Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

ten • vn • rain

Lexicon record # 3472 | Source reference(s): R255 YLCB69
Semantic domain: weather

Sentence examples (25)

1. Kolo keetee ten.
   It looks like it is going to rain.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (AG-07-1) (AG-07-1, 2006)

2. Mos weyko' 'we-ten.
   It won't stop raining.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

3. Chpee nuemee keeko'l 'we-ten.
   It's always raining.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

4. Chpee nuemee 'we-ten.
   It won't stop raining.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

5. Sega'anee teno' 'we-ten.
   Sometimes it rains a lot.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

6. Noohl keech 'o kom kee 'we-teno''we-ten.
   Then we know we're going to have a rain.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

7. Noohl 'o kom keetee 'we-teno''we-ten.
   Then we know we're going to have a rain.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

8. Noohl 'o kom kee 'ue-pe'l soo ten.
   Then we know it's going to rain hard.

   — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

9. Tue' weet 'o tetolohlehl, tue' weet keech 'o ten, tue' weet tee'n mehl 'we-ten.
   They cry and it rains, that's why it rains.

   — Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)

10. Tue' weet 'em hlee ten.
    So it doesn't rain.

    — Georgiana Trull, Moon and His Wife (GT2, 2003)

11. Keetee ten hes?
    Is it going to rain?

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

12. Keech ten.
    It's raining.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

13. Ch'ueme'y ho 'we-ten.
    Quite a rain.

    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 17: "How's the weather? (Look at the sky.)" (GT3-17, 2003)

14. Keech ten.
    It's raining.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)

15. Cho' ko heemooreyowo'm keech lohpee'hl, the cloueds are gathereeng, kolo keetee 'we-ten.
    Hurry up, the clouds are gathering, it's probably going to rain.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-010) (LA138-010, 1980)

16. Neeko'l 'we-ten, keech kaameg.
    It's always raining, the weather is bad.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)

17. Peeshkaahl mehl lohpee'hl, keetee 'we-ten.
    The clouds are coming from the ocean, that means rain.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)

18. [Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee ch'ek'ch'ek'?] Ch'ek'ch'ek' tue' kem hegohkue'm kee 'we-ten. Hlmeykee' keech 'o tenpewe'hl.
    [Is the wren a hoore'mos?] Wren can make rain. If you disturb him it will rain.

    — Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)

19. Nek soo keetee ten.
    I think it will rain.

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

20. Peeshkaahl mehl lohpee'hl keetee 'we-ten.
    The clouds are gathering from the sea, so it will rain.

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

21. Neekee 'ue-koosee ten.
    It was raining everywhere.

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

22. Mos tegen.
    It never rains.

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

23. Keech soo ten.
    It is raining so (hard).

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

24. Kolo keetee ten.
    It looks like rain.

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