Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

meek-'o-lew • vn • swallow

Lexicon record # 4523 | Source reference(s): LA16-8

Sentence examples (2)

1. Te-lek' 'ne-meek-'o-lew.
   It hurts to swallow.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 11: "I have a headache. Health" (GT3-11, 2003)

2. To' 'e-lekw weet 'ee nue-mee 'we-chah-chew kee 'ue-meek-'o-lew mee' kwe-lekw nee-kee mehl se-ga-'a-ge'y 'oohl.
   Well, it was difficult for anyone to swallow just because a man got rich by doing it.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)