Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

pa'aamoyehl • vi e-class • they are wet, they get wet, they are swampy

Lexicon record # 2452 | Source reference(s): R236 JE130 JE147
Derivation: morphological structure pa'aa-emoy-e-

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (4)

1. Pa'aamee' kue 'yohhlkoych'; koweecho mehl ho'ope'm!
   The firewood is wet; don't use it to make the fire!

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

2. 'U-koosee pa'aamee'.
   It was all wet.

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

3. Keech pa'aamee' ka'an.
   The blanket is wet.

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

4. Keech pa'aamee' 'ne-'yoh.
   My wood is wet.

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