Vocabulary of the Shoshone Language
This is a brief sample of the work that George W. Hill created in the hope that it would lead to a better understanding and communications with the local native Shoshone people. George dedicated a good portion of his life to this effort and felt a close, personal relationship with the Indians. He became very fluent in Shoshone, but could also communicate in three other native languages (Bannock, Ute and Nez Perce) as well. I understand his sign language was quite developed so he could 'speak' to or with other tribes if needed. George W. Hills brief introduction and a portion of his book on the vocabulary of the Shoshone language is as follows.
Shoshone Language Vocabulary…
| Adobies | pah-re-guen-up |
| Ask | mah-re-vian |
| Arm | em-ba-da |
| Arrow (iron point) | poo-e-we |
| Arrow (flint point) | tope |
| Ashes | coots-up |
| Afraid | mah-re-ri-an |
| Agree (to) | chu-re-make |
| Ashamed | nesh-u-ine |
| Aunt | ar-lets |
| Auger | ho-etz-e-tiv-ick |
| Axe | ho-an-na |
| Anything (all of) | o-yate, o-yok, o-yont |
| Awl | we-hue |
| Brother-in-law | en-tatch |
| Button | te-a-tump |
| Buttons (black) | to-o-te-a-tump |
| Brand (on an animal) | mah-go-po |
| Bark (of a tree) | mam-boo-ah |
| Blanket | u-ur-wan-up |
| Bad | titch-en |
| Bumble bee | py-nah |
| Bite | mah-gets-y |
| Butter | pid-gy-yope |
| Blind | boo-e-wat |
| Bed | havy-nump |
| Brave | nah-re-int |
| Belly full | wid-zoo-in |
| Bridge | po-seek |
| Beaver trap | han-na-wan |
| By and by | nah-ve-shy |
| Book | te-bope |
| Broom | te-et-zo-ni |
| Barrell | wo-ve-us |
| Big | pee-up |
| Bet | mah-re-va |
| Bring | my-yah |
| Brffalo robe | quit-sen-em-bur |
| Brains | en-go-vish |
| Bucket (tin) | tosh-e-we-to-e |
| Bucket (wooden) | wov-ing-we-to-e |
| Bag | mo-quits |
| Ball (to play with) | po-no-guont |
| Breast | mah-nin-up |
| Bull | quits-em-buck-my-no-ye-gun |
| Buck sheep | quar-ri-bung-o-my-no-ye-gun |
| Before | hy-a-gin |
| Blacksmith | we-in-to-pah |
| Bet | mah-re-vah |
| Baptize | pah-zow-in |
| Boil water (to) | we-to-i-en-do-i-haw |
| Bone | tzoo-nip |
| Belly | shaap |
| Body | my-man-o |
| Breasts or nipples | mam-pid-ge |
| Bald-headed | yea-ni-gant |
| Bridle | timp-in-jin-y-ga |
| Break | co-pup |
| Brother (older) | bab-by |
| Brother (younger) | tam-ets-y |
| Burn (to) | waa-hap |
| Burn a house (to) | carney-waa-hap |
| Burn-to death (to) | co-te-i |
| Boots | to-ho-namp |
| Boat | wo-ve-shi |
| Be still | young-car-ry |
| Bullrushes | she-ip |
| Box | kee-moh-ri-mah |
| Belt | nick |
| Black belt | to-o-nick |
| Boundary line | me-naab |
| Bore (to) | mad-zap-we-u |
| Blood | purp |
| Black | to-ho-bit |
| Brown | tope-she-bit |
| Blue | ev-a-hib-it |
