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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 te-lek'.
    I'm really sick.

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

  2. Yoh keech lo-'o-mah 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 he-gook' mehl yoh kue ne-kah 'ne-'oo-le'-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'oh-kue-mek' 'o yoh?
    What are you doing here?

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

  5. Cho' ko tmoh-ke-loy-shoo'm, 'ne'-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 mes-kwoh yok nee hue-ne'm?] Te-no' so'n mes-kwoh 'o yoh. 'Ohlkue-mee ko wey-ko-nee' 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 ley-yes 'oo-le'm 'o yoh?] Nee-mee hlmey-yo-wue'm ley-yes 'o yoh, 'ohl-kue-mee ko wey-ko-nee' wee', paa-see' 'oo-le'm hlmey-yo-wue-nee ley-yes. To' kee pe-no'-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 'oo-le'm 'o yoh?] Nue-mee-chue so'n kue ch'ue'ch-'eesh. Too'm ko goh-kue'm Woh-pe-kue-mew 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' he-go-le'm nee sku'y so-nee-nee he-gook' 'o yoh.
    Tell them I'm getting along fine here.

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

  10. Mee' kee-mo-loohl mos ske-wok-see'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. Kwe-see 'ap ha'm, Hahl neee'-nes, kuech, kwe-lekw keech koh-che-wok', 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 ge-sek' kwe-lokw kee serh-ker-mery-pe-we'm 'o yoh mo kee-mee neee-ge'-yue' kue k'e-rah-cheen; tue' wo-'oot weesh-tue' kee 'wah-pew 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 kwe-nee so-no-wo-nee tee'n kwe-nee 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. Ne-kah kwe-lekw kom-chue-moh k'ee se-gon-ko-nee 'o yoh, kwe-lekw pe-chue muehl-cho' nee-mee soo kom-chue-mehl.
    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)