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'we-gah

Dictionary entry

'we-gahvn iterative • get married (of a man or woman) • marry (of a man)

Lexicon record # 4047 | Source reference(s): R261 JE88

Special meanings or uses

  • kue nek 'we-gah my spouse [literally, "whom I married"] R261 [kin terms]

  • wey 'ue'-we-gah divorce [literally, "end one's being married"] R261 JE42

  • mos ko-ma 'we-gah divorced [literally, "not still married"] JE42

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (8)

  1. kue nek 'we-gah "my spouse" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. 'we-gah "marry" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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