Shoshoni/English Dictionary:

N


                

 

na- (passive voice) (verbal prefix)
-’nna (iterative aspect) (verbal suffix
naa- to happen, become; be; do 
(variant of: naha-)
naafaite (naafaite)  six
naafaitee’ (naafaitei’) six (of something)
naafaitenga daa naakihka at six (o’clock)

naakiH-

     naakihka

to become, get to be (in time) 

(it) becomes (in time), gets to be (in time)
(resultative aspect)

nabuiH-

      nabuinde
to be seen, be, look (like) (passive of bui-

looks (like), is/are seen 
(habitual/customary aspect)

nadainape’ (-a) husband; sister’s husband (F) 
nadahna- 

     nadahnakandu’i

to be set down (passive of dahna-

 will be set down (future)
nadatewade (nadatewadi)

     nadatewaate 

package, carton

(pausal form

nade’asengepe (-ha) frozen (adjective)
something frozen (noun
nadewaga-

     nadewagahwa

 to sell

sold (momentaneous aspect

nadewagagwapi (-ha) cashier, vendor, merchant 
nadewengahni (nadewengahni)  store 
nado’aigahni (nado’aigahni) bathroom, restroom, toilet (feminine gender
nagozho[’]hai-

     nagozhaineitsi

to bathe (intransitive verb

after have gone and bathed (on a daily basis) 

naha-  to do, make, happen (intransitive verb
(alternate form of: naa-)
nahape  has become (perfective tense)
nai’ from (postposition
naite from (+ place name) (postposition
nambe (nambeha/nampeha) shoe 
nammi’ (-a) younger sister 
nangasumbaadu-

     nangasumbaaduka

to understand (by hearing) (transitive verb

understand/understands (resultative tense

naniha (nanihai) name
naniha-

      nanihade

     nanihaade

to be named/called 

is called, be named (customary/habitual aspect)

(pausal form

naninakai-

     naninakaide

to cost

it costs (customary/habitual aspect)

nanimee-

     nanimede

     nanimeete

to cost 

it costs (customary/habitual aspect

(pausal form)

nasundeganaaH-

     nasundeganaahka

to plan (something)

plan/plans (resultative aspect

natesu’uN (-na) medicine
natesu’ungahni (natesu’ungahni)  hospital 
nawasoaH-

     nawasoa’

     nawasoahwai’nna

     nawasoakua’

to get dressed (intransitive verb)

put on your clothes! (imperative aspect)

habitually get/gets dressed

go and put on your clothes!

nawa’aipe’ (-a) wife; brother’s wife (masculine tense
nazatewa’ (-a)  door
nazawaiyiH-

     nazawaiyihka

to hang (intransitive verb)

am/is/are hanging (resultative tense)

ne I (subject case)
my 
neai-

      ne’ai

      neaide (neaidi)

     neaipe’nni

to blow (of wind), be windy

it is/was windy (durative aspect)

it is windy (habitual/customary) 

it is windy (continuative tense)

neaN my, mine
neheN our (exclusive pronoun)
(dual form) (subject case)
nehwe we(exclusive pronoun)
(dual form) (subject case)
-nei-  to go and (+ verb) and return
(auxiliary verb)
-nei’ left (to do something) and came back
(auxiliary verb) (suffix
nemme we
(plural form) (subject case) (exclusive pronoun)
nemmeN our (plural form) (exclusive pronoun
nemmi us, for us
(plural form) (object case) (exclusive pronoun)
ne[’]we (ne[’]wi)  person, Indian, Shoshoni (Indian)
newedaigwape (-ha)  the Indian people’s language
ne[’]we duN in (the) Shoshoni/Indian (language)
through the Indian/Shoshoni language
newezoika’i (-ha)  Nez Perce (Indian)
niikwi-

     niikwi 

     niigwi’na

to tell, say
(intransitive verb) (transitive verb)

said, told (momentaneous aspect)

telling, saying (to) (iterative aspect)

-nniku like..., as... (postpostition)
noha used to
noondea or else, otherwise 
no’yo (no’yi) egg
noo’yo (noo’yi) testicle
nuki- to run

nukíndema

just go then! (expression)