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yewo'hl

Dictionary entry

yewo'hl • v imp e-class • there is an earthquake • See

Lexicon record # 4133 | Source reference(s): R267 JE47

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  1. Yewo'hl.
    Earthquake.

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

  2. Ho yewo'hl.
    There was an earthquake.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  3. Kue 'ela 'wer'ergery 'o pe'l 'we-yewohlek'.
    When I was young there was a big earthquake.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  4. 'O pe'l soo yewo'hl.
    It started to shake harder.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  5. Keetee yewo'hl.
    We're going to have an earthquake.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-009) (LA138-009, 1980)

  6. Keech yewo'hl. Keetkwo testo', kowecho' lekwsee sooto'm.
    We've had an earthquake. It's still shaking (shivering), don't go outside.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-040) (LA138-040, 1980)

  7. Heekon nuemee keem soo yewo'hl tue' 'o tene'm markwewohl.
    Years ago there was a terrible earthquake and many people perished.

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