Yurok dictionary

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chmeyonen hoogech evening star

hoogech star

hoogech neee'n astronomer

hoogech 'ue-m falling star

hoogechoy be starry (night)

kechee' it is daylight

koyowoh full (of the moon)

koypoh hoogech morning star

kuereesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

kyah

lekonee hoogech falling star, shooting star

mehl seges'ew shooting star

rootah sun ray

ruerowech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)

so'oo 'we-laay Milky Way

s'eegoroh half moon

wonewsleg moon, sun

wonoye'eek in the sky, up in the middle of the sky

ye'w the sun sets

ye'wome'y the sun sets

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

'wes'onah sky, horizon, world, cosmos, earth, universe

'wes'onew sky

Dictionary entry

kyah • vn • 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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