisu katʉ̠

mad, angry

tuhui

get mad at

tuhupi̠tʉ

black (color)

tuhupʉ̠

person or animal easily angered

tuhuupi / tuhu huupi

blackjack oak, barren oak

tui wihtaipʉ̠

former female friend

tui wihtaitʉ

disown a female friend

tuibitsi

handsome, good looking, young man

tuibitsi / suuta / suʔta

Jack in playing cards

tuibitsi waikinʉ̠ / tuibihtsiwaikinʉ̠

passenger car of a train

tuinʉhpʉ

young boy

tuinʉpʉ

teenage boys (pl.)

tuka

going through

tuka

lamp; the burning part of a lamp

tuka natsu̠

purple cone flower (echinacea)

tuka ʉhyʉi

night time, early morning hours before dawn

tukah

light, lamp

Tukahni

Black Houses (name)

Tukahni / Tuhkanai

Wichita Indians (name given them by Comanches)

tukamiʔarʉ

go out, die out as in fire

Tukani̠kitʉ

Tucumcari (in New Mexico)

tukanitʉ

night

tukarʉ

light (verb); turn on (a lamp)

tukaʔa kupi̠ta

light the lamp

tukaʔa nabaa / tukanabaa / tukaʔaʔnaba

kerosene, coal oil, oil well

tukaʔa nahhuupi

lamp post

tukaʔa nakue kwihipʉ̠

chimney or stack, in operation

tukaʔa nakuʔe

chimney smoke stack

tukaʔa nawanapi̠

lamp wick

tukaʔanakuʔe / tukanosoi

lamp globe

tukaʔekapi̠tʉ̠

dark red (color)

tuku

human skin or flesh

tukubʉ

going downhill

tukuhputʉ̠

downward

tukumakwʉ̠yetʉ / tukuwekwikatʉ / kuhtsu taibo nohiitʉ

rodeo

tukuputʉ̠

walking downhill or looking down

tukʉmahya / tʉkʉmahiya / tutʉkʉmahya

black pepper, spices, baking powder

tuma tʉʉkitʉ

put one's thumbprint on a document

tumarʉʔki̠

fingerprint a check, a document or record; to make a black mark

tumatʉʉkinʉ̠

thumb print

tuna / tunaa / kewesi̠ketʉ̠

straight

tuna nʉʉka / tena nʉʉka

straight dance

tuna wosa

war bonnet bag, regalia bag

tuna wʉnʉ

stand straight

tunanai

night hunter

tunania

horse with contrasting mane

tunania

Palomino horse or others with contrasting mane

tunehtsʉ / narubunitʉ / nanarʉnaʔitʉ / narapunipʉ

run

tunehtsʉrʉ̠

go on, run to something

tunetsʉka

keep on going

tuparʉʉya

moose (black elk)

tupaʔiyayaka / tupuʔiyayaka

dark spots or "floaters" in the eyes

tupi̠si kuma

roan horse

tupi̠sibi̠tʉ

dark color

tupokóo

blackberries; chitumberries

tupokóo

chittamberry

tupʉ̠si kuma

black male horse

tupʉ̠si taboo

black tail rabbit

tupʉ̠si tabu

jackrabbit

tupʉ̠sipi̠tʉ̠ / tupʉ̠sibi̠tʉ

dark-skinned

tupʉ̠sitabu

blue jackrabbit

tupʉ̠sʉnai / tupʉ̠sʉ̠nʉ / tupʉ̠sʉnarʉ̠ / tupi̠sinawoni / tupʉ̠siima / eka̠sububukitʉ

dusk

tupʉ̠sʉnimiarʉ̠ / tukanimiʔarʉ

getting dark

ture

rubber, elastic, leech

turekoʔi

chop or dice

turuawapi̠

hen, laying hen

tusanahpi̠

tar

tusi / tusipʉ̠ / tusinʉ̠ / tusiitʉ

spit, spittle, saliva

tusi aawo

spittoon

Tusokwe

Anadarko, OK (name)

tusupʉ̠ / tusupʉ

ground, grated, pulverized

tusurʉ

grind, thresh

tutsaiwatʉ / tuutsaiwaatʉ̠

pure, withough blemish, without dirt, clean

tutsaʔtsike

harrow (cultivating implement)

tutupi̠tʉ̠

wild tuber

tutʉ̠saʔwʉtʉ̠ / tutʉ̠sa kawoʔarʉ / tutʉsawʉ̠ koobe̠

freckled; freckled face, spotted face

tuu kuyunii

black turkey

tuu-

prefix for water in a container

tuuhuniitʉ / tuuniitʉ / tuuhuyʉkarʉ / tuuyukarʉ / tuuʔyʉkarʉ / tuukʉmiʔarʉ / tuukwatʉ

fetch water

túukoono

black cradle or casket

tuuku

flesh, human, muscle, meat

tuuku

rocky mountain sheep (big horn)

tuumeʔso̠ / tuumotʔtso

young catfish

tuumoʔtso

fullgrown catfish

tuumu̠

leaning forward, or stooped forward

túumu / tumuurʉ / tumuukatʉ̠

bend over, stoop over; bent down, stooped

tuupʉ̠

water in container

tuurʉ

draw water

tuuʔetʉ / tuuwapi̠

water boy

tuuʔnahyu / naʔbukuwáaʔa nahyu

motor oil, petroleum

tuuʔre napʉ̠ / tuʔrenapʉ̠

rain boots, rubber boots, galoshes; tennis shoes

tuuʔre tahpiko

rubber heel

tuwaakaree

black turtle (also a personal name)

tuwaikina̠

hack, carriage, black topped two-seater

tuwikáa / tu wiikaa

crow

tuwokwe

goathead, sticker

tuʔanikuura

wood ant, black ant

tuʔebipi̠tʉ̠ / tuka ebibi̠tʉ

dark blue, purple (color)

tuʔkohi / tuhkohhin / tuhkoihi̠

intestine

tuʔku / hʉnʉpoʔa / mapóʔa

human skin; skin of something

tuʔkuʔna̠

coal (black wood)

tuʔkwasitaibo / ahkatʉ ke hinatokwe hanitʉ tʉanoo kwasikatʉ

devil

Tuʔpaapi

Black Head (name)

tuʔparʉkoa / tu parokoa / tu parʉkoa

black snake; water moccasin, cotton mouth

tuʔpihna

chocolate

tuʔpuʔe̠ / tuusanahpi̠tʉ

asphalt road, black top, paved road

Tuʔranaasʉ̠

Straighter Than Straight (name)

tuʔrekwasu

sweater

tuʔretsinarʉ̠so

condom

tuʔʉnʉʉ

june bug, black beetle

tuʔwihtua

iron kettle

tʉa

they say that "it is said that..."

tʉahpi̠

Chickasaw plum; black haw

tʉanoo

and, or, maybe

tʉapakoʔitʉ̠

split into two parts

tʉasʉ

again, and, more

tʉawe

tell, say

tʉba

animal skin

tʉba / tʉba̠

bet

tʉbahpi

trophy scalp

tʉbahpi / tʉbahpi̠

pinion nuts

tʉbaki / tʉbakinʉ̠

put in, load

tʉbakitʉ / norʉbaki̠tʉ

load items into something

tʉbanaa

wall, edge, cliff

tʉbehka / tʉkwʉ̠sʉ

animal killed or butchered for food

tʉbehkanʉ̠ / tʉkwʉ̠sʉrʉ / tʉbehkarʉ̠

kill to eat

tʉbehkarʉ / tʉkwʉ̠sʉrʉ

butcher an animal

tʉbehyaarʉ

accuse someone falsely, find fault with someone

tʉbihkobarʉ

break down

tʉbi̠náa / tʉbʉ̠naatʉ̠ / tʉbinaaʔweki̠

middle, center

tʉbi̠naaʔwe / tʉbinaaʔwetʉ̠ / tʉbinaaʔwekʉ̠tʉ

divide in half

tʉbinitʉ / tʉbinii / tʉbinni / tʉrʉbininʉ̠

ask, inquire

Tʉbitsi

Real (name of William Tivis)

tʉbitsi / tʉbiitsi / tʉbiitsi̠ku

really

tʉbitsi nakwʉ̠ / tʉbitsinakwʉ̠ / tʉbitsi̠nakwʉ̠

right handed, on your right side

tʉbitsi̠ petutʉ̠

to the right

tʉbitsi̠ suarʉ

decide, intend

tʉbitsi tsaatʉ̠

very good

tʉbitsi̠nakʉ̠kʉrʉ̠ / tʉbitsi̠naaka̠

listen carefully

tʉbiyaakʉ

pull something

tʉbomarʉ / tʉbumarʉ̠

gather in, harvest

tʉboo

pencil

tʉboo kahni / tʉboopʉ̠ kʉ̠ni / tʉboʔka̠hni

school house

tʉboo paraiʔboo / tʉboo himaʔeetʉ̠ / tʉboo parahniʔiʔeetʉ̠

superintendent

tʉboo tahniʔi

postman, mailman

tʉboo tʉhka / pʉpaʔakura tʉbóoʔena̠ / tʉboorʉhka

desk, place on which to write

tʉboopia / tʉboo wapi̠ / tʉtsaapuniwapi̠ / tʉboʔwapi̠

teacher or school child

tʉboopʉ̠ / tʉboopʉ

book, letter, paper

tʉboopʉ̠ wosa / tʉboo wosa

mailbox

tʉboorʉ

write

tʉboorʉʉ pia

female teacher

tʉbora / tʉborakatʉ̠

born, came from a place

tʉboranʉ̠

come into being; born

tʉbunitʉ

wake up, awaken

tʉbuuhki

bellows, blacksmith's blower

tʉbʉyaa

accuse, complain, exaggerate (woman's word)

tʉe / tʉetʉ / tʉrʉe

little, small (pl)

tʉe amawoo

red haw

tʉe amowoo / tʉrʉi amawoo

thorn apple, red haw, little apple

tʉe anikuura

small ant, sugar ant

tʉe kahuu

small mouse

Tʉe Kuhtsu

Small Buffalo (name)

tʉe kuyúutsi

quail, partridge (small variety)

tʉe matsuma

washcloth

Tʉe Puha Tabeeni / Tʉebuharabeni̠tʉ

Saturday ("Little Sunday")

Tʉe Puhakatʉ̠

Little Medicine (name)

tʉe waikina̠

buggy, single one-seated buggy

tʉebasuu

small quail

tʉebʉhʉsʉʔkʉʔi̠

apricot (little peach)

tʉehnaʔkwi̠si̠

squash (little pumpkin)

tʉehtabuʔkina

little rabbit

tʉekohi / kohi

small intestine

tʉepʉrʉ / tʉeʔtʉ / tʉretʉ

child

tʉetekwʉ̠ni wapi̠

Indian brave, brave young man

tʉetseena

little coyote

tʉetʉtaatʉ kʉʉka / pʉewatsi kʉʉka̠ / kʉhtsʉtsʉʉʔni

wild onion

tʉetʉtsi

dear child

tʉetʉʉka / tsohpe tʉhkaʔaa / tsohpitʉhkaʔaa

hatchet

tʉewobipuku

wheelbarrow

tʉewoo / tʉawoo / tʉeʔawo̠

spoon (little cup)

tʉeʔanimui

biting fly

tʉhabimiarʉ

guest for the night

tʉhaniitʉ

butcher, to cut up into pieces

tʉhaninʉ̠

butcher a buffalo or cow

Tʉhano

Tehauno (name), meaning Texan

Tʉhano

Texan (name - Tehauno)

tʉhaʔwokatʉ̠

hollow

tʉhhorarʉ

dig a hole

tʉhima̠ rabeni / tʉhimana / tʉhimarʉ / tʉhimaʔetʉ

rations, ration day

Tʉhima̠ Tabeeni̠ / Tʉhima̠rabeni̠tʉ

Friday (ration day)

tʉhimapʉ̠

hand in cards; rations

tʉhka / tʉʉka / tʉhkarʉ

eat; table, fork

tʉhka̠ kahni / tʉkakahni

kitchen, dining room, restaurant

tʉhkamarʉ̠

eat up, finish eating all

tʉhkanʉmiitʉ / tʉhkayʉkarʉ

graze, move about while eating (such as cattle)

tʉhkapa narʉ̠supʉ̠ / tʉhkapa nasupʉ̠

ground meat

tʉhkapʉ̠ / tʉʉkapʉ̠

food; meat

tʉhkapʉ̠nakoʔipʉ̠

cut up beef or steak

tʉhkapʉ̠nákoʔipʉ̠

beef cut up, or steak

tʉhkitʉ

place down (sg.)

