Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain greetings and polite expressions
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
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
ho-yeee oh!, hey!, hello!
ko-weesh-cho' thank you, thanks, I am grateful
mues-chen really, truly, true, yes, truly
ney
ney-yen greeting between women
no-woh greeting between men
pee'-woh why not!, you're welcome!, sure!, okay
tos child!
wok-hlew be glad, thank you, thanks, I give thanks, I am grateful
wor mode of address by a man to his wife
'a-ye-kwee' alas!, I am sorry, a formal salutation of departure, formerly used "chiefly as farewell to the dead,
etc.", hello!
'ey yes
'ohl-kuem of course, you're welcome
'o-ye-kwee' long for, miss, hey!, hello!, oh!
'o-yeee hey!, hello!, oh!
'o-yuue-kwee' hey!, hello!, oh!
Dictionary entry
ney • excl • greeting between women
Lexicon record # 2158 | Source references: R229 YLCB4
Semantic
domain: greetings and polite expressions
Sentence examples
(2)
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Kwe-see keech 'e-la skuey-kep' kue lo-chom' noohl 'o gee' kue ne-ge-neech, Ney, kues cho' soo ne-wo-yek'?
The toad dressed herself and then said to the mouse, My dear, how do
I look?
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse"
(LA16-6,
1951)
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Kwe-see keech 'e-la wey 'we-chuerp-'ery kue ne-ge-neech, noohl weet 'e-la myah noohl 'ap ham', Kues cho soo ne-wo-yek'? Ney, to's keech mer-mer-yer-werk'?
And when the mouse had finished combing her hair, she jumped up and said,
How do I look? My dear, am I pretty now?
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse"
(LA16-6,
1951)