Yurok dictionary

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sew

Dictionary entry

sew • vn • breathe, sigh

Lexicon record # 3026 | Source reference(s): R247

Special meaning or use

  • mok'w 'we-sew he has passed away [literally, "his breathing is no more"] R247

Derived phrase or compound

  • Suue "a cave under Megah"

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Ko'mee tenpeyok'. Kee mok'w 'ne-sew.
    I ate so much I can't breathe.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)

  2. Keech neemok'w 'ne-sew.
    I'm out of breath.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

  3. Keech neemok'w hes k'e-sew?
    Are you out of breath?

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

  4. Yo' chwegeen wo'n ho mo'ok'w 'we-sew.
    He went on talking until his last breath (lit. until he had no breathing).

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

  5. Mok'w 'we-sew.
    He has passed away (his breathing is no more).

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