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rego'

Dictionary entry

rego'n 1 feather 2 feather for display (as in headband) morning feathers (in brush dance) 3 "simple upright down-head feathers" in the deerskin dance • Variant rego'oh

Lexicon record # 2804 | Source reference(s): R242 B213 GT(AG-08-2) WF(K42:30) YLCB88
Semantic domain: ceremonies and dances

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Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. Hlkelee cho' neke'm kue rego'oh.
    Put down the feather.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  2. Hlkelee leket' kue 'ne-rego'oh.
    He put my feather on the ground.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  3. Wot k'ee rego', k'ee rego'op'.
    He's the runner.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  4. To's kem kee ro'ope'm, 'o ge'm, 'Ey, 'o gee', Keech wek too'm kee rego'.
    So you're going to run, and he says, Yes, and they said, All of these are going to be runners.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)