tʉhkoni

little frog croak

tʉhkupa

billy club, used as a spade

tʉhkʉ̠sʉkʉnʉ̠

cooking food; fry food

tʉhmsune / tʉmʉ̠suʔne

wash-board

tʉhniarʉ / tʉniha

read

tʉhoitʉ / tʉwoorʉ̠

go hunting (involving the whole camp)

tʉhora / tʉhhora

crowbar, shovel, posthole digger

tʉhorarʉ̠

dig with a tool

tʉhoʔi

hunt

tʉhpetʉ / tʉtʉ̠betʉ

overflowing, full and running over

tʉhpoʔtse

ball bat

tʉhtsisuka / tʉtsiʔtuka / tʉtsituka / tʉtsihtsuka / tʉtsihtsuka

index finger (pointer finger)

tʉhtsohpeʔaipʉ̠

Comanche butter

tʉhtsohpeʔarʉ / tʉsoope / kuʔokwerʉ̠ / kuʔokwerʉ / tʉtsope / kuokwenʉ̠ / kuhpitsu̠niʔarʉ / kuhpitsoonitʉ

render an animal carcass, make Comanche butter by boiling cracked bones

tʉhtʉi

girl friends, partners

tʉhtʉkitʉ / tʉrʉ̠niʔitʉ

plant seed using a dibble stick

tʉhtʉma

wire

tʉhʉya / puku / puuku

horse

tʉhʉya karʉ / tʉhʉya karʉnitʉ / tʉhʉya yʉkwitʉ̠ / tʉhʉyakarʉ

ride horseback, sit on a horse

Tʉhʉya Kwahi

Horseback, Comanche Chief

tʉhʉya natsihtuʔye / tʉhhʉya tsi̠htuʔye / tʉʉya tsihtuʔye

curry comb, horse brush

tʉhʉyakwahi

horseback

tʉhʉyaroʔitʉ / tʉhʉya roʔitʉ̠ / tʉhʉya kʉarʉ̠

mount a horse

tʉhʉyena puni / tʉhʉyena napuni / tʉhʉya narapunipʉ̠

hoof prints, horse tracks

tʉhʉyʉ matsorainʉ̠

bridle bit (hand made)

tʉhyetʉ̠

mail a letter or package, send something or someone

tʉi

female friend

tʉi

woman's female friend

tʉitua

help

tʉka̠ tusupʉ̠ / tʉkʉ tusu

food grinder; grinder

tʉkapʉ̠ʔhaʔnarʉ̠supʉ̠

hamburger, sausage (food ground up)

tʉkarʉkʉtʉ̠ / tʉkarʉkʉpʉ̠

cloth patch, stewed food

tʉkehkwaʔi̠

hunting party out to secure an immediate supply of meat

tʉketʉ

hunt away from camp

tʉki

put or place

tʉkii

handgame bone that is hidden in the hands

tʉkiihkatʉ̠

board someone, care for the needs of another, take in an orphan

tʉkiitʉ / tʉkʉhnetʉ

lay something down

tʉkohpoo

branding iron

tʉkohpoopʉ̠

brand

tʉkotse / tʉkotse / tʉkotseʔeetʉ̠

washing machine

tʉkʉ

food, reference to

tʉkʉ ahwetʉ

dig edible roots such as onions

tʉkʉ̠ hanitʉ

cooking

tʉkʉ̠ himarʉ / tʉkʉ yaanʉ̠

receive food; or have a bite in clothing (woman's word)

tʉkʉ̠ kahni

restaurant, place to eat

tʉkʉ kamʉ̠ katʉ̠ / tʉma kamʉ̠katʉ̠ / tʉkʉ̠kamʉ̠katʉ̠

ambush

tʉkʉ koa / wana koo / wana koa

scissors

tʉkʉ mahnitʉ / tʉkʉmaninʉ̠ / tʉkʉ̠hanitʉ̠

cook for someone; prepare a meal

tʉkʉ maniwapʉ̠

person hired to cook; one known for cooking for others

tʉkʉ masʉa sokoobi̠

garden, vegetable garden, garden plot

tʉkʉ noopʉ̠ / tʉkʉ noopana

lunch, food carried with you

tʉkʉ tsuhmarʉ̠

exhaust food supply, run out of food

tʉkʉ tʉmʉʉpʉ̠

groceries, store-bought food

tʉkʉ wasʉ / wasʉpʉ̠

game (animals killed during a hunt)

tʉkʉ wesipʉ̠

crumbs, scraps, leftovers from a meal

tʉkʉ wʉhpara / tʉkʉ kwʉhpara

apron or tablecloth

tʉkʉ wʉhpomi / tʉkʉ wʉhpoma

cleaver, food cutter

tʉkʉ yaarʉ / tʉkʉ himarʉ

eat, partake of food, take to eat

tʉkʉ yumapʉ̠ / tʉkʉ yumiʔipʉ̠

crumbs

tʉkʉh kweʔya / tʉkʉh kaʔa

pliers, pincers, crowbar

tʉkʉh pehkarʉ / tʉkʉ wasʉrʉ

game bag, bag you carry your kill in

tʉkʉh poma

wire cutter, pincer

tʉkʉmaya

anything you mix with food; dry ingredients

tʉkʉmaʔai

ribbon, bias tape, trim for edge of something

tʉkʉmaʔaipʉ

ambusher; cloth edged with ribbon or lace

tʉkʉnarʉ̠so

lunch box

tʉkʉ̠noorʉ

carry food with you

tʉkʉ̠sona̠ / tʉkʉ̠sona / tʉkʉ soona

tablecloth, oilcloth

tʉkʉ̠sʉkʉpʉ̠

charcoaled beef

tʉkʉtsayaarʉ / tʉtsayaanʉ̠ / tʉkʉʉtsayaanʉ̠

carry out food following a meal

tʉkʉyanʉ̠

clothing caught in buttocks; have a "bite" in buttocks (woman's slang word)

tʉkwibukiitʉ̠

switch, whip

tʉkwita / nakwiita̠

base, bottom

tʉkwitsuna / esi ʉnʉ / esiʉnʉʉ / paʔmuubi / esiʔunʉʉ / muʔkwipuna / muʔkwipuna

elephant

tʉkwʉ̠siitʉ

weave sweetgrass

tʉkwʉ̠sʉkʉpʉ̠ / tʉkwʉ̠sʉkʉtʉ

roasted meat, meat grilled outside on coals

tʉmaakatʉ̠

stopped up

tʉmabarʉ

knead

tʉmabaʔpʉ̠

dough, batter

tʉmabekarʉ̠ / mabekakʉrʉ / tʉmabekarʉ

pay a medicine man

tʉmabisoʔaitʉ

obnoxious

tʉmabunikʉtʉ / tʉmabunikʉrʉ̠

demonstrate something, show something to someone, show how to do something

tʉmah tʉyai

after life

tʉmahyokenʉ̠

believe, trust

tʉmakarʉ / tʉmaakarʉ

pay debts

tʉmakotse

wash dishes

tʉmakupa

grab with hand, choke

tʉmakupa / naboʔroyaruhku

tiger, mountain lion

tʉmakʉmaʔaai

stone, whetstone, sandpaper

tʉmakʉmaʔaitʉ̠

hone, sharpen

tʉmakwatui / tʉmʉkʉtubi / tʉmakwatʉ̠bi

plant used for cigarette wrappers

tʉmakwatʉbiʔetarʉ̠

roll up, wrap up, wrap a package

tʉmanahke

ruler, tape measure

tʉmanahke

yardstick, ruler, gauge, pattern

tʉmanʉkuʔwetʉ

cottage cheese

tʉmaramiitʉ

share, join, partnership

tʉmarʉhkaitʉ

completed, finished, died

tʉmarʉkaʔi / marʉka / tsamarʉkarʉ

finish or die

tʉmarʉma

large amount of something

tʉmatsuma / tʉmaʔtsoma

dish towel, dust cloth, cloth for wiping

tʉmatsune / tʉmatsune / tʉmatsunai / tʉmatsunenʉ̠ / tʉmasune / huʔmasuʔne

file, rasp, whetstone, grindstone

tʉmaya / tʉmayaa / pahmu namahya / yokotʉmayaa

sumac

tʉmaya huupi

smooth sumac

tʉmayokenʉ̠

trust, obey, believe

tʉmaʔniikarʉ̠ / tʉmaʔnikaʔetʉ̠

insert hand into something

tʉmaʔokwetʉ

milk; milk a cow

tʉmaʔtsuma / tʉmaʔtsumarʉ

dry dishes, drying dishes

tʉmemia

going after your animal

tʉmetʉ̠ / wʉhkitʉ̠ / nanakurʉ / nanakwʉrʉnʉ̠ / wanarohpetitʉ

gamble; contest (beat each other)

tʉmoʔo wʉhtama

hobble for a horse made of rope or other material

tʉmuh / wiyaa

rope

tʉmuihpaa / tʉʔmepaa / tʉʉ muipaa

baseball cap or other billed cap

tʉmuko / wiʔyaa

braided rope

tʉmuuku

lariat, rope made of rawhide

tʉmuʔnikatʉ

caught, stuck in something

tʉmʉ

buy sell, trade

Tʉmʉ̠bo

Son Of Bull Bear (name - Timbo)

