Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

skuey-yen' • vi e-class • it is good

Lexicon record # 4485 | Source references: R248 JE61 YLCB1

Other paradigm form

• attributive 3sg/3pl skuey-ye-nee R248

Special meanings or uses

• mos nue-mee skuey-yen' inferior quality [literally, "it's not really good"] JE74

• skuey-yen' 'ue-koy good morning YLCB1 [greetings and polite expressions]

• skuey-yen' 'ue-ke-choyhl good afternoon YLCB1 [greetings and polite expressions]

• skuey-yen' 'wech-mey good evening YLCB1 [greetings and polite expressions]

• skuey-yen' 'we-nahs-che-wen good night YLCB1 [greetings and polite expressions]

Sentence examples (31)

1. Nek 'o skuey-ye-nee 'o tmeee-gok' weet se-goo-tok'.
   I go hunting where I know it's safe.

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

2. Wek 'oyhl skuey-ye-nee tek-toh.
   There's a good log.

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   — Glenn Moore, Discussion and sentences related to a Coyote story (GM4, 2004)

3. Skuey-yen' 'ue-koy.
   Good morning.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 1: "Hello" (GT3-01, 2003)

4. Skuey-yen' 'ue-ke-choyhl.
   Good afternoon.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 1: "Hello" (GT3-01, 2003)

5. Skuey-yen' 'wech-mey.
   Good evening (sunset).

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 1: "Hello" (GT3-01, 2003)

6. Skuey-yen' 'we-nahs-che-wen.
   Good evening (night).

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 1: "Hello" (GT3-01, 2003)

7. Tme-no-mee skuey-yen'.
   Half good.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 13: "One, two three..." (GT3-13, 2003)

8. Nee-mee skuey-yen'. Cheee-kor' 'o slookw.
   Not good. There are slides everywhere.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

9. Mos kol' sook mehl skuey-yen'.
   He's not good for anything.

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   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

10. Mos skuey-yen' mehl kol' sook.
    He's not good for anything.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

11. Nee-mee skuey-yen' kue pa-'ah.
    The water's no good.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

12. 'O kew wee' cho' ko lech-ke-nem', wek 'o kmoyhl skuey-ye-nee.
    Throw some (cooking rocks) into your burden basket, they lie nicely.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-008) (LA138-008, 1980)

13. [Kaap'ehl hes wee' k'ee he-ga'p-'oh?] 'Ee, he-ga'p-'oh weet kem. Weet kem skuey-ye-nee wee' k'ee he-ga'p-'oh. Ne-wom' muen-chey 'ue'-wer', skuey-ye-nee.
    [Is the cottonwood a kaap'ehl?] Yes, cottonwood too, cottonwood is good. You see its white roots, they're good.

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

14. Won soo toh-kow; mos weet kee skuey-yen' kee k'e'-we-gah-pe-mew.
    They talk a different language; it would not be good for you to marry with them.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

15. Tos kwe-lekw skuey-yen' 'we-re'-noh; kol' sook wee' kee mehl ko hoh-kue-mem'; wek kee ne-kue'.
    Child, this one's feather is pretty; you will make something with this; we will put it away.

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

16. Tue' wee-'eeet mehl heee-gee' 'oohl pekw-sue 'o skuey-yen' mo-cho ko'-mee ha's, Kee-kee chue 'okw'.
    And so for this we say that it is not good if a person thinks too much, I will have everything.

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

17. Kue keech 'o 'oo' 'we-lo-'og kue 'wo'hl-p'ey' noohl 'o hlom' skuey-ye-nee ko-weesh 'o goo-lehl-ken' mee' kee shoo me-che-wo-lo'.
    When the embers of the angelica root were left, she took out a stout stick and heaped them up so that they would glow.

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

18. Kel' 'okw' skuey-ye-nee k'e'-yoch.
    You have a good boat.

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

19. Nee-mee skuey-ye-nee wee 'oohl.
    That man is no good.

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

20. Skuey-ye-nee wee 'oohl.
    He is a good man.

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

21. Skuey-yen' 'ne-ne-pek' k'ee ne-puey.
    It is good for me to eat the salmon.

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

22. Skuey-yen' wee 'oohl.
    He is a good man.

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

23. To-soh wa'-soy' tue' 'o skuey-yen' kue pe-gerk.
    Though he is poor the man is good for all that.

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

24. Kue ho mehl muehl-ko-cheen 'we-ne-puey kue wen-chokws kwe-lokw nee-mee nue-mee 'wes-kuey-yen'.
    The salmon that that woman sold was not her best.

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

25. Keech nee-mee skuey-yen'.
    Now it is no good.

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

26. Skuey-yen'.
    It is good.

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

27. Skuey-yen' me-gokw.
    A dog is good.

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

28. 'Em ne-wom' skuey-yen' soo 'ol' na-'an' w'ah-pew.
    He went and saw how well Crane lived with his two wives.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

29. 'Wes-kery nee-mee skuey-yen'
    Her dress is not good

    — Lucy Thompson, Sentences (GAR-LT) (GAR-LT, 1922)

30. Skuey-yen' pe-gerk.
    He is a good man.

    — Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)