Dictionary entry
kokonew • n • pileated woodpecker, redheaded woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Lexicon record # 986 | Source reference(s):
R209 JE150
Semantic
domain: birds
Sentence examples (4)
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Wer'yernerk kokonew 'we-'lep.
The girls have long hair.
— Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)
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Keech kokonew 'ne-'lep. Tekwsee' 'ne-'lep.
My hair is long. My hair is cut. — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)
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[Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee kokonew?] Paa', wot kem woogeen. Kokonew wee' pelee'n wee' sow.
[Is the redheaded woodpecker a ch'u'ch'ish?] No, that's different. Woodpecker is a big thing. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)