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'ne-wo-lek'

Dictionary entry

'ne-wo-lek' • 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. Chahp-cheeek, tue wee-tee' mehl 'we-wo-lek' Chahp-cheeek. ma weesh-tue nee soo-to'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 wee-tue 'we-wo-lek' k'ee Chahp-cheek.
    It's called Chahpchiik.

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

  3. Tue' wee-tue' 'ne-wo-lek' Chahp-cheeek.
    My name is Chahpchiik.

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

  4. Tue' wee-tee' mehl 'ne-wo-lek' Chahp-cheeek.
    That is why I am called Chahpchiik.

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