Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

tepoonohl • n • forest, in a forest

Lexicon record # 3513 | Source reference(s): R255 JE57
Semantic domain: plants and trees

Special meaning or use

• tepoonohl nee le'loyhl forest fire YLCB112

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (8)

1. 'O tepoonohl nee le'loyhl.
   Forest fire.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

2. Tepoonohl.
   Forest.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

3. Tepoonohl keech ro'op'.
   It ran into the timber.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-022) (LA138-022, 1980)

4. Nek newook' meweehl tepoonohl 'o gegok'w.
   I saw an elk in the forest.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

5. Nek no'p'enek' meweehl tue' tepoonohl 'o ro'op'.
   I was chasing an elk but it ran into the forest.

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

6. Nek tepoonohl 'o cheyohpeenek' puuek.
   I hid the deer in the forest.

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

7. Nek no'p'enek' meweehl tue' tepoonohl 'we-heenoy 'o ro'op'.
   I was chasing an elk but it ran behind the trees.

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

8. Cheeeko'l sootok'w 'o tepoonohl.
   He wanders round in the forest.

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