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ne-pe'-weesh-neg

Dictionary entry

ne-pe'-weesh-neg • n • otter (river otter, Lontra canadensis) • Variant ne-puyshneg

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

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (9)

  1. ne-pe'-weesh-neg "otter" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  2. ne-pe'-weesh-neg "otter" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  3. ne-pe'-weesh-neg "otter" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  4. ne-puyshneg "otter" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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