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'n-ewolek'

Dictionary entry

'n-ewolek' • vi subjunctive • I am named, my name [subjunctive forms function as a noun "name"]

Lexicon record # 2417 | Source reference(s): Ia

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Chahpcheeek, tue weetee' mehl 'w-ewolek' Chahpcheeek. ma weeshtue nee sooto'l.
    Chahpchiik, that's why it is called Chahpchiik. That is where she went.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  2. Tue weetue 'w-ewolek' k'ee Chahpcheek.
    It's called Chahpchiik.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  3. Tue' weetue' 'n-ewolek' Chahpcheeek.
    My name is Chahpchiik.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  4. Tue' weetee' mehl 'n-ewolek' Chahpcheeek.
    That is why I am called Chahpchiik.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)