Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

wo-new • adv • above, overhead, in the mountains • higher, in the hills

Lexicon record # 3935 | Source references: R265 MPY204 FS(B220)
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

• obviative wo-news

Sentence examples (16)

1. Cho' ner-gery-kerm' kue k'e-letkue ne-puey wo-new kee 'ue soo-ney'.
   Help your sister carry that salmon up the hill.

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

2. Wo-new wee' 'nemew'.
   I'm coming from up the hill.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

3. Wo-new kee soo-tok'.
   I'm going a little ways up the hill.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

4. Wo-new keech 'o ket-'ey.
   It is parked up above, up in the hills.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

5. Wo-new laa-yo'-re-pek'.
   I ran along the hillside.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

6. Wo-'oot kem me-gel', wo-new we-no-'eem' tue' wo-'oot kem me-gel'.
   That person went along too, they're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

7. Wo-new we-no-'eem' tue' yo-'oot kem me-gel'.
   They're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

8. Wo-new keech let-ko-leem'.
   They're flying overhead.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)

9. Wo-new raa-yo'-re-pek'.
   I ran by above.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

10. Well, skue-'o che-gey-ken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee-'ee-yehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeee-go-nee wo-new.
    Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

11. Wo-new 'o lem' 'o'-lep 'e-la noh-pe-weem'; kwe-see 'o koo-'op' chee-nes.
    The two young men went up to the house and entered; and there stood another young man.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

12. Kue weet 'ue-koy-poh wo-news 'o soo-tokw' nue 'we-nerr-ger-sek', noohl 'ap ho-'o-mah.
    In the morning he went up to gather sweathouse wood, and then they made a fire.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

13. Kuey' 'we-no-'ohl Rek'-woy wo-new 'e-la neeen' 'o ne-wee' kwe-lekw keech ta-'a-noy'hl.
    Later they looked over to Requa and saw that the sun was shining.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

14. Wo-new nee 'oo-le'-mehl.
    They are up in the hills.

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

15. Wo-new kee-tee nue he-gok'.
    I am going up in the hills.

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

16. Wo-new nee nue goo-le'-mehl.
    They are going up in the hills.

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