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hegoo'

Dictionary entry

hegoo' • n • paddle

Lexicon record # 408 | Source reference(s): R198 JE101
Semantic domain: boats and boating

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Cho' ko tmohkeloyshoo'm, 'n-e'goo' kee yoh.
    Break it off (a tree branch), I'm going to make a paddle out of it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-041) (LA138-041, 1980)

  2. Cho' ko myewete'm k'-e'goo'.
    Stick your oar in.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-049) (LA138-049, 1980)

  3. Koweecho kwehl mehlowneme'm k'-e'goo'; kee nuemee nee koo'ope'm.
    Don't touch your paddle; you are just to stand there.

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