Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: physical world

Related semantic domain(s): landscape, place names, rocks and inanimate natural objects, astronomy and the sky

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tenpewe'hl it is raining, rain, storm

ten

rook'ws it blows (of wind), s/he is flatulent

lohpi'hl clouds gather, it is cloudy

ro'r it snows

ta'anoy'hl it is hot weather, it is sunny

skeweg be good weather, be clear weather, be sunny weather

kaameg be bad weather

rori' it snows

swoopi'hl pour with rain, rain hard

cheporeg be cold weather

mewech' it blows (wind), the wind is blowing in this direction

sahksah hail, hail

swrrk'ws there is a gust of wind, wind is blowing in this direction

kaamege'hl it is bad weather, it is stormy

mo'ohpir fog

rorir snow

ta' be hot weather, be sunny

cheporege'hl it is cold weather

che'loy'hl it is dry weather, it evaporates, the river is narrow

mo'ohpirk be foggy

rohpi'hl it clears (of weather)

rookw wind

hl'ohko'hl it thunders

leptenok cloud, clouds blowing

mew blow in a particular direction (of wind)

mewomech' it blows in a particular direction (of the wind)

meworoh it is clearing (of weather), clouds are gone

negahse'wey rainbow

nege'hl the weather is (a certain way)

skewege'hl it is good weather, it is clear weather

srrnrk'ws it is very windy weather

swegoopihl pour with rain

ta'ehl be hot weather

tonpewe'hl it is showery

chepore'hl it is cold weather

ho'gon north wind, storm

kege'y there is lightning

ke'win 'we-lin hail

ke'ype'hl there is a flicker of lightning

k'e'go' there is lightning

lenkwe'hl it is overcast, there is an eclipse

leptenoksi'hl it is cloudy, it gets cloudy

leptenoyhl be cloudy, be misty

lewkwenohl be cloudy

lohkwo'hl it is dull weather

lrpsuwr'y it is covered in mist

lrptrnu'rwr'y it is bad weather

maay clear (of weather), pass by

mewe's

nekichwey rainbow

rewkwo'hl it is misty

segep 'u-pry rainbow

skuweg be good weather

skuwege'hl it is good weather

wonewslepah rainbow

wonu 'we-laayekah rainbow

Dictionary entry

ten • vn • rain

Lexicon record # 3472 | Source references: R255 YLCB69
Semantic domain: weather

Sentence examples (22)

  1. Kolo kiti ten.
    It looks like it is going to rain.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

  2. Mos weyko' 'we-ten.
    It won't stop raining.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  3. Chpi numi kiko'l 'we-ten.
    It's always raining.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  4. Chpi numi 'we-ten.
    It won't stop raining.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  5. Sega'ani teno' 'we-ten.
    Sometimes it rains a lot.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  6. Noohl kich 'o kom ki 'we-teno''we-ten.
    Then we know we're going to have a rain.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  7. Noohl 'o kom kiti 'we-teno''we-ten.
    Then we know we're going to have a rain.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  8. Noohl 'o kom ki 'u-pe'l soo ten.
    Then we know it's going to rain hard.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  9. Kiti ten hes?
    Is it going to rain?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

  10. Kich ten.
    It's raining.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

  11. Ch'ume'y ho 'we-ten.
    Quite a rain.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

  12. Kich ten.
    It's raining.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

  13. Cho' ko himooreyowo'm kich lohpi'hl, the clouds are gathering, kolo kiti 'we-ten.
    Hurry up, the clouds are gathering, it's probably going to rain.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-010) (LA138-010, 1980)

  14. Niko'hl 'we-ten, kich kaameg.
    It's always raining, the weather is bad.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)

  15. Pishkaahl mehl lohpi'hl, kiti 'we-ten.
    The clouds are coming from the ocean, that means rain.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)

  16. [Hoore'mos hes wi' k'i ch'ek'ch'ek'?] Ch'ek'ch'ek' tu' kem hegohku'm ki 'we-ten. Hlmeyki' kich 'o tenpewe'hl.
    [Is the wren a hoore'mos?] Wren can make rain. If you disturb him it will rain.

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    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

  17. Nek soo kiti ten.
    I think it will rain.

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

  18. Pishkaahl mehl lohpi'hl kiti 'we-ten.
    The clouds are gathering from the sea, so it will rain.

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

  19. Niki 'u-koosi ten.
    It was raining everywhere.

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

  20. Mos tegen.
    It never rains.

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

  21. Kich soo ten.
    It is raining so (hard).

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

  22. Kolo kiti ten.
    It looks like rain.

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