Dictionary entry
kwegerue'r • n • pig, hog • Variant kwegerue'
Lexicon record # 1248 | Source reference(s):
JE69 JE103 JE172 AF(IM/CS) R213
Semantic
domain: hoofed mammals
Short recordings (8) | Sentence examples (9)
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Nuemeechue nep' mee' kue 'woogey kooychkwohl kwegerue'r 'we-nueneg.
They (pigs) eat everything because white people buy pigs' food.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
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'Ok'w 'we-reweeesh weet nee 'oole'm kwegerue'r.
Pigs live where they have a fence. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
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Weet nee 'oole'm kue kwegerue'r.
Pigs live there. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
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Lo'ogey kwegerue'r.
A pig is black. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Mos kom hoole'm 'o we'y. Ho tene'm kohchee kwegerue'r. Cheeeko'l nee hoole'm. We'yk'oh mos ko'l ko newee' kwegerue'r.
I don't think they're around. There used to be a lot of pigs around. They were all around. Now nobody sees pigs. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Cheeeko'l sook nep' segep, kwegerue'r '-uuek.
Coyotes eat a lot of things, (for example) piglets. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee kwegerue'r?] 'Ee, kwegerue'r tue' kem kee nep' 'oow.
[Is the pig a hoore'mos?] Yes, pig will eat a person. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)