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smemohl

Dictionary entry

smemohl • vn • break (intr.), smashed • n • slide (of road)

Lexicon record # 3188 | Source reference(s): R249 JE23 JE122 YLCB115

Other paradigm form

  • repetitive smemsmemohl break up, slide (of a mountain side) R249

Special meaning or use

  • kue 'o smemsmemohl slide, ravine [literally, "where it breaks up"] R249 JE110 [landscape]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (3)

  1. Smemsmemohl.
    Ravine.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

  2. Keech smemsmemohl.
    Road washed out.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

  3. Keech smemohl.
    Slide in the road.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)