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ske-lee

Dictionary entry

ske-lee • adv • down

Lexicon record # 3059 | Source reference(s): R247
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

  • obviative ske-leesh

Sentence examples (24)

  1. Keech le-ke-tek'. Ske-lee' keech le-ke-tek', wo-nue keech le-ke-tek', me-cheek keech le-ke-tek'.
    I put it down. I put it below, I put it up above, I put it in the fire.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-008) (LA138-008, 1980)

  2. Keech ske-lee loo-tek'.
    I dropped it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-039) (LA138-039, 1980)

  3. Ske-lee 'o tek-te-tek'. Ske-lee 'o tek, wee' 'o tek.
    I put it down. It was put down, it was put here.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-052) (LA138-052, 1980)

  4. Ske-lee loo-lee-shok'.
    I threw it down.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-055) (LA138-055, 1980)

  5. Ske-lee le-ko'n.
    S/he threw it down.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-055) (LA138-055, 1980)

  6. Ske-lee keech looo-lee-shok'.
    I knocked it down.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-055) (LA138-055, 1980)

  7. Ske-lee loo-lee-sho-yek'.
    They knocked me to the ground.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-055) (LA138-055, 1980)

  8. Kwe-see keech no'p-'e-nee' ner-'er-'eryhl kue ot-ter wee-'eeet to' keet 'o ske-lee le-chee' kue 'nech-'eesh.
    He chased two otters, and my dog fell down.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)

  9. Kwe-lekw wo'hl tue' weesh kee hee-men koh-che-wohl mo-cho wee' ske-lee keech wo' 'oo' 'o yo'.
    Well, they could catch it fast when it was down there.

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

  10. Kue wee' 'o key kue nah che-kas ske-lee keech le-chee'.
    The donkey standing there had fallen down.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  11. Ske-lee 'oyhl-ke-sem'.
    You lie down here.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

  12. Ske-lee loo-lee-shook'.
    I knock it to the ground with a stick (e.g., acorn)

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

  13. Tue' te-ma-loh ko'-see ne-geee'-no-wohl; kem 'o nuue'm ske-leesh 'o 'oo-lee-nehl.
    And for a long time they looked everywhere; and they came back and lay down.

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

  14. Kue keech 'o nuue'-mehl ho pue-lekw, noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor ho kue 'nep-sech, Cho nue-mee sku'y soo ske-lee ne-ke'm; k'ee ma-'ah pe-chue kee no'-mo-ye'-we'y.
    When they arrived at the river mouth, the old man said to my father, Put the spear down carefully; it must point upstream.

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

  15. Noohl 'o kwom-hle-cho'l kue me-wee-mor, ske-lee 'ap nek' kue 'ue-ma-'ahs-kehl, weesh-tue' 'ap 'o key kue 'nep-sech 'o key.
    Then the old man went back and put down his spear, and sat down where my father was sitting.

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

  16. Cho 'er-ler-mer-kerhl kue k'e-ka' ske-lee le-ko-meyt-'es k'e-che-wes.
    Untie your blanket and lower your hands.

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

  17. 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)

  18. Kue re-goh-pe-neen 'ue-pa-'ah ske-lee keech le-ko'n.
    The person who was filling the buckets has fallen down.

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

  19. Kue 'e-la pe-le-peen nahs-chueh wen-chokws kem ske-lee le-chee'.
    During the fighting there last night a woman was knocked down as well.

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

  20. Kue 'e-la pe-le-peen nahs-chueh wen-chokws kem ske-lee le-chee'.
    In the fighting there last night a woman was knocked down as well.

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

  21. Kue wo'-nee re-goh-pe-neen 'ue-pa-'ah ske-lee keech le-ko'n.
    The person who was filling the water has fallen down.

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

  22. Ske-lee 'o 'oo-lee-nehl.
    They lay down there.

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

  23. Ske-lee nee-no-mo-yo kue chee-nes.
    The young man bowed his head.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)