| Beads | tso-mo |
| Beads (large) | pe-ah-tso-mo |
| Certain | tee-vitch |
| Choke cherry wood | tong-go-ship |
| Cedar | waap-hope |
| Cottonwood | pah-sho-hope |
| Cheek | mah-shave |
| Chin | mah-git-imp |
| Chest | kee-mah-ri-mah |
| Coals | cote-hope |
| Cut | mud-ze-ki |
| Churn | pig-gy-gig-so-a-nump |
| Crooked road | quick-quin-u-wa-in |
| Crooked | now-now |
| Crippled | mad-ze-pope-in |
| Cache | cope |
| Cache (make a) | cope-mah-an |
| Crowbar | we-em-bo-ro |
| Coming towards you | o-ni-ni-kim |
| Choke cherries | to-e-nump |
| Cloud | pah-gun-up |
| Cloudy all over | pah-a-shump |
| Cannon | pee-ite |
| Chair | car-ry-nump |
| Cut | mud-ze-ki |
| Chop | mah-wo-ki |
| Candle | ti-go-pe-to-wa or yo-ho-coo-na |
| Catch with lasso | mah-ko-wim |
| Creek | og-wut |
| Come | kim |
| Corn | han-ne-vit |
| Comb | nud-ze-to-ye, nud-ze-tim-a |
| Clerk | te-bo-wop |
| Charcoal | coots-up |
| Coal (stone) | timp-a-u-a (timp-a-u-a) |
| Cars | coo-na-wov-in-pun-go |
| Conductor | coo-na-wov-in-pun-go-tag-win |
| Crazy | bo-sha-whick-up, or am-y-up |
| Cook (a) | tig-ah-ma-han-o-wop |
| Cry | yaa-ga |
| Cold | ech-unt |
| Cup | ow-we |
| Cup (tin) | tosh-e-ow-we |
| Count | mah-rid-zy |
| Coat | po-ah-quash-aw |
| Cap (gun) | nar-rock |
| Corn | han-ne-vit |
| Debt | nah-gud-zyne |
| Daughter | im-pate |
| Dig (as with a pick) | we-to-ick |
| Doctor | bo-e-gund |
| Deaf | pe-ab-ie |
| Dust | ho-cum |
| Dance | nick-kak |
| Devil | nah-re-qui-nup |
| Directly | na-ve-shy |
| Drag timber (to) | mah-wope-shoo |
| Deer skin (black tailed) | so-co-rets-y-em-bur |
| Drive | mah-muck |
| Day after to-morrow | pe-nun-gua-hab-by |
| Day before yesterday | hi-ag-gin-a-kin-to |
| Do (to) | ye-quen |
| Die | te-i |
| Dream | nah-wush-e-i |
| Drink | mah-he-be |
| Drowned | pan-te-i |
| Deceitful | e-ja-vick |
| Daughter-in-law | hurs-em-be-ah |
| Drawing knife | ho-se-ve-nump |
| Door to a house | mah-moo-hy or nud-ze-too-yah |
| Dam | te-yah-tin-up |
| End (as the end of a log) | cads-o-mand |
| Ear | nank |
| Equal | naah-wite |
| Eagle | pe-ah-queni |
| Engine | we-he-coo-na-wov-in-pung-o |
| Evening | yake |
| Eat | mah-rick |
| Eve | boo-e |
| Ears (of corn) | han-ip-mam-bay |
| Enough | shoe-be-gosh |
| Earthen cup | timp-e-ow-e |
| Eagle (tail feathers of) | que-ni-quash |
| Elbow | mah-gape |
| Ear rings | nank-e-jan-i-ga |
| Eyebrows | mah-guipe |
| Fast | to-ye-ma |
| Father's father | hots-it |
| Fathers's mother | heah-gin-o |
| Farm | te-ma-shank |
| Female kind | um-be-a-wa |
| Fish hook | nats-oone |
| Fence (against animals) | te-he-co-op |
| Fence | ho-o-co-op |
| Face | co-by |
| Fish net or seine | pan-gua-wan |
| Fingers | mah-se-wo-ki |
| Few | se-sim-its |
| Fly | e-gi-me-ah |
