Ceremonial words

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      ��v��n�e. He is fasting.
      ��ma. He's taking a sweat. ��mao'o. They are taking a sweat.
      ��manane. He is putting on a sweat.
      ��st�h�'eneo'o. They are bringing in the food.
      ��sts�n�ne. He made a food offering.
      ��v�n��hne. He's going through the piercing.
      �h���na. He prayed.
      �h�ot�ne. He did the Arrows ceremony.
      �hox�h�'��va. He pledged to put on a Sun Dance.
      �m�ht�h�va. He is instructing (the pledgers).
      �maome sweat lodge
      �m�t�h�ve'han�htove. There is a peyote meeting.
      �m�ao'o. They are giving (to the painter).
      �na�'e. He is doctoring.
      �naes�tse. He's purifying himself (the cleansing motions toward the body before praying).
      �sevone Sacred Buffalo Hat
      �ts�het�ho'hova. He is cedaring.
      �v�hp�n�va. He's painting (the Sun Dance pledgers and dancers).
      Ho'e �ho�'ta. He is sitting on the ground (a special man in Sun Dance).
      H�hk�ha'�ome Sacred Hat Tepee
      hox�h�'e Sun Dance woman
      Hox�heome Sun Dance lodge (also called Von�h�ome)
      hox�hetane Sun Dancer; hox�hetaneo'o Sun Dancers
      Maahotse Arrows
      m�t�h�vee'e peyote meeting tepee
      m�taho peyote buttons
      No'keome Lone Tepee
      oest�ono prayer cloths
      ts�hest�s�n�stse the pledger
      ts�m�ht�h�v�tse the instructor
      v�'ho'(k)�tse sweetgrass
      v�'�eeseo'o medicine bundle
      ts�v�hpen�v�tse one who is a painter; ts�v�hpenovase the painters
      von�h�'x�'e talisman (a kind of medicine bundle)
      Von�h�ome Sun Dance lodge (also called Hox�heome; Von�h�ome is probably the older term)


      Also see the Spirit words page.


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