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kwe-no-met

Dictionary entry

kwe-no-metn 1 part of a sweathouse 2 big door of a sweathouse 3 "the exit and ventilator" • "the place to the left of the exit, likely to be occupied by the 'owner'"

Lexicon record # 1258 | Source reference(s): R214 FS(B204) HIC82 YM312 YM340
Semantic domain: houses and parts of houses

Other paradigm form

  • obviative kwe-no-me-teesh I3

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Kwe-no-met 'ee me-ge-'oh-kwe-le.
    He always lay in front of the sweathouse.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  2. Kwe-no-me-teesh 'o chye-guuek'w. Kwe-no-me-teesh 'o chye-guuek'w.
    He always sat in front of the sweathouse exit. He always sat in front of the sweathouse exit.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Wohpekumew's Flute Song" (I3, 1906)

  3. Weesh-tue 'o 'wech-yuuek'w kwe-no-met.
    He sat before the exit.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Wohpekumew's Flute Song" (I3, 1906)