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wonoye'eek

Dictionary entry

wonoye'eek • adv • in the sky • up in the middle of the sky • Variant wonoye'k

Lexicon record # 3942 | Source reference(s): R265 JE3 MPY196 JE3
Semantic domain: astronomy and the sky

Special meanings or uses

  • kue wonoye'eek 'o chweeegeen (Christian) God [literally, "the one who speaks in the sky"] R265

  • wonoye'eeks mehl chween God [literally, "the one who speaks to me from above"] JE61

  • wonoye'eeks 'o'l God, the creator [literally, "the one that lives above"] JE36 JE61

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (13)

  1. wonoye'eek "in the sky, up in the middle of the sky" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  2. wonoye'eek "in the sky, up in the middle of the sky" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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