Tʉmʉ̠bo

Timbo (Son Of Bull Bear) (name)

tʉmʉ̠bo / ʉrʉtsi

kindhearted

tʉmʉ̠sʉa sokobi

garden patch, vegetable garden

tʉmʉ̠sʉapʉ̠

crops

tʉmʉ̠sʉarʉ

plant crops, raise a garden

tʉmʉʉkʉnʉ̠

buy, already bought

tʉmʉʉrʉ

buy, sell

tʉnah

those who stay downstream

tʉnahyarʉ

trail something

tʉnaka / tʉnakarʉ / tʉnakiitʉ

listen, pay attention, hear something, obey orders

tʉnakatʉ̠

hearing, have ability to hear

tʉnakatʉ̠

obedient

tʉni- / tʉnirʉ

prefix referring to authority, rule, govern

tʉniatsiwapi̠

supervisor

tʉni̠harʉ

reading

tʉnihatʉbopʉ

book

tʉnihpararʉ̠

plead

tʉnikebi̠sa / tekwʉ̠niwapʉ̠

spokesman or enterpreter

tʉnikʉ̠kekitʉ / tʉninʉ̠kekʉtʉ

announce, speak loud and clear

tʉnikwamai

stop singing

tʉnikwʉ / nihtoʔitʉ̠ / nihtoʔitʉ

sing

tʉnikwʉkʉtʉ / nahubiyaarʉ̠

sing for someone

tʉnikwʉrʉ̠

sing a song

tʉnimakwihtsetʉ̠

criticize, ridicule, make fun of

tʉninʉ̠ kenʉ̠

give a command

tʉni̠suabetarʉ̠ / tʉnisuabetai

teach something to someone

tʉni̠suatʉ̠

noisy

tʉni̠suʔuyaitʉ / tʉni̠suʔuyaʔeetʉ̠

mock, laugh at, make fun of

tʉniwaitʉ

collect money, collect payment

tʉniwaitʉ

tax collector, bill collector

tʉniyetʉ̠

tell someone to talk

tʉnoo

saddlebag

tʉnoo kuna waikina̠ / tʉʉnooh kuna kwaikina̠ / tʉnoo waikinʉ̠

freight train, freight car

tʉnoo waikina̠

truck, wagon

tʉnoo wapi̠

pack-animal

tʉnookʉ / tʉnoopʉ̠ / tʉnookʉ̠

load up an animal or a vehicle; pack for an animal

tʉnoomiʔarʉ

pack a load on foot

tʉnoona pukuwa / tʉnoo puku̠

truck

tʉnua

broom

Tʉoyobisesʉ

Chief Comanche (name); Dog Soldiers

tʉpána

creek bank, incline

Tʉpanai

Cliff (name)

tʉpe / tʉʉpe

mouth; lips

tʉpe tsahkweʔyarʉ

unbridle a horse

tʉpe tsaʔnika / tʉpi tsanika

bridle bit

tʉpe wihtua

bucket with a spout

tʉpemiʔarʉ

fall off

tʉpewihkapʉ

hair-lip, someone with a hair-lip

tʉpi / tʉʉpi

rock

tʉpi aawo

crock, jug, stone container

Tʉpi̠ Kʉni

Stonehouse (name)

tʉpi kʉ̠ni / tʉpi ka̠hni

jail (stone house), prison, stone or brick house, cellar

tʉpi naatsu

rock medicine

tʉpi pabokoʔaai / tʉpi paboko̠

rock lizard, mountain boomer

tʉpi puʔe / tʉpi puʔe̠

surfaced road, concrete road (stone road)

tʉpi̠ simuhta / papʉ̠si muuta

moth

tʉpi̠ sokoobi / tʉpi sokoona

rocky ground

tʉpi táhparʉ / tʉpi táhpaʔitʉ

throw stones, stone someone or something

tʉpi tʉmatsune

whetstone, sandpaper

Tʉpi Wʉnʉ

Rocky Creek (name)

tʉpitasoʔna̠

concrete sidewalk (stone foot pad)

Tʉpo

Temple, OK

tʉpunitʉ

watch, look at something, theatre

tʉpuuni

picture

tʉpuuni yʉʔyʉmuhku / yʉ yʉmuhku / nunuʔrawʉ / nunurawʉʔ

movies, moving pictures

tʉpʉ̠herʉ / tʉpeherʉ / tʉphetʉ / tʉpʉ̠he

fall off or away from

tʉpʉ̠suraa / tʉtsuraa

travois

tʉraatsuma

graduated

tʉrah kwʉʔnetʉ / tahkwʉʔnerʉ / tahʔtahkwʉne / tʉrah kwʉʔne

iron, press clothing

tʉrahnaiʔitʉ / tʉra̠hniʔtʉ

drill a field, plant a field with machinery

tʉrahtsuki / tohpʉ̠sakʉrʉ / wʉʔtsuki / matsuuma

erase, eraser

tʉrahwikatʉ / turahʔwi

win a prize, earn something

tʉrahyapʉ̠

meatball (Comanche style)

tʉraiyapʉ̠ / tʉrayapʉ̠

dried meat with added fruit or tallow

tʉrakaʔaitʉ

increasing numerically

tʉrakwʉʔne

act of ironing

tʉrana̠

leg bones, marrow bones

tʉrana / tʉrananai

root

tʉranaʔitʉ

cook marrow out of bones

tʉrani / tʉhrani / tʉhraniitʉ / tʉhhanaitʉ

hammer, pound, sledge

tʉraniitʉ

nailing

tʉranikʉ / tʉrawʉna / turawʉnʉ

teepee pegs

tʉrape suwaitʉ

tempt another to sin

tʉrapehekatʉ̠

sinner

tʉrapʉ̠tsarʉ

blow out a tire, have a flat, puncture a tire

tʉratsumai / tʉmarʉhkanʉ

graduate, finish high school or college

tʉrawipʉ̠

wages, winner of the pot

tʉrawʉnah / tʉrawʉna / tʉrakwʉna

tent pin,stake, stob, nail

tʉrawʉnarʉ / tʉrakwʉnarʉ

stake or nail something

tʉrayaa sarií

blood hound

tʉrayunepʉ̠

meat to be pounded

tʉree kuyutsi / tʉebasu

baby quail

tʉreetʉ

children

tʉreetʉkatʉ̠

have children

tʉreetʉ̠suatʉ

care for a child

tʉrohtsanitʉ

hang something up

tʉrohtsaniʔi

clothesline, hook, nail

tʉrohtʉbʉʔi

auger bit

tʉrohtʉma

cork (stopper)

tʉrohtʉma

lid

tʉrohtʉmapʉ̠

canned food

tʉrohtʉ̠wa / tʉrohtʉwa

can opener

tʉrokwʉ̠riapʉ̠

garbage, trash

tʉrokwʉ̠suakʉtʉ̠

believer

tʉronʉ

pokes

tʉroʔnikarʉ̠

put it into something

tʉrʉbakiʔarʉ̠

load into

tʉrʉbinitʉ̠

ask a question, question someone

tʉrʉeka / tʉrʉʔekarʉ / tʉʔeka

paint

tʉrʉhka / tʉrʉkanʉ̠ / tʉrʉʉka / tʉrʉka̠raibo

thief, robber, steal

tʉrʉkʉ̠ taiboo kahni

house of thieves, den of thieves

tʉrʉ̠na

lister, planter (farm implement)

tʉrʉ̠ni / tʉra̠hniʔitʉ / tʉrʉ̠hnaarʉ / tʉrʉ̠napʉ̠ / tʉrʉ̠niʔi / tʉrʉ̠na / tʉrʉ̠niʔi / tʉrʉ̠natʉ

plant seeds, sow seeds, plant crop; planter used for sowing seeds

tʉrʉnitʉ

ask for something

tʉrʉtsʉpu̠

number, group of figures

tʉrʉtsʉʉ / tʉtsʉʉ / narʉtsʉʉpʉ̠

count

tʉrʉwóko

hoop and arrow game

tʉrʉʔai waʔipʉ

working woman

tʉrʉʔaipʉ̠ / tʉrʉaitʉ

work

tʉrʉʔaiwapi̠

slave, captive, tenant, renter, servant, hired hand (someone who works for you)

tʉsaa

dye

tʉsáarʉ

dye something

tʉsaasi / tʉsasi̠

Indian perfume

tʉsibe

carpenter's plane

tʉsibetʉ̠

plane something smooth using carpenter's tool

tʉsoyuni

grinding stone

tʉsoʔitʉ̠

tan a hide

tʉsoʔna̠ / tʉsoona / tʉsoonu̠

dish, plate, dish pan

tʉsutaibitsi̠

mercy, pity, meekness

tʉsutaikatʉ̠

pity, befriend, treat with kindness

tʉsuwai / kwahisuarʉ

jealous

tʉsuwaʔitʉ

jealous of husband or wife

tʉsuʔatsi̠katʉ̠

think about something; be careful what you say

tʉsuʔatsitʉ / tʉsuʔatsipʉ̠

authority, power, will, judicial power, judgmental

tʉsuʔnarʉ

forgive

tʉsuʔnarʉ / niʔtsuʔnarʉ

forgive, pardon

tʉsuʔʉrʉ

wisdom, kind thoughts, counsel, advise

tʉtaatʉ

little

tʉtaatʉ̠

little in size

tʉtatsi

feel sorry for; extra small, poor, pitiful

tʉtokʉ̠suakʉʔi

how you believe

tʉtsaakʉna / tʉtsahkʉna

sewing machine

tʉtsaakʉna tawoi / tʉtsah kʉna

machine gun (word developed by Comanche Code Talkers)

tʉtsahkʉnarʉ̠

sew as on a sewing machine

tʉtsahpitsoʔni

clothes wringer

tʉtsahtoʔi

winch, pulley

tʉtsakʉna yuhu

sewing machine oil

tʉtsakwʉ̠riapʉ̠ / tʉtsakwʉ̠ʉ̠riapʉ̠

trash, garbage

Tʉtsanoo Yehkʉ

Comanche Band (name)

tʉtsanʉnʉʔitʉ

stop, stopped, halted (as a team of horses)

tʉtsatsiʔke / tʉtsatʉ̠sukitʉ̠

harrow, harrowed

tʉtsawoo taiboo

farmer

tʉtsawoo taiboo

white farmer

tʉtsawoopʉ̠

plowed field

tʉtsaʔooki

hay rake (farm implement)

tʉtsihkaʔarʉ̠ / tʉtsihpomiʔitʉ / tʉtsihpomiʔipʉ̠

cut up, cut off

tʉtsihpeti / tʉtsiyuna

spade (garden tool)

tʉtsihtʉrʉ̠ / tʉtsitʉma

padlock something

tʉtsikwʉ̠sarʉ̠

swindle, cheat; or when children take something away

tʉtsikwʉ̠sipʉ̠

twisted together with a pointed object

Tʉtsina

Hanging From The Belt (name)

tʉtsina

refers to items hung from the belt such as tobacco, knife or pick

tʉtsipara

flap on top of teepee

tʉtsipo̠sa / tʉtsipʉ̠sa / tʉʉhtsipʉ̠sa

screw; nut and bolt

tʉtsitsiʔaikʉrʉ̠

push something that rolls, such as a baby stroller

tʉtsitʉma

key, lock

tʉtsiuyʔi / tʉtsiʔuʔi

chisel (tool)

tʉtsiwai

ramrod

tʉtsiyunarʉ̠

shovel something

tʉtsohkwe

pounding bowl made from the knurl of a tree

tʉtsoʔnikarʉ̠

poke head into something

tʉtsu narʉmuʔitʉ̠ / tʉtsʉnarʉmiʔi

gossip; tell off-color stories

tʉtsuwai

lance, spear

tʉtsuʔmapʉ̠

penniless, broke financially

tʉtsʉ / tʉhtsʉ / tʉʔtsʉtʉ̠

cruel, mean, ugly, bad

tʉtsʉ puha

witch doctor

tʉtsʉ tʉyʉkwi

bad ways, wild

tʉtsʉ̠hanitʉ / tʉtsʉ̠hanitʉ̠

drive, handle, manage

tʉtsʉhpah / tʉtsuhpah

witch

tʉtsʉnabunitʉ

ugly

tʉtʉ̠suana

evil spirit

tʉʉhkonarʉ̠

sharpen a cutting edge, croak like a frog

tʉʉhkoʔne

tool made of steel

tʉʉhtʉmapʉ̠ / tʉhtʉma / nʉʉhtʉma

fence

tʉʉhtʉmapʉ̠ nahhuupi̠

fence post

tʉʉhtʉmapʉha tʉrawʉna (noun) / tʉʉtʉmapa narawʉniʔi (pl)

fence staples

tʉʉhtʉmarʉ

building a fence

tʉʉhtʉmaʔa tʉhhorapʉ̠

dug a fencepost hole

tʉʉkapʉ̠ / tomaatokootsapʉ̠

catsup; ketchup

tʉʉkaʔa

axe, hatchet

tʉʉki / tahniʔitʉ

put away, put in place, bury

tʉʉmi / tʉʉma

stop up (pl.)

