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laayekeen

Dictionary entry

laayekeen • n • line, stripe, lining

Lexicon record # 1320 | Source reference(s): R215 JE83 JE129
Derivation: morphological structure laay-ekin

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kues laayekeen?
    Where is the stream?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-007) (LA138-007, 1980)

  2. 'O kue 'we-nekomewet laayekeen weet laatekwso'm mehl kue 'ue-mer'erx so kue 'we-tuuek; noohl 'o tekwsee' kue 'we-terr, noohl kue 'we-tuuek.
    She cut it along the line on its right from its gills to its tail; then its head was cut off, then its tail.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)