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hehl

Dictionary entry

hehl • excl • hey! • Variant hahl

Lexicon record # 428 | Source reference(s): R198

Special meanings or uses

  • hehl neee'nes look! R198

  • hehl koo'op'es stop! R198

Sentence examples (13)

  1. Hehl neee'n kue ha'aag keech mo'ohkelee'.
    Look! The rock is round.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

  2. Hehl neee'n keech moomo'oh.
    Look! They (stones) are round.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-1b, 2001)

  3. Hehl neee'nes kue wenchokws, 'ochkaa s'e'm 'ue-woomehl.
    Look at the woman, she's pounding acorns.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

  4. Hehl neee'nes kue wenchokws, keech s'e'm 'ue-woomehl.
    Look at the woman, she's pounding acorns.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

  5. 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)

  6. Yo' kem 'o ro': Yaha, kolo wek 'o ket'op' 'ahspeyue'r; hahl kee ko nooych.
    He ran up again: Yaha, it seems there is some soup in the pot here; I think I will have some.

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

  7. Hehl ko koo'op'es!
    Hey, stop!

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

  8. Hehl neee'n yo' 'ue-poykoh! Neemee wo weykee'.
    Look at her tattooing! It was not finished.

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

  9. Hehl neee'nes!
    Look!

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

  10. Hehl koo'op'es!
    Stop!

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

  11. Hahl tue' kue neee'nowos'o'.
    Let me go and tell them.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

  12. Noohl 'o soonok's 'w-esek', Hehl!
    Then he thought, "Hey!

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  13. " Hehl yok 'we-soo serkseenes!"
    "Look there! Tear out from there!" (said Upriver Coyote).

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)