Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

lo-'o-mah • vn plural • run in a group

Lexicon record # 1446 | Source reference: R243

Sentence examples (10)

1. Ke-gey-chek kue me-wah kue ho 'welo-'o-mah.
   The boys are tired from running.

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

2. Naahl lo-'o-mah, naahl pue-leek 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 tmoo-lee'. Noohl 'o lo-'o-mah nue 'we-neeen' kwe-see keech tmoo-lee' kue ka-'eyr.
   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'-no-wohl noohl 'ee 'o lo-'o-mah 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 nee-nee so tmoo-loy. Ne-kah chyue kee lo-'o-mah.
   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 kes-keek 'o lo-'o-mah 'ue-ke-mey-ye'-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. Ke-gey-chek kue me-wah kue ho 'we-lo-'o-mah.
   The boys are tired with running together.

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

8. Lo-'o-mah 'e-see let-ko-leem'.
   They ran along and then flew.

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

9. Nee-kee 'we-lo-'o-mah.
   Then they ran off.

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

10. Kues ko 'o le-go-'o-mah?
    Where are they going to do the running?

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