Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

kechee' • v imp e-class • it is daylight

Lexicon record # 739 | Source reference(s): R204 JE40
Semantic domain: astronomy and the sky
Derivation: morphological structure kechoy-e-

Other paradigm form

• attributive 3sg kechoyn day R204 JE40

Special meanings or uses

• kechoyn hegoo, kechoyn heegoo sun [literally, "day traveler"] R204 [astronomy and the sky]

• kechoyn hegoo kue wonewsleg sun YLCB115 [astronomy and the sky]

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (8)

1. Kechoyn.
   Day.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?" (GT3-19, 2003)

2. We'yk'oh 'ue-kechoyn.
   Today.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?" (GT3-19, 2003)

3. Kechoyn.
   Day.

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

4. Kechoyn hego'l kue wonewsleg.
   Sun.

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

5. Skuy' soo kechee'.
   It's really light out.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

6. Kechoyn keech kyah.
   In the morning the sun rises.

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

7. Keech kechee'.
   It's daylight.

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

8. 'O ga'm kue meweemor, Mocho keeto chkeye'm we'yk'oh kechoyn cho' ko 'o chkeye'm.
   The old man said, If you feel sleepy, sleep now in the day.

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