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me'-wo-mey

Dictionary entry

me'-wo-meyvn • be born into a family, come from a particular place (as one's place of origin)

Lexicon record # 1800 | Source reference(s): FS(B207)

Other paradigm form

  • collective me'-wo-mee'm FS(B207)

Sentence example (1)

  1. Pe-cheek me'-wo-mey k'ee ne-kee' 'ne-pee-cho-wos 'e-see k'ee 'ne-kue-chos.
    My grandfather and my grandmother came from upriver.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)