Yurok dictionary

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me-la

Dictionary entry

me-lapv • past time • Variant mel

Lexicon record # 1658 | Source reference(s): R221

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Kues 'e-lekw 'we-son mehl me-la te-lo-ye'w.
    I wonder why she told a lie.

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

  2. Cho me-see mehl hloo'm 'ne'-yoh mo-cho wo-nekw keech me-la he-goo'm!
    Fetch my wood for me when you have been up in the hills!

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

  3. Kues 'we-son mehl me-la te-lo-ye'w?
    Why did she tell a lie?

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

  4. Keech me-la he-gook' nee kee exkwuen
    I went about way off"

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