Dictionary entry
hloy • vn • try
Lexicon record # 1541 | Source reference(s):
R219
Derivation: morphological structure hloy
Sentence examples (6)
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Kol-chee hloy kue 'noo-loh.
I tried (to make) my basket.
— Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)
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Te-ma-loh hloy.
I tried (in vain). — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-011) (LA138-011, 1980)
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Te-ma hloy kee 'ne-kwe-get tue' yo'hl-koh 'ee nuue'm.
I tried to visit you but they arrived at the time.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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To' kee hloy.
Well, I will try.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Te-ma hloy kee 'na-'ah-te-mar.
I tried to write.— Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)
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Te-ma hloy kee 'ne-neee'n 'na-'a'.
I tried to read my paper.— Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)