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

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

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

• 'o'-lehl he-goh "house builder"

• 'o'-lehl 'we-soh-chee "roof"

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

• Woh-pee '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-toh-pew "door" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

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