Shoshoni Dictionary
Found 168 results beginning with C.
| Shoshoni | English | Part of Speech | Dialect | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -cakkih | to shake, to hit | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -cakkwih | to stab, to pierce | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -CC- | verb with durative medial-cons. gemination | Mixco's Abbreviation (10/31/2005) | ||
| -cci | one who, that which is, -er | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -ci'ah | to chip | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -cijuih | to chop, to knock off chips | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -cimah, -cih | to scrape, to wipe, to rub | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -cinoih | to shell something (e.g. peas, nuts) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -citto'ah | to peel something | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -coonih | to file | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| -coppikkih | to scrub | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| (continuative aspect) [verbal suff] | bennih | Ely Shoshoni | Graham 2008 | |
| ca-cci'ah, ca-kka-cci'ah | to pinch | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-kka-cci'ah | to pinch | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-kka" | to catch hold of something with the hand | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-kkwytyah | to butcher | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-kkynah | to sew | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-ma-ppihnaah-kama-nkyh | to sweeten | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-nuah | to rake, to push | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-ttapih | to wipe or brush off | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-ttawiih | to shake out (e.g. a rug) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-tto'aih | to remove | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca-waihja-nkyh | to illuminate | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca'iju | good! thanks! | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca'iyu jykwi" | to shake hands | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ca"- | with the hand, grasping | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caa-hittappah | perfectly round (like a flattened piece of dough) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caagwanddɨ | fragrant, pleasant | Duckwater | Harbin 1988 | |
| caaju-jykwi" | to shake hands | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caaju! | thanks! | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caam-ma-sua-nkyh | to be interesting | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caam-ma-sua-nkyh | interesting | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caan- | good | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caan-kammah | to taste good | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caan-kwana" | to smell good | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caan-na-nanka-sua" | to sound interesting | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caan-na-nanka-suan-kantyn | (sound) interesting | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caan-na-pui-tyn | to look good, to be beautiful | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caan-na-pui" | to be good looking | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caan-tyn | to be good, generous | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caandɨ | kind person | Duckwater | Harbin 1988 | |
| caanku | rightly, properly, well (adv.) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cai-piccih | bluejay | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cai" | to lead, to hold in the hand | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cakah | donkey | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cam-boonk | chicken | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| cam-mo | black-tail rabbit | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| can me-a ro | go home | Shoshone | Huntington 1872 | |
| can-narich | sheep | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| cangaammandɨ | delicious | Duckwater | Harbin 1988 | |
| cani-mmampuh | sandals | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cani-mmampuh, mampuh | sandals | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| caniih | to sift, to shake through a screen | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| canimɨn | chinese | Duckwater | Harbin 1988 | |
| canimmanih | Chinese | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| canki" | to get stuck | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cannavui | beautiful | Duckwater | Harbin 1988 | |
| cappym-pukih | guitar | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| car-ri-nump | saddle | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| car-ry-nump | chair | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| cha-kahk | crow (Corvus americanus) | Goshiute | Merriam 1979 | |
| chah-pank | trout | Goshiute | Merriam 1979 | |
| che-an'-nah | cooper hawk (Accipiter atricapillus) | Southern Nevada | Merriam 1979 | |
| che-an'-nah | sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox) | Southern Nevada | Merriam 1979 | |
| che-an'-nah | cooper hawk (Accipiter cooperi) | Panamint | Merriam 1979 | |
| che-ar'-rah | cedar bird (Ampelis) | Panamint | Merriam 1979 | |
| che'-do-vitch'-e | horned lark (Otocoris) | Panamint | Merriam 1979 | |
| che'-gă | golden ground squirrel (Callospermophilus) | Southern Nevada | Merriam 1979 | |
| che'-gah | gray ground squirrel (Citellus beecheyi group) | shoshone of Central Nevada | Merriam 1979 | |
| che'-po-put | robin (Merula) | Panamint | Merriam 1979 | |
| che'-ro-be | horned lark (Otocoris) | Goshiute | Merriam 1979 | |
| chew-pon-iv | Anemopsis californica | aspect v sfx | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 |
| chew-pon-iv | Anemopsis californica | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| chi'-pitch | california jay (aphelocoma) | Southern Nevada | Merriam 1979 | |
| chib-buk-ki'-nens | pinyon jay (Cyanocephalus) | Goshiute | Merriam 1979 | |
| Chikko | Chico | NAME | WSdict02.txt, Crum&Dayley1, Crum&Dayley2 | |
| Chikko | Chico | Duck Valley | Crum, Crum, and Dayley 2002 | |
| cho'-ap'-pwe | shoveler (Spatula clypeata) | Goshiute | Merriam 1979 | |
| cho'appeh | rascal, scoundrel, rogue, hateful person | N | Crum&Dayley1, Crum&Dayley2 | |
| cho'appeh | rascal, scoundrel, rogue, hateful person | N | Duck Valley | Crum, Crum, and Dayley 2002 |
| cho'appeh-a | rascal, scoundrel, rogue, hateful person-OBJ | N | Crum&Dayley1, Crum&Dayley2 | |
