Yurok dictionary

Writing system: no hyphens | hyphens

Search index (1)

kyah

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)

    Audio 

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

    Audio 

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

    Audio 

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

    Audio