Yurok dictionary

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me'-loh

Dictionary entry

me'-loh • n • in-law whose spouse has died but who remains with spouse's family • relative

Lexicon record # 1666 | Source reference(s): FS(B207) R223
Semantic domain: kin terms

Sentence example (1)

  1. Koh-chew keech 'o choo-moyhl 'o nes-kwe-chok'w 'ue-me'-loh mehl kue Hee-wow 'o tek 'o'-lehl 'o Rek'-woy nue 'wech-pe-ga'r, To's wee 'no-'o'hl keech kee 'na-'ahs-pee'-moh 'em-kee weet kee 'ne-soo 'e'-gah?
    Six days passed and a relative of his came from the house at Hiwow in Requa, and asked, May we now drink at home, and eat as we usually do?

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