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melee'

Dictionary entry

melee' • vi e-class pass imp • there is a brush dance

Lexicon record # 1661 | Source reference(s): R221 JE24 JE39 YLCB88
Semantic domain: ceremonies and dances
Derivation: morphological structure meloy-e-

Other paradigm form

  • 3sg subjunctive 'ue-meloyek' brush dance WG(WEM44)

Special meaning or use

  • 'o kue melonee at the brush dance R221

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (11)

  1. Nek ho hegoolew 'ue-meloyek'.
    I used to dance the brush dance.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (AG-08-2) (AG-08-2, 2007)

  2. Nahschueh hes kue 'o melonee 'ela helomeye'm?
    Did you dance last night at the brush dance?

    Audio 

    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. Ho nerrmeryek' nahschueh kue 'o melonee.
    I sang last night at the brush dance.

    Audio 

    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  4. Wenos wok kwehl hlkyorkwe'moh... wee' 'o ko melonee.
    Come over here and we'll watch (them dancing in) the brush dance.

    Audio 

    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  5. Melee'.
    There is a brushdance.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 21: "Culture" (GT3-21, 2003)

  6. 'ue-meloyek'.
    Brushdance.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 21: "Culture" (GT3-21, 2003)

  7. Kue ho 'ue-meloyek'.
    They had a brush dance.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 21: "Culture" (GT3-21, 2003)

  8. Melee'.
    There is a brush dance.

    Audio 

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  9. Kwesee, hee' kee melee' 'o Wechpues ko'l choomoyhl.
    Well, it says there's going to be a brush dance at Wechpus in a few days.

    Audio 

    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  10. Heekon 'enuemee pe'l soo melee'.
    A long time ago there was a big brush dance going on.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)

  11. Heekon 'enuemee pe'l soo melee', kwesee kue keetee 'ue-merweryk' 'eekee too'm nue hlkeeegor.
    Once upon a time a very big brush dance was held, and when the final dance was about to take place everyone went to watch.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)