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 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

'ohlkum of course, you're welcome

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

'oyii hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyuukwi' hey!, hello!, oh!

Dictionary entry

'ey • excl • yes • Variants 'ee 'eey 'ii 'iiy

Lexicon record # 4269 | Source references: R269-270 JE153
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Sentence examples (11)

  1. Kus 'we-so'nmehl 'ey wo hegole'm chmeyaan?
    Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  2. Kus so'n mehl 'ey wo hegole'm chmeyaan?
    Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

  3. 'ey nek numi chiweyek'.
    Yes, I am hungry.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  4. 'ey numi ki'm soo keychek.
    Yes, I'm very tired.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

  5. 'Ey, kich wryrch.
    Yes, that's the end of it.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-2, 2001)

  6. Ki nuu'moh Hup'oo, 'ey, we'yk'oh kechoyk.
    We'll be coming to Hoopa today.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  7. 'Ey, kimole'n k'i 'we-hlkelonah.
    Yes, their country is bad.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  8. Noohl 'o ga'm, 'Ey, 'ne-k'ep'eworoh, nek kwelekw ki megelok' k'i kweni k'e-le'mo'w, 'ohlkumi nek soo kelew kwelekw nimi ki sku'y soo hoole'mo'w mo nimi 'ok'w wish k'i mehl chweginkep' k'i kwen cho soo hoole'mo'w.
    Then he said, Yes, my grandchildren, I will come with you wherever you are going, for I think you will not get on well if there is no one who will speak on your behalf wherever you may go.

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

  9. 'O ga'm, 'Ey, ku mewimor, Kem ki hasu', Ki ko'l so'nk'enuu'moh 'o pulekw.
    The old main said, Yes, and you may decide to fish at the river mouth.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  10. Noohl 'o ga'm, 'Ey kwelekw cho wit soo k'ookwso'w ku nunepuy noohl ko 'o che'lohtemew.
    He said, Yes, cut up fish in the usual way, and you may dry it.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  11. 'Ey wi'iit soosek'.
    Yes, I think so.

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