Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

keyom • n • dipper basket • Variant ke'yom

Lexicon record # 874 | Source references: R206 JE15 JE175
Semantic domain: baskets and basket making

Sentence examples (5)

1. Keyom.
   Dipper.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 25: "Foods/Dishes" (GT3-25, 2003)

2. Kue meweemor negem' wohlee weyew keyom; tue' weektue' 'okw' kue 'we-roowo's 'emsee 'w-ohkuem.
   The old man took a newly made dipper basket; in it were his pipe and tobacco.

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

3. Nek kee negemek' kue 'ne-keyom noohl ko myootek' 'ne-ka'.
   He said, I will take my basket and put on my blanket.

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

4. Noohl 'o ko hlom' kue 'ue-keyom 'enuemee poy wenokw'.
   Then he took his basket and went ahead.

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

5. Noohl now 'o nek' kue nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers kue 'ue-keyom weektue' 'o nek'.
   Then he put the otterskin away in the basket.

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