Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

muehlcho' • adv • perhaps

Lexicon record # 1940 | Source reference(s): R225

Special meaning or use

• muehlcho' ... muehlcho' maybe ... or ... R225

Sentence examples (7)

1. Muehlcho' keekee markwewohl nekah.
   We may all perish.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-019) (LA138-019, 1980)

2. Chmeyonen 'o ge's, Nek soo muehlcho' wee'shk'oh neskwecho'l.
   In the evening he thought, I believe that maybe it will come back now.

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

3. Neemee komchuemek' 'n-esek' kwelekw muehlcho' kue 'ue-wen muehlcho' kue pegerk k'ee roowo's mehl ho gohkue' k'ee meskwoh.
   I do not know whether it was with the female or the male pipe that the medicine was made.

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

4. Kue meweemor kue wee' megetohlkwomeen kwelekw nek soo 'we-too'mar muehlcho' 'ue-peechowos wee' kue meskwoh hegoh kue nek 'ne-psech ho nergerykermeen.
   The old man who looked after the pipes was a connection or perhaps the grandfather of the man who made the medicine and whom my father helped.

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

5. Hlmeyorkwo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw muehlcho' now sootok'w kue roowo's 'ohlkuemee keech teekwo'n kue 'ue-'wahpemew.
   He was afraid that the other pipe might go away because its mate had been broken.

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

6. Nekah kwelekw komchuemoh k'ee segonkonee 'o yoh, kwelekw pechue muehlcho' neemee soo komchuemehl.
   We know what has been done here, but up the river perhaps they do not know.

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