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we-no-'o-mue-rek'

Dictionary entry

we-no-'o-mue-rek'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 we-no-'o-mue-ree'm

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Po-yew we-no-'o-mue'r.
    He's swimming in front.

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

  2. Kues keech we-no-'o-mue-ree'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 'e-la roo, 'o new keech we-no-'o-mue'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. Kwe-see kue weet 'o-wook ke-choyk 'o ne-wee' ko-lo 'ee ne-wee' 'we-sey-yek' kwe-lekw ko'l sook poy 'ue-we-no-'o-mue-rehl.
    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. Ko-lo 'ee ne-wee' 'we-sey-yek' ko'l sook poy 'ue-we-no-'o-mue-rehl.
    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 we-no-'o-mue-re'm.
    You swam there too.

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