| Flash (like powder) | co-pah-ta |
| Feel bad | tich-en-nesh-in-ca |
| Farming white man | te-ma-shank-ti-vo |
| Find | mah-row |
| Fruit | po-gum |
| Fire | coo-nah |
| Fish | pan-gwitch |
| Fall | ye-van-ah |
| Full | man-dip-e-gun |
| False information | tis-ne-nan-ken |
| Foam (on water) | pah-sho-tone-zip |
| Friend | hynts |
| Fat | yope |
| File | tim-ad-zo-ni |
| Foot | namp |
| Forgot | my-nash-oo-wat |
| Fight | nab-e-tink |
| Flour | tosh-up |
| Fork | man-dit-zo-ah |
| Feathers | mah-peen-dzip |
| Foolish | a-me-up |
| Forehead | mah-gun |
| Fingers | mah-ma-so-week |
| Finger nails | mas-se-do |
| Fall (of a river) | pah-we-shi-ant |
| Foggy | pah-gun-up |
| First | hy-a-gin |
| Grandfather | en-do-gits |
| Growing | she-uk-in |
| Great | nah-re-int |
| Gun | hi-tah |
| Gamble | ni-a-witch or ny-ah-witch |
| Go | me-ah, me-ar-o |
| Grind (to) | mah-rosh |
| Give out | ne-ah-ka-ne-nine, or ne-ah-guimp |
| Grindstone | timp-tim-ad-zo-ni |
| Give | mah-ote |
| Good | jant |
| Good, very | zan-dzant |
| Go home | car-ney-me-ah |
| Grind (as an axe) | mah-muck-im-up |
| Green, like grass | po-eep |
| Get up | Yates, yade-sa |
| Greenbacks | poo-e-we |
| Gold | o-ho-nap-pe-as |
| Go on horseback | pung-o-mah-su-vy |
| Get off (to) | wy |
| Gloves | nap-sook |
| Grandson | en-gin-o |
| Gunny sack | nuts-u-mo-quens |
| Greasewood | kan-ump |
| Grass | sho-nup |
| Green | po-e-bit |
| Going from you | a-bo-me-ah |
| Husband | en-quob-its |
| House | carney |
| House (log or frame) | woving-carney |
| House (adobie) | pah-sha-guen-up-carney |
| House (stone) | timp-in-car-ney |
| House (large) | be-ets-y-car-ney |
| House (stone or trading) | mah-re-mah-car-ney |
| Hole in the ground | tynt-shoke-up |
| Hand (left) | man-de-o-nunga |
| Hand (right) | man-dim-e-run |
| Hear (to) | nank-en |
| Hear | em-bee |
| Heavy | ba-at-tent |
| Hurry up | mam-y-shaw |
| Hole | tyne |
| Have | persh |
| Hurt | my-ye-ban |
| Here | ick |
| Halter | te-go-be-you-i-ga |
| Hoe | ge-gin-sap-pe-na |
| Harrow | so-go-re-a-zat-to-naup or tid-zo-wad-zing |
| Hill side | te-van-up |
| Hungry | pah-hu-re-i |
| Hide (to) | mah-wad-ze-ting |
| Hunt | mow-wick |
| Hard | git-tant |
| Hat | tis-i-mo |
| Hug | mah-vuav-y-ho-by |
| Half | mah-div-in-ite-, mah-sing-guipe |
| Head or hair | pam-py |
| Herd (to drive together) | mah-rack-quon |
| Hear bad news (to) | titch-en-man-ken |
| His own, or himself | per-nis |
| Heel | mah-tip-in-ge |
| Hip | mah-dze-ump |
| Hair on the breast | nan-nin-up |
| Hand saw | ho-et-ze-ki |
| Hat band | tid-ze-mo-go-tow-e |
| Hewing logs | man-tiv-en-wat-i-ka |
| Heaven | moo-goo-a-nuke |
| Hell | te-o-nape |
| Horse (stud) | te-he-my-no-ye-gun |
| High | pant |
