Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

pe-lo-yek' • 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, pe-lo'y R237

• alternative 3pl po-pe'l R237

• collective pe-lo-ye'm, po-pe-lee'm R237

• attributive 3sg pe-leen big, great, large R237 JE19 JE81

• alternative attr 3pl po-pe-leen R237

Special meanings or uses

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

• nee-nee pe'l bigger JE19

• kue nue-mee pe-leen biggest JE19

• ke'-mee pe'l too big, too large JE81

• nee-nee pe-loy older JE98

Derived phrase or compound

• Pe-leen Kerr-cherh "the ridge above Pekwtuhl"

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (44)

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

2. pe'l serr-hlerh "do hard" (spoken by Violet Moore)

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