Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

kues • interrog adv • where?, when?, how?, which?, what? (of a specified set) • why?

Lexicon record # 1133 | Source reference(s): R211 FS(B203)

Special meanings or uses

• kues choo'm how many? JE71

• kues no'ohl when?, how long?, how long ago? R211 JE71 JE84

• kues no' how long?, When? JE71 JE148

• kues no'omehl how long? JE71

• kues noohl how long?, how far? R211

• kues soo how? R211 JE71

• kues so'n? what's happened?, what's the matter?, what's wrong?, why? R212 JE148 FS(B203)

• kues so'n mehl? why?, for what reason? JE148

• kues sone'm, kues sonowo'm how are you? R212

• kues sonowonee what sort of?, What kind? R212 JE147

• kues weno'omuen how old? JE71

• kues soo' what did you say? JE147

• kues tue where is?, where are? JE148

Short recordings (6) | Sentence examples (518)

1. kues "how" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

2. kues choo'm "how many" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

3. kues no' "when" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

4. kues soo "how" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

5. kues too' "how much" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

6. kues tue "where is or are" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)