Yurok dictionary

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laahoh-kue-mek'

Dictionary entry

laahoh-kue-mek' • vt e-class • I build alongside

Lexicon record # 1307 | Source reference(s): R15
Derivation: morphological structure laa-hohk-um-e-

Sentence example (1)

  1. Kue pe-gerk mehl Wehl-kwew kue ske-wok-se-meen kue 'we-na-'a-wok' ha-see hee-noyks laa'y 'em-see pa-'aa-hleeks nee-kee ma laa'y 'o kue myer-wer-ner-nee; soo ha-see' paas wo-nue laa'y kue keech ho laahoh-kue' kue laa-yekw, mee' kwah-hley 'oohl wo-nues kee 'we-laa-yek' 'o kue laa-yekw.
    A man from Wehlkwew who wanted to catch surf fish went inside of the path and then into the water at the high water line; so strictly was it intended that one should not pass over where the path had been made, because it was forbidden for anyone to walk on the path.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)