Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

peloyek' • vi e-class • 1 I am big (human beings, animals and birds, tools, trees, etc.) 2 I am old (human beings)

Lexicon record # 2526 | Source reference(s): R237 JE81 R237 JE6

Other paradigm forms

• 3sg pe'l, pelo'y R237

• alternative 3pl pope'l R237

• collective peloye'm, popelee'm R237

• attributive 3sg peleen big, great, large R237 JE19 JE81

• alternative attr 3pl popeleen R237

Special meanings or uses

• pe'l so'neek big doings, celebration JE19 JE29

• neenee pe'l bigger JE19

• kue nuemee peleen biggest JE19

• ke'mee pe'l too big, too large JE81

• neenee peloy older JE98

Derived phrase or compound

• Peleen Kerrcherh "the ridge above Pekwtuhl"

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (44)

1. pe'l "s/he is big" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

2. pe'l serrhlerh "do hard" (spoken by Violet Moore)

3. pe'l so'n "big doings, celebration" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)