Shoshoni/English Dictionary:
| 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) |
| nabuiH- nabuinde |
to be seen, be, look (like) (passive of bui-)
looks (like), is/are seen |
| 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) |