Dictionary entry
'woogey • vn • be holy • n • 1 former people 2 white man, white people, at first identified with former people
Lexicon record # 4098 | Source reference(s):
WG(WEM47) R265 JE103 JE148
Semantic
domain: people
Other paradigm form
short form 'woo JE103
Special meaning or use
'woo 'ue-wen white woman MPY192 TB1984 JE103 JE148 JE150 [people]
'woogey 'ue-penkw "wheat flour"
'woogey wee' 'wer-nerh "apple"
'woogey 'we-nahko' "sawed lumber"
Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (15)
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'woo 'ue-wen "white woman" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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'woogey "be holy, former people, white man, white people, at first identified with former people" (spoken by Archie Thompson)
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'woogey "white man" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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'woogey "be holy, former people, white man, white people, at first identified with former people" (spoken by Robert Spott)
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'woogey 'we-toh "white person's language" (spoken by Archie Thompson)