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koo'

Dictionary entry

koo' • vn • stand (of people or animals in or assuming a standing posture)

Lexicon record # 1052 | Source reference(s): R210

Other paradigm form

  • plural ko'oh

Sentence examples (11)

  1. 'O kue ch'eeshah kue pa'aahl 'ee koo'.
    The dog is standing in the water.

    Audio 

    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Kue pegerk pa'aahl 'ee koo', 'ue-kertkek'.
    The man is standing in the water, fishing with a pole.

    Audio 

    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. 'O ge'm, Kwelekw, 'och wek kyue' 'o koo' kue muelah, chpee ko'r muelah.
    He said, Well, one horse is standing there, only one horse.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)

  4. Peesh weeshtue 'o ko koo' kue cheenomewes, Tewpos 'o cheen.
    Well, so the young man stood, the young man from Tewpos.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  5. Tue' koosee muenchey k'ee chaahl, to' kwehl na'a'mo'w 'o wee'eeet noohl reeek'ew nee ko'oh kue 'we-neee'nowoyk' kue wee 'ee ko 'ue-myah kue 'yoch.
    And the sand was all white, and a crowd of people were standing on the shore to watch the boat bounding in there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  6. Noohl kue 'ne-psech woneeks 'o so'n ma'ahskehl, noohl puelekws 'o newo'm kyue' nee 'ue-ko'oh ko'l 'we-so'nk'enuue'm.
    Then my father picked up the spear, and he saw people standing at the mouth of the river fishing.

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

  7. Keech 'ee yo koo'.
    I have been standing here.

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

  8. Kue 'o klewoluehl pa'ah 'ee yo koo'.
    I was standing by the waterfall.

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

  9. Kelew cho yo' 'o koo'!
    You people stand over there!

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

  10. Noohl reeek'ew nee ko'oh kue 'we-negeee'nowohl.
    Then they stood on the shore to look at it.

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

  11. Kelew cho yo' 'o koo'!
    You people, stand over there!

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