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tenohl

Dictionary entry

tenohl • vn • be stingy

Lexicon record # 3478 | Source reference(s): R254

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Ch'ueme'y 'we-tenohl kue wenchokws!
    How stingy that woman is!

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

  2. Yo' 'oohl hes syaahhlew? Paa', nuemee wa's'oy. 'Ee, to' ko syaahlew mo kee nee tenohl.
    Is that man rich? No, he is very poor. Yes, he is rich but stingy.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)