Dictionary entry
swecho'n • vi • it is torn, it has a tear
Lexicon record # 3320 | Source reference(s):
JE137 JVP(JB-01-13) JJ(JB11/4/2002)
Derivation: morphological structure swech-on...
Other paradigm form
repetitive swechowecho'n it's ragged LT(GAR16) • it's torn in more than one place, it's all torn up JJ(JB11/4/2002)
Representative examples
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Naageen chpee 'o swecho'n
It's torn on one side
— JJ(JB11/4/2002) -
Chpee ko'r 'o swecho'n, tue kee kahchemew
There's only one tear, but it can be mended
— JJ(JB11/4/2002)
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (4)
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Keech swecho'n 'ne-chah.
My pants are torn.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
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Keech ko'see swechowecho'n 'ne-chah.
My pants are torn all over. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)
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Keech swecho'n.
It's split— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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Jennie swechowecho'n 'we-skery
Jennie's dress is ragged— Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)