Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

ten • vn • rain

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

Sentence examples (25)

1. Ko-lo kee-tee ten.
   It looks like it is going to rain.

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

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

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

3. Chpee nue-mee kee-ko'l 'we-ten.
   It's always raining.

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

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

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

5. Se-ga-'a-nee te-no' '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-te-no''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 kee-tee 'we-te-no''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 te-to-lo-hlehl, 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. Kee-tee 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'ue-me'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 hee-moo-rey-yo-wo'm keech loh-pee'hl, the cloueds a-re gathe-reeng, ko-lo kee-tee 'we-ten.
    Hurry up, the clouds are gathering, it's probably going to rain.

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

16. Nee-ko'l 'we-ten, keech kaa-meg.
    It's always raining, the weather is bad.

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

17. Peesh-kaahl mehl loh-pee'hl, kee-tee '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 he-goh-kue'm kee 'we-ten. Hlmey-kee' keech 'o ten-pe-we'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 kee-tee ten.
    I think it will rain.

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

20. Peesh-kaahl mehl loh-pee'hl kee-tee '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. Nee-kee 'ue-koo-see ten.
    It was raining everywhere.

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

22. Mos te-gen.
    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. Ko-lo kee-tee ten.
    It looks like rain.

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