Yurok dictionary

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hookw

Dictionary entry

hookw • vn • gamble

Lexicon record # 601 | Source reference(s): R201
Semantic domain: games

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Hee-kon kue 'e-la hoo-le'-mo-nee nee-kee chyue 'o gookw, kwe-see kue 'o'-ro-wee' kem 'o gookwch'.
    Once upon a time the inhabitants of the earth were all gambling, and the dove too was gambling.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)

  2. Hee-kon kue 'e-la hoo-le'-mo-nee nee-kee chue hookw.
    Once upon a time all who were there were gambling.

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