Yurok dictionary

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che-gey-yo-nah

Dictionary entry

che-gey-yo-nah • vn • get on someone's nerves • n • pest

Lexicon record # 31 | Source reference(s): YLCB23 JE103
Derivation: morphological structure cheyahp + -eg-

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Yo' kwen soot-'os! Che-gey-yo-nah.
    Go away! You're getting on my nerves.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 6: "Go get it" (GT3-06, 2003)

  2. Che-gey-yo-nah.
    Don't bother me.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)