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roo
'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 it is a particular season
'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
roo • vn 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
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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
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chomee's roo "noon" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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chomee'sh roo "noon" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)
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chpaak roo "it is late" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)
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roo "time" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)