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key-yom

Dictionary entry

key-yomn • dipper basket • Variant ke'-yom

Lexicon record # 874 | Source reference(s): R206 JE15 JE175
Semantic domain: baskets and basket making

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Key-yom.
    Dipper.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 25: "Foods/Dishes" (GT3-25, 2003)

  2. Kue me-wee-mor ne-ge'm wo-hlee wey-yew key-yom; tue' week-tue' 'ok'w kue 'we-roo-wo's 'em-see 'woh-kuem.
    The old man took a newly made dipper basket; in it were his pipe and tobacco.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  3. Nek kee ne-ge-mek' kue 'ne-key-yom noohl ko myoo-tek' 'ne-ka'.
    He said, I will take my basket and put on my blanket.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  4. Noohl 'o ko hlo'm kue 'ue-key-yom 'e-nue-mee poy we-nok'w.
    Then he took his basket and went ahead.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  5. Noohl now 'o nek' kue ne-pe'-weesh-neg 'ue'-wers kue 'ue-key-yom week-tue' 'o nek'.
    Then he put the otterskin away in the basket.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)