Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

no'oy • n • shoe, shoes

Lexicon record # 2260 | Source reference(s): R232 JE119
Semantic domain: clothes and cloth objects

Other paradigm form

• short form noy R232

Derived phrases or compounds

• Wohpekuemew 'we-no'oy "lady's-slipper"

• Wohpekuemew 'we-no'oy segon "pitcher plant"

Short recordings (7) | Sentence examples (6)

1. K'ee k'e-no'oy cho' ko no'oye'm. Cho' ko no'oyem k'ee k'e-no'oy.
   These shoes of yours, put your shoes on. Put your shoes on, these shoes of yours.

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

2. Cho' myoote'm k'ee k'e-no'oy.
   Put on your shoes.

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

3. 'Ochkaa kue myootek' 'ne-no'oy.
   I am putting on one of my shoes.

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

4. Myegoot'es k'e-no'oy!
   Put on your shoes!

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)

5. [Pishkaahl 'o koh hes wee' k'ee nerrger'?] 'Ee, peeshkaahl wee' nee 'oo' k'ee nerrger'. Mos kee mo'ok'w k'e-no'oy 'o ha'agonehl 'o peeshkaahl.
   [Is the barnacle a pishkaahl 'o koh?] Yes, barnacles live along the ocean. You couldn't go without shoes on the rocks by the ocean.

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