Yurok dictionary

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pee'eeyek'

Dictionary entry

pee'eeyek' • vi e-class • I gather mussels

Lexicon record # 2591 | Source reference(s): R238

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg pee'ee' R238

  • imperative sg pee'ees R238

  • collective pee'eeye'm R238

  • attributive 3sg/3pl pee'eeen R238

Derived phrases or compounds

  • 'O Pegee' "a beach north of 'Espew"

  • 'O Pegee'eeyem' "a nearly submerged rock near Elk Point (also called 'O Pegee'eeh)"

  • 'O Pegee'eeh "a nearly submerged rock near Elk Point (also called 'O Pegee'eeyem')"

Sentence example (1)

  1. Pegee'eeye'moh.
    Lots of us were gathering mussels.

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