Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

wonewsleg • n • moon sun • Variants wonuesleg wonekwsleg

Lexicon record # 3936 | Source reference(s): R265 FS(B220) YSU995 JE90 FS(LA138-057)
Semantic domain: astronomy and the sky

Special meaning or use

• keech koyowoh kue wonewsleg wonewsleg keech koyowoh the moon is full YLCB113 AF(JB-02-9) [astronomy and the sky]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (8)

1. Kue wonewsleg 'ee mok'w 'w-ahpew.
   The moon had no wife.

   — Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)

2. Tue' weeshtue' 'w-ahpew wonewsleg.
   And that one was Moon's wife.

   — Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)

3. Keech keyowoh kue wonewsleg.
   Full moon.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

4. Wonewsleg.
   Moon.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

5. Kechoyn hego'l kue wonewsleg.
   Sun.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

6. Keech kyah k'ee wonewsleg.
   The moon is out.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-004) (LA138-004, 1980)

7. 'Erkuueler's k'ee wonekwsleg.
   It's very dark around the moon.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

8. Kwesee' hlkelee 'o leko'n kue wonewsleg.
   Then that Sun fell on the ground.

   — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)