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reweeesh

Dictionary entry

reweeesh • n • fence • Variant reweesh

Lexicon record # 2848 | Source reference(s): R242 JE52

Special meanings or uses

  • la'alaa reweeshee' cemetery fence JE52

  • reweesh 'we-'ekso' gate YLCB100

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. 'Ok'w 'we-reweeesh weet nee 'oole'm kwegerue'r.
    Pigs live where they have a fence.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)

  2. Reweesh.
    Fence.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 24: "Household Vocabulary" (GT3-24, 2003)

  3. Reweesh 'we-'ekso'.
    Gate.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 24: "Household Vocabulary" (GT3-24, 2003)

  4. Mos wo'eek kee 'ela hoole'm k'-oore'mos mee' keech swoyhl k'e-reweeesh.
    Your animals will not stay inside because your fence is broken.

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