Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

'oyhl • vn • lie (down)

Lexicon record # 4393 | Source reference: R271
Derivation: morphological structure 'oy-ehlk

Sentence examples (14)

1. Wek 'oyhl skueyenee tektoh.
   There's a good log.

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   — Glenn Moore, Discussion and sentences related to a Coyote story (GM4, 2004)

2. Mehlkuek 'oyhl.
   It's lying way under there.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-018) (LA138-018, 1980)

3. Keech k'en 'oyhl.
   Somethings lying (in) there.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

4. Kwesee 'ap newom' wee'eeet 'oyhl nuemee chey muenter'ery kepcheneesh.
   And he saw lying there a tiny white fawn.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

5. Kolchee kol' 'o pegar kem tue' 'o'lep 'o myah 'w-egolek', Kuech, nee mokw' hes 'oyhl kee nepek'?
   Whenever anyone was at home he leaped into the house and said, Grandmother, isn't there anything lying here for me to eat?

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

6. Neekee chue now lehlkenee', mos taa kol' kem ko 'oyhl pecheykwsehl kue nuemee 'we-chey kem now lehlkenee'.
   Everything was cleared away, and nothing lay on the path; even the smallest bit of gravel was cleared away.

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

7. Na'mee mechkah toomok's kue laayekw tue' mos cheetaa kol' sook kee nee 'oyhl.
   The path was two feet wide and nothing at all lay on it.

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

8. Wee' kee 'oyhl kue k'e-srahkwoh; k'e-roowo's cho chpee negemem'.
   Your loincloth will stay here; just carry your pipe.

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

9. Kwelekw wee' keech 'oyhl k'ee ma'ahskehl.
   The spear is lying here.

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

10. Tue' wee 'o rek'eeen wenchokws, koleen kue we'yon kue ho nergerykermeen tue' wo'oot neekee 'ue-myah 'o 'erlermerkerhl kue 'ue-kery nows 'o nek' kue nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers wonues 'ap nek' kue nepuey 'oyhl.
    Two women were sitting there, and one was the girl who was helping, and she jumped up and untied her hair tie, and took off the otterskin and put it on the salmon where it lay.

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

11. Kue pontet kem wee 'o lehlkenee'; mos cheetaa kol' sook ko 'oyhl chpee chkeno' soo ho'omah.
    The ashes had been cleared away; nothing lay there, and there was only a small fire.

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

12. 'Yoch 'ue-poyew nee 'oyhl 'ne-ch'wona'.
    My coat is lying in the front of the boat.

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

13. Mos kol' ko' 'oyhl.
    Nothing was left there.

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

14. Nepuey heema'erk'uek 'oyhl 'o kue ha'aag.
    A salmon is lying underneath the rock.

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