Yurok dictionary

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cherwerser' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

chmey yesterday, late

chmeyaan yesterday

chmeyoksee'hl it is evening, it is dusk, it is late

chmeyonen be evening, evening

chme'y it is evening

chomee'sh noon

chomee'sh 'we-roo noon, midday

choona'awech fourth month in old Yurok calendar, four months

heechmey the day before yesterday

heekon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

heekonee formerly, once

hegor month

hohkem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

kaamoh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

kechoy all day

keepuen be winter, winter

keeshen be summer, summer

kelomehl fall, autumn

kelomoksee'hl it is a period of time (month, season, year?)

kerrmercher' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

keyoh early fall, early autumn

keyohkemoh early fall, early autumn

knewoleta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar

kohchaawech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

kohchewech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month

koypoh in the morning, early, early morning

kyah

kyahchenee vernal

loksee'hl it is a year

meroyoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

nahschewen night

nahschueh last night

na'awech second month in old Yurok calendar, two months

nohsoo tenth month in old Yurok calendar

pyegaagoh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar

roo be a particular time, time, hour

rootep' it is a particular time

weno'ome'hl it is a particular season, season

weno'omoksee'hl it is a particular season

wohlkechee' it is morning

wook morning, dawn, be morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

'owook tomorrow, the next day

'owookpaa the day after tomorrow

'o'r it is the first sliver of the new moon

Dictionary entry

kyahvn • rise (sun or moon) • n • spring (season), vernal

Lexicon record # 1139 | Source reference(s): R212 R212 JE126 JE143
Semantic domains: times and seasons; astronomy and the sky

Special meanings or uses

  • kue ho kyegah east [literally, "where (the sun) always rises"] R212 [directions and locations]

  • kolchee kyah every month [literally, "whenever (the moon) rises"] R212

  • k'ee kyah spring YLCB76 [times and seasons]

  • keech kyah sunrise YLCB115

  • 'o kyegah where the sun comes up, the east GM(AQ-1)

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (16)

  1. kyah "spring" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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  2. kyah "rise" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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  3. 'o kyegah "where the sun comes up, the east" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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  4. 'ue-kyah "when the sun comes up" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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