Dictionary entry
tegeruemek' • vt e-class • I talk, I pray, I make medicine
Lexicon record # 3407 | Source reference(s):
R253 YSRO486
Semantic
domain: sounds and speaking
Derivation: morphological structure teger-um-e-
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (6)
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To' kee kem tegeruesek' ko'l choomoyhl.
I'll speak to him in a few days.
— Robert Spott, Sentences (24-26) (24-26, 1933)
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Noohl weeshtue' 'o sergerrhl hohkuem weektue' 'we-legehl noohl 'o tegerue'm kue roowo's.
And then he regularly made tobacco, and scattered it inside the box, and spoke to the pipes.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue weet 'o 'w-o'oh 'eemee 'uema chkee'm kue 'ne-psech 'emsee kue meweemor, neekee wook noohl tegerue'm kue 'we-roowo's kue meweemor.
That night the old man and my father did not sleep, and the old man spoke to his pipe until morning.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl 'o tegerue'm kue roowo's 'o ga'm, K'ee meraa kwelekw kelew wee k'e-sewepek'; keekee chue ro'm.
Then he spoke to the pipes, and said, This smoke is your breath; it will spread everywhere.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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'O wooyhl noohl he'woneehlehl tue' 'o tegerue'm 'ue-mes kue meweemor; noohl 'o huemerhl.
They were awake all night, and the old man made his medicine; then they sweated.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Keyomohl cho' ket'ohpeene'm. Cho' s'eme'm, tue' weet ko 'o so tegeruepaane'm.
Cook (me) in a basket dipper. Pound me up, then you will talk to me.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)