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roo be a particular time, time, hour
'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
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
wook • n • morning, dawn • vn • be morning
Lexicon record # 3974 | Source references: R265 JE90 YLCB75
Semantic
domain: times and seasons
Special meanings or uses
keech wook it is dawn, it is daylight, it is morning JE39 JE40 JE90
keetee wook it's almost dawn JE40
wook chee' all night JE95
Sentence examples
(6)
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Keech wook.
It's dawn.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?"
(GT3-19,
2003)
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Kem 'o gem', Paa tos mos k'ee we'yk'oh 'ue-wook kol' 'o newook'.
She said, No, child, I have not seen anything here this
morning.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper"
(LA16-7,
1951)
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Kue weet 'o 'w-o'oh 'eemee 'uema chkeem' kue 'ne-psech 'emsee kue meweemor, neekee wook noohl tegeruem' kue 'we-roowo's kue meweemor.
That night the old man and my father did not sleep, and the old man spoke to
his pipe until morning.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Won' keech son' keet 'ue wook kem 'o gegokw' kue 'ne-psech kue 'we-nerrgersek'.
Before daybreak even it happened that my father went out to gather
sweathouse wood.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Keet 'o wook.
It is just before dawn.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Neekee keech wook.
Then it was morning.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
