Yurok dictionary

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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'ee-shah 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 pe-gerk pa-'aahl 'ee koo', 'ue-kert-kek'.
    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 mue-lah, chpee ko'r mue-lah.
    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 weesh-tue 'o ko koo' kue chee-no-me-wes, Tew-pos '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' koo-see muen-chey k'ee chaahl, to' kwehl na-'a'-mo'w 'o wee-'eeet noohl reeek-'ew nee ko-'oh kue 'we-neee'-no-woyk' kue wee 'ee ko 'uem-yah 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 'nep-sech wo-neeks 'o so'n ma-'ahs-kehl, noohl pue-lekws 'o ne-wo'm kyue' nee 'ue-ko-'oh ko'l 'we-so'nk-'e-nuue'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 kle-wo-luehl pa-'ah 'ee yo koo'.
    I was standing by the waterfall.

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

  9. Ke-lew 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-ne-geee'-no-wohl.
    Then they stood on the shore to look at it.

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

  11. Ke-lew cho yo' 'o koo'!
    You people, stand over there!

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