Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

'o'lehl • n • house, home • Variant 'o'lel

Lexicon record # 4356 | Source reference(s): R271 JE69 JE71 YLCB100 MPY200
Semantic domain: houses and parts of houses

Other paradigm form

• short form 'o'l

Derived phrases or compounds

• Kerrneet 'Wo-'O'l "Little Trinidad Head (a promontory near Trinidad Head)"

• 'O'lehl "a home site across from Kenek"

• 'o'lehl hegoh "house builder"

• 'o'lehl 'we-sohchee "roof"

• K'err' 'Wo-'Ol' "a knoll in the middle of a salal berry patch"

• Wohpee 'O'l "a sand spit at the Klamath mouth"

Short recordings (9) | Sentence examples (47)

1. k'o-'o'l "your house" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

2. 'oohl 'we-'o'l "Yurok house" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

3. 'oohl 'wo-'o'l "Indian house" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

4. 'o'lehl "house, home" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

5. 'o'lehl "home" (spoken by Jimmie James)

6. 'o'lehl "house, home" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

7. 'o'lehl "house" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

8. 'o'lehl 'we-tohpew "door" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

9. 'we-'o'l "his/her home" (spoken by Jimmie James)