Yurok dictionary

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no'omue'l

Dictionary entry

no'omue'l • vn • water is a certain depth

Lexicon record # 2255 | Source reference(s): FS(LA138:1:2)
Derivation: morphological structure no'om-u'l-

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Mocho kee wohpeye'm, k'e-yaahl kee no'omue'l, k'e-senohl kee no'omue'l, k'e-pahtuenohl kee no'omue'l.
    If you cross it (the water), it will be up to your belly, it will be up to your arms, it will be up to your neck.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

  2. 'Ner-'errkerhl no'omue'l.
    It's up to my knees.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)