Yurok dictionary

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he'-mee'

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)

  1. He'-mee'.
    Pigeon.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 31: "Animals" (GT3-31, 2003)

  2. Ne-wook' kue he'-mee'.
    I saw a pigeon.

    Audio 

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)

  3. [Ch'ue'ch'eesh hes wee' k'ee he'-mee'?] He'-mee' kwel we-gaa-ney-yoch'. Ko'l 'o hoh-kue-me'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.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)