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huenoyohl

Dictionary entry

huenoyohlvn • transform, be transformed (of 'woogey after the coming of people) • change into other beings (of animals, etc. in stories) • Variant huemoyo'

Lexicon record # 682 | Source reference(s): MM2 R203 JE29
Derivation: morphological structure h-unoy-...

Sentence examples (7)

  1. Weeshtue soosek', 'w-wesek', Kues tue nek kee so huenoyohl?
    I think, Where shall I be transformed?

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  2. K'ee kwen keet 'o luenoyohl kwen hewonee 'o nohsuenowonee k'ee 'wes'onah.
    Wherever I transform to, I come from the heavens.

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  3. Tue weeshtue 'o soonok's 'w-esek', Kues tue nek kee so huenoyohl?
    And so she thinks, Where shall I be transformed?

    — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)

  4. Keetee huenoyohl, mootee ...
    They were about to leave (the world), ...

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  5. Keetee yuenoyohl k'ee we'y k'ee 'we-newor.
    They were going to leave when it was light.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  6. 'O le's, Heyyy, chuehl tue' kee yuenoyohl.
    He (the dog) thought, Well, we must leave.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

  7. Noohl 'eekee yuenoyohl.
    Then they transformed.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)