Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: activities

Related semantic domain(s): ceremonies and dances, food, drink, and cooking, games, hunting and fishing

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chuhl well, goodbye, so be it

chuu' well, goodbye, come on

hoyii oh!, hey!, hello!

kowishcho' thank you, thanks, I am grateful

muschen

ney greeting between women

neyen greeting between women

nowoh greeting between men

pi'woh why not!, you're welcome!, sure!, okay

tos child!

wokhlew be glad, thank you, thanks, I give thanks, I am grateful

wor mode of address by a man to his wife

'ayekwi' alas!, I am sorry, a formal salutation of departure, formerly used "chiefly as farewell to the dead, etc.", hello!

'ey yes

'ohlkum of course, you're welcome

'oyekwi' long for, miss, hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyii hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyuukwi' hey!, hello!, oh!

Dictionary entry

muschen • adv • really, truly, true • excl • yes, truly

Lexicon record # 1969 | Source reference: R226
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Sentence examples (11)

  1. Muschen hes?
    Is that true?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 5: "What are you doing?" (GT3-05, 2003)

  2. Muschen, to' wi' so'n
    Really, it is true.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 5: "What are you doing?" (GT3-05, 2003)

  3. Muschen 'ne-'r'grp.
    What I'm saying is true.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-3a) (JB-05-3a, 2002)

  4. Muschen hes kich k'e-skewoksipew?
    Is it true that you are fond of each other?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-014) (LA138-014, 1980)

  5. Muschen hes k'e-skewok ki ko'l k'e-nepek'?
    Do you really want to eat anything?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  6. Noohl 'o newi' kwesi muschen hlkehl wi' woop'ik numi 'olonekw.
    Then they saw that it really was land lying right out in the ocean.

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

  7. 'O ga'm, Nek kwelokw komchumek' muschen k'e-srhkrmrypewk'.
    She said, Well, I know that really you are homesick.

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

  8. Muschen hes koloni k'e-skewoksis'o'?
    Do you really like them?

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

  9. Muschen hes meworegete'm ku nahchelom chiik?
    Have you really spent all the money you were given?

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

  10. Muschen hes skewok ko'l ki k'e-nepek'?
    Do you really want something to eat?

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

  11. Muschen hes skewok?
    Do you really want it?

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