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chmey yesterday, late
chmeyaan yesterday
chmeyoksi'hl it is evening, it is dusk, it is late
chmeyonen be evening, evening
chme'y it is evening
chomi'sh noon
choona'awech fourth month in old Yurok calendar, four months
chrwrsr' seventh month in old Yurok calendar
hegor month
hichmey the day before yesterday
hikon formerly, once, long ago, in the past
hikoni formerly, once
hohkem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar
kaamoh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar
kechoy all day
kelomehl fall, autumn
kelomoksi'hl it is a period of time (month, season, year?)
keyoh early fall, early autumn
keyohkemoh early fall, early autumn
kipun be winter, winter
kishen be summer, summer
knewoleta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar
kohchaawech sixth month in old Yurok calendar
kohchewech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month
koypoh in the morning, early, early morning
krrmrchr' ninth month in old Yurok calendar
kyah rise (sun or moon), spring (season), vernal
kyahcheni vernal
loksi'hl it is a year
meroyoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar
nahschewen night
nahschuh last night
na'awech second month in old Yurok calendar, two months
nohsoo tenth month in old Yurok calendar
pyegaagoh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar
roo be a particular time, time, hour
rootep' it is a particular time
weno'ome'hl it is a particular season, season
weno'omoksi'hl it is a particular season
wohlkechi' it is morning
wook
wooyhl all night, overnight
'owook tomorrow, the next day
'owookpaa the day after tomorrow
'o'r it is the first sliver of the new moon
Dictionary entry
wook • n • morning, dawn • vn • be morning
Lexicon record # 3974 | Source references: R265 JE90 YLCB75
Semantic
domain: times and seasons
Special meanings or uses
kich wook it is dawn, it is daylight, it is morning JE39 JE40 JE90
kiti wook it's almost dawn JE40
wook chi' all night JE95
Sentence examples
(6)
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Kich wook.
It's dawn.
— Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?"
(GT3-19,
2003)
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Kem 'o ge'm, Paa tos mos k'i we'yk'oh 'u-wook ko'l 'o newook'.
She said, No, child, I have not seen anything here this
morning.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper"
(LA16-7,
1951)
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Ku wit 'o 'w-o'oh 'imi 'uma chki'm ku 'ne-psech 'emsi ku mewimor, niki wook noohl tegeru'm ku 'we-roowo's ku mewimor.
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)
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Wo'n kich so'n kit 'u wook kem 'o gegok'w ku 'ne-psech ku 'we-nrrgrsek'.
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)
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Kit 'o wook.
It is just before dawn.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Niki kich wook.
Then it was morning.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
