Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

lo'ogeyowok' • vi o-class • I am black, I am dark-colored (human beings, tools, etc., plants, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms and ropes, etc., flat things, house, boats)

Lexicon record # 1444 | Source reference(s): R217
Semantic domain: colors
Derivation: morphological structure lo'og-ey-ow-o-

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

1. Lo'ogeyowok'. Lo'ogeyowom'. Lo'ogey'.
   I'm black. You're black. He's black.

   — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)