tʉʉnuarʉ / tʉʉnuarʉ̠

sweep

tʉʉpai

drum stick

tʉʉtamʉ̠

tie, tie it up

tʉʉtamʉ̠ taiboo

sheriff

tʉʉtsʉ̠ke

lawnmower, scythe

tʉʉtsʉ̠kʉnanʉ̠

tie up a horse

tʉwai / tuʔwai / tʉhʉwaitʉ

solitaire (the card game)

tʉwʉkwaninʉ̠

tool used to scrape flesh off hides

tʉyai waikina̠ / tʉyaipʉ̠ nooetʉ / tʉyaiwaikinʉ̠ / tʉyaipʉ̠ha nooʔeeʔtʉ̠

hearse, undertaker

tʉyaipʉ̠ kohno

casket

tʉyumarʉ

fall into something

tʉyusike

harrow

tʉyʉkwitʉ̠

actions, behavior

tʉyʉʔwi / yʉwitʉ

swallow something

tʉʔaape̠

voice

tʉʔape nanakarʉ̠

echo

tʉʔa̠wekʉʉka̠rʉ / tʉʔawekʉ̠katʉ̠

answer

tʉʔawetʉ / tʉaʔwetʉ̠

tell

tʉʔehkooi

handle, rod

tʉʔeka / tʉʔekarʉ̠

paint, grease, annoint

tʉʔhipʉ̠

boy's girlfriend

tʉʔíiʔ / tʉii

killdee or killdeer (bird)

tʉʔikatʉ̠

resemble someone in appearance or personality

tʉʔina

back (between your shoulder blades)

tʉʔinakʉrʉ̠

jerk meat for someone

tʉʔiyai wapi̠ / tʉʔiyaʔi wapi̠

watchman, watchdog

tʉʔnokatʉ̠ / tʉʉnoo ʉnʉʉ / tʉnookatʉ / narʉnookatʉ ʉnʉʉ / mupitsʉ̠ha tʉnowapi̠

camel

tʉʔoibʉkʉ̠katʉ̠

ill, suffer an illness

tʉʔoikatʉ̠

ill for a long period of time

tʉʔoipʉ̠

long illness, invalid

tʉʔrʉkúu / tʉrʉkúu / tʉʔrikuuʔa / tʉʔrikúuʔnʉʉ

prairie dog; prairie dogs

tʉʔtsayaketʉ / kawonokatʉ̠

ring something (like a bell)

tʉʔurapʉ̠

sweetheart

tʉʔʉyatʉ̠ / tʉʔʉyatʉ

scared, frighten

ts

tsa

marks declarative sentences in conversational speech (Nu nahnia tsa___: My name is___)

tsa naketui

breeding animals

tsa nʉnʉʔitú

pull back or slow down

tsa punuketʉ̠ / tapi̠nuketʉ / tapu̠nukeerʉ / punuketʉ̠ / tapu̠nukeerʉ

polish, smooth, slick

tsaa / tsaatʉ

good, fine, pretty

tsaa hina supanaitʉ

smart, brainy

tsaa kamarʉ

taste good

tsaa manʉsurʉ / tsaa manʉsuka

please someone, make someone happy

tsaa manʉsuʔitʉ / tsaa manʉsukarʉ̠

happy, pleased

tsaa marabetoikatʉ̠

bright, shiny

tsaa nabuni / tsaa nabunitʉ / taahkitʉ̠

dawn

tsaa nʉʉsukatʉ

rejoicing

tsaa soobesʉ

long ago

tsaa suakwana̠

good-scented breath

Tsaa Tenayake

Good Crier (name)

tsaa totsiyaa

pretty flower

Tsaa Tsopa

Easy To Break (name)

tsaaku

well, good

tsaakʉnarʉ

sew

tsaana / tsanani

futilely, in vain, to no avail

tsaanaakatʉ̠ / tsaanakatʉ̠

rich, wealthy

tsaanika

hook it up

tsaaokwetʉ

turn on the water

tsaapunitʉ / tsaapunika

show someone something

tsaati tamakatʉ / tsatsati tamakatʉ

good teeth

tsaatoi

take out

tsaatʉ narʉmuʔipʉ̠

gospel, "good news"

tsaatʉ̠ sokobi̠

good land

Tsaatʉ Tsutsimaakatʉ

He Was Leaning Toward Something Good (name)

tsaatʉ u

that's good

tsaatʉma̠ / tsaa tʉma

close; it is good

tsah-

prefix referring to pull forward or pull up by hand

tsahani

drive horse or automobile

tsahhomonutsarʉ

crush or crumble with both hands

tsahhorarʉ

dig with hands

tsahhʉkwʉʔniitʉ / tsahhʉwʉʔniʔarʉ / tsaʔhʉwʉʔniitʉ̠

lift up to see underneath an object

tsahimarʉ / tsayʉkwikʉ̠

set upright, to right something

tsahkaʔarʉ / tsahpomiʔitʉ

pull apart, break off something

tsahkítoʔarʉ

shell something by hand, to peel something

tsahkobarʉ / tsahkobiʔitʉ

break off, snap off something

tsahkooʔnitʉ̠

cause to return, cause to turn around and come back

tsahkʉarʉ / tsahtoʔitʉ

pull up, force out, take out

tsahkwanitʉ

tear or claw at something

tsahkwaʔnuʔitʉ

throw down a person

tsahkweʔyarʉ / tsahkweʔyuʔitʉ

undress, disrobe

tsahkwitsoʔai

save someone's life

tsahkwitsoʔenʉ̠

jerk object towards oneself

tsahkwʉmarʉ̠ / tsahkwʉmiʔitʉ̠

undo something

tsahkwʉnʉnúukitʉ

unwind thread or yarn

tsahkwʉti / wʉhkikatʉ / tsatu̠kanʉ̠ / tsatu̠karʉ / wʉhkikatʉ / kwʉhtʉ̠ku / kwʉti̠kukʉrʉ / kwʉʉhtikʉrʉ / kwʉti̠kʉrʉ / kwʉti̠kukʉrʉ

shoot

tsahnʉarʉ / tsaʔnʉa

lift from a prone position

tsahpaakuʔnetʉ

push someone under water

tsahpaarʉ

spread something out

tsahpakitʉ̠

cling, adhere to

tsahpakoʔarʉ

split, tear apart

tsahpakʉ̠katʉ̠

attach something

tsahpekoʔarʉ

unwrap something

tsahpetitʉ̠

scattered by hand

tsahpihiʔsoʔai

anger

tsahpitsooni

wring out with hands

tsahpohtoorʉ

burst by pulling

tsahpomiʔitʉ

break, pull apart

tsahporakitʉ

crack knuckles

tsahporʉ

mark off

tsahpunikʉ̠

display, to show something

tsahpʉarʉ

release

tsahpʉkʉ̠suʔarʉ / tsahpʉsuʔarʉ / mawʉpara

unfold, take apart

tsahpʉsuʔaitʉ̠ / tsapʉ̠suarʉ̠

unfolded

tsahpʉ̠yerʉ

pull out of a container

tsahtaikʉtʉ̠

holey, to have holes

tsahtóbarʉ

uproot

tsahtokoʔarʉ

pull bones out of joint

tsahtoponiʔitʉ

roll into a ball, to make round

tsahtoʔarʉ

unseal, pry up, pull off

tsahtoʔirʉ / tsapʉ̠yetʉ

bring out, take out, pull up

tsahtoʔitʉ / tsahkʉarʉ

forced out, pulled up

tsahtsukitʉ̠

close

tsahtsuʔmarʉ̠

deplete

tsahtuka

unplug, disconnect

tsahtunaabarʉ

straighten

tsahtunehrʉ̠

stretched, straightened

tsahturerʉ / tsahtunehtsʉ̠ka

pull with full strength, stretch

tsahtúrʉ / turu / turetʉ / tsahturuetʉ̠

stretch

tsahtʉbunitʉ

wake someone

tsahtʉkitʉ̠ / tsatunitʉ̠

set down, put down in place

tsahtʉʔokiʔ / tʉtsanua / tʉtsaʔoʔki / tʉtsakwʉ̠riapʉ̠ / tsaʔoorʉ̠ / tsaʔookatʉ̠

rake (garden tool)

tsahwaitʉ

feel around for something, grope around

tsahwenitʉ̠

hang

tsahwetʉ

help down by holding one's hand

tsahwoʔnetʉ̠

scratch an itch

tsahʔkooni

cause something to turn around

tsahʔyenʉ̠ / tsahpiʔerʉ / tsaʔtoʔi

pull out

Tsaipitʉ

Chibitty (means "holding on") (name)

Tsaipitʉ

Holding On (name - Chibitty)

tsakiʔarʉ̠

scratch and leave a mark

tsakʉ̠bitʉe

arrive home leading someone or something

tsakwipunarʉ / tsaʔkwitsuniʔitʉ

twist, screw

tsakwʉ̠sarʉ̠

lace up

tsakwʉ̠sikʉkatʉ̠ / tsakwʉ̠ʔikʉrʉ̠ / tsakwʉ̠ʔsi

tangle

tsamani / noomanitʉ

carry across

tsamarʉi

turn something over

tsamaʔyʉkwiitʉ̠

fix up something

tsaminarʉ

disjoint

tsamiʔakutʉ

help someone to walk

tsamuhraikʉtʉ

cause two people to kiss

tsamʉri̠katʉ̠ / natsamʉritʉ

turn over

tsani̠katʉ

hang suspended

tsanuarʉ̠

move by hand, pull on

tsanutsarʉ̠

break into pieces

tsanʉ̠kʉrʉ / tsakʉtʉ̠

tighten, buckle

tsanʉnʉa / tʉtsanʉnʉʔitʉ

cause to stop

tsanʉnʉʔitʉ

stop following someone, slow down, pull back reins

tsapeetʉ / yumarʉ

jerk down, pull down, fell down

tsapuni̠

show

tsapʉ̠karʉ̠

cut in half, split

tsapʉ̠simanʉ̠

turn quickly

tsapʉ̠tsa

apply pressure and burst

tsapʉ̠yetʉ / tsayumiʔi / tsahpʉ̠he

unload, take down

tsapʉ̠ʔsuwaitʉ̠

attempt to change someone's purpose

tsasaʔwʉki / tsasaʔkwʉki / tohtia tsasaʔʉki / tsaʔsaʔwʉke / tsaʔsawʉke

sieve, sifter

tsasiwʉnʉ̠

split, tear

tsasiʔwai

torn up completely

tsasukarʉ

finger something, examine with fingers

tsasuʔatsi

help someone to decide

tsasʉsʉʔnikatʉ

numb

tsataninʉ̠

shake the wrinkles out of something

tsatsibikurʉ̠tsatsʉ̠

rattled, rattling

tsatsuuki

turn it off

tsatsʉ̠bipʉ̠kurʉ̠

make rattle

tsatu̠kaʔkarʉ

shoot a repeating gun

tsatʉ̠sukitʉ̠ / tʉtsaʔworʉ / tʉtsakworʉ

plow the soil, till, harrow

tsatʉʉpi / tsaʔtʉtʉʔpi̠

jewel

tsawehkwatʉ

haul away

tsawikʉ̠

open for someone

tsawitóanʉ̠

turn it over

tsawone

scratch

tsawʉnarʉ / tsawʉnʉʔitʉ / tsawʉna

set down carefully (pl)

