Dictionary entry
noo-wo'r • vn • complete a journey, run in, run up
Lexicon record # 2295 | Source reference(s):
R232
Derivation: morphological structure noow-o'r
Sentence examples (4)
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'O noo-wo'r kue 'ee nue 'er'-gerp 'we-go-lek', Kwe-lekw keet mar-ke-wech' kue me-wee-mor.
A messenger ran up saying, The old man is going to die.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)
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Kwe-see kem 'o noo-wo'r 'we-go-yek', Kwe-lekw cho hee-moo-rey-yo-wo'm! Kwe-lekw keet mar-ke-wech' kue k'e-pee-cho-wos.
And again someone ran up telling him, Well, hurry! Your grandfather is going to die.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)
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K'ee kwen cho 'o tek-to-nee me-kwol kem 'e-mehl knok-see'm 'ue-peesh-'on, 'e-nue-mee wo'n ho mo-'ok'w 'ue-peesh-'on; 'e-see noo-wo'r ho k'ee we'y 'ue-mer'-wer-mery.
Wherever there was a fishing rock built it left some of its scales, right on until it had no scales left; and then it went on to the head of the river.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue keech 'o noo-wo'r ho Pe-wo-lew noohl weesh-tue' 'o so'n kue keech ho 'we-laa-yo-lew.
When he reached Pewolew, he carried out his instructions.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)