Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain astronomy and the sky
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: physical world
Related semantic domain(s):
landscape, place names, rocks and inanimate natural objects, weather
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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'wes'onah sky, horizon, world, cosmos, earth, universe
kyah
kechi' it is daylight
wonewsleg moon, sun
'wes'onew sky
wonoye'ik in the sky, up in the middle of the sky
hoogech star
rootah sun ray
ye'wome'y the sun sets
chmeyonen hoogech evening star
hoogech nii'n astronomer
hoogech 'u-m falling star
hoogechoy be starry (night)
koypoh hoogech morning star
kurish the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the
floor of a sweat-house
lekoni hoogech falling star, shooting star
mehl seges'ew shooting star
rurowech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)
so'oo 'we-laay Milky Way
ye'w the sun sets
'o'r it is the first sliver of the new moon
Dictionary entry
kyah • vn • rise (sun or moon) • n • spring (season), vernal
Lexicon record # 1139 | Source references: R212 R212 JE126 JE143
Semantic
domains: times and seasons; astronomy and the sky
Special meanings or uses
ku ho kyegah east [literally, "where (the sun) always rises"] R212 [directions and locations]
kolchi kyah every month [literally, "whenever (the moon) rises"] R212
k'i kyah spring YLCB76 [times and seasons]
kich kyah sunrise YLCB115
'o kyegah where the sun comes up, the east GM(AQ-1)
Short recordings (4)
| Sentence examples
(9)
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kyah "spring" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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kyah "rise" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)
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'o kyegah "where the sun comes up, the east" (spoken by Glenn Moore)
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'u-kyah "when the sun comes up" (spoken by Glenn Moore)
