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tergerw

Dictionary entry

tergerwvn • speak, settle a dispute

Lexicon record # 3701 | Source reference(s): R259
Semantic domain: sounds and speaking

Other paradigm form

  • iterative teeegerw be at peace

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kee 'ne-tergerw, kee tergerw.
    I wish bad things on someone.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-016) (LA138-016, 1980)

  2. Kolchee tergerw kem tue' 'o goyhlkep' 'we-tuuek kolo 'we-nooloochek' kue nepuy.
    Every time he spoke its tail wagged as if the salmon were answering.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)