Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain greetings and polite expressions

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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 well, goodbye, so be it

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

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

wokhlew • vn • be glad • excl • thank you, thanks, I give thanks, I am grateful [for things other than food] • Variant wokhle'w

Lexicon record # 3926 | Source references: R264 JE134 FS(B219) YLCB10 FS(LA138-045)
Semantic domains: greetings and polite expressions; feelings and emotions

Representative example

  • Wokhlew tos kich k'e-noolochek'

    I am glad, child, that you answered
    — YN185

Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (6)

  1. wokhlew "thank you" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)

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  2. wokhlew "thank you" (spoken by Jimmie James)

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  3. wokhlew "thanks (general)" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  4. wokhlew "I'm glad" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  5. wokhlew "thank you" (spoken by Minnie Reed)

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  6. wokhle'w "I'm glad" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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