Yurok dictionary

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'ai-ye-kwee'

Dictionary entry

'ai-ye-kwee' • excl • 1 alas!, I am sorry, a formal salutation of departure, formerly used "chiefly as farewell to the dead, etc." 2 hello! 3 • vn • long for, miss • Variant 'o-ye-kwee'

Lexicon record # 4197 | Source reference(s): RS(ALK1939-1::30 YM435) YM435 JE69 FS(B222) R271
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (4)

  1. 'ai-ye-kwee' "hello!" (spoken by Archie Thompson)

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  2. 'ai-ye-kwee' "hello" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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