Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

weno'omo'r • vn • run

Lexicon record # 3848 | Source reference(s): R262
Derivation: morphological structure weno'om-o'r

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (12)

1. Poy keech ro'op'. Koleen noohl heenoy keech weno'omo'r.
   S/he's running ahead. Someone else is running way behind.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

2. We'y keech weno'omo'r.
   It has come along this far.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006) (LA138-006, 1980)

3. Wee'eeet regaayo'r kue wergers k'eno'ohl kem kee kyue' weno'omo'r.
   A fox used to cross over on it and was often running there.

   — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Fox and the Coon" (GM2, 2004)

4. Noohl k'ee wek 'we-raayoy 'we-heerkeek 'o wohpeya'r tektoh, tue' wee'eeet reeegaayo'r kue wergers k'enego'hl kem keech kyue' weno'omo'r.
   In those days way back in this creek a log lay across the water, and a fox used to cross over on it and was often running there.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Fox and the Coon" (LA16-5, 1951)

5. Kwesee hehlkew 'ela new kue ko'l weno'omo'r kwesee Segep, keech ko'mo'y 'w-egoyek' kwelekw keech hloyehl kue cheenes mehl heeko'ch'uek.
   From up in the hills Coyote had seen where something was moving along, (and) had heard tell that the two young men were being carried down from across the river.

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

6. Kem weet 'ela myah Segep kem 'ap new kwesee hasee puer noohl keech weno'monekw weno'omo'r kue 'yoch.
   And in this way Coyote jumped along and saw the boat floating down and moving toward the mouth of the river.

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

7. Tmenomee newee' wee weno'omo'r 'enuemee; sku'y soo neee'no'w kue 'ne-psech.
   It was half visible and was coming in; my father watched it intently.

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

8. 'Enuemee poy weno'omo'r kue nepuy.
   The salmon came on forward.

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

9. 'O ko hlo'm kue 'ue-ma'ahskehl yue's 'o sooto'l kue weno'omo'r kue nepuy.
   He took his spear and went over to where the salmon was coming in.

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

10. Kue heenoy ho weno'omo'r poy keech ro'.
    The one who was behind has run ahead.

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

11. Poyew noohl weno'omo'r kue mewah.
    The boy is running far ahead.

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

12. 'O rechuue'm, heewop keech weno'omo'r.
    They paddled, he went right across.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)