Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain greetings and polite expressions

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Broader semantic domain: activities

Related semantic domain(s): ceremonies and dances, food, drink, and cooking, games, hunting and fishing

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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chuehl well, goodbye, so be it

chuue'

hoyeee oh!, hey!, hello!

koweeshcho' thank you, thanks, I am grateful

mueschen really, truly, true, yes, truly

ney greeting between women

neyen greeting between women

nowoh greeting between men

pee'woh why not!, you're welcome!, sure!, okay

tos child!

wokhlew be glad, thank you, thanks, I give thanks, I am grateful

wor mode of address by a man to his wife

'ayekwee' alas!, I am sorry, a formal salutation of departure, formerly used "chiefly as farewell to the dead, etc.", hello!

'ey yes

'ohlkuem of course, you're welcome

'oyekwee' long for, miss, hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyeee hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyuuekwee' hey!, hello!, oh!

Dictionary entry

chuue'excl • well, goodbye, come on • Variant chuehl

Lexicon record # 326 | Source references: R195 JE33 JE62 R195
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (5)

  1. chuue' "goodbye" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. chuue' (spoken by Robert Spott)

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