| Ice | pa-ick-up |
| Interpreter | taag-wop |
| Iron | we-he |
| Indian | nim-ah-nim |
| India rubber | too-re-vite |
| Jump off | po-pe-ee |
| Joint | mah-sim-en-do |
| Jump | ma-rat-teg-wa |
| Knot (in timber) | mam-mo-gu |
| Know | mah-shum-beny |
| Kneel down | tan-i-ce-toin |
| Kick | sig-wat, my-ram-en-quit |
| Knife (butcher) | we-he |
| Knife (pocket) | hob-by-we-he |
| Kettle | we-to-e |
| Kettle (cast iron) | timp-a-we-to-e |
| Kettle (brass) | o-ho-we-to-e |
| Kill (to) | mah-bick |
| Knock down (to) | mah-rotes-hag-in |
| Kiss | mah-mo-re-hi |
| Kanyon | ho-no-by |
| Knee | mah-dang-up |
| Little boy | tua-nip |
| Little girl | ni-vitch |
| Lightning | ink-ah-guitch-ah |
| Land | shoke-up |
| Land, dry | pah-sup-shoke-up |
| Log chain | we-he-tim-oke |
| Lizzard | po-ko-gu |
| Laugh | yan-ne-kin |
| Live | quis-o-nine |
| L'herb (Indian tobacco) | te-mi-yah |
| Little | tee-titch |
| Large | pee-up |
| Lose | mak-wad-sing |
| Load | my-no |
| Load of hay | sho-nup-my-no |
| Load of wood | hope-my-no |
| Love | o-r-mun-gun |
| Lie down | hav-y |
| Looking glass | nah-bo-ni |
| Long | cu-ber-ant |
| Lariat | tim-oke |
| Lazy | te-o-nab |
| Lake | pah-ga-da |
| Lake (large) | pe-ah-pah-ga-da |
| Lake (small) | te-titch-pah-ga-da |
| Leggins | cush |
| Lead a horse (to) | te-he-mah-stan-gah |
| Look (to) | mah-bo-ki-a-quin |
| Lost (to be) | mah-wad-zing |
| Lay anything down (to) | mah-rig-a |
| Land (this) | ish-shoke-up, or sick-sah-shoke-up |
| Load (large) | pee-up-my-no |
| Lead | nah-buck |
| Lie | ish-ump |
| Leg | mah-omb |
| Lie-down | hav-y |
| Looking glass | nah-bo-ny |
| Look | mah-bone |
| Leg (calf of) | mah-weet-sto |
| Lame | go-wa-na-ka, nad-ze-po-pe-na |
| Leaves of trees | po-eep |
| Mothers' mother | en-gah-go |
| Mother's father | en-do-go |
| Man | di-nup |
| Mud | pah-re-gue-nup or pah-she-gue-nup |
| More | te-us-des |
| Mountain (top of a) | mamp |
| Milk | pid-gy |
| Mad | to-ho-buck |
| Male kind | ung-goo |
| Medicine | nats-u |
| Mill (grist) | tosh-e-nump |
| Melons | pah-rick-up |
| Much or many | shont |
| Mind | tiz-zwan-sip |
| Moon | murh |
| Measles | ink-a-tag-see-ah |
| Mountain sheep skin | tu-cote-sy-em-bur |
| Move camp (to) | no-me-ah |
| Make | ma-han |
| money | nap-pe-as |
| Mountain sheep | tu-cote-sy |
| Meat | on-doke |
| Morning | po-etch-i-co |
| Middle (the) | dib-a-nah or div-in-ite |
| My own | per-nis |
| Moccasin | namp |
| Mountain | to-e-yab-by |
| Mountain (side of the) | man-tiv-en-ump |
| Maple | co-ne-up |
| Muscle | mah-bud-in-zoo-ga |
| Moccasin string | ramp-i-shaw |
| Mean | kesh-want |
| Mark as with a pencil (to) | mah-man-ick |
| Now | e-gits-y |
| Night | to-gaan-nah |
| Nothing | nan |
