Yurok dictionary

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roo be a particular time, time, hour

'o-wook tomorrow, the next day

chmey-yaan yesterday

koy-poh in the morning, early, early morning

nahs-chueh last night

hee-kon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

cho-mee'sh noon

nahs-che-wen night

he-gor month

kyah

chmey' it is evening

chmey-yo-nen be evening, evening

kee-puen be winter, winter

lok-see'hl it is a year

kee-shen be summer, summer

wook morning, dawn, be morning

key-yoh early fall, early autumn

we-no-'o-me'hl it is a particular season, season

chmey-yok-see'hl it is evening, it is dusk, it is late

wohl-ke-chee' it is morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

chmey yesterday, late

heech-mey the day before yesterday

ke-choy all day

we-no-'o-mok-see'hl it is a particular season

'o-wook-paa the day after tomorrow

koh-che-wech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month

roo-tep' it is a particular time

choo-na-'a-wech fourth month in old Yurok calendar, four months

cher-wer-ser' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

hee-ko-nee formerly, once

hoh-kem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

kaa-moh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

ke-lo-mehl fall, autumn

ke-lo-mok-see'hl it is a period of time (month, season, year?)

key-yoh-ke-moh early fall, early autumn

kne-wo-le-ta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar

koh-chaa-wech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

kerr-mer-cher' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

kyah-che-nee vernal

me-ro-yoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

na-'a-wech second month in old Yurok calendar, two months

noh-soo tenth month in old Yurok calendar

pye-gaa-goh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar

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

Dictionary entry

kyahvn • rise (sun or moon) • n • spring (season), vernal

Lexicon record # 1139 | Source references: R212 R212 JE126 JE143
Semantic domains: times and seasons; astronomy and the sky

Special meanings or uses

  • kue ho kye-gah east [literally, "where (the sun) always rises"] R212 [directions and locations]

  • kol-chee kyah every month [literally, "whenever (the moon) rises"] R212

  • k'ee kyah spring YLCB76 [times and seasons]

  • keech kyah sunrise YLCB115

  • 'o kye-gah where the sun comes up, the east GM(AQ-1)

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (9)

  1. kyah "spring" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. kyah "rise" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  3. 'o kye-gah "where the sun comes up, the east" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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  4. 'uek-yah "when the sun comes up" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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