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'wes-'o-nah

Dictionary entry

'wes-'o-nahn • 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-'o-ne-week earth, universe FS(B219)

Special meanings or uses

  • 'wes-'o-nah 'we-le-kee-ta' Milky Way [literally, "sky's backbone"] CS(ALK9:55) [astronomy and the sky]

  • k'ee 'wes-'o-nah me-ge-tohl 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-'o-nah "sky, horizon, world, cosmos, earth, universe" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  2. 'wes-'o-nah "sky" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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