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kyah

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 kye-gah east [literally, "where (the sun) always rises"] R212 [directions and locations]

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

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

  • keech kyah sunrise YLCB115

  • 'o kye-gah 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 kye-gah "where the sun comes up, the east" (spoken by Glenn Moore)

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

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