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weno'omuerek'

Dictionary entry

weno'omuerek'vi e-class • I swim

Lexicon record # 3850 | Source reference(s): R262 FS(LA138-002)
Derivation: morphological structure weno'om-ur-e-

Other paradigm form

  • collective weno'omueree'm

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Poyew weno'omue'r.
    He's swimming in front.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  2. Kues keech weno'omueree'm?
    How far have they gotten (swimming in a race)?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006) (LA138-006, 1980)

  3. Tue' po roo, pa'aahl 'ela roo, 'o new keech weno'omue'r, keech ma hloo'm.
    ... I threw it in the water and saw them swim, and they took them.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Feeding Otters" (LA181-31, 1986)

  4. Kwesee kue weet 'owook kechoyk 'o newee' kolo 'ee newee' 'w-eseyek' kwelekw ko'l sook poy 'ue-weno'omuerehl.
    The next morning they looked and fancied they saw some things swimming ahead of them.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  5. Kolo 'ee newee' 'w-eseyek' ko'l sook poy 'ue-weno'omuerehl.
    It seemed that some things were swimming in front.

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

  6. Ke'l kem wee' ho weno'omuere'm.
    You swam there too.

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