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chween

Dictionary entry

chweenvn • 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

Derived phrase or compound
  • 'o chweeegeen "place in the mountains where one regularly sits and prays"

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (38)

  1. chween "speak" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. 'we-chween "her or his words" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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