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huuek

Dictionary entry

huuekn • child, baby • Variant huueks

Lexicon record # 690 | Source reference(s): R203 JE13 JE30 YLCB92
Semantic domain: people

Special meanings or uses

  • me-wah huuek son [literally, "boy child"] R203

  • wer'-yers huuek daughter [literally, "girl child"] R203

  • huueks 'wo-'o'l womb [literally, "baby's house"] RS(ALK1940:1:14) [body parts and the body]

Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (30)

  1. chey-ke-nee huuek "small child" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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  2. chyer-'er'y 'uuek "bear baby" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  3. huuek "child, baby" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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  4. huuek "child" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  5. kwe-ge-rue'r 'uuek "baby pig" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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  6. 'nuuek "my child" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  7. 'nuuek 'we-no-'os "my baby's basket" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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