Yurok dictionary

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te-nohl

Dictionary entry

te-nohlvn • be stingy

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

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Ch'ue-me'y 'we-te-nohl kue wen-chokws!
    How stingy that woman is!

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

  2. Yo' 'oohl hes syaah-hlew? Paa', nue-mee wa's-'oy. 'Ee, to' ko syaa-hlew mo kee nee te-nohl.
    Is that man rich? No, he is very poor. Yes, he is rich but stingy.

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