Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain astronomy and the sky

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Broader semantic domain: physical world

Related semantic domain(s): landscape, place names, rocks and inanimate natural objects, weather

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'wes'onah

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

kechee' it is daylight

wonewsleg moon, sun

'wes'onew sky

wonoye'eek in the sky, up in the middle of the sky

hoogech star

rootah sun ray

ye'womey' the sun sets

chmeyonen hoogech evening star

hoogech neeen' astronomer

hoogech 'ue-m falling star

hoogechoy be starry (night)

koypoh hoogech morning star

kuereesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

lekonee hoogech falling star, shooting star

mehl seges'ew shooting star

ruerowech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)

so'oo 'we-laay Milky Way

yew' the sun sets

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

Dictionary entry

'wes'onah • n • sky, horizon • world • cosmos • earth, universe

Lexicon record # 4082 | Source references: R263 JE121 YM116 YSRO477 MPY198 FS(B219)
Semantic domain: astronomy and the sky

Other paradigm form

locative 'wes'oneweek earth, universe FS(B219)

Special meanings or uses

'wes'onah 'we-lekeeta' Milky Way [literally, "sky's backbone"] CS(ALK9:55) [astronomy and the sky]
k'ee 'wes'onah megetohl mythological character, "the keeper of the heavens" FS(B219) HIC74 YM313 • "Sky-Keeper; he who has or owns the sky" YM431

Derived phrase or compound

'e'guer' 'wes'onah "uterus"

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (18)

hegohkuem' k'ee 'wes'onah (spoken by Jimmie James)

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'wes'onah "sky" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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