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mehlkuek

Dictionary entry

mehlkuek • n • cave, hidden place • Variant mehlkuuek

Lexicon record # 1679 | Source reference(s): R221 JE29

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. Mehlkuek nee 'oyhl
    It's laying under there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  2. Mehlkuek 'oyhl.
    It's lying way under there.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-018) (LA138-018, 1980)

  3. Nuemee mehlkuek.
    It's really far under there.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-018) (LA138-018, 1980)

  4. Neeko'l 'w-o'ohkohlek' 'o mehlkuek.
    It is always dark in the cave.

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