Yurok dictionary

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sela

Dictionary entry

sela • pv • action in a particular direction

Lexicon record # 2997 | Source reference(s): R246

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Pechues... so sela rechohl kue pegerk.
    The men were paddling upstream.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  2. Noohl heenoy 'o so na'mee naamet' ho kue 'we-nekomewet noohl 'o ga'm, Sela ro'onep'es! kem 'o pahchew kue nepuy.
    Then he took two steps to his right and said, Run on! and again it moved.

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

  3. Merueh chee tergue'm 'o ga'm, Heenoy lenewk'wes! Sela ro'onep'es! Hl'o'ronep'es !
    Five times he spoke to it, and said, Drift back! Run on! Stop!

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

  4. Sela rechohl.
    They paddled in that direction.

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