Dictionary entry
laayekw • n • road, trail, path • Variant laayekws
Lexicon record # 1322 | Source reference(s): R215 JE102 JE112 JE138 MRH1950-1:23
Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (19)
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Kerrcherh laayekw.
The trail's going along the ridge.
— Glenn Moore, Discussion of trails and trail directions (GM8, 2003)
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'O Ruue nee wogee laayekw.
The trail went right through the middle of 'O Ruu. — Glenn Moore, Discussion of trails and trail directions (GM8, 2003)
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Kues cho' so'n kue laayekw?
How is the road (or trail)? — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
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Keech slookw kue laayekw.
There is a slide in the road. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
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Kues cho' so'n kue laayekw 'o pueleek?
How is the road downriver? — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
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Kues cho' so'n k'ee laayekw 'o pueleek?
How is the road downriver? — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
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To' wee' nee laayekw.
The road is still there. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)
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Laayekw.
Road/trail. — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)
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Kerkur'yermercheen laayekws ma laayek'.
I walked on a crooked trail. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-058) (LA138-058, 1980)
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Kue 'we-nahksemoyhl kue meweemor 'emsee 'ne-psech noohl 'o gohkuemehl 'we-laayekw so kue nuemee 'ue-pa'aahl 'we-rek'woy.
On the third day the old man and my father built a path down to the water's edge at the river mouth.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Na'mee mechkah toomok's kue laayekw tue' mos cheetaa ko'l sook kee nee 'oyhl.
The path was two feet wide and nothing at all lay on it.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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'Enuemee wo'n ho kue kohchew 'we-choomoyhl 'o weykohl; noohl kue meweemor 'o 'ekso' kue keech laayekw.
They were finishing the path right up to the sixth day, and then the old man closed the path.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kwelekw 'o tene'm 'oohl 'o Wehlwkew heekoch so Rek'woy so wohpeye'm, 'ohlkuemee weet 'eenee meroge'y kee 'we-hloohl 'we-'yoh 'emsee 'ue-pa'ah 'ohlkuemee keech wee' laayekw keech 'o chahchew kee 'we-hloyek' 'yohhlkoych' 'o puelekw.
And then there were a lot of people who crossed over from Wehlkwew to Requa, as it was easier there for them to get their wood and their water now that the path was finished and it was difficult for wood to be fetched at the river mouth.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kue pegerk mehl Wehlkwew kue skewoksemeen kue 'we-na'awok' hasee heenoyks laa'y 'emsee pa'aahleeks neekee ma laa'y 'o kue myerwernernee; soo hasee' paas wonue laa'y kue keech ho laahohkue' kue laayekw, mee' kwahhley 'oohl wonues kee 'we-laayek' 'o kue laayekw.
A man from Wehlkwew who wanted to catch surf fish went inside of the path and then into the water at the high water line; so strictly was it intended that one should not pass over where the path had been made, because it was forbidden for anyone to walk on the path.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl kue laayekw 'we-rewon 'o chyuuek'we'n kue meweemor, noohl 'o ga'm, 'Ne-kesomewet cho 'o chekcheye'm.
Then the old man sat down at the end of the path, and said, Sit down on my left.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl 'o newo'm 'w-esek' kue 'o'lehl kwelekw kem wee' 'enuemee ho soo sloyhlketee' kue kwelaakws ho sonkohl kue laayekw.
And then he saw that the house too had been swept as they had done the path.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl 'O Chaahl 'We-Repokw me'womechok'w 'oohl 'eme ga'm, Pekwsue hes keech kee wohpeye'moh 'o kue laayekw?
Then a man came from 'O Chaahl 'We-Repokw and said, May we not now cross over the path?— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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knewolekeen laayekws
long road— Carrie Roberts, Yurok field notebook 1 (MRH1, 1950)