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he-wo-lon

Dictionary entry

he-wo-lonvn • heal, cure (the body, an illness)

Lexicon record # 463 | Source reference(s): R199 JE36 JE67
Semantic domain: health and sickness

Sentence examples (4)

  1. [Leyes hes wee' k'ee 'yekwhl?] Paa', wot kem nee-mee ley-yes. Choh-pos weesh wenohl weet 'o he-wo-lon.
    [Is the maggot a leyes?] no, that's not a snake. They're fly's excrement, they come al..

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

  2. Kue me-ges ma he-wo-lon kue te-lo-ge'-mo-nee.
    The doctor cured the sick.

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

  3. Ma he-wo-lon kue nee 'oo-le'-mo-nee.
    He came and healed those who were here.

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

  4. He-wo-lon nee-kee too'm kue nee 'oo-le'-mo-nee.
    He healed everyone who was there.

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