Yurok dictionary

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yokmokee

Dictionary entry

yokmokee • adv • around, here and there • Variant yo'muekee

Lexicon record # 4146 | Source reference(s): R267 JE7 JE7

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Yokmokee ho t'la.
    It was raining big drops all around.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-030) (LA138-030, 1980)

  2. Yokmokee ho myah 'ue-myegah.
    It jumped around, the one that keeps jumping.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-047) (LA138-047, 1980)

  3. 'O ga'm, Cho' yokmokee negeee'nowo'm mocho kee hese'm.
    He said, Look round about if you feel like it.

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

  4. Yokmokee sootok'w nee wee' kue pegerk.
    The man has gone wandering around here.

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