Yurok dictionary

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wo • pv • past time

Lexicon record # 3902 | Source reference(s): R264

Sentence examples (68)

Kues 'we-so'nmehl 'ey wo hegole'm chmeyaan?
Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

— Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
Kues so'n mehl 'ey wo hegole'm chmeyaan?
Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

— Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
Neemee wo nahchelek' kee 'ne-hlkyorkwek'.
They didn't let me watch.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)
Neemee' wo skeweenepek'.
I didn't eat enough.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-031) (LA138-031, 1980)
Keech mee' wo nepek' mee' sekoyop.
I can't eat it because it's so tough.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-035) (LA138-035, 1980)
Neemee wo noosonowok'.
I didn't take part.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)
Keet wo hohchoo'.
You're bragging.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)
Tenpeyok' wo neemee 'we-ske'wonee, tue weet mehl telek'.
I ate too much of something that wasn't done, and it made me sick.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-040) (LA138-040, 1980)
Wo'nee chpooksek'.
I'm contemplating something.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)
[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee neekwech?] 'Ee, 'o hlmeyowonee wee'. Chuelue mos ho lege'y 'oohl. Weet ho 'oole'm weet soo. Tue' neemee wee hoolege'y 'oohl keech 'o merkue' mocho keechee' laay 'oohl. Se'nee kwel neemee wo nep'. Mo newo'm 'oohl 'ee kee'ee', 'ohlkuemee tergerwermee' mehl kee'ee'. 'Ok'w soo terger'w neekwech.
[Is the grizzly bear a hoore'mos?] Yes, he's mean. A person couldn't go through Bald Hills. They used to live there. A person couldn't go through, he'd get eaten up, if a person goes through there. Sometimes he wouldn't eat you, when he sees a person he'll run away, they talk to him and scare him away. There is a way to speak to a grizzly.

— Alice Spott, Ethnobiology (AS1, 1962 or 1963)
'O ge'm, Paa'. Neemee wo newook' puuek.
He said, No, I haven't seen a deer.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
Kwesee weet 'o lee' kue Tewpos 'o cheen, Neemee wo hlee' kue k'e-we'yonesek'.
And so the young man from Tewpos was told, Your offer of a bride price has not been accepted.

— Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)
'Yoncheesh keech 'o key 'o poyew kue 'we-rahcheen, 'o neee'no'w; 'eemee ko'l wo soch.
His friend sat in the boat in front and watched; they did not speak.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Tue' kem Segep kem keech 'ekwehl keech mee chweenkep', mee' ho tomowo'hl tue' hlow keech 'o chkeereeshee' kue wee 'o key, tue' neemee wo hewon newo'm 'w-esek' kwelekw kolo hlkehl wee'.
Even Coyote was now afraid and did not talk, because he had been chattering and at last had felt drowsy where he was sitting, and was not the first to see that it looked like land in sight.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kwesee mos cheetaa wo neee'nowee' kue wee 'o key.
No notice whatever was taken of him where he sat.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
Kue keech 'o nuue'monee 'woogey keet 'emehl meguehlkochehl tue' neemee weesh wo skewok wee' 'we-sook kue nek 'ne-psech.
But after the arrival of white men the Indians began to sell them, though my father never liked that sort of thing.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Hewonee 'o ge's, paas wo hegok'w, kwelekw 'eekee chue hehl, Cho' nue megee'repe'm.
At first he thought, No, he was not going, but everyone said, Go and perform it there.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Tue' kue 'ne-psech 'eemee nuemee wo tenpe'y kue wee'eeet 'we-chmeyonen.
But my father did not eat much that evening.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Hl'o'ronep'es! noohl kolo 'eekee mee' wo ko pahchew.
Then the old man said, Stop! and it seemed that it did not move.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Mos cheetaa wo pahchew, kolo heer nee lenekw.
It made no movement, but seemed to drift to the shore.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kwesee 'eemee wo gohkue'm kee 'we-na'mee meek'oluemek' mee' nuemee skena' 'ohlkuemee 'wo'hlp'e'y chpee mehl pemue'.
But he could not manage to take two bites because it was very bitter as it had been cooked with angelica root.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kolo mos cheetaa kues no'ohl keech kee no'ohl 'ue-kemeyek' kue 'ne-psech kwesee soo neemee wo chpaaneenep'.
It seemed no time at all before my father could go home, so little had the time dragged.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kue 'ue-mer'erx 'emsee 'ue-'wa'alox 'emsee kue 'w-aawech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'.
The gills and the guts, the back, the head, and the tail of the salmon was none of it cooked.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
'Imee wo pelep' mehl wee' tue' 'enuemee ho tene'm nepuy 'o weet 'o no'ohl.
There was no fighting over it, and salmon was very plentiful that season.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Keneemee wo ko'moyok' 'emsee neemee wo newook'.
I neither heard it nor saw it.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Neemee wo nahchelek' kee 'ne-hlkyorkwek'.
I was not allowed to watch.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Ep'ehl wo hloyek' see 'o leeekoomelek'.
If I had been caught I should have been knifed.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keet mee wo mer'ernee' kue muelah.
That horse cannot be overtaken.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Ho mo'ohpeerk mehl mee' wo newoch'o'.
It was foggy and so I did not see you.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kues so'n mehl mee' wo neskwechoo'm?
Why did you not come?

