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

chmey' it is evening

chmey-yo-nen be evening, evening

kee-puen be winter, winter

lok-see'hl

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

lok-see'hl • v imp e-class • it is a year

Lexicon record # 1427 | Source references: R217 JE153
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Special meanings or uses

Sentence examples (7)

  1. Lok-see'hl.
    Year.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?" (GT3-19, 2003)

  2. Te-wo-me'hl sa-'a-nor 'welok-see'hl.
    Happy NewYear.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?" (GT3-19, 2003)

  3. Mo-cho kue ke-go's-neg 'em-see k'err' weesh mehl pe-lo-mey-yehl kwe-lekw 'ee-mok-sue te-nem' kue ne-puey kue weet 'we-lok-see'hl.
    If the seagulls and crows fight over it there will not be much salmon that year.

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

  4. Kwe-lekw mo-cho weesh nee-nee rek-'eeen 'ee-mee ne-pehl kwe-lekw weet kee 'we-te-ne'-mek' ne-puey kue weet 'we-lok-see'hl.
    But if they sit around and do not eat, it means that salmon will be plentiful that year.

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

  5. Nahk-se-mee lok-see'hl.
    It is three years.

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

  6. Kwe-see' keech 'o kor' nee lok-see'hl weesh-tue' kem 'o 'o chyuuek'-ween' 'o ko'-mo-yom' kol' kye kwen 'o rue-ro-wom'.
    One year went by, again she sat down there, then she heard some place there was singing.

    — Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)

  7. Peesh, kwe-see 'o lok-see'hl, kwe-see 'eesh-kuue 'ee weesh-tue' son', keech tue' weesh-tue' ho soo ge-gol'. 'Ishkuue nee slo-'ehl-ko'.
    Well, then it was a year, and slowly it was like this, since he had gone around like that. Slowly he wasted away.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)