Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

kwenomet • n • 1 part of a sweathouse 2 big door of a sweathouse 3 "the exit and ventilator" • "the place to the left of the exit, likely to be occupied by the 'owner'"

Lexicon record # 1258 | Source reference(s): R214 FS(B204) HIC82 YM312 YM340
Semantic domain: houses and parts of houses

Other paradigm form

• obviative kwenometeesh I3

Sentence examples (4)

1. Kwenomet 'ee mege'ohkwele.
   He always lay in front of the sweathouse.

   — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)

2. Kwenometeesh 'o chyeguuek'w. Kwenometeesh 'o chyeguuek'w.
   He always sat in front of the sweathouse exit. He always sat in front of the sweathouse exit.

   — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Wohpekumew's Flute Song" (I3, 1906)

3. Weeshtue 'o 'we-chyuuek'w kwenomet.
   He sat before the exit.

   — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Wohpekumew's Flute Song" (I3, 1906)