Dictionary entry
key • vn • sit (in a location or on a horse)
Lexicon record # 864 | Source reference(s): R206
Sentence examples (39)
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Me-wah hee-mar 'o key kue s'e'-goh 'o tep.
The boy is sitting under the madrone tree.
— Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
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Wo-nue so nur'urn, re-goh 'o tep tue' weet 'o key.
He climbed up and he is sitting in the tree. — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
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Kue k'oo'y wee' weet 'o go key kue 'erp-lers 'o te-po-nee.
The bluejay is sitting in the apple tree. — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)
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Se-po-lah ko ne-wee' ko'l 'o key.
You can see them (coyotes) sitting in the prairie. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Ko-lo-nee key te-kwe's.
The owl is sitting someplace. — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)
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Weet 'o soo-tok'w kue chee-no-me-wes kue pe-gerk 'o key.
That's where that young guy goes, where that man is sitting. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)
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Weesh-tue' 'o soo-tok'w kue pe-gerk 'o key.
Then he goes there, where that man's sitting. — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)
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Kue lo-cho'm wo-nue 'o key kue kaap'.
The frog is sitting on a leaf. — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)
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Keech nerr-lery-kerhl k'ee ch'ee-shah k'ee wee' 'o key.
The dog who is sitting there is getting weak. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-028) (LA138-028, 1980)
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Wek 'e-ma key.
Someone sat here. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-031) (LA138-031, 1980)
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Kue 'we-noh-pe-wek' me-chee 'ap 'o key.
When he came in, he sat down by the fire. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)
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Kue ke'l kee k'e-noh-pe-wek' cho' me-chee noohl 'ap 'o key.
When you come in, sit down by the fire. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)
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Kwe-see koh-chee kem hee-koch sr 'ue-werh-per-yer-sek' kwe-see 'ap ne-wee' ko'l nue-mee wo-gee 'o key ko-lo ko'l sook nee nep'.
Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
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'O neee'-no'w kue wee' 'o key kwe-see twe-goh.
He looked at what was sitting there and saw it was the coon.— Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)
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Kwe-see nah wo-nekw 'o ho nuue'm 'ap new wee' 'o key Todd Horn.
And when they arrived above they saw Todd Horn sitting there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Kue wee' 'o key kue nah che-kas ske-lee keech le-chee'.
The donkey standing there had fallen down.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Tue' noohl 'o nah 'o neee'-no-wohl noohl 'ee 'o lo-'o-mah wee' 'o key Todd Horn.
And then they looked around and ran back to where Todd Horn was sitting.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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'Ee-mee 'wech-ween wee' 'o key.
He just sat there not saying anything.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Mo-cho kee ko'l ko'-mo-yo'm 'o key 'o'-ro-wee', ko ko'-mo-yo'm ko-lo wo-ken 'o mey-kwe-le'-we'y.
If somewhere you hear the dove as he sits there, you will hear him as it were mourning.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Mourning Dove" (LA16-1, 1951)
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Kwe-see koh-chee kem hee-koch so 'ue-werh-per-yerk-sek' kwe-see 'ap new ko'l nue-mee wo-gee 'o key ko-lo ko'l sook nee nep'.
Once as he was crossing over he saw something sitting right in the middle of it and apparently eating something.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)
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'O neee'-no'w kue wee 'o key kwe-see twe-goh.
He looked at what was sitting there, and it was the coon.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)
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Cho' poy ko 'o key kue k'e-rah-cheen, ke'l cho' hee-noy 'oo-lo-'oh.
Your friend is to sit in the front of the boat, and you stand behind.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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'Yon-cheesh keech 'o key 'o po-yew kue 'we-rah-cheen, 'o neee'-no'w; 'ee-mee ko'l wo soch.
His friend sat in the boat in front and watched; they did not speak.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Tue' kem Se-gep kem keech 'e-kwehl keech mee chween-kep', mee' ho to-mo-wo'hl tue' hlow keech 'o chkee-ree-shee' kue wee 'o key, tue' nee-mee wo he-won ne-wo'm 'we-sek' kwe-lekw ko-lo hlkehl wee'.
Even Coyote was now afraid and did not talk, because he had been chattering and at last had felt drowsy where he was sitting, and was not the first to see that it looked like land in sight.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Me-chee 'ee rek-'eeen kue keech 'ue-wey 'ue-pe-wo-mue', 'e-nue-mee wo-gee 'ap key Se-gep.
They were sitting by the fire when the cooking was finished, and Coyote sat down right in the middle.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kwe-see mos chee-taa wo neee'-no-wee' kue wee 'o key.
No notice whatever was taken of him where he sat.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kwe-see 'eesh-kuue ne-wo'm kue wen-chokws weet keech so'n kue 'we-nos noohl wo-nue noohl nee ye-gok'w kem tue' ko'l 'ee key.
Then gradually the woman noticed that it happened that her husband would go far up in the hills and sit somewhere there.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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'O ga'm, Paa, to' wee 'ee key, mos ko'l soo-sek'.
He said, No, I sit here, but I have nothing on my mind.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Kwe-see ye'm kue 'wah-pew, Nek soo, nek kom-chue-mek' k'ee wee mehl so-no-wo'm; ko'l kee 'e-la key ko-lo k'e-neee'n.
Then his wife said, I think, nay I know, how you are; you keep sitting here and gazing.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Noohl 'o kwom-hle-cho'l kue me-wee-mor, ske-lee 'ap nek' kue 'ue-ma-'ahs-kehl, weesh-tue' 'ap 'o key kue 'nep-sech 'o key.
Then the old man went back and put down his spear, and sat down where my father was sitting.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl kue 'nep-sech 'o key 'ap nek' kue 'ue-ma-'ah, 'o 'le-po-yewt' kue 'we'-lep.
He put down the spear where my father was sitting, and unbraided his hair.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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K'ee 'oohl wee 'o key kwe-lekw ke-lew kee naahl ne-pue' k'ee ne-puy.
The person sitting here and you will share in eating the salmon.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Noohl se'-re-cho-nee ko-weesh 'e-mehl choo-ne'n 'o tekw-so'm noohl kue 'nep-sech 'o key poy 'e-ma nek' kue 'lahp-sew.
Then with a sharpened stick she cut four pieces and put the plate in front of where my father was sitting.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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'Yon-cheesh keech 'o key.
He sat in the boat.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Wo-nue 'e-la key.
I sat on top.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kue ke'l kee k'e-noh-pe-wek' cho me-chee noohl 'ap 'o key!
When you come in, sit down by the fire!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Cho poy ko 'o key kue k'e-rah-cheen.
Your friend must sit in front.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Ko'l 'ee key chpaa-nee neee'-no'w ho pa-'aahl.
He sat somewhere and gazed far out over the water.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)