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wey

Dictionary entry

wey • vn • be closed, come to an end, be finished

Lexicon record # 3863 | Source reference(s): R263
Derivation: morphological structure wey

Sentence examples (35)

  1. Keech wey hes?
    Are we done?

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

  2. To' keech wey.
    We're through.

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

  3. Negahs 'ue-wey.
    Rainbow.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

  4. Keech wey ko'l 'ne-nepek'.
    I'm done eating.

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    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

  5. Keech wey 'we-ro'.
    It stopped running.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)

  6. Keech wey hes kue k'er-'er'gerp k'e-chpeyue'r?
    Are you finished telling your story?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-2, 2001)

  7. Keech wey 'ue-'wegah.
    He is getting a divorce.

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

  8. Keech wey 'ne-chperwerk.
    I quit thinking about it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  9. Keech wey, keetee weykook'.
    I have finished, I'm about to finish.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-025) (LA138-025, 1980)

  10. Keech wey 'ne-pelomoyek'.
    I've stopped fighting.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-029) (LA138-029, 1980)

  11. 'Emkee, mocho keech 'o wey 'we-sahksah, noohl 'o tenpewe'hl, kue wee' kem 'o sahksah, 'owook koy kwesee keech 'o ro'r.
    Then, when the hail stops, then it rains, then it hails again, and then early in the morning it turns to snow.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-030) (LA138-030, 1980)

  12. Keech wey 'ne-kepoyuerek'.
    I'm finished swimming.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-044) (LA138-044, 1980)

  13. Keech ho wey weet 'ne-mehlhl'ooksek'.
    I'm not thinking about it anymore.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)

  14. Kwesee keech 'ela wey 'we-chuerp'ery kue negeneech, noohl weet 'ela myah noohl 'ap he'm, Kues cho soo newoyek'? To's keech mermeryerwerk'?
    After the mouse got through combing, he jumped in front of the frog, and said, How do I look? Am I pretty now?

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)

  15. 'Woogey, 'woogey, 'woogeyehlke's Wohpekuemew weesh; ko wey, nekah soo hoole'moh.
    Holy, holy, holy is Wohpekumew; he ordained and we live in obedience.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  16. Kwesee kue keech 'o wey kue ko'l 'we-nepek', 'o ge'm, To' wee' keech roo keekee 'ne-chkeyek', kwesee 'o koosee le'm kue keetee 'we-chkee'mo'w.
    When he had finished eating, he said, Now it is time for me to sleep, and they all went away to sleep.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  17. Kwesee keech 'ela wey 'we-chuerp'ery kue negeneech, noohl weet 'ela myah noohl 'ap ha'm, Kues cho soo newoyek'? Ney, to's keech mermeryerwerk'?
    And when the mouse had finished combing her hair, she jumped up and said, How do I look? My dear, am I pretty now?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)

  18. K'ehl nuemee to'm kue mewah, kwesee keet 'o pe'l weet 'o so'n keskee chpee nee yegok'w mos wey 'ue-kertkerk'.
    The boy was very small, but as he began to grow up it turned out that all he would do was to go down to the water's edge and was never done with fishing for trout.

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

  19. Mechee 'ee rek'eeen kue keech 'ue-wey 'ue-pewomue', 'enuemee wogee 'ap key Segep.
    They were sitting by the fire when the cooking was finished, and Coyote sat down right in the middle.

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

  20. Maageen 'eekee 'ue-wey, maageen kyue' 'ee 'o goole'm.
    Some of them stopped fishing at once, and others stayed around there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  21. Kue 'ue-wey 'we-chween weet 'o soo newee' kue nepuy kolo neekee ko'see ko'mo'y.
    When he finished speaking the salmon seemed to have heard it all.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  22. Kue keech 'ue-wey 'w-oktketoy kue we'yon kue 'errwerh 'emehl mewolete'w.
    When the girl had finished cutting up the fish, she wiped her hands with the grass.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  23. Keech wey ko'l ho 'we-nepee'mehl 'emkee 'er'gerrch 'we-lekw 'ee rek'eeen.
    They finished eating and sat outside the sweathouse.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  24. Noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Kee na'mee wehlowaa choomoyhl kee noohl nerrgerse'm kem kee 'eekee k'e-wey.
    Then the old man said, For twenty days more you will gather sweathouse wood, and then you will have finished.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  25. Keech wey 'ue-'wegah.
    He has got a divorce.

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

  26. Keech wey 'w-oole'mek' 'oohl.
    The end of the people has come.

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

  27. Keech wey 'w-elomeye'm.
    They have finished dancing.

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

  28. Keech wey 'we-'e'gah 'esee nuue'm.
    They came after we had finished our meal.

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

  29. Mocho kue megokw keemee wey 'ue-mokwomokwochek' ko sermerterk'.
    If that dog does not stop barking I shall kill it.

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

  30. Mocho keemee wey 'ue-teget ko gesek' kwelekw te'l.
    If he does not stop crying I shall think he is ill.

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

  31. Neekee keech 'ue-wey.
    Then it was finished.

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

  32. Keech 'o wey ko'l 'we-nepek'.
    He finished eating.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

  33. Kwesee' 'o legee', Mos wee't kee mehl wey k'-elomeyk'.
    He was told, That's not why you're quitting dancing.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)

  34. Nuemee chyue ko weyko' 'we-so'. Nuemee chyue ko wey k'ee mega'epoyuena k'ee 'oolekwoh.
    He accomplished everything like this. Everything

    — Doctor Jo (Pecwan Doctor), "Myth of the Origin of Puberty" (Sa, 1907)

  35. Keech ho wey 'w-o'omepek'.
    He had finished making his fire.

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