Dictionary entry
swoo'm • vn • smell bad, stink, have a strong odor
Lexicon record # 3338 | Source reference(s):
R252 JE122 JE128 FS(NYD120)
Derivation: morphological structure sw-oo'm-
Sentence examples (6)
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Ko-we-cho' pue'-ne'm, mee' swoo'm.
Stop farting, it stinks.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 6: "Go get it" (GT3-06, 2003)
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Swoo'm k'ee 'o'-lehl.
This house stinks. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
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Swoo'm.
It stinks. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
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Kue murncherhl nue-mee swoo'm.
The milk really stinks. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1a, 2001)
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Keech swoo'm
It's been smelled— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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Keech swoo'm.
It's been smelled.— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)