Yurok dictionary

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chuuehl well, goodbye, so be it

chuue' well, goodbye, come on

hoyeee oh!, hey!, hello!

koweeshcho' thank you, thanks, I am grateful

mueschen

ney greeting between women

neyen greeting between women

nowoh greeting between men

pee'wo' why not!, you're welcome!, sure!, okay

tos child!

wokhlew be glad, thank you, thanks, I give thanks, I am grateful

wor mode of address by a man to his wife

'aiyekwee' alas!, I am sorry, a formal salutation of departure, formerly used "chiefly as farewell to the dead, etc.", hello!, long for, miss

'ey yes

'ohlkuem of course, you're welcome

'oyeee hey!, hello!, oh!

'oyuuekwee' hey!, hello!, oh!

Dictionary entry

mueschen • adv • really, truly, true • excl • yes, truly

Lexicon record # 1969 | Source reference(s): R226
Semantic domain: greetings and polite expressions

Sentence examples (11)

  1. Mueschen hes?
    Is that true?

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 5: "What are you doing?" (GT3-05, 2003)

  2. Mueschen, to' wee' so'n
    Really, it is true.

    Audio 

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 5: "What are you doing?" (GT3-05, 2003)

  3. Mueschen 'ne-'er'gerp.
    What I'm saying is true.

    Audio 

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-3a) (JB-05-3a, 2002)

  4. Mueschen hes keech k'e-skewokseepew?
    Is it true that you are fond of each other?

    Audio 

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-014) (LA138-014, 1980)

  5. Mueschen hes k'e-skewok kee ko'l k'e-nepek'?
    Do you really want to eat anything?

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  6. Noohl 'o newee' kwesee mueschen hlkehl wee' woop'eek nuemee 'olonekw.
    Then they saw that it really was land lying right out in the ocean.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  7. 'O ga'm, Nek kwelokw komchuemek' mueschen k'e-serhkermerypewk'.
    She said, Well, I know that really you are homesick.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  8. Mueschen hes kolonee k'e-skewoksees'o'?
    Do you really like them?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  9. Mueschen hes meworegete'm kue nahchelom cheeek?
    Have you really spent all the money you were given?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  10. Mueschen hes skewok ko'l kee k'e-nepek'?
    Do you really want something to eat?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  11. Mueschen hes skewok?
    Do you really want it?

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)