Yurok dictionary

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kaa-mehl

Dictionary entry

kaa-mehl • n • dirt, grave, graveyard

Lexicon record # 714 | Source reference(s): R204 JE42 JE62
Derivation: morphological structure kaam-ehl

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Cho' ne-goh-se-ne'm k'ee k'ehee-mar k'e-'oon. Keech kaa-mehl, cho' kee k'e-wo-lee'.
    Take off your dirty underwear. It's dirty, so it can be washed.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  2. Kaa-mehl ko 'o ge-gook'.
    I will go to the grave.

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