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yoh

Dictionary entry

yoh • adv • here, there

Lexicon record # 4137 | Source reference(s): R267

Sentence examples (16)

  1. 'O yoh keech telek'.
    I'm really sick.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

  2. Yoh keech lo'omah ho kue ha'aag 'o tek.
    We're going to run from here to where the rock's at.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-005_4) (JB-005_4, 2002)

  3. Keech hegook' mehl yoh kue nekah 'ne-'oole'moh.
    I've left the world from where we live.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

  4. Tee' nee k'-ohkuemek' 'o yoh?
    What are you doing here?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-014) (LA138-014, 1980)

  5. Cho' ko tmohkeloyshoo'm, 'n-e'goo' kee yoh.
    Break it off (a tree branch), I'm going to make a paddle out of it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-041) (LA138-041, 1980)

  6. [Kus soo meskwoh yok nee huene'm?] Teno' so'n meskwoh 'o yoh. 'Ohlkuemee ko weykonee' weet kee sho'n.
    [What kinds of medicines are around here?] Lots of kinds of medicine here. It had been finished so it could be like that.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  7. [Kus soo leyes 'oole'm 'o yoh?] Neemee hlmeyowue'm leyes 'o yoh, 'ohlkuemee ko weykonee' wee', paasee' 'oole'm hlmeyowuenee leyes. To' kee peno'pe'y.
    [What kinds of snakes are around here?] The snakes are not mean here, because it had been finished so there wouldn't be mean snakes. They will be friendly.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  8. [Kus soo ch'ue'ch'eesh 'oole'm 'o yoh?] Nuemeechue so'n kue ch'ue'ch'eesh. Too'm ko gohkue'm Wohpekuemew wee' ch'ue'ch'eesh.
    [What kinds of birds are around here?] Lots of kinds. Wohpekumew made all different kinds of birds.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  9. Cho' hegole'm nee sku'y soneenee hegook' 'o yoh.
    Tell them I'm getting along fine here.

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    — Robert Spott, Sentences (24-26) (24-26, 1933)

  10. Mee' keemoloohl mos skewoksee'm ke'l kee kem nuue'm so yoh.
    [Explanation:] Because they're bad, you doesn't want (the rattlesnakes) to come back there.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Rattlesnake medicine (JVP1, 2001)

  11. Kwesee 'ap ha'm, Hahl neee'nes, kuech, kwelekw keech kohchewok', tue' nek ka'ar wee' kee yoh.
    And he said, Look, grandmother, I have caught this, and I will make it a pet.

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

  12. Tue' 'ne-let, kem 'o gesek' kwelokw kee serhkermerypewe'm 'o yoh mo keemee neeege'yue' kue k'e-rahcheen; tue' wo'oot weeshtue' kee 'w-ahpew kue 'ne-let.
    I have a sister, and I thought that you would be lonely here if you did not bring your friend; and my sister may be his wife.

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

  13. Tee'n k'ee kwenee sonowonee tee'n kwenee nuek'wo 'o yoh?
    Who are you and what on earth are you doing here?

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

  14. Nekah kwelekw komchuemoh k'ee segonkonee 'o yoh, kwelekw pechue muehlcho' neemee soo komchuemehl.
    We know what has been done here, but up the river perhaps they do not know.

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

  15. Nek ka'ar wee kee yoh.
    I will make it a pet.

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