Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

hlmey-yor • vn • fear, be afraid

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

Sentence examples (3)

1. Kue nek hlmey-yor pe-gerk keech nes-kwe-chok'w.
   The man I fear has come back.

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

2. Kue nek hlmey-yor keech nes-kwe-chok'w.
   The man I am afraid of has come back.

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

3. Keech 'e-me hlmey-yor, chuehl hee-merk'-ses kee-kee k'e-nes!
   They will not fear you, so come quickly!

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