Dictionary entry
roy • vn • flow, melt • n • river, stream
Lexicon record # 2887 | Source reference(s):
JE89 R242
Derivation: morphological structure royk-
Special meanings or uses
me 'we-roy it melted away JE89
'we-roy river (at a particular place)
Hehl-keek 'WeRoy "Klamath River"
Hee-neg 'WeRoy "Smith River"
Ke-nek 'WeRoy "Tuley Creek"
Me-tah 'WeRoy "Metah Creek"
'O'rekw 'WeRoy "Redwood Creek"
K'err' 'WeRoy "Hodge Creek, south of the Klamath"
'Emech 'WeRoy "a creek near the Del Norte County line, also called 'Emonekw 'We-Roy"
'Emo-nekw 'WeRoy "a creek near the Del Norte County line, also called 'Emech 'We-Roy"
Hlke-leek 'WeRoy "a creek south of 'O Segen"
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (9)
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pue-leek 'we-roy "down river" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)