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

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

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