Dictionary entry
ho-'oh-ko'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-'oh-ko'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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Hlmey-yor-kwook' kee 'wo-'oh-ko-hlek'.
I'm scared of when it gets dark. — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)
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Nee-kee ho-'oh-ko'hl 'e-see 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' chpaa-nee noohl 'o go-'oh-ko'hl, soo nee ro-'o-nep' 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-'oh-ko-hleen noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Cho now le'-mo'w 'o kue 'er'-gerrk; ne-kah 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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Keet-kwo mee nue-mee 'ue ho-'oh-ko'hl.
It is not yet quite dark.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nee-kee keech ho-'oh-ko'hl noohl hoh-kue-moh '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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Nee-ko'l 'wo-'oh-ko-hlek' 'o mehl-kuek.
It is always dark in the cave.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Nue-mee ho-'oh-ko'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-'oh-ko'hl
It gets dark— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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Kwe-see' 'ee-kee ho-'oh-ko'hl.
At once it got dark.— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)