Dictionary entry
he'mee' • n • pigeon (band-tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata)
Lexicon record # 440 | Source reference(s):
YM239 R199 JE103
Semantic
domain: birds
Sentence examples (4)
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He'mee'.
Pigeon.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)
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Newook' kue he'mee'.
I saw a pigeon. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)
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[Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee he'mee'?] He'mee' kwel wegaaneyoch'. Ko'l 'o hohkueme'm k'er-nerh... wee'eet 'o syo'ooch'.
[Is the pigeon a ch'u'ch'ish?] Pigeon gives warnings. When you're picking berries, he'll make noise. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)