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mo-kwo-mo-kwo-chek'

Dictionary entry

mo-kwo-mo-kwo-chek' • vi e-class repetitive • I bark (of a dog) • Variant mo-kwo-mo-kwe-chek'

Lexicon record # 1850 | Source references: R224 JE14
Derivation: morphological structure mokw-och-e- + RED

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kue ch'ee-shah keech nue-mee mo-kwo-mo-kwoch'.
    The dog is barking.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  2. Mo-cho kue me-gokw kee-mee wey 'ue-mo-kwo-mo-kwo-chek' ko ser-mer-terk'.
    If that dog does not stop barking I shall kill it.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)