Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

'ep'ehl • conj • if • adv • should

Lexicon record # 4257 | Source reference: R269

Sentence examples (10)

1. 'Ep'ehl wo hloyek' see 'o leeekoomelek'.
   If I had been caught I should have been knifed.

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

2. 'Ep'ehl neskwechokw' meges 'eemee wee' sheeshon'.
   If the doctor had come things would not be like this.

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

3. 'Ep'ehl wee 'okw' kue 'ne-psech kwelekw 'eemoksue hekchoh.
   If my father were alive we would not ask you.

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

4. 'Ep'ehl wee' noo 'oom' see 'emee wo ho'omohtkoyem'.
   If you had stayed here (with the others) you would not have been hurt.

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

5. Mos weesh see serrhl 'ep'ehl skuey' soo's.
   He would not have done that if he had been good natured.

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

6. 'Ep'ehl neskwechokw' meges 'eemee wee sheeshon'.
   If the doctor had come things would not have been like this.

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

7. 'Ep'ehl wee noo 'oom' see 'emee wo ho'omohtkoyem'.
   If you had stayed here (with the rest) you would not have been hurt.

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

8. 'Ep'ehl wo hloyek' see 'o leeekoomelek'.
   If I had been caught I should have been stabbed.

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

9. Mos weesh see sherrhl 'ep'ehl skuey' soo's.
   He would not have done that if he had been good natured.

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

10. Cheen' 'ep'ehl noohl keech neskwechoom'.
    You should have come back earlier then.

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