Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

kwahhley • vn • be against Indian belief, be forbidden by Indian law, be taboo, be forbidden

Lexicon record # 1240 | Source reference(s): R213 JE5 JE57 JE74 JE133

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (4)

1. Mosee 'w-egoyhl k'ee Rek'woy 'emsee Wehlkwew nee 'oole'monee keemee nepee'mehl nepuy; kwelekw kue puelekw wee' chpee 'o kwahhley.
   It was not meant that the inhabitants of Requa and Wehlkwew should not eat salmon; it was only forbidden at the mouth of the river.

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

2. Kue pegerk mehl Wehlkwew kue skewoksemeen kue 'we-na'awok' hasee heenoyks laa'y 'emsee pa'aahleeks neekee ma laa'y 'o kue myerwernernee; soo hasee' paas wonue laa'y kue keech ho laahohkue' kue laayekw, mee' kwahhley 'oohl wonues kee 'we-laayek' 'o kue laayekw.
   A man from Wehlkwew who wanted to catch surf fish went inside of the path and then into the water at the high water line; so strictly was it intended that one should not pass over where the path had been made, because it was forbidden for anyone to walk on the path.

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

3. Wee'eeet 'ee now mehl ho lehlkenee' cheeeko'l sook, mee' kwahhley wonue k'e-naametek' ko'l sook.
   This is why everything was cleared away, because you are not allowed to tread on anything.

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

4. Kwahhley 'oohl wonue kee 'we-laayek'.
   It was forbidden for a person to pass over it.

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