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chpuerowok'

Dictionary entry

chpuerowok'vi o-class • I menstruate

Lexicon record # 278 | Source reference(s): FS(B199) JE89
Semantic domain: body parts and the body
Derivation: morphological structure chpur-ow-o-

Special meaning or use

  • 'we-chpuerowok' 'ue-ke'm a menstruating woman's food (acorns or dried fish) RS(ALKf129:666) [food, drink, and cooking]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. chpuero'w "(she) is menstruating" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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