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weyew

Dictionary entry

weyew • vn • be woven, be finished (of baskets)

Lexicon record # 3865 | Source reference(s): R263
Semantic domain: baskets and basket making
Derivation: morphological structure wey-ew

Short recording (1) | Sentence example (1)

  1. Kue meweemor nege'm wohlee weyew keyom; tue' weektue' 'ok'w kue 'we-roowo's 'emsee 'w-ohkuem.
    The old man took a newly made dipper basket; in it were his pipe and tobacco.

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