Dictionary entry
ho'ohko'hl • v imp e-class • it is dark (as night)
Lexicon record # 587 | Source reference(s): R201 JE39 ES73
Sentence examples (11)
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Keech ho'ohko'hl.
It's getting dark.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)
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Hlmeyorkwook' kee 'w-o'ohkohlek'.
I'm scared of when it gets dark. — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Neekee ho'ohko'hl 'esee nuue'moh ho yo'.
It was dark when we got there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)
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To' chpaanee noohl 'o go'ohko'hl, soo nee ro'onep' kue 'yoch.
Then it was dark for a long time, and the boat still sped on.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kue keech 'o go'ohkohleen noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Cho now le'mo'w 'o kue 'er'gerrk; nekah kee chpee 'o ko nee'ee'yoh.
And when it became dark the old man said, Leave the sweathouse all of you; we two will be here alone.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Keetkwo mee nuemee 'ue ho'ohko'hl.
It is not yet quite dark.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Neekee keech ho'ohko'hl noohl hohkuemoh 'ne-'yoch.
We went on building our boats till nightfall.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Neeko'l 'w-o'ohkohlek' 'o mehlkuek.
It is always dark in the cave.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nuemee ho'ohko'hl.
It's pitch dark.— Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)
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Keech ho'ohko'hl
It gets dark— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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Kwesee' 'eekee ho'ohko'hl.
At once it got dark.— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)