Yurok dictionary

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swoo'-me-lek'

Dictionary entry

swoo'-me-lek' • vi e-class • I smell, I stink, I have a strong odor • Variant swoo'-mo-lek'

Lexicon record # 3339 | Source reference(s): R252 JE129 FS(NYD120)
Derivation: morphological structure sw-oo'm-el-e-

Other paradigm form

  • attributive 3sg/3pl swoo'-mo-no-nee R252

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Wooyhl noohl ho-'op' mehl 'wo'hl-p'e'y tue' weesh-tue' keech nee soo swoo'-me-lehl kue 'er'-gerrch kem nee-kee so'n.
    All night he made a fire with angelica root and so they both smelt of it and the sweathouse did as well.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  2. Keech swoo'-me'l.
    He stinks now (from contact with something).

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

  3. 'Ochkaa swoo'-me'l.
    He stinks now (naturally).

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