| ci-ccakaa-moo | pointing finger | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci-ccakaah | to point | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci-ccakaah, ci-ccimah | to point | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci-ccima-nympyh | pointing finger | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci-ccimah | to erase, to point | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci-pitta" | to slice, to cut, to butcher | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci-ppaih | to rake, to shovel | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci-ppaitih | to rake something into the ground | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci-wainih | to put up on a pole (e.g. a flag) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ci" | with a pointed instrument | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cia-mpih | wild rose berry | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cia-pin | wild rose bush | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ciam-pin | hips | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cii-ppyh | marmot, woodchuck, ground hog | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cikkina-hupa | chicken soup | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cikkinah | chicken | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cikkwah | to ache, to pain (sharply) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cikkwi" | to mix, to sift | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| Cĭl | a man's name | Goshiute | Chamberlin 1913 | |
| cimah-tippih | chapped lips | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ciwo-wynyx | to be slim (of a person) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| ciwox | slim, tall | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cɨgapɨ | old man | Duckwater | Harbin 1988 | |
| co-mee | corn | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| co-nob | sack or bag | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| co-ppaih-tikih | pillow | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| co-ppaih-tikih-an na-mokoccih | pillowcase | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| co-quets | Spaniard | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| co-rets-seeb-in | cut-throat | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| co-sho | pig | Shoshone | Huntington 1872 | |
| co-war-o-wets | colt | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| co'a-ppiccih | ghost, monster (mythological creature) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| co'a-ppui" | to be crosseyed (?) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| co'a-ppyh, co'a | ghost, spirit of dead person | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| co'a-pui" | to be crosseyed (?) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| co'kar-ni | Salt Lake City | Goshiute | Chamberlin 1913 | |
| co'o | beads | Duckwater | Harbin 1988 | |
| co'onai | bead, to | Duckwater | Harbin 1988 | |
| co"- | with the head | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coa-nkyh | to spend (trans.), to use up (trans.) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coa-ppyh | shoulder | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coah | to run out of supplies, to be out of something, to be all gone | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cock: kaŭm buñ ŭm gum pa | fowl, domestic | Goshiute | Chamberlin 1908 | |
| coiccyh | church | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coiccyh tekwa" | to preach | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coiccyh-tekkwa" | to preach | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coo | great grandparent, great grandchild, old person | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coo-nah | fire | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| coo-see ah-kuh | Balsamorhiza sagittata | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see ah-kuh | Wyethia amplexicaulis | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see ah-kuh | Balsamorhiza sagittata | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see ah-kuh | Wyethia amplexicaulis | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see ah-kuk | Enceliopsis nudicaulis | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see ah-kuk | Enceliopsis nudicaulis | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see div-oh-savva | Frasera speciosa | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see div-oh-savva | Frasera speciosa | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see gee-nobe | undetermined Umbelliferae | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see gee-nobe | undetermined Umbelliferae | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see pah-wah-zip | Achillea lanulosa | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see pah-wah-zip | Artemisia gnaphalodes | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see pah-wah-zip | Achillea lanulosa | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see pah-wah-zip | Artemisia gnaphalodes | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see see-bup | Tetradymia comosa v. tetrameres | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see see-bup | Tetradymia comosa v. tetrameres | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see see-bupe | Tetradymia comosa v. tetrameres | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see see-bupe | Salix spp. | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see see-bupe | Salix spp. | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see see-bupe | Tetradymia comosa v. tetrameres | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see too-roombe | Ephedra nevadensis | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see too-roombe | Ephedra nevadensis | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-see-pah-zip | Artemisia gnaphalodes | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coo-see-pah-zip | Artemisia gnaphalodes | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coo-too-rich | warm | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| coon | beads | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coon-ah-night-y | light the fie | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| coon-kotokki" | beaded necklace | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| coopi-jomb | Astragalus spp. | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1941 | |
| coopi-jomb | Astragalus spp. | Shoshone of Nevada | Train 1957 | |
| coos | pantaloons | Shoshone | Huntington 1872 | |
| cop-py | coffee | Shoshone | Huntington 1872 | |
| cp. ta-sittun | toenail(s) | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cu-ber-ant | long | Ute? | Huntington 1872 | |
| cuhni | bone | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cuhwi-ppyh | bone; strong, muscular | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cukku, cukku-ppy | old man | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cukkuncunax | to twist twine or make rope | Big Smoky Valley Shoshoni | Crapo 1976 | |
| cuts-so-i | chew | Ute? | Huntington 1872 |