Cheyenne

cheyenne English <dab> Etymology en fr Cheyenne, from en dak šahíyena, from en dak šaia to speak incoherently, from en dak ša red and en dak ya to speak. 31490 http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language/origin.htm What is the origin of the word "Cheyenne"? September 21, 2007 2002-03-03 Cheyenne Language Web Site https://web.archive.org/web/20090807032944/http://geocities.com/cheyenne_language/origin.htm 2009-08-07 Pronunciation en /ʃaɪˈæn/ non-æ-tensing en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Cheyenne.wav US en /ʃaɪˈeə̯n/ /ʃaɪˈɛə̯n/ æ-tensing en æn 1 en /ʃaɪˈɛn/ en /ʃaɪˈɪ̟n/ pin-pen en Shyanne en ɛn 2 en Chey enne Noun * s A member of an indigenous people of the Great Plains in North America. en 2024 Tommy Orange Wandering Stars Harvill Secker 108 You will want to tell him that you are Cheyenne, that that is where you are from, that Cheyennes once, up near the Great Lakes, were agricultural people, and then followed the buffalo before running for their lives like the buffalo, and that your people, they were Cheyenne wherever they went, but instead you just say the word Cheyenne, with your hand over your heart, to which he will say the word Lakota with his hand over his heart. Derived terms en Cheyenne County Translations member of the Cheyenne people Cheyenne: chy Tsétsêhéstaestse, chy Tsitsistaists Czech: cs Čejen m Dakota: dak Šahíyena French: fr Cheyenne m f Greek: el Τσεγιέν m f Lakota: lkt Šahíyela Polish: pl Czejen m, pl Czejenka f Swedish: sv cheyenne c Unami: unm Shëlatihka Proper noun An Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people. en Dorothy M. Johnson 1950 in book War Shirt Indian Country London Corgi 1961 108 "He don't talk English, only Cheyenne and sign." "You speak Cheyenne," Mason argued. "Why does he need an interpreter?" en The <<capital>> and largest <<city>> of <<s/Wyoming>>, <<c/US>> and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Laramie County>>; named for the people. en river c/US ; flowing 295 miles from the confluence of the Antelope and Dry Fork creeks in Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming into Lake Oahe, a reservoir of the Missouri River, at Mission Ridge, South Dakota. en town/county seat co/Roger Mills County s/Oklahoma c/US. en female,male of modern American usage. Derived terms en Cheyenne Wells Translations language Armenian: hy շեյեն Cherokee: chr ᏣᏰᏂ Cheyenne: chy Tsêhesenêstsestôtse Finnish: fi cheyenne Mapudungun: arn cheyenne dungun Russian: ru чейе́нн, ru шайе́нн m Swedish: sv cheyenne n Taos: twf sayénuna city in Wyoming Danish: da Cheyenne German: de Cheyenne Greek: el Τσεγιέν f Latin: la Cheyenna Latvian: lv Šaiena f Russian: ru Чейе́нн, ru Шайе́нн m river in Wyoming and South Dakota Lakota: lkt Wakpá Wašté See also chy References Further reading chy Cheyenne Dictionary Cheyenne Language Web Site chy:Va'ohtama Wikipedia Cheyenne language edition en Native American tribes Ethnonyms Languages en unisex given names French Etymology fr :bor dak:šahíyena fr dak šahíyena. Pronunciation fr Chey enne Noun mfbysense en Cheyenne member of the Cheyenne tribe fr Native American tribes