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'uuekseyek'

Dictionary entry

'uuekseyek' • vt e-class • I bear (children), I give birth, I have a baby

Lexicon record # 4475 | Source reference(s): R272 JE16 JE19 JE60

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg 'uuekse'y

  • collective 'uuekseye'm

Short recordings (2) | Sentence example (1)

  1. Tue' wee'eeet 'ela nuue'm otters, tue' keech 'o tene'm mee' wee'eeet 'o 'uuekseye'm.
    And otters came there, and there were a lot of them, because they gave birth there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)