Dictionary entry
'eesh-kuue • adv • gradually
Lexicon record # 4293 | Source reference(s): R270
Sentence examples (8)
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Kwe-see 'eesh-kuue mo-'ok'w.
And gradually there was none.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)
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Kwe-see wee-'eeet keech 'e-nue-mee plop', 'eesh-kuue mo-'ok'w kue ... 'ue-kaa-mo-pek''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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Kwe-see 'eesh-kuue ne-wo'm kue wen-chokws weet keech so'n kue 'we-nos noohl wo-nue noohl nee ye-gok'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, kwe-see 'o lok-see'hl, kwe-see 'eesh-kuue 'ee weesh-tue' so'n, keech tue' weesh-tue' ho soo ge-go'l. 'Ishkuue nee slo-'ehl-ko'.
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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'Eesh-kuue nee slo-'ehl-kok'w k'ee won 'we-lok-see-hlek'.
Slowly he wasted away until a year was up.— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
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Peesh kwe-see 'eesh-kuue ko'-mo'y ko-lo ko'l 'o chween-kep'. Ke-so-mehl ne-geee'n so hee-noo.
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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Mo-nee (?) 'eesh-kuue nee ske-wok-see-mek' kee 'noo-kwe-chok'.
... Gradually (?) I want to gamble.— Lame Billy, Gambling medicine formula (Ac, 1902)