tsayaketʉ̠

cause to ring

tsayarʉ / tsahimarʉ

carry a container by its handle

tsayoritʉ̠

awaken someone

tsayuma

tear down, scatter

tsayumarʉ

throw down

tsayumiʔi / tsapʉ̠yetʉ

take down, unload, remove

tsayʉkwitʉ / tsahkarʉkʉtʉ

set up straight

tsayʉkwitʉ / tunakarʉ̠

sit straight

tsaʔaikʉ

wind up old-time phonograph player

tsaʔaikʉtʉ̠

crank it up

tsaʔaku̠sitʉ̠

cause to sneeze

tsaʔatsitʉ̠

inspect

tsaʔikarʉ / tsaʔwekwitʉ̠

allow to enter, admit someone

tsaʔnika

g-string

tsaʔnika / tsaʔanika / kohinehki

underwear, jock strap, loin cloth, g-string

tsaʔnikʉ̠katʉ̠

wearing underwear

tsaʔnoʔinʉ̠

pull

tsaʔohkwetʉ̠

drain liquid by hand

tsaʔoibehkatʉ̠

strangled by something other than food

tsaʔokʉrʉ / tsaʔoihkʉtʉ

strangle person or animal

tsaʔokwetʉ̠

drain or flow

tsaʔonotsai

bent

tsaʔonutsarʉ̠

bend

tsaʔrurʉ / tsaʔuʔtunʉ̠

give something in hanging container

tsaʔtotsiba

beer

tsaʔwanapʉ̠

silk

tsaʔwenitʉ

hang something up on a nail or hook

tsaʔwi / tʉhwarʉ̠ / tʉhwaitʉ̠ / tʉhwaiʔi / tsahtu̠warʉ / tsaatu̠warʉ / tsahtʉwaʔitʉ

open

tsaʔwikiitʉ̠ / tsaʔwiketʉ̠

shake vigorously / shake something

tsaʔwʉmi̠narʉ

fail to reach something

tsaʔyake / woʔne / nʉmʉtúhki / nʉmi tʉhkaʔetʉ / saʔyaʔka

cancer

tsenaʔsari

German shepherd (wolf dog)

tsi karakʉnʉ̠

set up teepee

tsiapʉ̠

hip area

tsibitóanʉ̠

turn it inside out

tsiha

hunger

tsihabʉkatʉ̠ / tsihabʉkʉ̠katʉ / tsihabʉhkaʔi̠ / tsihhabʉhkamapʉ̠

menses, menstrual, menstruate, menstruating, menstrual period

tsihakooihkatʉ

drought, famine

tsihakoʔinʉ̠

starve (pl.)

tsihakwitsoʔai

save from starvation

tsihanabeni

starve

tsihasiʔapʉ̠

ravenously hungry person, hungry all the time

tsihasuatʉ̠

hungry

tsihatʉyaihumiarʉ

going to starve to death

tsihatʉyainʉ̠

starve to death

tsihimarʉ̠ / tsiʔyarʉ

carry something on a stick

tsihkaʔa

cut

tsihkaʔarʉ / wʉhkiʔa

cut with a knife

Tsihkoba

Breaks Something (name)

tsihkwinumai

slang for weak or faint feeling due to hunger

tsihpeʔakarʉ̠

part hair

tsihpomi

cut to pieces

tsihpoorʉ

mark something, draw a line

tsihpotse

billiards

tsihpʉarʉ̠

ventilate, as at top of teepee

tsihtaboʔikʉtʉ / tsiʔniika

insert

Tsihtara

Short-dress (name)

tsihtararʉ

tall, high, push it up

tsihtoʔarʉ / tsihtʉ̠ʔwarʉ

pry open, or open with key

tsihturuapʉ̠

stiff

tsihtuʔyerʉ̠

comb hair, curry an animal's fur

tsihtʉpʉ̠karʉ

pin together, pin up using a pin

tsihtʉroorʉ̠

support something by keeping upright

tsihtʉ̠warʉ

unlock

tsiikonoarʉ / sihkonoa

bow legged

tsiiku̠witehka / tsikwitehka / tsiku̠wi̠ʔtehʔeka / tsiʔwʉnʉhtʉʔeka / tsiʔwʉ̠nʉʉ tʉʔeka

petroleum jelly, vaseline (chafed and have to use it)

tsiiniika

thread a needle

tsiira

chili pepper

tsiiʔwʉweniitʉ

dredge, scoop, shovel out

tsiki̠

spear, blade of a spear, pointed object

tsiksanʉ̠ / tsikwi̠sanʉ̠

steal, jerk out of hand to be mean

tsikwainitʉ̠ / tsiwainitʉ̠

probe or feel around with a sharp object or a pole

tsiminoʔitʉ / naraminaitʉ̠

disjoint bones at the joint, separate

tsimiʔakʉnʉ̠

almost accomplish, almost acquire, miss completing objective

tsimʉamiʔarʉ̠

stagger when walking

tsipiʔe / tsipʉ̠ʔye

pick something out

tsipuni

test or check with sharp object

tsisiitʉ / tsiisi

rock a baby and lullabye

tsisuʔwarʉ̠ / tsisuʔkwaʔnekitʉ / tsisuʔwaitʉ

poke or jab continuously

tsitʉawe

point to something with finger

tsiwai

pick, to find

tsiyaa / tsiyarʉ

pick up with a stick and hold up

tsiyaketʉ̠ / niʔyake

hurt someone to the point of making them cry; make someone cry by saying something to them

tsiʔaʔni

take down teepee poles

tsiʔnikarʉ

insert into something

tsiʔpenʉ̠

cause to fall off

tsiʔwapʉ̠ / tsiiʔwa / tsiʔwaʔitʉ / tsiʔkwaʔitʉ / tsiʔwai

chapped, rough or cracked skin

tsoakʉ̠tsi̠

doing something that didn't tell

tsoapʉ̠

spirit

tsoapʉ̠ / tsoʔapʉ̠

shoulder; spirit

tsoapʉ̠ tsuuni

shoulder

tsohkwe

rod used in pounding meat

tsohkwenʉ / tʉtsohkwe

pound

tsohpe

pillow

tsohpe tawʉna

pillow sticks (two forked sticks stuck in ground at the head of the bed for hanging belongings)

tsohpuniitʉ̠

try something on head

tsohtʉki̠katʉ̠

lay head down on something

tsohwiarʉ

wear out hat

tsokwʉ̠kʉʉna / tsoʔkʉna / yuʔa korohko̠

scarf, bandana

tsomo / tsoomo

beads

tsomo korohko̠

bead necklace; necklace of beads

tsonika / tsowekwa / tsoʔnika

hat, hats

tsoo

great grandparent on either side, great grandchild (reciprocal)

tsoo ahʔahpʉ

great granddaughter's husband

tsoo ahʔpia

grandson's / great grandson's wife

tsopekwiiyu / tsopewiiyu̠ / tsoʔwoʔkoʔwoyaa

cockscomb, cocks; roach for headdress

tsotsoni / tsotsooni / tsotsooʔni̠ / tsotsooʔni / nʉmitsaʔtoponiʔeʔtʉ̠

meningitis, spinal meningitis

tsotsoʔneetʉ̠ / tsoʔsoʔneetʉ̠

rub head against something

tsoʔaahpʉ / tsooʔaʔaahpʉ

granddaughter's husband

tsoʔapia

grandson's wife

tsoʔapitsi̠ / pia mupitsi̠ʔa tsuni

mastodon bones used as medicine

tsoʔmeetʉ̠

gather, pick produce

tsoʔmepʉ̠

harvest a crop

tsoʔnʉarʉ̠

lift or raise head

tsoʔwiketʉ̠ / tsowiketʉ / kaʔwitsetʉ / kawʉ̠tʉ̠ʔitʉ

shake head in disagreement

tsoʔyaa

hair, head of hair, carry on head (such as hair)

tsoʔyaarʉ̠

carry something on head

tsuh

go ahead, now

tsuh wihnu

right now; agree now

tsuhitʉ̠

unable to do something

Tsuhni

Bone (name)

tsuhni bunitʉ / tsuuni bunitʉ

glare at

tsuhni karʉ

sit down quickly

tsuhni muyake

whistle (an object made of bone or wood)

tsuhni tekwarʉ / tsuhni niwʉnʉtʉ̠ / tʉhtsʉ̠tekwapʉ̠

curse, as in talking

tsuhni wʉnʉrʉ̠ / tsuhnisihkwetʉ̠

stop suddenly

tsuhnikorohko̠

bone breastplate

tsuhniwʉmina / tsuhni wʉmi̠nakatʉ / tsuhni wʉmi̠nahkatʉ̠

rheumatism; rheumatic; rickets

tsuhniwʉʔa̠ / nʉmamoʔo / tuʔpaʔwehni / parúʔku̠ / parúuku / paruuku / paʔruhku

raccoon

tsuku tʉyai

die of old age

tsukuupʉ / tsukupʉ̠ / tsukuupʉ̠

old man

tsukuʔsʉmʉhtʉ̠

million (old hundred)

tsumai

out of something

tsunipʉ̠ / tsuhnipʉ̠

bone, bones

tsuniwʉkobanʉ̠

break a bone

tsunʉtsʉnaakatʉ

pass in cards (stand, no more cards)

tsuʔaoʉ̠

hip

tsuʔmakʉtʉ

spend money, use up

tsʉhkatʉ̠

stuck down in something

tsʉhtsʉki / tsʉʉtsʉkin

whooping cough; dry, hacking cough

tsʉki̠katʉ / tsʉkʉ̠katʉ̠

crowded into a small space

tsʉmʉki̠katʉ̠

calm, quiet, peaceful spirit

tsʉʔnitʉ̠

stay late, delay

u

u

he, she, it, him, her, it (obf.), his, its (pos. pro.)

u mʉnitʉ

fail to do something, unable to do something

u pia

his or her mother

u piminʉ̠

cover them up

u wakatu

towards; going towards

u wakatu miarʉ

going to him, them

uba̠hani̠ / ubaʔmia / oboʔmia

get out of the way

ubeeka

near, beside, to be even with something

ubitaa

slow down, take it easy

ubitaaku / ubitakuhtsiʔa

slowly

ubitʉkʉʉtʉ / ubitʉkʉrʉ

flirt, pursue opposite sex

ubutumia / ubutu mia

go that way

ubutunua / ubutu nua

move over

ubʉ̠nitʉ

leaning the other way

uhka

him, her, it

uhri

them (du.)

uhtu / uhʔtu

give

uku̠reebi / kureebi

gravy

ukʉ̠

there

umamiʔarʉ / tsakamiʔarʉ / muhne miarʉ̠ / tsakarʉ

lead

umarʉ̠nitʉ̠

hurt someone

unahrʉ

move across, be on the other side

ura

find

urahkatʉ̠

learn something new, do something for the first time

urarʉ

find something

urii

them (pl.)

uruka

under it

urʉ

he, she, it, that, that one

urʉkwʉ̠

those two, they (du.)

urʉʉ

those (pl.), they (pl.)

urʉʉ ahpʉ

their father

usuni

forever

usuni nani mawia

always makes excuses

usúniyutʉ̠

always

usúʔuyaʔitʉ / unisuʔuyaaʔaitʉ

mock, laugh at, make fun of

usʉ noo

now; be sure you do that

usʉkia / usʉkia unoo

wonder

utsana̠

piled

utu̠katʉ̠ / himikatʉ̠

give something

uwíhi̠ / uwihi

spear, sword, long knife

uʔanetʉ̠

often, whenever, sometimes

uʔaru / uʔahku / uʔaʔru

somewhere

uʔhoiki̠

around

ʉ

ʉ

you (sg. obj.); your (sg.)

