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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chuhl
chuu' well, goodbye, come on
hoyii oh!, hey!, hello!
kowishcho' thank you, thanks, I am grateful
muschen really, truly, true, yes, truly
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
chuhl • excl • well, goodbye • so be it • Variant
chuu'
Lexicon record # 315 | Source references: R195 YM26 R195 JE62
Semantic
domain: greetings and polite expressions
Sentence examples
(3)
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'O legi', Chuu'hl.
Then he was told, All right.
— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun
(MM4,
1927)
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Noohl 'o le's, Chuu'hl ki menechok'.
Then she thought, Now I'll go away.
— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy
(MM5,
1927)
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Chuhl, ke'l sonowo'm, Wohpekumew
?
[Gambler:] "Well, where (?) are you, Wohpekumew?
— Lame Billy, Gambling medicine formula
(Ac,
1902)