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peloyek'

Dictionary entry

peloyek' • vi e-class • 1 I am big (human beings, animals and birds, tools, trees, etc.) 2 I am old (human beings)

Lexicon record # 2526 | Source reference(s): R237 JE81 R237 JE6

Other paradigm forms

3sg pe'l, pelo'y R237
alternative 3pl pope'l R237
collective peloye'm, popelee'm R237
attributive 3sg peleen big, great, large R237 JE19 JE81
alternative attr 3pl popeleen R237

Special meanings or uses

pe'l so'neek big doings, celebration JE19 JE29
neenee pe'l bigger JE19
kue nuemee peleen biggest JE19
ke'mee pe'l too big, too large JE81
neenee peloy older JE98

Derived phrase or compound

Peleen Kerrcherh "the ridge above Pekwtuhl"

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (44)

Mos kom, keech peloyek'...
I don't know, I'm too old ...

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Nuemee pe'l soo... k'ee 'ne-too'mar, tue' nuemee tewomehlkook' kee 'ne-komchuesek'.
My good friend very strongly ..., and I'm glad I know him.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Woomehl mo keech pe'l so'n rook'ws, 'o penpenoh kue woomehl.
When the wind blows hard the acorns fall to the ground.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Pe'l soo te'nes 'ee kwesee yo' kwen 'o leko'n, heechoo 'eekee leko'n.
He got really drunk and fell, and he fell down.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Nuemee pe'l soo tenpewe'hl in the keepuen.
It rains really hard in the winter.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Sa'anee weet soo pe'l soo tenpewe'hl keemee neworkwek' kue wee' 'ne-laayek'.
Sometimes it rains so hard I can't see where I'm going.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Pe'l soo tenpewe'hl 'ee keemee neworkwek' kue laas 'ne-laayek'.
(Sometimes) it rains so hard I can't see the way I'm going.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
Nuemee pe'l soo teytomokseemek'.
I am very angry.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Nuemee pe'l soo teytesek'.
I am over angered about something.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Wee' chpee mehl pe'l soo hlmeyowok'.
What you did to me made me especially angry.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Wee' chpee mehl pe'l soo hlmeyowok', kue 'ne-sonkopa'. Tue weet pe'l soo hlmeyowok'.
That's why I'm mean, because of what you did to me. That's why I'm mean.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Nuemee pe'l soo kesehlek'.
I feel very lonely.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Pe'l soo kesehlek'. Kesehlek'.
I feel very lonely. I feel lonely.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Keech pe'l soo chperwerkseechek'.
I miss you very much.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Pe'l soo chperwerkseemek'
I miss someone very much.

— Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)
Sa'anee nuemee pe'l soo chegahchew.
Sometimes things are hard to do (right).

— Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
Sega'anee tue' pe'l soo skuy'.
Sometimes it turns out real beautiful.

— Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)
Sa'n maageen, maageen pope'l.
Some (rattlesnakes) are, some are big.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
Maageen popeleen, maageen popeleen, maageen tue' chegeykenee nepuy, maageen tue' regok.
Some (salmon) are big, some are big, and some salmon are small, and some are trout.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)
Kue 'ela 'wer'ergery 'o pe'l 'we-yewohlek'.
When I was young there was a big earthquake.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
'O pe'l soo yewo'hl.
It started to shake harder.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
Pope'l 'we-chewes.
He has big hands.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
Pope'l.
They're big.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
Nuemee pe'l kue 'lahpsew.
The plate is very big.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
Kue wenchokws pope'l 'we-chewes.
That woman has big hands.

— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
Keech pelo'y.
S/he is old.

— Jessie Van Pelt, Miscellaneous Sentences (JVP-MISC) (JVP-MISC, 2000s)
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)
K'ehl nuemee to'm kue mewah, kwesee keet 'o pe'l weet 'o so'n keskee chpee nee yegok'w mos wey 'ue-kertkerk'.
The boy was very small, but as he began to grow up it turned out that all he would do was to go down to the water's edge and was never done with fishing for trout.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Keet 'o pe'l 'emkee k'ee toomenee sonowonee ch'ue'ch'eesh tue' nuemee chue kegohche'w, kem 'o ge'm kue perey:
He began to get bigger and then he would catch all sorts of birds, and the old woman said:

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
'Emkee keech 'o nuemee pe'l keech 'o cheenomewes, tue' weet so'n chpee 'we-tmeeegok'.
Then he quite grew up and became a young man, and it turned out that all he did was to hunt.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Keech 'o pe'l kue ka'ar, tue' 'o sego'n sega'anee 'o menechok'w.
The pet grew up, and it often happened that it disappeared in these runs.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Tue' wee' kue meweemor 'we-romech, wo'oot nonee pe'l 'o kue 'ne-psech.
She was the old man's niece, and was older than my father.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kue 'n-uuek keech pope'l.
My children are now big.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Inee pe'l.
He is getting bigger.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Mos kee koma hegohkueme'm mocho keech 'o peloye'm.
You cannot work hard when you are old.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nek nonee peloyek' 'o yo'.
I am older than her.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nek peloyek'.
I'm big.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Peloyem'.
You're big.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Peloy'.
He's big.

— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
Wee'eeet kue sonowok', kee nuemee peleen nepuy, wee' kee nek w'eet kee chpee soo hlook' k'ee 'ue-ma'a'.
That's what I'll do, I'll make myself into a very big salmon, that's the only way I can catch his spear.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
Kwesee' Merkwteeks wee 'o wenok'w, 'ap newo'm nepuy peleen.
Then Crane was coming, and he saw a big salmon.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
Kwesee' 'o newo'm peleen nepuy, kwesee' 'o ma'ahske'm.
He saw a big salmon, and he caught it with his spear.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)