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yo'-kwen

Dictionary entry

yo'-kwen • adv • there

Lexicon record # 4151 | Source reference: R267

Sentence examples (7)

  1. Pel' soo te'-nes 'ee kwe-see yo'-kwen 'o le-kon', hee-choo 'ee-kee le-kon'.
    He got really drunk and fell, and he fell down.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Yo'-kwen soot-'os! Che-gey-yo-nah.
    Go away! You're getting on my nerves.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 6: "Go get it" (GT3-06, 2003)

  3. Yo'-kwen soot-'os.
    Get out of here.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 7: "Okay. Expressions" (GT3-07, 2003)

  4. Yo'-kwen loot-'es!
    Throw it away!

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences in Jessie Exline's Yurok Dictionary (YD, 1980s)

  5. Ne-kah yo'-kwen me laa-ye'-moh; soo mee' wo ske-wok kee 'ne-ne-woo kue 'ue-pe-le-pek'.
    We passed by there; so much did we not want to see the fighting.

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

  6. Yo'-kwen loot-'es ko-weesh!
    Throw the stick away!

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  7. Yo'-kwen kee loo-tek' ko-weesh.
    I'll throw the stick away.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)