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see-yo'w

Dictionary entry

see-yo'w • vi e-class • it breaks through waves (of a boat)

Lexicon record # 3045 | Source reference(s): R247

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kwe-see 'O Re-gos noohl 'e-la myah kwe-see kue he-won 'we-see-yo-wek'.
    Then he leaped on to the rock Oregos as the boat was first breasting the breakers.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  2. Tue' nee-kee 'we-roo-yo-new kue 'yoch; we-hlo-waa nee-ma koh-chee see-yo'w 'o pue-lekw, noohl 'o maa-yo-nekw kue 'yoch.
    Then the boat sped on; eleven times it broke through the waves at the mouth of the river, and then the boat went on its way.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)