Dictionary entry
k'ehl • adv • used with tomoyek' be very young, be very small
Lexicon record # 1180 | Source reference(s): R212
Sentence examples (5)
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Wek tomoyek', k'ehl tomoyek'.
I am this tall (small), I am very small.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-005) (LA138-005, 1980)
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Koleen nuemee meweemor keech k'ehl (?) nuemee ...
A very old man ...— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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K'ehl nuemee tokto'm, sega'anee popsew, neeko'l nepuy, sega'anee kahkah, sega'anee cho' nerper'w k'en 'ok'w.
It was in tiny bits, sometimes bread, always salmon, sometimes sturgeon, sometimes there was meat.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Feeding Otters" (LA181-31, 1986)
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K'ehl nuemee to'm kue mewah, kwesee keet 'o pe'l weet 'o so'n keskee chpee nee yegok'w mos wey 'ue-kertkerk'.
The boy was very small, but as he began to grow up it turned out that all he would do was to go down to the water's edge and was never done with fishing for trout.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kwesee' 'o hlo'm kue 'ekah wo'eeks so neee'nowo'm 'o newo'm k'en 'oohlke's k'ehl nuemee to'm.
She picked up that cap, looked inside of it, and saw in it there lay something very small.— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)