Dictionary entry
ro'm • vi e-class • it spreads (of a smell, etc.)
Lexicon record # 2880 | Source reference(s):
R243
Derivation: morphological structure ro'm-
Sentence examples (3)
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Kue woneek 'we-rohpek' kue 'wo'hlp'e'y 'ue-meraa 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Kwelekw kue roowo's weesh 'we-sewepek'; kwelekw wee'eeet keekee koosee ro'm tue' 'eemoksue ko teloge'mo'w mehl heeko'ch'uek ho 'wes'onah.
As the smoke from the angelica root drifted upward the old man said, This is the breath of the pipe; it will spread everywhere and there will be no sickness from here to the heavens.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl 'o tegerue'm kue roowo's 'o ga'm, K'ee meraa kwelekw kelew wee k'e-sewepek'; keekee chue ro'm.
Then he spoke to the pipes, and said, This smoke is your breath; it will spread everywhere.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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K'ee meraa keekee chue ro'm.
The smoke will spread everywhere.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)