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Broader semantic domain: properties and relations

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roo be a particular time, time, hour

'owook tomorrow, the next day

chmeyaan yesterday

koypoh in the morning, early, early morning

nahschueh last night

heekon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

chomee'sh noon

nahschewen night

hegor month

kyah rise (sun or moon), spring (season), vernal

chmey' it is evening

chmeyonen be evening, evening

keepuen be winter, winter

loksee'hl it is a year

keeshen be summer, summer

wook morning, dawn, be morning

keyoh early fall, early autumn

weno'ome'hl it is a particular season, season

chmeyoksee'hl it is evening, it is dusk, it is late

wohlkechee' it is morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

chmey yesterday, late

heechmey the day before yesterday

kechoy all day

weno'omoksee'hl

'owookpaa the day after tomorrow

kohchewech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month

rootep' it is a particular time

choona'awech fourth month in old Yurok calendar, four months

cherwerser' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

heekonee formerly, once

hohkem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

kaamoh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

kelomehl fall, autumn

kelomoksee'hl it is a period of time (month, season, year?)

keyohkemoh early fall, early autumn

knewoleta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar

kohchaawech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

kerrmercher' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

kyahchenee vernal

meroyoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

na'awech second month in old Yurok calendar, two months

nohsoo tenth month in old Yurok calendar

pyegaagoh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar

'or' it is the first sliver of the new moon

Dictionary entry

weno'omoksee'hlv imp e-class • it is a particular season

Lexicon record # 3846 | Source reference: R262
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Sentence examples (2)

  1. Kues weno'omoksee'hl?
    What season is it?

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

  2. Mo weet keech weno'omoksee'hl nuemee wogeek 'ue-keeshen, nuemee meeek (?) soo tom' 'ue-keeshen, keech weesh 'o lo son'.
    When it was right in the middle of summer, it was at the height of summer, he did so.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Wohpekumew's Flute Song" (I3, 1906)