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kaa-me-we-tek'

Dictionary entry

kaa-me-we-tek'vi e-class • I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

Lexicon record # 721 | Source reference(s): R204 JE134
Semantic domain: food, drink, and cooking
Derivation: morphological structure kaam-ew-et-e-

Sentence example (1)

  1. 'Imee chee-we'y kue 'nep-sech 'ohl-kue-mee keet-kwo 'o kaa-me-wet' nee 'we-lue-hleek mehl kue ho ne-peen ne-puy.
    My father was not hungry because he still had a bitter taste in his mouth from the salmon he had eaten.

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