| None at all | ka-wat |
| Narrow | man-do-ki |
| Negro | to-tivo |
| No | ka |
| Nose | mo-be |
| Neck | unto-vump |
| Nipples | mum-pid-ge |
| Navel | shaap |
| Not cooked | ka-quash-up |
| Nail | tid-ah-pose |
| Noon or 12 o'clock | to-go-tab-by |
| Needle | wan-na-we-hue |
| Not good | ka-jant |
| North | coo-na-ha |
| North wind | que-ninte |
| Old | so-co-hits-y |
| Oak or hard wood | git-lant-hope |
| Otter skin | pant-sook-em-bur |
| Ours | towm |
| Ocean | pe-ah-titch-e-pa |
| Ox-yoke | quits-em-buck-cor-oke |
| Pantaloons | bits-ook |
| Pitchfork | sho-no-tids-e-pa-da |
| Plow | sho-ko-te-u-to |
| Paint | bish-op |
| Pistol | cu-be-ite |
| Potatoes | ge-gin-ni |
| Pencil | to-bo |
| Pen and ink | to-ho-te-bo |
| Prickly pears | wo-guipe |
| Pheasant | hin-a-wo-pow-y |
| Pipe | to-e |
| Pepper (black) | mo-naa-by |
| mo-quits | |
| People | nim |
| Pan (tin) | pe-ah-tosh-e-ow-we |
| Pour | ma-ro-ye |
| Pine nuts | te-ve |
| Pull out or off (to) | mah-toak-quis |
| Put on (to) | mah-nag-o-nock |
| Pray (to) | mah-shan-ta |
| Powder | nah-go-tosh |
| Poor (in flesh) | car-no-wet-sy |
| Poor (in property) | nash-en-de-chant |
| Plate | tick-a-nump |
| Peak | en-quiby |
| Pine | wong-gope |
| Person (another) | an-der-ish |
| Person (third) | oo-rapan-der-is |
| Quit | yo-ro |
| Quaking-asp | se-nab-hope |
| Run | nu-ka |
| Rich (not poor) | jant-nah-ah-cunt |
| Roots (of a tree) | mam-bish-wa |
| Ride | mah-su-vah |
| River (large) | pe-og-wut |
| River | og-wut |
| Round | po-no-nit, po-no-gunt |
| Roll like a log (to) | mah-toak-quis |
| Railroad | coo-na-wov-in-pung-o-m-boo-a |
| Ripe | quash-up |
| Rest (to) | we-e-quin |
| Rest on the Sabbath day (to) | we-ye-quin-nah-shan-ti |
| Run here | nuke-ick |
| Roseberries | che-ah |
| Rock | timp |
| Red | ink-a-bit |
| Roan | ash-ne-bit |
| Rainbow | pah-ro-go-win |
| Round | un-go-en-e-gar-it |
| Return | coy |
| Remember | nash-en-towe |
| Rain | pah-mut |
| Sleep | ip-wa |
| Son (my) | neah-en-doo-ah |
| Son-in-law | mo-nap |
| Sow wheat (to) | te-vaa-ta |
| Spade or shovels | sho-ko-dits-o-to-da |
| Strong | nah-re-int |
| Slip | to-kaeny |
| Strychnine | e-sup-nat-ue |
| Stand up | win-na |
| Stink | pish-u |
| Spirit | moo-goo-ah, zoo-op |
| Serviceberries | te-ump |
| Sinew | tomb |
| Spaniard | to-e-ri-vo |
| Soap | te-go-cho |
| Sewing thread | tomb or wanna |
| Sheep eater | toke-ah-ricker |
| Sugar or sweet | pe-nah |
| Snow | tack-up |
| Sunstroke | tab-by-co-te-i |
| Sun | tabby |
| Stars | tatch-en-ump |
| Star (north) | sim-y-tatch-en-ump |
| Sky | to-gump |
| Scolding | mah-nee-to-to-guin |
| Slide logs (to) | mah-gin-u-e |
| Sick | nets-u-qua |
| Small | tee-titch |
| So much, so big | shu-he-gan |
| Steal | mah-de-dick |
