Yurok dictionary

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chmey yesterday, late

chmeyaan yesterday

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

chmeyonen be evening, evening

chmey' it is evening

chomee'sh noon

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

cherwerser' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

hegor month

heechmey the day before yesterday

heekon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

heekonee formerly, once

hohkem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

kaamoh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

kechoy all day

kelomehl fall, autumn

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

keyoh early fall, early autumn

keyohkemoh early fall, early autumn

keepuen be winter, winter

keeshen be summer, summer

knewoleta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar

kohchaawech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

kohchewech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month

koypoh in the morning, early, early morning

kerrmercher' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

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

kyahchenee vernal

loksee'hl it is a year

meroyoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

nahschewen night

nahschueh last night

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

nohsoo tenth month in old Yurok calendar

pyegaagoh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar

roo

rootep' it is a particular time

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

weno'omoksee'hl it is a particular season

wohlkechee' it is morning

wook morning, dawn, be morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

'owook tomorrow, the next day

'owookpaa the day after tomorrow

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

Dictionary entry

roovn imp • be a particular time • n • time, hour

Lexicon record # 2901 | Source references: R243 JE136
Semantic domain: times and seasons
Derivation: morphological structure roo2-

Special meaning or use

Representative examples

  • Kues keech roo?

    What time is it?
    R243
  • Keech 'ee roo kee 'ne-le'moh

    It is time for us to go
    R243

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (38)

  1. chomee's roo "noon" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. chomee'sh roo "noon" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  3. chpaak roo "it is late" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  4. roo "time" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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