Dictionary entry
kaap'ehl • n • brush (vegetation)
Lexicon record # 735 | Source reference(s):
R204 JE24
Semantic
domain: plants and trees
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (10)
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Kaap'ehl 'ee keech ro'op'.
It ran into the brush.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-022) (LA138-022, 1980)
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[Kaap'ehl hes kem... Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee ne'muuep?] 'Ee, meskwoh wee' hegohkue'.
[Is the lupine a kaap'ehl?] Yes, they make medicine. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee nepoyoch?] 'Ee, kaap'ehl wee' k'ee nepoyoch... 'wew nepoyoch, 'ohlkuemee kaap'ehl wee'.
[Is the hay kaap'ehl?] Yes, greens are brush. Its name is nepoyoch, because it is brush. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee mahkuehl?] 'Ee, mahkuehl kwel neemee kaap'ehl wee', nerhpery wee'.
[Is the salal berry a kaap'ehl?] Yes, it's not brush, it's berries. — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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[Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee stostek'?] Paa', wee' keneemee kaap'ehl wee' stostek'
[Is the small fir tree a kaap'ehl?] No, the small fir tree isn't kaap'ehl — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
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Kaap'ehl nee 'oole'm.
(They) are living in the brush.— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
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Chuehl ne'ges 'ne-kaap'ehl!
Take my plant!— Lame Billy, Gambling medicine formula (Ac, 1902)
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Tue chuehl ne'ges 'ne-kaap'ehl! Cho' chpuerkoo'm 'ne-kaap'ehl!
Take my plant! Take care of my plant!— Lame Billy, Gambling medicine formula (Ac, 1902)