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'wes'onah

Dictionary entry

'wes'onahn • sky, horizon • world • cosmos • earth, universe

Lexicon record # 4082 | Source reference(s): R263 JE121 YM116 YSRO477 MPY198 FS(B219)
Semantic domain: astronomy and the sky

Other paradigm form

  • locative 'wes'oneweek earth, universe FS(B219)

Special meanings or uses

  • 'wes'onah 'we-lekeeta' Milky Way [literally, "sky's backbone"] CS(ALK9:55) [astronomy and the sky]

  • k'ee 'wes'onah megetohl a character in creation stories, "the keeper of the heavens" FS(B219) HIC74 YM313 • "Sky-Keeper; he who has or owns the sky" YM431

Derived phrases or compounds

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (21)

  1. 'wes'onah "sky, horizon, world, cosmos, earth, universe" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  2. 'wes'onah "sky" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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