| Skins | em-bu-ur, pig-up |
| Small pox | tah-see-ah |
| Sit down | ca-at |
| Short | cu-be-tets-y |
| Silver | tosh-e-nap-e-pe-as |
| Sunrise | tab-by-to-ick |
| Sun is highest at noon (when the) | tab-by-pant or to-go-toby |
| Sun set | taby-by-ew-ick |
| Sing | tin-e-quah |
| Slow | o-be-tah |
| Salt | o-naa-by |
| Shoot | mah-quoot |
| Saddle | nah-re-no |
| Sack | mo-quits |
| Strap | nar-re-tig-we |
| Stirrup | nar-re-tig |
| Spring | tam-in-ah |
| Summer | tats |
| Split | paag-up |
| Sew with a needle (to) | mah-zak-we |
| Sew moccasin | namp-na-zak-we |
| Shake with cold (to) | shit-te-hi |
| Shirt | quash-aw |
| Socks or stockings | wan-na-nump |
| Swallow | man-de-i-co |
| Summer (this) | e-gits-y-tats |
| Summer (last) | mo-nun-gua-tats |
| Spring (next) | tam-a-roosh |
| Summer (next) | pe-num-gua-tats |
| Spit | to-seek |
| Smoke | queep |
| Shirt sleeve | mah-mah-quis |
| Study (to) | mah-bo-ki-a-guin |
| Shock wheat (to) | sho-no-va-mah-mot-to-win |
| Stick in (to) | mah-tsen-ick |
| Say | boo-nah |
| Stripped | ma-bo-cun |
| Still (to be) | we-e-quin or yoong-cary |
| Slide (of rocks) | o-hon-tiv-en-ump |
| Ship or steamboat | pe-ah-wo-ve-shi |
| Soldier | to-ho-quash-aw |
| Shoes | to-ho-namp |
| Stove | co-to-e-nump |
| Stone | timp |
| Shot pouch | mah-not-toe |
| Swim | pah-hab-i-ti |
| Sit down | ca-at |
| See | mah-bone |
| Straight | tu-nant |
| Stand up | win-na |
| Service berry wood | te-a-bi |
| Shoulder | man-zoo-op |
| Shin | mah-pad-o-win-na |
| Save (to) | mah-you-en-diga |
| Sore | yets |
| Straw hat | sho-ne-tis-e-mo |
| Spring of (water) | pah-red-a-pah |
| Sunflowers | he-ump |
| Saw mill | ba-a-tzap-o-gua |
| Scar | my-mad-ze-cap |
| Sideling or road-side hill | wa-ga-duke |
| Straw | sho-nup |
| Straight talk | tu-nant-tag-win |
| Something else | kik-a-mish |
| Sorrel | o-on-ta-bit |
| South | u-aw-na |
| Shadow | mah-hig-e-ah |
| Stretch | too-re-vite |
| Square corners | tots-y-gant |
| Swell | peg-up |
| Seed | mam-ba |
| Seed (sunflower) | he-ump-mam-ba |
| Seed (lucerne) | te-he-tick-up-mam-ba |
| Scratch with a scratch awl or mark with a pencil | mah-man-ick |
| Snowing | tack-a-mit |
| Sour | sick-en-gum-en |
| Stab | mah-rone |
| Tripe | sha-ap |
| Tacks (brass) | pat-se-bone |
| Tobacco | palm |
| To-day | eg-et-sy-hab-by |
| To-morrow | e-mah |
| Think (to) | mah-bo-ki-a-guin |
| To unite | mah-rie-yah |
| To tie any thing up tight | mah-tasat-to-win |
| Telegraph | we-he-tim-oke |
| Telegraph writing | we-he-tim-oke-mah-bo |
| Telegraph operating | we-he-tim-oke-tat-te-gunt |
| Talk (to) | ye-quen |
| Tired | pah-ho-buck |
| Table | man-tick-a-nump |
| Toes | mah-tos-o-week |
| Through | mah-go-bish |
| Talk | tag-win |
