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keemole'n

Dictionary entry

keemole'n • vi e-class • it is bad

Lexicon record # 4484 | Source reference(s): R38 R62 R207
Derivation: morphological structure kim-ol2-ene-

Other paradigm form

  • attributive 3sg/3pl keemolenee R62 R207 JE70

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Keemolenee nerper'w.
    (What do buzzards eat?) Bad meat.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)

  2. Nuemee keemole'n.
    That's horrible.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 7: "Okay. Expressions" (GT3-07, 2003)

  3. Keech keemole'n, keech per'yp'er'w.
    It's bad, it's spoiled.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-032) (LA138-032, 1980)

  4. 'Ey, keemole'n k'ee 'we-hlkelonah.
    Yes, their country is bad.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  5. Keech keemolen' 'o'lomehl.
    (The) house is old (in bad shape).

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

  6. Keech keemole'n.
    (It's) dirty (e.g., a dress).

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)