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Ep'ehl wee' noo 'oo'm see 'emee wo ho'omohtkoye'm.
If you had stayed here (with the others) you would not have been hurt.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nekah yo' kwen ma laaye'moh; soo mee' wo skewok kee 'ne-newoo kue 'ue-pelepek'.
We passed by there; so much did we not want to see the fighting.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Wee'eeet neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'.
None of this was cooked.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Neemee wo newook' k'ee 'o'lehl.
I did not see the house.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Yo' neemee weesh wo skewok k'ee ke'l soch.
She did not like what you said.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Neemee wee' wo so'n.
It did not happen.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Neemee heenoy wo hoole'moh soo mo'ohpeerk.
We did not follow you it was so foggy.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Tue' neemee weesh wo skewok wee 'we-sook.
But he did not like that sort of thing.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Neemee wo gegook' 'ohlkuemee tenpewe'hl.
I did not go because it was raining.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Hehl neee'n yo' 'ue-poykoh! Neemee wo weykee'.
Look at her tattooing! It was not finished.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Yo' neemee wo ko t'p'ohl.
He never got his senses back.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Neemee wo soo hohkue'm.
He did not do it like that.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Tue' nek 'ne-psech 'eemee nuemee wo tenpe'y.
But my father did not eat very much.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Chmeyaan see nes tue' 'eemee wo nes tue' nekah kelomek 'n-ew.
He should have come yesterday, but he did not come, and we were worried.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Temaloh negeee'n kue ke'l k'e-rahcheen tue' 'eemee wo gekwsesoh.
We looked for your friend a long time, but we did not find him.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Mos wo ko'moyohl.
They did not hear.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Mos wo gee' kee megelo'l.
He was asked not to accompany them.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Mos wo gesee' weet 'ela keetee so'n.
It was not thought that it would happen like this.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Mo neemee wo newoye'm hes?
Did they not see you?

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Imoksue wo sochpeyuue'moh.
We said nothing.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keneemee wo ko'moyok' 'emsee neemee wo newook'.
I did not hear or see it.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keneemee cheetaa wo ko neee'n.
She did not even look at all.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Mos wo ko'moyohl k'ee kwenee 'we-soch.
They could not hear what he was saying.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Ep'ehl wee noo 'oo'm see 'emee wo ho'omohtkoye'm.
If you had stayed here (with the rest) you would not have been hurt.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Ep'ehl wo hloyek' see 'o leeekoomelek'.
If I had been caught I should have been stabbed.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Imee wo tektesoh 'apoto' nuemee keemolehl.
We were not angry but they were very rude.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Keneemee wo ko'moyok' 'emsee neemee wo newook'.
I did not hear it nor see it.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kwesee' neemee' nuemee wo chpaa nohl helome'y.
Coyote did not dance for a very long time.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)
Kwesee weeshtue 'o ho neskwechok'w Ho'owen. Ho'owens ho neskwechok'w. Perwer'k'uek keet wo sooto' mokee.
That is how he came to Ho'owen. He came to Ho'owen. He was going south then.

— Domingo of Weitchpec, "Buzzard's Medicine" (I4, 1907)
'Ee mok'w wo 'o lekwsue' k'ee pa'ah.
The water was not found.

— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
Heerkeeks 'ema kee laay' so puel, tue' sonenee mee wo 'w-ek'ws.
Inland he went downriver, but he never found it.

— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
Kwesee kem neemee wo 'ue w-ek'ws 'o wonoye'eek.
But he didn't find it in the sky.

— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
Tue' keekee soo neenee... keekee soo neenee skuue... Weetee' mehl wo nue skuuewok...
... they are good ... That is why they like them.

— Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)
Keech mee wo wesepek'.
I can't wash.

— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)
Neemee' wo woomehl k'ee 'we-loksee'hl.
There are not many acorns this year.

— Anonymous, Sentences (JC) (JC, 1889)