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tmohkeloyehl

Dictionary entry

tmohkeloyehl • vi e-class • they are broken, they are broken in pieces (of bones, etc.)

Lexicon record # 3600 | Source reference(s): JE22
Derivation: morphological structure tm-ohkeloy-e-

Other paradigm form

  • 3sg tmohkelee' R257

Other derivatives of the theme tmohk-

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (6)

  1. 'Ne-mehl mey tmohkelee' 'ne-chekws.
    I'm crying because my heart is broken.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  2. Tmohkelee' 'ne-chekws.
    My heart is broken.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  3. Weet 'o tmohkelee', ko neee'n 'o wonekw,'o tmohkelee' nahkwoh tepoo.
    It's broken there, look uphill, there's a broken fir there.

    Audio 

    — Glenn Moore, Discussion of hunting language and directional terminology (GM9, 2004)

  4. Hewon 'we-newoyhl 'woogey negee'eehl chaahl 'we-laaye'mek' 'o ko tye'wolee' koleen kue 'o'lehl kue 'o megetohlkwonee kue roowo's, na'amee tmohkelee' k'ee roowo's.
    When white men were first seen there were two of them walking along the sands, and at that time one of the houses was burnt down where the pipes were kept, and one pipe was broken in two places.

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

  5. Na'mee tmohkelee' kue roowo's.
    The pipe was broken in two places.

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