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chmey yesterday, late

chmey-yaan yesterday

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

chmey-yo-nen be evening, evening

chmey' it is evening

cho-mee'sh noon

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

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

he-gor month

heech-mey the day before yesterday

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

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-choy all day

ke-lo-mehl fall, autumn

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

key-yoh early fall, early autumn

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

kee-puen be winter, winter

kee-shen be summer, summer

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

koh-chaa-wech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

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

koy-poh in the morning, early, early morning

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

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

kyah-che-nee vernal

lok-see'hl it is a year

me-ro-yoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

nahs-che-wen night

nahs-chueh last night

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

roo be a particular time, time, hour

roo-tep' it is a particular time

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

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

wohl-ke-chee' it is morning

wook

wooyhl all night, overnight

'o-wook tomorrow, the next day

'o-wook-paa the day after tomorrow

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

Dictionary entry

wookn • morning, dawn • vn • be morning

Lexicon record # 3974 | Source references: R265 JE90 YLCB75
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Special meanings or uses

  • keech wook it is dawn, it is daylight, it is morning JE39 JE40 JE90

  • kee-tee wook it's almost dawn JE40

  • wook chee' all night JE95

Sentence examples (6)

  1. Keech wook.
    It's dawn.

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

  2. Kem 'o gem', Paa tos mos k'ee we'yk-'oh 'ue-wook kol' 'o ne-wook'.
    She said, No, child, I have not seen anything here this morning.

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

  3. Kue weet 'o 'wo-'oh 'ee-mee 'ue-ma chkeem' kue 'nep-sech 'em-see kue me-wee-mor, nee-kee wook noohl te-ge-ruem' kue 'we-roo-wo's kue me-wee-mor.
    That night the old man and my father did not sleep, and the old man spoke to his pipe until morning.

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

  4. Won' keech son' keet 'ue wook kem 'o ge-gokw' kue 'nep-sech kue 'we-nerr-ger-sek'.
    Before daybreak even it happened that my father went out to gather sweathouse wood.

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

  5. Keet 'o wook.
    It is just before dawn.

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

  6. Nee-kee keech wook.
    Then it was morning.

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