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'oyhl

Dictionary entry

'oyhlvn • lie (down)

Lexicon record # 4393 | Source reference(s): R271
Derivation: morphological structure 'oy-ehlk

Sentence examples (20)

  1. Wek nee 'oyhl.
    It's lying there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  2. We'y nee 'oyhl.
    It's lying there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  3. Wek 'oyhl puuek.
    A deer's lying there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Questions and Related Sentences (JB-17-1, 2005)

  4. Wek 'oyhl skuyenee tektoh.
    There's a good log.

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    — Glenn Moore, Discussion and sentences related to a Coyote story (GM4, 2004)

  5. Mehlkuek nee 'oyhl
    It's laying under there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  6. Weet nee 'oyhl kue leyes.
    The snake is lying there.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

  7. Mehlkuek 'oyhl.
    It's lying way under there.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-018) (LA138-018, 1980)

  8. Keech k'en 'oyhl.
    Somethings lying (in) there.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  9. 'Aiyeksuemee keem' son'. Mos kee koma 'oyhl.
    … It's bad. It will no longer be possible to lie down.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)

  10. Kwesee 'ap newo'm wee'eeet 'oyhl nuemee chey murnter'ery kepcheneesh.
    And he saw lying there a tiny white fawn.

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

  11. Kolchee ko'l 'o pegar kem tue' 'o'lep 'o myah 'w-egolek', Kuech, nee mok'w hes 'oyhl kee nepek'?
    Whenever anyone was at home he leaped into the house and said, Grandmother, isn't there anything lying here for me to eat?

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

  12. Neekee chue now lehlkenee', mos taa ko'l kem ko 'oyhl pecheykwsehl kue nuemee 'we-chey kem now lehlkenee'.
    Everything was cleared away, and nothing lay on the path; even the smallest bit of gravel was cleared away.

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

  13. Na'mee mechkah toomok's kue laayekw tue' mos cheetaa ko'l sook kee nee 'oyhl.
    The path was two feet wide and nothing at all lay on it.

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

  14. Wee' kee 'oyhl kue k'e-srahkwoh; k'e-roowo's cho chpee negeme'm.
    Your loincloth will stay here; just carry your pipe.

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

  15. Kwelekw wee' keech 'oyhl k'ee ma'ahskehl.
    The spear is lying here.

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

  16. Tue' wee 'o rek'eeen wenchokws, koleen kue we'yon kue ho nergerykermeen tue' wo'oot neekee 'ue-myah 'o 'erlermerkerhl kue 'ue-kery nows 'o nek' kue nepe'weeshneg 'ue-'wers wonues 'ap nek' kue nepuy 'oyhl.
    Two women were sitting there, and one was the girl who was helping, and she jumped up and untied her hair tie, and took off the otterskin and put it on the salmon where it lay.

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

  17. Kue pontet kem wee 'o lehlkenee'; mos cheetaa ko'l sook ko 'oyhl chpee chkeno' soo ho'omah.
    The ashes had been cleared away; nothing lay there, and there was only a small fire.

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

  18. 'Yoch 'ue-poyew nee 'oyhl 'ne-ch'wona'.
    My coat is lying in the front of the boat.

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

  19. Mos ko'l ko' 'oyhl.
    Nothing was left there.

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

  20. Nepuy heema'erk'uek 'oyhl 'o kue ha'aag.
    A salmon is lying underneath the rock.

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