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maayek'

Dictionary entry

maayek' • vi e-class • I pass, I move past, I pass by

Lexicon record # 1607 | Source reference(s): JE91

Other paradigm forms

  • collective maaye'm R220

  • subjunctive collective 3pl 'ue-maaye'mek' R220

Special meanings or uses

  • Cho' maaye'm so heeno' Go behind! JE61

  • Cho' maaye'm so poy go past! JE61

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)

  1. Keech maa'y chomee'sh 'we-roo, 'o newee' keech sega'awo'r 'o kue 'o rek'eeen; kwesee weet keet 'o weno'ee'mehl kue lemoluue'monee.
    Midday passed, and shadows were seen moving where they sat; it was the eel fishers coming.

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

  2. Wek wee 'o 'ue-maaye'mek' kue le'monee.
    This is where the travelers pass.

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

  3. Nekah kwelekw keech 'o maaye'moh.
    Well, we have passed it.

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

  4. Nekah kwelekw keech 'o maaye'moh kue ke'l mehl ho 'er'gerp.
    We have passed the place you were telling about.

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

  5. Neekee maayek'
    I pass it

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  6. Neekee megaayek'
    I pass it often

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  7. Neekee maayek' 'ne-kepoyuerek'
    I swim past it

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)