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'wah-pe-mew

Dictionary entry

'wah-pe-mew • vn • get married (of a man or woman)

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

Other paradigm form

  • iterative 'we-gah-pe-mew R261

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Won soo toh-kow; mos weet kee skuye'n kee k'e'-we-gah-pe-mew.
    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. Ne-gee-'ee-yehl tue' wee-'eeet mehl hee' 'wah-pe-mew.
    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. Hlmey-yor-kwo'm 'we-sek' kwe-lekw muehl-cho' now soo-tok'w kue roo-wo's 'ohl-kue-mee keech tee-kwo'n kue 'ue'-wah-pe-mew.
    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)