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hlmeyorkwook'

Dictionary entry

hlmeyorkwook'vt oo-class • I fear, I am afraid

Lexicon record # 1532 | Source reference(s): R219 JE5
Derivation: morphological structure hlmey-orkw-oo-

Other paradigm form

  • 3sg hlmeyorkwo'm R57

Sentence examples (10)

  1. Hlmeyorkwok'.
    I am afraid (of someone).

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  2. Hlmeyorkwo'm.
    You are afraid.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  3. Hlmeyorkwochek'.
    I am afraid of you.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  4. Weetee' mehl 'ne-hlmeyorkwochek'.
    I am especially afraid of you.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  5. Hlmeyorkwook' kee 'w-o'ohkohlek'.
    I'm scared of when it gets dark.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

  6. Hlmeyorkwo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw muehlcho' now sootok'w kue roowo's 'ohlkuemee keech teekwo'n kue 'ue-'wahpemew.
    He was afraid that the other pipe might go away because its mate had been broken.

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

  7. mekwcheewoo (?) kee hlmeyorkwo'.
    (all)together (those living together) they are afraid of me.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)

  8. 'O kaap'oleehl nee 'ok' 'ne-hlmeyorkwoyek'.
    I live in the brush (and?) I am feared.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)

  9. K'ee nue mekwcheewo kem keech hlmeyorkwo'
    Indians (all) fear me

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)

  10. soneen keech hlmeyorkwenoomelek' 'ne-'wesk'ee mekwchee'woo weetue kemee hlmeyorkwo' (pa) k'ee 'ne-mekwchee'woolem
    because they fear me, the men, they fear me, myself the men

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)