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'wahpemew

Dictionary entry

'wahpemew • vn • get married (of a man or woman)

Lexicon record # 4048 | Source reference(s): LA16-8

Other paradigm form

  • iterative 'wegahpemew R261

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Won soo tohkow; mos weet kee skuye'n kee k'e-'wegahpemew.
    They talk a different language; it would not be good for you to marry with them.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  2. Negee'eeyehl tue' wee'eeet mehl hee' 'wahpemew.
    There were two of them, and so each was called the mate of the other.

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

  3. Hlmeyorkwo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw muehlcho' now sootok'w kue roowo's 'ohlkuemee keech teekwo'n kue 'ue-'wahpemew.
    He was afraid that the other pipe might go away because its mate had been broken.

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