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wesah

Dictionary entry

wesah • vn • bathe (intr.), wash oneself

Lexicon record # 3855 | Source reference(s): R262 JE15

Special meanings or uses

  • kue 'o wegesah bathroom, bathing place, bathtub R262 JE16 YLCB100

  • kue ho wegesah bathtub, washtub R262

Sentence examples (3)

  1. 'O ga'm, Chue cho' nue ko wegesah.
    And then he said, Let us go and bathe ourselves.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  2. Kue keech 'ue-mechewolo' noohl lekwseesh 'o le'mehl 'emkee weeshtue' 'ee kmoyhl, keet 'o ko saawelehl, noohl 'esee ma wegesah.
    When it had burned down they went outside and lay down, and began to cool off, and then they went to bathe.

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

  3. To kee nahcheechek' kuuena wesah.
    I will give it to you to wash.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)