| Thunder | tome-o-yaa-ga |
| Tree | ma-gads-oo |
| Timber (dry) | wipe-hope |
| Tent cloth | carney wan up |
| Trap | wan-na |
| Time past | sho-vish |
| Time (long ago) | shaa-vish |
| Tender-footed | no-ro-we-do-y |
| Threshing machine | te-ro-ye-sho-nump |
| Thresh (to) | te-ro-ye-shi |
| Thumb | em-be-a-mo-me-nup |
| They or them | shure |
| Tall | cu-ber-ant-win-na |
| This or that | ish |
| There | suke |
| Think | swack or swant |
| Tie up | mad-za-ti, mah-witch-i-can |
| Throw (as a stone) | mah-rat-to |
| Tail | ma-quash |
| Tired | pah-o-buck |
| Trade | mah-re-ma |
| Thick | po-en-dent |
| Thin | tar-en-titch |
| Traveling white man | me-ah-tiv-o |
| Tell | nah-re-mah, |
| Teeth | tamp |
| Tongue | ico |
| Understand and know | neah-nung-a-shumb-eny |
| Understand | mah-nun-gen |
| Union | kink-ah |
| Us | tow-we |
| Untie (to) | mah-rie-yah |
| Up | em-pah |
| Underneath | mah-roke |
| Uncle | de-ap-a |
| Vest | am-a-quaasha or am-i-gits-a-rink |
| Walk | Sho-sho-ka |
| Wrestle | nah-go-ink |
| Wife | mah-goop-its |
| Wet | pah-quet-sip |
| Well of water | tyn-shoke-up, pah-wi-tin-cap |
| Whirlwind | wer-e-hoo-an-ni |
| Wasp | py-nah |
| Wolf | e-sup |
| Wind | ne-yate |
| What | hin |
| When | himby |
| Where | hock-up |
| Wheat | sho-no-vit |
| Warm | e-re-ent |
| Written or printed matter | te-bope |
| Water sect | mah-wa-see-u |
| Window | nah-he-nah-go-neep or nah-boo-ny |
| Win | mah-guock |
| White man | tivo, so-e-appe |
| Wagon | wo-vin-pung-o |
| Wagon road | wo-vin-pung-o-em-boo-a |
| Whiskey | coo-nah-pah |
| Want | ne-wine |
| We | tow-we |
| Winter | to-me |
| Wash | pah-gotch-o |
| Walk (to) | namp-me-ar-o |
| Water | pah |
| Water (bad) | titch-on-pah |
| Water (salt) | o-na-pah |
| Whiskers | mode-zo or mo-cho |
| Whiskers (red) | ink-a-mo-cho |
| Whiskers (black) | to-ho-mocho |
| Wind pipe | my-game-pit |
| Write (to) | mah-bo |
| Willing (to do anything he is told) | bu-hi-et |
| Worship (to) | mah-shan-ta |
| Whirrlpool (of water) | pam-poo-ne-o-hunt |
| Wild parsnips | ah-tum-pitch |
| Wart | man-dzo-ah |
| War whoop | cav-o-vin-to |
| Whip (to) | mah-wo-pi |
| What | hin |
| Walk | sho-sho-ka |
| Willows | shiv-hope |
| Wrist | mah-mats-e-dup |
| Waste (to) | mah-be-pine |
| Watch | tabby |
| Watch chain | tab-by-tim-oke |
| Wheat | sho-no-yit |
| Window | nah-boo-ni |
| White | tosh-ib-it |
| West | pe-an-na |
| Young Woman | ni-be |
| Young Man | tu-o-bits-y |
| Yonder | oke |
| Yes | os, hah |
| Yes, sir | hog-in-ish |
| Year | to-mo |
| Yesterday | kin-to |
| You | im |
| Yellow | o-hop-it |
- Vocabulary of the Shoshone Language, compiled by George W. Hill, 1877. Printed at the Deseret News Steam Printing Establishment, Salt Lake City, Utah.