ʉ bʉarʉ ma / ma bʉa

leave it alone

ʉ kamakʉtʉ nʉ

I love you

ʉ nape̠naisʉ!

response to greeting ("Tell us all about it!"); used by men

ʉ pitu

for you

ʉa / ʉʔa

sore (noun)

ʉbia / ʉhpiarokoi

exclamation used be women, equivalent to "Oh, my goodness"

ʉhtsumi

close your eye

ʉhʉ / wanahʉ̠ / wana ʉhʉ

blanket

ʉhʉkatʉ

have a blanket

ʉhʉkʉ

cover someone

ʉi

reference to time element

ʉkiitsi / ʉkihtsi

now, immediately

ʉkʉ / ʉkʉnanakatʉ̠

young, new, youthful

ʉkʉ naiʔbi

teenage girl

ʉkʉ nʉmʉnʉʉ

younger generation

ʉkʉ Tomopʉ̠

New Year's Day

ʉkʉ Tooma Mʉa / Tomʉa Mʉa

January (beginning a new year)

ʉkʉ tuinʉpʉ

young man, boy

ʉkʉbitsi̠

new

ʉkʉna kʉtu / ʉkʉnaa kʉtu

day before yesterday

ʉkʉnaa / ʉkʉna

first, first one

ʉkʉpʉ / ʉkʉna

newly; first

ʉkʉ̠sʉ

still, yet

ʉkwihkatʉ / ʉkwi̠sinʉ̠

smell something, sniff an odor

ʉkwitʉ

smell (verb)

ʉkwʉ̠sʉʔnitʉ / ʉkwi̠sʉʔninitʉ

smell around, sniff around

ʉmaarʉ / ʉmarʉ / ʉmapʉ̠

rain

ʉmahpaa

lake, pond

ʉmakahni / ʉmakʉ̠ni

rain shelter

ʉmakwa̠su

rain coat, mackintosh, rain dress

ʉmu kwʉtʉ̠ku

dozing off, almost falling over

ʉnʉ / ʉnʉ̠

you (singular-subject form)

ʉnʉ a kahni taitʉ

den, animal hole

ʉnʉ pihnáa / ʉnʉ pináa / ʉnʉ bihnaa

honey

ʉnʉ̠ha

you (singular-subject, used at the beginning of a question)

ʉnʉʉ

animal, creature, critter, insect, bug

ʉpinakwʉ̠

behind you

ʉpʉi

sleep

ʉpʉ̠suwainʉ̠ / ʉpʉsuwanʉ

sleepy, drowsy

ʉra

thank you

ʉraako / ʉrako / ʉrakoki̠

thank you very much

ʉratabenitʉ̠ mʉa

November (Thanksgiving month)

ʉrʉ

kind

ʉrʉʉ!

ouch (hot), said when touching something hot

ʉrʉʉtsi

term of affection, my little kind one

ʉrʉyʉkwiitʉ

being nice

ʉrʉʔitʉ / ʉrʉʉ

hot

ʉsorokiitʉ

snore

ʉsuaketʉ

breathe deeply during sleep

ʉtsʉʉ!

ouch (cold), said when cold or touching something cold

ʉtsʉʔitʉ̠

cold; its cold

ʉtʉka̠hni / sekwikʉ̠kahni / sekwika̠hni / sekwika̠ni

cellar, storm cellar, sod house; mud house

ʉʉtama

yawn

ʉʔbʉi

cocoon

ʉʔwuiʔnahu

where the worms live

w

wa / waʔwa / waharaka

twins

Waa Hunubi / Waahunuʔbi

Canadian River

Waa Kusi Okwe

Wichita Falls, TX (gray cedar water flowing)

waa waata̠

cedar tepee pole

Waahima / Waahimarui / Waahimarui / Wahimarʉ / Waʔtsinikapʉ

Christmas (cedar tree put up)

waahuupi̠

teepee pole made of cedar

waaitʉ

dry up

Waakakwa

Trotter (Laughing John) (name)

waakenupʉ̠

backbone

waako̠hno / waakohno

day cradle

waani / waaʔne

red fox

waapi / waapi̠

cedar

waata̠ / waahta̠ / waatanii / waate / huutsiyaa

teepee pole

waata tsiani

pull down teepee poles

waatsa̠ / waatsʉ

rib

waaʔakitʉ

yell

wabi̠tsikorʉki

load a bow with an arrow

waha-

prefix denoting two or doubled

wahabahtʉ

doubles, two pairs, two groups

wahabi̠suatʉ̠

undecided, doubtful

wahamarʉ

twenty

wahamarʉ sʉmʉ ma toʔikʉtʉ̠

twenty-one

Waharaka

To Turn (name - Wahahrocka)

Waharaka / waʔwa / wa

Wahahrocka (name), two of something

wahati / wahatʉ / wahatʉ̠

two; two(obj.)

wahatomopʉ̠

two year old

Wahi Mʉa / Pia ʉtsʉʔi mʉa / Pʉmata waahimaʔena mʉa / Pʉmata wahi mʉa

December (gift month) (big, cold month)

wahkamiʔarʉ

lope

wahkaʔetʉ̠

running, galloping

wahtʉtsina

carry a scalp from the end of a stick (also name of a person)

waikina naʔoomo̠

wagon wheel

waikinʉ̠

wagon

waiʔiʔpu wananapʉ̠

ladies hosiery

waiʔiʔpʉ

Queen in playing cards

waiʔiʔpʉ kwasu

woman's dress

wakaamiʔarʉ̠ / pohyamiʔarʉ

trot

wakaree

tank (word developed by the Comanche Code Talkers because it had a hard shell like a turtle)

wakaree

turtle

wakarʉkatʉ̠

aim something

wakʉ̠ni

tortoise

wakʉʔwʉtʉ̠

zigzag, rickrack, jagged item

waná atsiʔa / wanatopeti / wanarohpetinʉ̠

playing cards

wana hʉ / wana ʉhʉ

cotton blanket or shawl

wana kotse / wankoʔtse

soap

wana kotse aawo

wash tub

wana kotse tsahparaa / wana wiyaa

clothesline rope

wana napʉ̠

socks

wana puhihwi̠ / wana puhiwita / sʉmʉ wanapuhiwi

paper money

wana̠ soona̠ / wana soone

cotton quilt

wana tsihparaa

bracing stick that holds up a cloth for shade

wana tsiyaaʔa náhuupi̠

flagpole

wanaási

deck of cards

wanakotsetʉ

wash clothes

wanakotsewaʔitʉ pʉmatatʉrohtʉmaʔena̠

paraffin

wanama sʉapʉ̠ha pokopi̠ / wana̠ sona pokóopi̠

cotton boll (from cotton plant)

wananapʉ̠

stockings

wanapʉ̠

cloth

wanapʉ̠ piinaimatʉ

leftover piece of fabric

wanaramu / wana tamu / wanaramu̠

thread, cord

wana̠sonamubʉ̠tsapʉ̠

open cotton boll (from cotton plant)

wanatsahkʉna / wana tsahkʉna

needle

wanatsihtaraa

striped, multi-colored fabric or material

wanatsiya / wanatsiyaa

flag, banner

wanaʔaipʉ

spider web

wansee

penny

wanʉ̠see

one cent

warookʉyáa / piinua

crawdad; crayfish (refers to its scissor-hands)

warʉʔikatʉ

miss, fail to make connections

Wasaasi

Osage

wasápe / parua / wʉra

bear

wasape nahyu

bear grease (old medicinal salve for sore joints)

wasápe pʉmata kwʉhʉrʉ

bear trap

wasápeʔa tʉhkapʉ̠ / wasapeʔa tʉʉkapʉ

pear (bear's food)

wasʉ / wasʉpu̠

kill (pl.)

wasʉpʉ̠ / tʉkʉwasʉ

bagged game

wata / wahta

pole, club

Watasi

Ace in playing cards

Watasi taka

Joker in playing cards (ace's brother)

watsi

get lost

watsi

lost

watsi miʔarʉ

leave secretly, sneak away

watsi punitʉ̠

watch someone, spy on someone

watsih punikatʉ̠

person being spied upon

watsikʉ

lose

watsinaki̠katʉ

eavesdrop, overhear

Watsiteekwa

To Whisper (name - Woogie Watchetaker)

Watsiteekwa

Woogie Watchetaker's name, meaning "to whisper"

watsiteekwa / watsih nikwʉ̠nʉrʉ / watsih tekwarʉ / watsihtawʉkʉtʉ̠

whisper

watsitʉ / watsikatʉ

become lost

watsitʉki / watsitʉkitʉ / watsih tahtʉkitʉ / watsih tahniʔitʉ / watsi̠ habiitʉ

hide, put away secretly

watsiʔatʉ / watsiʔaitʉ̠

secret, secretive

watsiʔikatʉ̠

sneak in

watsiʔiyarʉ

spy on someone, secretly watch someone

waʔipʉ tʉepʉtʉ̠

baby girl

waʔkoo

clam, oyster, mussel, shell of any kind

waʔóo

cat

waʔrohkʉya

pincers, tongs, crawfish

weehtsitʉ / wee

go down, get off

weeki / wehkitʉ

look for

weesi / wesibaapi

curly hair

wehaarʉ / weharʉ / wehai

burn; burning

wehakʉrʉ̠

burn someone

wehariwʉtukanʉ̠

fire extinguisher

wehhari tukaʔeetʉ̠

fireman

wehkinitʉ

search, look around for

wehuruʔin / weʔturuʔinʉ̠

lose weight

Wekia Wʉnʉrʉ

Weckahwoonard, Chief Wild Horse's daughter

wekinaʔitʉ / wekinai

round dance

wekwiitʉ / wekwimiʔarʉ / ika

enter

wekʔkwi̠yanorʉ

shiny, iridescent

wenuʔnuki̠miʔarʉ

run downhill, get off running

wesi hubeebi

drinking black coffee

wesi-

prefix meaning burned or curled

wesibapiʔarʉ

curl hair, give a permanent

wesikatʉ̠

burnt, scorched, toasted, browned

wesiketʉ̠

curly, curled

wewenuka

hang down

weyaʔpo / wobinii

night hawk

weʔhaki / wehari / weʔharʉ

flame, fire, burn

weʔkwi̠yanutʉ tʉʉpi̠ / wekwi̠yanu̠ rʉʉpi̠ / pahparatsihkwetʉ tʉʉpi̠ / nanaʔatahpu naʔhaʔ rʉʉpi̠

diamond

weʔkwi̠yanuutʉ̠

gleam, shine, flash

weʔyakoróo

butterfly

wia

mestizo (Native American having hispanic blood)

Wianʉ / Wianʉʉ / Wiaʔnʉʉ

Comanche Band from the Walters OK area

wiapʉ̠ / narawiapʉ̠

worn out

wihi̠

knife, awl

wihi / wihi̠

throw

wihi̠ kamatʉ

taste oily or greasy

wihi̠ tʉʔekarʉ

lubricate, grease something

Wihiikwai

Chief Wild Horse's daughter's name

wihikoyoinʉ̠

skip

wihitʉ

throw overhand

wihnai miʔarʉ

limp, walk lame

wihnaitʉ

crippled

wihnu

then, and then

wihtekatʉ

peep, peer through, peeping

wihtoʔaitʉ

disintergrate, disintegrated, worn out

wihtua

bucket, pot

wihtʉʔeka

cream, grease

wiitaitʉ / wiitainʉ

throw away

winanʉ̠

angry, get angry, to stop

winikitʉ̠

fly in

wiya / wiyaa

lariat; rope

wiyarʉ̠

hang on to, hanging on to it, dangle along

wiyu

awl, sharp instrument

wiʔanʉ̠

wore out

wiʔnai / wiʔnʉʉpi̠ / sʉkui

plum bush

woataama̠ / woʔarami / woʔaramakatʉ̠

decayed tooth

wobi aawo

trunk, box, chest, container, barrel

wobi kahni

frame house

wobi nakarʉ / huunakarʉ

wooden bench, wooden chair

wobi narʉmʉ̠

lumber yard

wobi pi̠hnaa

honey comb

wobi pihnaa ʉnʉʉ / wobi pinaa ʉnʉʉ

honey bee

wobi puuku̠

buggy, hack

wobi wʉhpai / wobi wihtua

wooden drum, bucket, container

wobinii

kite

wohho hubiya

war songs, songs of victory

wohho namakaʔmukiʔarʉ̠

war path

wohho napʉ̠sarʉ

apply war paint

wohho suarʉ

oppose

wohi huupi

mesquite tree

wohkaʔni / wohka̠ʔni

bachelor, young unmarried man

woho / wohonʉʉ

enemy, rival provoking jealousy

wohtsawike miʔarʉ / potsanawʉtʉ̠

bouncing along

wohtsawʉkitʉ̠ / wotsawiketʉ̠

bounce

wohtsaʔwʉtʉ̠

rough terrain, uneven land

wohya

row, items lined up

wohyakatʉ

single file

woinu̠ / woinu

wind instrument; bugle, etc.

