Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

keehl • pv • contraction of ki mehl

Lexicon record # 888 | Source reference: R207

Sentence examples (9)

1. Keehl muehl-ko-chem' hes... k'e-ne-puey?
   Are you going to sell your salmon?

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

2. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee lo-chom'?] 'Ee, weet tue' kem kee hlmey-kom' mo-cho kee yo hoo-le-nah keehl mey-ko-yem'.
   [Is the toad a hoore'mos?] Yes, that can harm you also if you disturb them, they can hurt you.

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   — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

3. Nee mokw' keehl hoh.
   There is nothing I can do with it.

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

4. 'Ochkaa pem' kue we'yk-'oh keehl 'e'-gah.
   She is now cooking what we shall eat today.

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

5. Kos-'e-la koo-see 'oo' k'ee keehl 'e'-gah.
   May there everywhere be food to eat.

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

6. Keehl 'er'-gerp mehl kel'.
   I'll tell about you.

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

7. seee-ga wee keehl (?) 'neme-ney-kwe-no (?) 'ne'-wes.
   You need not be afraid of me.

   — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)

8. seee-ga wee keehl k'e-me-ney-kwe-noo'ne'-wes.
   much they will not fear you.

   — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)

9. Se-ga (?) wee keehl 'ne-me-ney-kwe-noo-me-lek''ne'-wes.
   For that reason nobody will be afraid of me.

   — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)