Yurok dictionary

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te-poh

Dictionary entry

te-poh • vn • make stand, be fixed, be hit (by a bullet, etc.)

Lexicon record # 3507 | Source reference(s): R255 FS(B217)

Other paradigm form

  • repetitive tep-te-poh stand up stakes of salmon over open fire JJ(JB-06-6)

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Noohl wo-ne-kuek ho nes-kwe-choo'm. Wee-'eeet 'o ro-'oh kue tep-te-poh.
    Then you arrive uphill. There are some trees there.

    Audio 

    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-10) (AG-10, 2008)

  2. Kee tep-te-poh.
    I'll cook the salmon on wooden stakes over a fire.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  3. Kues ho te-poh?
    Where was he hit?

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