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ko-ko-new

Dictionary entry

ko-ko-new • n • pileated woodpecker, redheaded woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Lexicon record # 986 | Source reference(s): R209 JE150
Semantic domain: birds

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Wer'-yer-nerk ko-ko-new 'we'-lep.
    The girls have long hair.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  2. Keech ko-ko-new 'ne'-lep. Tekw-see' 'ne'-lep.
    My hair is long. My hair is cut.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  3. [Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee ko-ko-new?] Paa', wot kem woo-geen. Ko-ko-new wee' pe-lee'n wee' sow.
    [Is the redheaded woodpecker a ch'u'ch'ish?] No, that's different. Woodpecker is a big thing.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)