Dictionary entry
hoore'mos • n • animal, four-legged mammal • Variant hoore'mues
Lexicon record # 634 | Source reference(s): R202 BB252 JE8
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (13)
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Neekeechyue soo hoore'mos kue ch'ue'ch'eesh tue' kee reguuerowo'm.
All the animals and the birds will be singing.
— Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)
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Newook' kue hoore'mues 'ue-mekah.
I see the animal's tracks. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)
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Tene'm hoore'mos hohkue'm 'we-res.
Many animals make nests. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-034) (LA138-034, 1980)
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[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee leyes?] Leyes, 'ee, weet kem hoore'mos, k'ee leyes. Maageen hlmeyowo'm.
[Is the snake a hoore'mos?] Snake, yes, snake is an animal too, snake. Some are mean. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee nuenepuy?] K'ee nuenepuy kwel neemee hoore'mos wee'.
[Is the fish a hoore'mos?] Fish is not hoore'mos. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee kahkah?] kahkah kwel kem neemee hoore'mos, kee nepue' mocho keech koh.
[Is the sturgeon a hoore'mos?] Sturgeon is not an animal, you eat it when you catch it. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee chpegaa?] Paa'... peeshkaahl wee' 'o hoore'mos k'ee chpegaa.
[Is the cormorant a ch'u'ch'ish?] No, cormorant is a sea animal. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee tereet?] Tereet peeshkaahl wee' 'o hoore'mos.
[Is the spotted sandpiper a ch'u'ch'ish?] Sandpiper is an ocean animal. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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Kues keech chue le'm k'ee hoore'mos?
Where have all the animals gone? — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)
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Tue' neekeechyue son hoore'mos kue ch'ue'ch'eesh tue' kee ruerowoo'm.
All the animals and the birds will be singing.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)
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Tue' neekeechyue son hoore'mos kue ch'ue'ch'eesh tue' kee ruerowoo'm.
All the animals and the birds will be singing.— Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)
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Kue raayo'r so Pewolew k'ee 'oohl 'eekee too'm 'w-egolehl, Kos cho 'ela tene'mehl k'ee nepuy 'ne-peeshkaahl, hehlkue tue' kee nee tene'm hoore'mos, kee tenoo cheee'sh!
When he made his way to Pewolew the people all shouted May there be many salmon in our sea, and many animals on land, and many woodpecker scalps!— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Mos wo'eek kee 'ela hoole'm k'-oore'mos mee' keech swoyhl k'e-reweeesh.
Your animals will not stay inside because your fence is broken.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)