Yurok dictionary

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se-la

Dictionary entry

se-la • pv • action in a particular direction

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

Sentence examples (4)

  1. Pe-chues... so se-la re-chohl kue pe-gerk.
    The men were paddling upstream.

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

  2. Noohl hee-noy 'o so na'-mee naa-met' ho kue 'we-ne-ko-me-wet noohl 'o ga'm, Se-la ro-'o-nep-'es! kem 'o pah-chew kue ne-puy.
    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. Me-rueh chee ter-gue'm 'o ga'm, Hee-noy le-newk'-wes! Se-la ro-'o-nep-'es! Hl'o'-ro-nep-'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. Se-la re-chohl.
    They paddled in that direction.

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