Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

che'loyehl • vi e-class pass • they are dry

Lexicon record # 67 | Source reference(s): R191 JE45
Semantic domain: food, drink, and cooking
Derivation: morphological structure che'l-oye-

Other paradigm form

• attributive 3sg/3pl che'lonee dried (of food) R191 JE115

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (7)

1. Nahchesek' kue pegerey 'esee kue meweemor kue che'lonee nepuy.
   I give the elders smoked salmon.

   — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

2. Tmenomee che'lonee sloyhl.
   Half dried eels.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 25: "Foods/Dishes" (GT3-25, 2003)

3. Che'lonee nepuy.
   Smoked salmon.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 25: "Foods/Dishes" (GT3-25, 2003)

4. Keech che'lee' kue 'errwerh.
   That grass is dry.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

5. Noohl koypoh 'o'lep 'o le'mehl kegoh 'emsee che'lonee nepuy chpee nepee'mehl.
   Then in the morning they went to the house, and ate only soup and dried salmon.

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

6. Mocho keet mo'ok'w 'n-ohkuem 'emsee 'ne-'wo'hlp'e'y chegeychekw kue nepuy kue che'lonee 'o 'o's'o' kue roowo's.
   When I have no tobacco and no angelica root, I give the dried salmon to the pipes in little pieces.

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

7. Kolo keech nee mok'w ho 'ekek'olehlkok'w. Nee soneen keech che'lee'. Nee mok'w k'ee mehl sku'y soneenep'.
   It was as if he no longer had strong legs. He got dry. There was nothing that made him feel better.

   — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)