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kaameg

Dictionary entry

kaamegvn imp • be bad weather

Lexicon record # 712 | Source reference(s): R204
Semantic domain: weather
Derivation: morphological structure kaameg

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Neeko'l 'we-ten, keech kaameg.
    It's always raining, the weather is bad.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)

  2. To' nuemee kaameg 'ee le'moh.
    Although the weather was bad we went all the same.

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

  3. Nahksey 'ne-'yoch 'we-teekwteekwonehl ho soo kaameg.
    Three of my boats have been broken it was such bad weather.

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

  4. To' nuemee kaameg 'ee le'moh so pechue.
    Although the weather was bad we went up the river.

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

  5. Kolo keetee nuemee kaameg.
    It looks like being very bad weather.

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