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ho-'oh

Dictionary entry

ho-'oh • vn imp • be dark

Lexicon record # 586 | Source reference(s): R201 YLCB78

Sentence examples (14)

  1. Nue-mee koy kol he'-we-hlek' keet-kwo 'o ho-'oh kue neee'n 'ne-lew.
    I'm going to wake up early when it's still dark to check my net.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Keech ho-'oh, cho' ke-mey-ye'm.
    It's getting dark, you better go home.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. Laas 'weho-'oh, laa-ye'm.
    The road is getting dark, you better go.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  4. ... ko'l kee-tee ho-'oh.
    I better go home, it's getting kind of dark.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  5. Nek kee ke-mey-yek'. Kue kee-tee ho-'oh.
    I'm going to go home. It's going to get dark.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  6. Cho' ke-mey-ye'm. Kee ho-'oh.
    Go home. It's going to get dark.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  7. Keech ho-'oh.
    It's getting dark.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

  8. Keet ho-'oh.
    It's getting dark.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?" (GT3-19, 2003)

  9. Kee-tee ho-'oh.
    It's getting dark.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

  10. Mo keech ho-'oh 'o 'e-kweyhl-pey-yek'.
    I'm scared of the dark.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

  11. Keech ho-'oh we'yk-'oh.
    It's dark now.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  12. Kue weet 'o 'wo-'oh 'ee-mee 'ue-ma chkee'm kue 'nep-sech 'em-see kue me-wee-mor, nee-kee wook noohl te-ge-rue'm kue 'we-roo-wo's kue me-wee-mor.
    That night the old man and my father did not sleep, and the old man spoke to his pipe until morning.

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

  13. Kue wee-'eeet 'o 'wo-'oh 'ee-mee 'ue-ma chkee'm.
    When it was dark then they did not sleep.

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

  14. Keech ho-'oh.
    It's dark.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)