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seeyow'

Dictionary entry

seeyow' • vi e-class • it breaks through waves (of a boat)

Lexicon record # 3045 | Source reference: R247

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kwesee 'O Regos noohl 'ela myah kwesee kue hewon 'we-seeyowek'.
    Then he leaped on to the rock Oregos as the boat was first breasting the breakers.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  2. Tue' neekee 'we-rooyonew kue 'yoch; wehlowaa neema kohchee seeyow' 'o puelekw, noohl 'o maayonekw kue 'yoch.
    Then the boat sped on; eleven times it broke through the waves at the mouth of the river, and then the boat went on its way.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)