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knewolep'

Dictionary entry

knewolep' • vi e-class • s/he is tall (human beings) s/he is long • Variant knewolop'

Lexicon record # 941 | Source reference(s): R208 JE84 JE133

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. Keech knewolep'.
    S/he is tall.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

  2. Neekeechyue kokonewolep'.
    Everyone is tall.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

  3. Yo' neenee knewolep' pegerk.
    He is the taller man.

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

  4. Knewolopeelek'. Knewolopeelem'. Knewolop'.
    I'm tall. You're tall. He's tall.

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