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teykeluemek'

Dictionary entry

teykeluemek' • vt e-class • I bite

Lexicon record # 3543 | Source reference(s): R255 JE227
Derivation: morphological structure teyk-el-um-e-

Other paradigm forms

  • imperative sg teyke'lues R46

  • collective teykeluue'm R255 JE19

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (6)

  1. Teykeluemek' kue 'erplers.
    I bit the apple.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Miscellaneous Sentences (GT-MISC) (GT-MISC, 2000s)

  2. Keech teykeluemek'.
    I bit into it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-016) (LA138-016, 1980)

  3. Keech teykeluemek'.
    S/he bit someone.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-041) (LA138-041, 1980)

  4. Nek keech teykelewomoyek' mehl leyes.
    I have been bitten by a snake.

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

  5. Teykelewomoyek' 'o 'ne-chewes.
    I have been bitten on the hand.

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

  6. Teykeluemek'.
    I have bitten.

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