Dictionary entry
worue • adv • overhead, on the surface
Lexicon record # 3953 | Source reference(s):
R265 JE99 JE130
Semantic
domain: directions and locations
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (7)
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Worue 'o cho' ko slepoh k'e-chemeen.
Put your chemin up there.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)
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Worue cho' slepohso'm, worue cho' ko tekohso'm.
Put it halfway up, stick it halfway up. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)
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Worue laayekws nahko'.
The board (molding) goes along about halfway up. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)
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Kwesee kohchee 'we-neskwechook' 'ap ko'mo'y, 'ue-worue wonuekuek neenee ko'mo'y kue 'w-ahpeleen kue huueksoh 'w-omtah.
Then once as he came home he heard, around and overhead he heard the happy children playing.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)
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Kwesee kohchee 'we-neskwechook' 'ap ko'mo'y, 'ue-worue wonuekuek neenee ko'mo'y kue 'w-ahpeleen kue huueksoh 'w-omtah.
Then once as he came home he heard, around and overhead he heard the happy children playing.— Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)
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Kue nuemee laakaamopeen tue' laayonekw kue 'yoch kolo neemee kaamop' 'o wee' mee' kolo worue nee raayo'r.
The boat passed through patches of very rough water as though it was quite smooth, as it seemed to move along on top of the water.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)