Dictionary entry
wo'eek • adv • inside [takes pronominal prefixes]
Lexicon record # 3964 | Source reference(s): R265 JE73 JE74
Other paradigm form
obviative wo'eeks
Special meanings or uses
wo'eek menoo middle of the day JB-01-1 [times and seasons]
wo' 'o pa' core of boil, pus in middle JE34 [health and sickness]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (14)
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'Yekwhl wo'eek 'ok'w 'o kue 'erplers.
There are maggots in the apples.
— Georgiana Trull, Sentences (GT-IM) (GT-IM, 2003)
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Kego'r wo'eek 'ne-sootook'.
We're going inside one by one. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)
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Kowecho' wo'eek ho myaahlkepe'm.
Don't jump in the middle. — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)
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Neekeechyue wo'eek le'mehl kue 'ue-kooychkwoyek'.
We all went in and bought it together — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)
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Neekeechyue wo'eek le'm kue 'ue-kooychkwoyek'.
We all put in when it was bought. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)
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'We-sraach' 'ue-wo'eek 'ela hooreche'w weeshtue' 'o mue'mone'm kue 'wer'errgerch, mecheesh 'o nek'.
He reached into his quiver and took out the alder bark, and put it on the fire.— Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)
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Kolchee kyah 'o guenkekso' wo'eeks 'o lehlke'n 'wo'hlp'e'y.
Every month he opened the box and scattered angelica root inside.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Keekee chue wo'eek le'moh 'ne-kooychkwoh.
We will all go in and buy it.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Yo' wo'eek ma nek' cheeek 'o kue tekwonekws.
He put the money into the box.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Keekee chue wo'eek le'moh 'ne-kooychwoh.
We will all go inside and buy it.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Mos wo'eek kee 'ela hoole'm k'-oore'mos mee' keech swoyhl k'e-reweeesh.
Your animals will not stay inside because your fence is broken.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Yo' wo'eek ma nek' kue cheeek 'o kue tekwonekws.
He put the money in the box.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kwesee' 'o hlo'm kue 'ekah wo'eeks so neee'nowo'm 'o newo'm k'en 'oohlke's k'ehl nuemee to'm.
She picked up that cap, looked inside of it, and saw in it there lay something very small.— Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)
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Wo'eek etue noohl weeshtue ol 'ahspee'mehl k'ee neryermertr, 'o'loolekweeshol .
that is this one, that's where game yet drink, human being.— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (recorded) (SW2, 1902)