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we-sah

Dictionary entry

we-sah • vn • bathe (intr.), wash oneself

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

Special meanings or uses

  • kue 'o we-ge-sah bathroom, bathing place, bathtub R262 JE16 YLCB100

  • kue ho we-ge-sah bathtub, washtub R262

Sentence examples (3)

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

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

  2. Kue keech 'ue-me-che-wo-lo' noohl lekw-seesh 'o le'-mehl 'em-kee weesh-tue' 'ee kmoyhl, keet 'o ko saa-we-lehl, noohl 'e-see ma we-ge-sah.
    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 nah-chee-chek' kuue-na we-sah.
    I will give it to you to wash.

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