woko̠ huutsu̠ / wokohuhtsu

parrot, parakeet

wokobi

pine

wokora / wokorai

Mexican blanket

wokorai

serape, painted bunting (bird)

wokowi / wokowoʔi / wokowiʔa

squirrel

wokʉʔtai

summer tanager

wokwe / wokweebi

cactus, peyote, sticker

wokweesi

prickly pear cactus, barrel cactus

wokwesonipʉ

thorny weed

wokwetʉkarʉ̠

have a peyote meeting; eat peyote

wokwetʉkʉ̠ kahni

peyote tepee

woo / wooʔetʉ / woohpʉnitʉ

howl; moan; below the belt

woobi

board, lumber, wood

woone

hot like a chili pepper

woonʉ̠

howl before eating a red haw or little haw

wootsianʉʉ

Comanche dance clan

wopʉʔkoa / wianʉʉ / pia woʔmʉki

ivory bill woodpecker (probably extinct)

worʉrokʉ / woororokʉ̠

esophagus, windpipe

wosa / woosa / narʉ̠so

bag, purse, sack

wosaʔara

grasshopper, jumbo

Wotas / Paa Narʉmʉʉ

Walters, OK

wotsía

snowhair rabbit

wowoki

dog; to bark

woʔa- / woʔarʉ

wormy

woʔaabi

worm

woʔanatsu / woʔanatsuʔʉ̠

ragweed; western ragweed

Woʔarua

Wauahdooah (name)

woʔarʉhkapʉ̠ / woʔatʉʉkapʉ̠

rice (worm food)

woʔkahni

teenage boy

woʔnabina / taiboo pihnáa

cantaloupe

woʔne

deterioration of some part of the body

woʔnetʉ

perforate, make holes

woʔnokatʉ̠

ditch

woʔorooki̠

windpipe

wuhpitu̠ katʉ̠

before the hour (as in time)

wukubuu / wʉkʉbu / wʉʔkʉʔbuu

bullroarer or humming bird

wʉ -

prefix denoting flitter or force

wʉahniʔitʉ

cut something down

wʉanuraitʉ

scare away by using hand gesture as if to strike

wʉaʔputsutsukitʉ̠

whirlwind or tornado

wʉhabitʉ / wʉhabiʔtʉ̠ / wʉkwaitʉʉ

parade

wʉhhanitʉ

cultivate, chop up with an instrument

wʉhhaʔwokatʉ

make hollow using an instrument

wʉhhomonutsaʔarʉ̠

crumble, break into small pieces using an instrument

wʉhhorarʉ̠

dig using a hoe or pick

wʉhibitʉ̠

sip

wʉhkarʉ / wʉhpomiʔitʉ̠ / wʉhpomiʔitʉ̠ / wʉhkarʉ̠

chop down, cut down

wʉhkiboʔarʉ

peel

wʉhkitsuʔtsuki

sound producing rattle on a rattlesnake

wʉhkitsuʔtsukitʉ

rattle, make a rattling sound

wʉhkobanʉ̠

break an arm or a leg bone

wʉhkobarʉ̠ / wʉhkobiʔitʉ̠

break up with something

wʉhkonarʉ̠

sharpen knives, chop a hole

wʉhkotsen

rinse

wʉhkupa

knock something in the head and kill it

wʉhkurʉ̠

aim a gun, sight to shoot

wʉhkuyaʔarʉ̠

frighten, scare

wʉhkʉbuu / wuʔkuʔbuu

hummingbird

Wʉhkʉnáa

Wook-kah-nah, grandmother of Ronald Red Elk

wʉhkʉnai / wʉhkʉ̠nʉ̠katʉ

covered

wʉhkʉnarʉ / wʉhkʉnarʉ̠

cover

wʉhkwabikʉtʉ / tookwanuʔi

knock down using something

wʉhkweʔyarʉ̠

unscrew, unbolt

wʉhkwinarʉ̠

swab out, clean the inner part of something

wʉhkwine

scrape outer side, clean a hide, cut fat off surface

wʉhkwitsoʔarʉ

rescue using something

wʉhkwitsunarʉ̠

wag something such as a tail

wʉhkwitubikatʉ̠

roll up to itself; roll string into a ball

wʉhkwitubinʉ̠ / wʉhkwitunarʉ̠

wrap, wrap up, wrap around

wʉhmakoni

whip an animal to make it turn around

wʉhmakwʉ̠yetʉ

come after someone with a stick

wʉhminanʉʉmʉ

invalid

wʉhmʉ̠nakatʉ̠ / wʉmhi̠nakatʉ

sick

wʉhpaakuʔnetʉ̠

hit and push under water

wʉhpainʉ̠

whip someone

wʉhparʉ̠

spread it out

wʉhpitʉ̠

reach a destination

wʉhpiwokarʉ̠

drag by force

wʉhpohtoʔitʉ̠

strike out, crack a whip, pop

wʉhpomarʉ̠

cut down, mow

wʉhpoʔtsetʉ̠ / kwʉhpoʔtserʉ

knock something, jerk something with an instrument

wʉhpʉ̠suarʉ

unwind, uncoil something

wʉhsibetʉ / wʉsiberʉ / wʉhtsiberʉ̠

shave

wʉhsiboʔarʉ̠

peel off using something

wʉhtabarʉ̠

smash, break into pieces with something

wʉhtakarʉ / wʉnʉhkarʉrʉ̠

squat

wʉhtama

tie up

wʉhtarakiitʉ

pound something, tap on something

wʉhtebanʉ̠

pound flat, smooth down

wʉhtikʉtʉ̠ / kwʉtikʉrʉ̠ / kwʉti̠katʉ̠

shoot, fire a weapon

wʉhtókarʉ̠

knock something off, prying off

wʉhtokwenʉ̠ / wʉhkuparʉ / wʉkuparʉ / wʉhtokwetʉ

kill using a weapon

wʉhtokwʉ̠rʉ / wʉhtokwe

club someone

wʉhtoponitʉ̠

tie in a round bundle or round knot

wʉhtoʔinʉ̠

throw up; cough something up

wʉhtoʔyarʉ̠

came loose, broke the rope

wʉhtsabeyaa / wʉʉtsabaya

gourd dance rattler

wʉhtsanitʉ̠

hang something up carelessly

wʉhtsitoʔarʉ̠

pare, peel

wʉhtsoboki̠

flutter eyes

wʉhtsobokitʉ̠

blink, wink

wʉhtsokʉ̠kʉna

bandana, scarf

wʉhtsuʔmarʉ̠

wipe off completely

wʉhtsʉ̠kʉnarʉ̠ / wʉtsʉ̠kʉnarʉ̠

tie

wʉhtsʉmʉhkitʉ̠

calm, stop blowing

wʉhtsʉmʉʉhki̠katʉ

calm wind or calm weather

wʉhtui

wait for

wʉhtukarʉ̠ / kwʉhtukarʉ̠ / wʉtukai

extinguish a fire

wʉhtunepʉ̠

hard, gristly meat

wʉhturuʔai

make a windbreak

wʉhturuʔaipʉ̠

windbreak

wʉhtʉbunitʉ̠

wake someone by pounding

wʉhtʉkwa

hit using an instrument

wʉhtʉkwarʉ̠ / wʉhpaʔitʉ

hit something, beat up on someone

wʉhtʉma

contain, fence up, clog up

wʉhtʉpʉ̠ka

buckle

wʉhtʉpʉ̠karʉ̠

button up, fasten, pin together

wʉhtʉroonitʉ̠

brace with something

wʉhuʔnetʉ̠

creep, scoot, crawl on stomach

wʉhʉwʉʔniitʉ

trim, prune, get up

wʉhweniitʉ / kwʉkwenitʉ

hang up

wʉhwiʔaitʉ̠ / wʉhwiʔarʉ̠ / wʉhwiʔanʉ̠

wear out something

wʉhʔbiʔkurʉ̠ / wʉhʔpipʉ̠ʔkurʉ̠

beat on, rattle

wʉkʉ̠tsarʉ

switch tail as an animal does

wʉkʉ̠tseetʉ

crush, mash with something

wʉkwaninʉ

scrape

Wʉkwiya / Wikwaaʔa

Jesus Man (name)

