Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

helomeyek' • vi e-class • I dance • Variant helomek'

Lexicon record # 427 | Source reference(s): R198 JE39 MM(ES44)
Semantic domain: ceremonies and dances

Other paradigm form

• collective helomeye'm

Derived phrase or compound

• Meweehl 'O Legehl "Cann's Prairie (on the ridge of the Bald Hills above the mouth of Redwood Creek)"

Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (63)

1. helomes "dance!" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

2. helomeyek' "I dance" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)

3. helomeyek' "I dance" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

4. helomeye'm "we/you(pl.)/they dance" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)

5. helome'y "s/he dances" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

6. helome'y "s/he dances" (spoken by Carrie Roberts)