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maa-yo-new

Dictionary entry

maa-yo-new • vn • pass on water

Lexicon record # 1608 | Source reference(s): R220
Derivation: morphological structure maay-onewkw-

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kue 'O Re-gos keet 'o maa-yo-new kue 'yoch, kwe-see wee-'eeet 'yon-cheek 'o ko ho myah Se-gep noohl wo-nekw mehl te-kwo-nue'r.
    It was just going to pass the rock, and Coyote jumped in and came crashing down from high up into it.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)