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'oolo'

Dictionary entry

'oolo'vn • stand (in a location), live

Lexicon record # 4407 | Source reference(s): R271

Sentence examples (11)

  1. Kowecho' poyew 'oolo' 'oohl.
    Don't stand in front of a person.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  2. Neskwee kue 'oolo' keech laayekeek'.
    It's flowing past where I live.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-020) (LA138-020, 1980)

  3. Now keech lekoyo' 'o kue ho 'oolo'.
    It's flowing away from where I live.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-020) (LA138-020, 1980)

  4. Kwesee kue nek 'oolo' nuemee 'we- heechoy weet 'ap 'o mekwehl pa'aahl.
    And right below where I lived, it got piled up in the water there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

  5. Noohl wee 'o wenok'w pegerk kue meweemor 'we-heenoy 'ema 'oolo' noohl 'o ga'm, Nekah kwelekw kahkah 'emsee ke'ween kegoh.
    Then a man came and stood behind the old man and said, We are catching sturgeon and eels.

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

  6. Weesh 'ee 'oolo' kue 'ne-psech 'we-chpeenah kue meweemor.
    My father stood there waiting for the old man.

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

  7. Wok nee sho 'oolo'.
    He stood aside there.

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

  8. Wok nee shoo 'oolo'.
    He stood there as he was.

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

  9. Wok cho nee sho 'oolo'!
    Stand over there!

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

  10. Wok cho nee shoo 'oolo'!
    Stand there as you are!

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

  11. Weesh nee 'oolo' kue 'ne-psech.
    My father stood there.

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