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nueneg

Dictionary entry

nueneg • n • food

Lexicon record # 2357 | Source reference(s): R233 JE56
Semantic domain: food, drink, and cooking

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Nuemeechue nep' mee' kue 'woogey kooychkwohl kwegerue'r 'we-nueneg.
    They (pigs) eat everything because white people buy pigs' food.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)

  2. Kooychkwohl 'we-nueneg.
    They (people) buy their (pigs') food.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)

  3. Kue koychkwook' 'o meguehl kue nueneg.
    I'm going to go buy food at the store.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)

  4. Kue koychkwook' 'ne-nueneg 'o kue meguehl.
    I'm going to the store to buy my food.

    Audio 

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)