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che-gey-chekw

Dictionary entry

che-gey-chekw • adv • in little pieces

Lexicon record # 4528 | Source reference(s): LA16-8

Sentence example (1)

  1. Mo-cho keet mo-'ok'w 'noh-kuem 'em-see 'ne'-wo'hl-p'e'y che-gey-chekw kue ne-puy kue che'-lo-nee 'o 'o's-'o' kue roo-wo's.
    When I have no tobacco and no angelica root, I give the dried salmon to the pipes in little pieces.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)