Dictionary entry
chween • vn • say, speak, pray
Lexicon record # 327 | Source reference(s):
R195 JE125
Semantic
domain: sounds and speaking
Other paradigm forms
iterative chwegeen talk a lot, act as a go-between in marriage negotiations R195
double iterative chweeegeen R195
Special meanings or uses
neemee chweeegeen be dumb R195
kue wonoye'eek 'o chweeegeen (Christian) God [literally, "the one who speaks in the sky"] R195
'o chweeegeen "place in the mountains where one regularly sits and prays"
Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (38)
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chween "speak" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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'we-chween "her or his words" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)