Dictionary entry
'eeshkuue • adv • gradually
Lexicon record # 4293 | Source reference(s): R270
Sentence examples (8)
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Kwesee 'eeshkuue mo'ok'w.
And gradually there was none.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)
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Kwesee wee'eeet keech 'enuemee plop', 'eeshkuue mo'ok'w kue ... 'ue-kaamopek''o kes.
And it really flooded there, and slowly there wasn't any rough water down there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)
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Kwesee 'eeshkuue newo'm kue wenchokws weet keech so'n kue 'we-nos noohl wonue noohl nee yegok'w kem tue' ko'l 'ee key.
Then gradually the woman noticed that it happened that her husband would go far up in the hills and sit somewhere there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Peesh, kwesee 'o loksee'hl, kwesee 'eeshkuue 'ee weeshtue' so'n, keech tue' weeshtue' ho soo gego'l. 'Ishkuue nee slo'ehlko'.
Well, then it was a year, and slowly it was like this, since he had gone around like that. Slowly he wasted away.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
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'Eeshkuue nee slo'ehlkok'w k'ee won 'we-lokseehlek'.
Slowly he wasted away until a year was up.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
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Peesh kwesee 'eeshkuue ko'mo'y kolo ko'l 'o chweenkep'. Kesomehl negeee'n so heenoo.
Then he suddenly heard what seemed to be someone speaking to him. He looked back on his left side.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
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Monee (?) 'eeshkuue nee skewokseemek' kee 'n-ookwechok'.
... Gradually (?) I want to gamble.— Lame Billy, Gambling medicine formula (Ac, 1902)