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serhkermerypewek'

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serhkermerypewek' • vi e-class • I am homesick, I am lonely, I pine

Lexicon record # 3267 | Source reference(s): R251

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (2)

  1. Tue' 'ne-let, kem 'o gesek' kwelokw kee serhkermerypewe'm 'o yoh mo keemee neeege'yue' kue k'e-rahcheen; tue' wo'oot weeshtue' kee 'w-ahpew kue 'ne-let.
    I have a sister, and I thought that you would be lonely here if you did not bring your friend; and my sister may be his wife.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  2. 'O ga'm, Nek kwelokw komchuemek' mueschen k'e-serhkermerypewk'.
    She said, Well, I know that really you are homesick.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)