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' well, goodbye, come on

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

'ohlkuem of course, you're welcome

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

'oyeee hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyuuekwee' hey!, hello!, oh!

Dictionary entry

'ey • excl • yes • Variants 'ee 'eey 'eee 'eeey

Lexicon record # 4269 | Source references: R269-270 JE153
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Sentence examples (11)

  1. Kues 'we-son'mehl 'ey wo hegolem' chmeyaan?
    Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  2. Kues son' mehl 'ey wo hegolem' chmeyaan?
    Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  3. 'ey nek nuemee cheeweyek'.
    Yes, I am hungry.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  4. 'ey nuemee keem' soo keychek.
    Yes, I'm very tired.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  5. 'Ey, keech weryerch.
    Yes, that's the end of it.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-2, 2001)

  6. Kee nuue'moh Huep'oo, 'ey, we'yk'oh kechoyk.
    We'll be coming to Hoopa today.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  7. 'Ey, keemolen' k'ee 'we-hlkelonah.
    Yes, their country is bad.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  8. Noohl 'o gam', 'Ey, 'ne-k'ep'eworoh, nek kwelekw kee megelok' k'ee kwenee k'e-le'mow', 'ohlkuemee nek soo kelew kwelekw neemee kee skuey' soo hoole'mow' mo neemee 'okw' weesh k'ee mehl chwegeenkep' k'ee kwen cho soo hoole'mow'.
    Then he said, Yes, my grandchildren, I will come with you wherever you are going, for I think you will not get on well if there is no one who will speak on your behalf wherever you may go.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  9. 'O gam', 'Ey, kue meweemor, Kem kee hasue', Kee kol' so'nk'enuue'moh 'o puelekw.
    The old main said, Yes, and you may decide to fish at the river mouth.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  10. Noohl 'o gam', 'Ey kwelekw cho weet soo k'ookwsow' kue nuenepuey noohl ko 'o che'lohtemew.
    He said, Yes, cut up fish in the usual way, and you may dry it.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  11. 'Ey wee'eeet soosek'.
    Yes, I think so.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)