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wegaaneyoochek'

Dictionary entry

wegaaneyoochek' • vi e-class • I foretell evil

Lexicon record # 3804 | Source reference(s): R261
Derivation: morphological structure waaney...-ooch-e- + + -eg-

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Tue' ke'l 'o so ko'r neemee kee ruerowo'm keetee chpee k'e-wegaaneyoochek' k'ee nee tegetko'hl kee shoo heweche'm.
    But you alone will not be able to sing so that you will just make noise foretelling evil in the canyons (and) so you will live.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

  2. Tue' ke'l 'o so ko'r neemee kee ruerowo'm keet chpee k'e-wegaaneyoochek' k'ee nee tegetko'hl kee shoo heweche'm.
    But you alone will not be able to sing so that you will just make noise foretelling evil in the canyons (and) so you will live.

    — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)