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nepe'weeshneg

Dictionary entry

nepe'weeshnegn • otter (river otter, Lontra canadensis) • Variant nepuyshneg

Lexicon record # 2135 | Source reference(s): WG(WEM274) R229 JE98
Semantic domain: miscellaneous medium-sized mammals
Derivation: literally, "fish eater" (nepe'weesh "fish (generic)", nepek' "I eat")

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (9)

  1. nepe'weeshneg "otter" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  2. nepe'weeshneg "otter" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  3. nepe'weeshneg "otter" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  4. nepuyshneg "otter" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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