Yurok dictionary

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koweeshcho'

Dictionary entry

koweeshcho' • excl • thank you, thanks, I am grateful [now usually used for food or drink, not for other things]

Lexicon record # 1030 | Source reference(s): R210 JE134 YLCB10
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (6)

  1. Koweeshcho'
    Thank you (for food)

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)

  2. Koweeshcho'.
    Thank you (for food).

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 26: "Food Vocabulary" (GT3-26, 2003)

  3. Koweeshcho'!
    Thank you!

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Iteratives, Passives, and Repetitives (JB-02-14a, 2001)

  4. Koweeshcho' k'ee ma k'er-nergery.
    Thank you for your help.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  5. Koweeshcho' mehl k'ee cheeek 'ne-nahchah.
    Thank you for giving me the money.

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  6. Koweeshcho'.
    Thank you (for food).

    — Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)