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chweenkor

Dictionary entry

chweenkor • n • word • Variant chweenker

Lexicon record # 330 | Source reference(s): R195 JE150 FS(B200)
Semantic domain: sounds and speaking

Special meaning or use

  • chweenkor ho nes crazy, demented [old upriver expression, used in Indian court because you don't have to pay a fine for saying it] [health and sickness] RS(ALK1940:18)

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Weetee' mehl ro'oh k'e-chpega'r kee k'e-ko'moyoo'm skuyenee chweenkor.
    You have ears so you can hear the good word.

    — Jimmie James, Jimmie James ... Come on Down! (JJ-COD, 2004)

  2. Kue rookws megeer' 'we-chweenkor.
    The wind heeded his words.

    — Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)