Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

saameyohl • n • widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder • widow • Variant saamehl

Lexicon record # 2949 | Source reference(s): RS(ALK1939-1:41) R246 R246
Semantic domain: people

Derived phrase or compound

• saameyohl 'o 'ue-meyoo "a child born while its widowed mother was still cutting her hair"

Short recordings (4) | Sentence example (1)

1. saamehl "widow" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. saameyohl "widow" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

3. saameyohl "widow" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

4. saameyohl "widow" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)