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keehl

Dictionary entry

keehl • pv • contraction of ki mehl

Lexicon record # 888 | Source reference(s): R207

Sentence examples (13)

  1. Keehl muehl-ko-che'm hes... k'e-ne-puy?
    Are you going to sell your salmon?

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

  2. Kues kee too'm k'e-lew keehl le-we-te'm?
    How many nets are you going to fish with?

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

  3. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee lo-cho'm?] 'Ee, weet tue' kem kee hlmey-ko'm mo-cho kee yo hoo-le-nah keehl mey-ko-ye'm.
    [Is the toad a hoore'mos?] Yes, that can harm you also if you disturb them, they can hurt you.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  4. Nee mok'w keehl hoh.
    There is nothing I can do with it.

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

  5. 'Ochkaa pe'm kue we'yk-'oh keehl 'e'-gah.
    She is now cooking what we shall eat today.

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

  6. Kos-'e-la koo-see 'oo' k'ee keehl 'e'-gah.
    May there everywhere be food to eat.

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

  7. Keehl 'er'-gerp mehl ke'l.
    I'll tell about you.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  8. 'Ohlkue-mee kwe-lekw wee' keehl pyuech son' 'woo-le'-mek' 'oohl mo-cho kee 'ok'w 'ue-pa-'aa-nah kee-kee 'woo-le'-mek'."
    Because it will be good for people's living if they have water so they will live."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  9. Kwe-lekw weesh keehl pyekw-che-nee so-no-wohl 'o'-loo-le-kweesh 'ol' kee 'woo-le'-mehl 'o 'wes-'o-nah mo-cho kee 'ok'w 'ue-pa-'aa-nah.
    It will be right for people for them to go about in the world if they have water."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  10. Wek k'ee che-gee nee pkwer-gery-keen kee too-mok-see'hl 'ohl-kue-meesh keehl pyekw-che-nee soo hoo-le'-mehl mo kee 'ok'w 'we-ne-puyo-nah."
    It (the salmon) will be everywhere that water flows into the river, because they will live well from it if they have salmon."

    — Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)

  11. seee-ga wee keehl (?) 'ne-me-ney-kwe-no (?) 'ne'-wes.
    You need not be afraid of me.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)

  12. seee-ga wee keehl k'e-me-ney-kwe-noo'ne'-wes.
    much they will not fear you.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)

  13. Se-ga (?) wee keehl 'ne-me-ney-kwe-noo-me-lek''ne'-wes.
    For that reason nobody will be afraid of me.

    — Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)