Yurok dictionary

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hee-me-kook'

Dictionary entry

hee-me-kook'vi oo-class • I hurry (doing something)

Lexicon record # 497 | Source reference(s): R200 JE71 YLCB11
Derivation: morphological structure him-ek-oo-

Representative example

  • Cho' hee-me-koo'm k'e-ker-ger-cherk'!

    Row faster!
    AF(AG-04-1)

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Ko-we-cho' hee-me-koo'm k'ech-we-geen.
    Don't talk so fast.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 4: "Do you understand?" (GT3-04, 2003)

  2. Cho' hee-me-choo'm.
    Walk a little faster.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)

  3. Cho ko hee-me-koo'm k'e-pe-wo-mek'!
    Be quick with your cooking!

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

  4. Cho' hee-me-koo'm k'e-pe-wo-mek'.
    Hurry up with your cooking!

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