Yurok dictionary

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kye-gah

Dictionary entry

kye-gah • n • mound of dirt (e.g. near gopher hole)

Lexicon record # 1145 | Source reference(s): AF(JB-02-01)

Sentence example (1)

  1. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee hlke-leek-ra'?] 'Ee, wot kem we-gaa-ye-noch' hlke-leek-ra'. Keech ko 'o kye-gah kee che-see' so'n 'ue kee mo-le-nee sow.
    [Is the mole a hoore'mos?] Yes, mole will give warning. When he starts coming oup out of the ground, there's bad things will happen.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)