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skuenowok'

Dictionary entry

skuenowok' • vi o-class • I grow well

Lexicon record # 3105 | Source reference(s): R248 JE63
Derivation: morphological structure sk-un-ow-o-

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg, 1/2/3pl skuene'm R248, skuuene'm FS(LA138-028)

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. Neemee skuuene'm.
    It's not growing well (of a plant).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-028) (LA138-028, 1980)

  2. Yohpenee skuuene'm cheeeko'l sook.
    They (plants) grow well all around.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)

  3. Ke'l kwelekw kee shoose'm k'ee kwen cho kee yuenowonee kee skuene'm; ke'l kwelekw wee' kee shoose'm kee nuemee chue sku'y soo 'oo' kee toomenee 'we-nepue'.
    You will see to it that all that grows will grow well; you will see to it that it will all grow well to be eaten by every sort of person.

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