wʉkwʉ̠sarʉ̠

sprain a joint in the body

wʉmetʉ̠

bear pain in silence, overcome pain

wʉmiaʔkurʉ̠

force to go

wʉmi̠naa / wʉ̠mi̠naa

illness

wʉmi̠nahkatʉ

ill for an extended period of time, invalid

wʉmi̠narʉ̠

break or reach something

wʉmi̠natʉ̠

nine

wʉmi̠natʉ̠ sʉʉmarʉ

ninety

wʉmiʔarʉ̠

cause to run, move, go

wʉmubʉ̠sitʉ

cause to blow nose by force

wʉmutsiakatʉ̠

sharpened, kept sharpened

wʉmʉ̠nakatinoʔetʉ

ambulance

wʉmʉ̠saakatʉ̠ / wʉmʉ̠saarʉ̠

have shoes on the wrong feet

wʉmʉ̠sarʉ̠

wrong

wʉmʉʉri̠hkatʉ̠

have a hard time turning over, turned over, shaped

wʉmʉʉtʉ̠ / wʉnekʉtʉ̠ / wʉmʉnʉ̠katʉ̠ / wʉhʉtsawe

fan for fire, fan something such as a fire

wʉnikarʉ / wʉʔniʔkarʉ̠

insert into something using an instrument

wʉnomenʉ̠

move hips back and forth

wʉnoʔitʉ̠

chop down, cut

wʉnoʔkarʉrʉ

hill up soil, build a mound

wʉnoʔyaitʉ̠

stirred

wʉnoʔyarʉ̠

stir

wʉnua

sweep, sweeping

wʉnutsarʉ̠

shatter, break into pieces with something

wʉnʉ̠hupiitʉ / toobooi hupiitʉ

stop movement toward something

wʉnʉ̠katʉ

sharp pain, to have a sharp pain; turned or wound up

wʉnʉkʉrʉ

set out

wʉnʉkʉtʉ

transplant, set out a plant

wʉnʉ̠kʉtʉ̠

tighten, turn, wind

Wʉnʉrʉ

Quanah Parker's daughter

wʉnʉʉkuparʉ̠ / wʉnʉʉhkuparʉ̠

knocked down

wʉnʉʔyuʔitʉ̠

hit by surprise, causing a noise

wʉpakoinʉ̠

split wood

Wʉpi̠he

Lady from Faxon OK, wife of Kuboo

wʉpitapuʔni

war club, battle axe with flintsone hande

wʉpi̠toorʉ

tie a child to one's back

wʉpuna

separate and get back together

wʉpu̠nuketʉ / tsasuʔnetʉ

scrape, make smooth

wʉpʉ̠hetʉ / wʉphetʉ / wʉyumiʔitʉ

flail, knock off using something; be thrown forcibly from a horse

wʉpʉ̠karʉ̠

cut open

wʉpʉ̠koʔi / tosa kwiisu / wobi tohtaraki

woodpecker

wʉpʉ̠tsa

operation

wʉpʉ̠tsa

surgery

wʉpʉ̠tsarʉ

cut open, perform surgery

wʉsaʔmarʉ / wʉhtsaʔnakʉrʉ

protrude, stick out

wʉsibarʉ̠ / wʉhibarʉ̠

toes pointing out

wʉsibepʉ̠ / kunapi̠soʔni̠ / kunasibepʉ

wood shavings

wʉsiboʔanʉ̠

scrape skin

wʉsiboʔanʉ̠ / wʉsiboʔarʉ̠ / wʉsiboʔarʉ / tsahkwʉrʉʔarʉ / pʉhʉ tsahkweʔyarʉ

skin an animal

wʉsuabetaitʉ̠

restore circulation after a limb goes to sleep

wʉsukatʉ

have feeling, good or bad

wʉsuurʉ

hang a long object on a line

wʉsuwarʉkiitʉ̠

give up waiting for someone

wʉsuwarʉkinʉ̠

over-stay your welcome; missed for supper

wʉsuʔnarʉ̠ / wʉhtsinetʉ̠

scrape using an instrument

wʉsuʔwaitʉ̠ / wʉʔkupʉ̠ / wʉʔkupʉ̠ʔsuwaitʉ̠

attempt to hit with a weapon

wʉtsabeyaa wʉyaketʉ̠ / wʉtso beyaa

rattling something

wʉtsaboki

flirty eyes

wʉtsʉ̠ke

cut, shear, mow

wʉtsʉ̠kitʉ̠ / mawiitʉ̠

push or shove

wʉtsʉmitʉ / wʉtsʉʔmitʉ̠

satisfied with sufficient food, have enough to eat

wʉtsʉʔmi

full stomach as a result of eating too much

wʉtuikatʉ

wait for someone, to be waiting

wʉturai / wʉʔtoʔra

hatch

wʉtʉ̠barʉ̠

crack something, break something by dropping it

wʉtʉkwai

club something or someone

wʉtʉkwarʉ̠ / wʉhpaʔitʉ̠

beat

wʉtʉraa / wʉtaráa

make a bed of branches and limbs; campbed made of branches

wʉʉnokoa

bandalier; beads

wʉʉnʉ / wʉʉnʉrʉ / toboʔitʉ / toboʔikatʉ

stand; stand up; stop

wʉʉpaituʔi / wʉʉʔpaiʔtui

going to spank

wʉʉpitʉi

approach, coming towards, reach a destination

wʉʉpitʉ̠katʉ̠

getting there

wʉʉtsuwaitʉ̠

spanking hard

wʉʉyoritʉ̠ / wʉyoritʉ̠

disturb, startle, scare

wʉweni

hang something

wʉweni

hanging up

wʉwʉsiyua

ask for a breeze

wʉwʉsʉyukʉ̠ / wʉtsʉmʉkinʉ̠

wind quieting down

Wʉyaharʉ

Raymond Weryavah (name)

wʉyakeetʉ̠ / wʉyakitʉ

shaking rattles while singing, songs of youth

wʉyaketʉ

rattle something

wʉyarʉ

dragging something with a pole

wʉyumiʔipʉ̠ / wʉyumiʔitʉ̠ / wʉpʉ̠herʉ̠

flail, knock off (such as nuts from tree)

wʉyupaʔnitʉ̠

quiet down, calm down

wʉyʉrʉʉki / kuyaʔarʉ

frighten, scare

wʉʔa

penis

wʉʔaikutʉ̠

start something by rolling

wʉʔaikʉ

wind something up

wʉʔaikʉtʉ̠

crank, row with oars

wʉʔani / huʔwane

cut a tree down

wʉʔanirʉ̠

chop down, swat down

Wʉʔawotsotsitʉ

Whirlwind (name)

wʉʔkaʔa

chop, cut

wʉʔkuʔitsi̠

urethra tubes

wʉʔkʉrʉ / wʉʔkurʉ̠

archery game

wʉʔkwʉ̠ria

spill out

wʉʔmi̠naʔnʉʉmʉ̠ / wʉhmi̠nanʉʉmʉ̠

handicapped people, invalids

wʉʔni̠kʉrʉ̠ / wʉwekwʉ̠rʉ / wʉkwekwʉ̠rʉ / wʉʔwekʉ̠wi

bolt down, screw in

wʉʔootsetʉ

pile up, line up

wʉʔpabi

head of penis

wʉʔpaiʔinʉ̠

spank

wʉʔpoʔmitʉ

chop it up

Wʉʔrabiahpʉ̠

Swift Moving (name)

wʉʔtsikwarʉ̠

weary, tired of something

wʉʔurarʉ̠

find something using an instrument

wʉʔutsitʉ

pile up, line up

wʉʔwikatʉ

turn, turn away from

wʉʔyʉrʉhkikatʉ̠

scared, afraid

y

yaa

exclamation (woman's word)

yaa

take

yaakatʉ / yaarʉ

hold; to hold

yaakʉrʉ̠

take away

yaapʉ̠

object or item taken

yaarʉ̠ / yaarʉ / himaʔarʉ̠

take several items

yaawinikitʉ̠

carry while flying in

yahneetʉ

laugh

yahnesuarʉ

smile

yahpeʔtsoni / yahʔpeʔtsoni

cricket-looking insect

yai

lose, as in a game

Yake Nʉmʉnʉʉ

Yaquis of Old Mexico

yakeetʉ̠ / yakenitʉ / yaketʉ

cry

yakemiʔa

crying, go crying around

yakeyʉkarʉ

crying while walking around (such as a cow or lamb)

Yakeʔani

Yackeyonny (name)

yananʉkitʉ̠

vibrate, flicker

Yapai Nʉʉ / Yapainʉʉ / Yapurʉhka / Yapaiʔnʉʉ / Yapainʉʉ / Yaparʉhka

Comanche Band (Root Eaters Band)

Yapainʉʉ

Shoshone name for the Comanches

yee

expression of suprise (word used only by men)

yekwitʉ / maʔyʉkwitʉ̠

make smooth

yohyakʉ

hurriedly, hastily

yokabamu

chewing tobaco

yokake / yokaketʉ̠

spongy, soggy, soft

yokanatsuʔu / yoka natuʔu

red false mallow

yokapʉ̠

phlegm

yokarʉhkapʉ̠

okra (slimy food)

yoko / naken

sexual intercourse

Yoko̠suwai / Yoksuwaitʉ

Yokesuite (name)

yoniwanapʉ̠

woolen cloth

yoʔmitsaitʉ

stir around, move around (pl)

yu-

do right (prefix)

yubaatsi / yubaaʔsi

possum grapes

yubutsʉhkatʉ / yubuʔtsʉkʉ̠katʉ̠

stuck in the mud, bogged down

yuhnimiaʔrʉ̠

carry something in a container

yuhnu̠katʉ̠

hold something in a container

yuhu̠

oil, grease, lard (fat)

yuhu nookopʉ̠ / yuhu nohkopʉ̠

fry bread; fried bread; donut

yuhu pitsipʉ̠ / yuhu pitsipʉ

butter

yuhu pʉhkaitʉ̠

gain weight, fatten

yuhu tʉkʉmanipʉ̠

fried meat

yuhu wehkipʉ̠

fattest one, looking for one that is the fattest or meat with fat init.

yuhunatsuʔu̠

castor oil

yuhupʉ̠

fat ( used to describe a person)

yukarʉrʉ̠ / yuuyʉkwitʉ

sit still

yumarʉ̠ / pahitʉ

fall, be born, drop off

yunahkatʉ̠

quiet, still, without movement

yuni

pass to someone

yunirʉ / yuniitʉ̠

give something in a container

yunʉmi

behave

yunʉmitʉ / yuyʉkarʉ̠

live well, be well behaved, be good

yurahpetʉ̠

shrink, heal, stop swelling

yusuatʉ / yuusua

right or proper thoughts, good thoughts

yusʉkʉ / yuu sʉkʉi

early plum

Yutaibo

Mexican Person

yutʉsona̠

ordinary plate

yuu habíitʉ̠ / yuu kwabitʉ̠

lie still

yuu sonipʉ̠

prairie clover, common grass

yuu ʉhpʉitʉ̠

sleep unconcerned

yuu wʉnʉrʉ / yuutoboʔriʉ̠ / yuutoʔboʔikatʉ̠

stand still, be unconcerned

Yuuta

Utes

yuʔa kwʉ̠suʔu

warm coat

yuʔa nakohtoo

heater

yuʔa namʉ̠soorʉ̠

wear warm clothing

yuʔa nʉe kahpiʔnakwʉ̠ / yuʔanʉetabeʔikanakwʉ

southwest (direction)

yuʔa tʉtsaʔpara

teepee with the hair on the outside to keep it warm inside

yuʔa ʉmakʉ̠ni

teepee liner used for rain shelter during winter

yuʔai

warm

yuʔane

bull-roarer (used by medicine-men in the big beaver ceremony)

yuʔanu̠be nakwu̠bu̠ / yuʔaʔne nakwʉ

south (direction)

yuʔanʉe muhyʉnakwu̠

southeast (direction)

yuʔanʉenai

from the south

yuʔanʉetʉ̠

south wind, summer wind

yuʔanʉeʔbetu

towards the south

yuʔatʉ / yuʔaʔitʉ / yuʔaitʉ

warm, warm up, warm side

yuʔkwasu

everyday dress

yuʔnahu

table knife

yuʔnai

soft; easy

yuʔnai pasapʉ̠

partially sun-dry

yuʔnaibʉhʉ

rabbit (soft hair)

yuʔpuhiwi̠

iron

yuʔtʉhkapʉ̠

beef, meat

yuʔwananapʉ̠

cotton stockings

yuʔwanapi̠

cotton cloth

yʉ muhkuna̠ / yʉʔyʉʔmukunu̠ / nʉmʉnaina

life

yʉ yʉmuhkumiʔarʉ

live, move around, keep moving

yʉ yʉturʉ̠

twitch, bodily jerks

Yʉbaani̠

Fall (season)

yʉhnʉ wokweebi

porcupine quill

yʉi kita ma

become evening

Yʉi Wʉnʉ

Bill Shoemate's mother's name, "Stand Up In The Evening"

yʉitʉ̠ / yʉinakwʉ̠ / yʉiʔnakwʉ̠ / yʉika

evening, dusk; sunset

yʉitʉhka / yʉi tʉhkarʉ

supper; eat supper

yʉkarʉ

move around (pl.)

yʉkwi / yʉʉkwi / karʉ miʔarʉ / yʉkwimiʔarʉ / karʉrʉ

sit down, stay, all seated

yʉkwi kahni

parlor, sitting room

yʉkwiitʉ

seated; or they said

yʉkwikatʉ

sit around

yʉmʉhkitʉ

move, change position

yʉrʉhkitʉ

startle, frighten

yʉtsʉ / yʉtsʉʔetʉ̠

airplane

yʉtsʉetʉ / yʉtsʉ / yʉʉtsʉ̠ / yʉʉtsurʉ / yʉtsʉrʉ̠ / yorimiʔarʉ

fly, get up, rise

yʉʉ

expression of doubt (woman's word)

yʉʉnʉ / yʉhnʉ

porcupine

yʉwimiʔarʉ

descend, go down, go out of sight

yʉyʉka / yʉʔ yʉkarʉ̠

jelly, Jell-O

yʉyʉʔmukʉ̠

alive

yʉʔ yʉkarʉ

soften