Yurok dictionary

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hlmeyor

Dictionary entry

hlmeyor • vn • fear, be afraid

Lexicon record # 4537 | Source reference(s): R66
Derivation: morphological structure hlmey-orkw

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Kue nek hlmeyor pegerk keech neskwechok'w.
    The man I fear has come back.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  2. Kue nek hlmeyor keech neskwechok'w.
    The man I am afraid of has come back.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  3. Keech 'eme hlmeyor, chuehl heemerk'ses keekee k'e-nes!
    They will not fear you, so come quickly!

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)