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lehl-koo'

Dictionary entry

lehl-koo'vn • fall, be heard (noises)

Lexicon record # 1373 | Source reference(s): R216
Semantic domain: sounds and speaking

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Cho' chpuer-ko'-mo'w wee' k'e-laa-yee'm o'w kue laas, ... kee k'e-lehl-koo'.
    Be careful walking on that trail. You might fall ...

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

  2. Chee-ko'l nee lehl-koo'.
    They drop here and there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-2, 2003)

  3. Kwe-see pa-'aahl 'o lehl-koo', tue' kue wee-'eeet ... 'o kee-puen toy 'o lech-ke-ne'm kue ... too-mok's kue ce-ment.
    And it fell into the water, and in the winter here they threw big pieces of cement there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  4. Tue' kue 'we-roh-sek' mehl kue ne-puy ske-lee 'o lehl-koo' kue nah-ko' 'e-nue-mee wo-nue le-ko'n kue ne-puy.
    When he threw it at them, the wooden plates fell down and it fell right on them.

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

  5. Kue wo-nekws 'we-soo-tok' noohl wek 'ee lehl-koo' 'ue-mey; soo ha's, 'Aa-wokw keech 'ne-muech ne-wook'.
    As he went up his weeping could be heard; he thought, Ah, now I have seen for myself.

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