Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

lo'omah • vn plural • run in a group

Lexicon record # 1446 | Source reference: R243

Sentence examples (10)

1. Kegeychek kue mewah kue ho 'we-lo'omah.
   The boys are tired from running.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)

2. Naahl lo'omah, naahl pueleek lem'.
   They are running together, they are going downriver.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-025) (LA138-025, 1980)

3. Boom! Noohl 'o nah 'o tmoolee'. Noohl 'o lo'omah nue 'we-neeen' kwesee keech tmoolee' kue ka'ar.
   Boom! Then it was shot. Then they ran over to look and the poor animal had been shot.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

4. Tue' noohl 'o nah 'o neee'nowohl noohl 'ee 'o lo'omah wee' 'o key Todd Horn.
   And then they looked around and ran back to where Todd Horn was sitting.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

5. Noohl 'o ge's, Nek soo neenee so tmooloy. Nekah chyue kee lo'omah.
   Then he thought, I think we shot it. We should run away.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

6. Soo wee'eeet ho keskeek 'o lo'omah 'ue-kemeye'mehl. That's all.
   So they ran down and went home. That's all.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

7. Kegeychek kue mewah kue ho 'we-lo'omah.
   The boys are tired with running together.

   — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

8. Lo'omah 'esee letkoleem'.
   They ran along and then flew.

   — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

9. Neekee 'we-lo'omah.
   Then they ran off.

   — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

10. Kues ko 'o lego'omah?
    Where are they going to do the running?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)