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 he-go-le'm chmey-yaan?
Why didn't you tell me yesterday?

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

— Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
Nee-mee wo nah-che-lek' kee 'nehlk-yor-kwek'.
They didn't let me watch.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)
Nee-mee' wo ske-wee-ne-pek'.
I didn't eat enough.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-031) (LA138-031, 1980)
Keech mee' wo ne-pek' mee' se-ko-yop.
I can't eat it because it's so tough.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-035) (LA138-035, 1980)
Nee-mee wo noo-so-no-wok'.
I didn't take part.

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

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-038) (LA138-038, 1980)
Ten-pey-yok' wo nee-mee 'wes-ke'-wo-nee, tue weet mehl te-lek'.
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 chpook-sek'.
I'm contemplating something.

— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)
[Hoore'mos hes wee' k'ee nee-kwech?] 'Ee, 'o hlmey-yo-wo-nee wee'. Chue-lue mos ho le-ge'y 'oohl. Weet ho 'oo-le'm weet soo. Tue' nee-mee wee hoo-le-ge'y 'oohl keech 'o mer-kue' mo-cho kee-chee' laay 'oohl. Se'-nee kwel nee-mee wo nep'. Mo ne-wo'm 'oohl 'ee kee-'ee', 'ohl-kue-mee ter-ger-wer-mee' mehl kee-'ee'. 'Ok'w soo ter-ger'w nee-kwech.
[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'. Nee-mee wo ne-wook' puuek.
He said, No, I haven't seen a deer.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
Kwe-see weet 'o lee' kue Tew-pos 'o cheen, Nee-mee wo hlee' kue k'e-we'-yo-ne-sek'.
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)
'Yon-cheesh keech 'o key 'o po-yew kue 'we-rah-cheen, 'o neee'-no'w; 'ee-mee 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 Se-gep kem keech 'e-kwehl keech mee chween-kep', mee' ho to-mo-wo'hl tue' hlow keech 'o chkee-ree-shee' kue wee 'o key, tue' nee-mee wo he-won ne-wo'm 'we-sek' kwe-lekw ko-lo 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)
Kwe-see mos chee-taa wo neee'-no-wee' 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'-mo-nee 'woo-gey keet 'e-mehl me-guehl-ko-chehl tue' nee-mee weesh wo ske-wok wee' 'we-sook kue nek 'nep-sech.
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)
He-wo-nee 'o ge's, paas wo he-gok'w, kwe-lekw 'ee-kee chue hehl, Cho' nue me-gee'-re-pe'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 'nep-sech 'ee-mee nue-mee wo ten-pe'y kue wee-'eeet 'wech-mey-yo-nen.
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 me-wee-mor, Hl'o'-ro-nep-'es! noohl ko-lo 'ee-kee mee' wo ko pah-chew.
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 chee-taa wo pah-chew, ko-lo heer nee le-nekw.
It made no movement, but seemed to drift to the shore.

— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
Kwe-see 'ee-mee wo goh-kue'm kee 'we-na'-mee meek-'o-lue-mek' mee' nue-mee ske-na' 'ohl-kue-mee 'wo'hl-p'e'y chpee mehl pe-mue'.
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)
Ko-lo mos chee-taa kues no-'ohl keech kee no-'ohl 'ue-ke-mey-yek' kue 'nep-sech kwe-see soo nee-mee wo chpaa-nee-nep'.
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 'em-see 'ue'-wa-'a-lox 'em-see kue 'waa-wech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek nee-kee koo-see nee-mee wo pe-mue'.
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 pe-lep' mehl wee' tue' 'e-nue-mee ho te-ne'm ne-puy '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)
Ke-nee-mee wo ko'-mo-yok' 'em-see nee-mee wo ne-wook'.
I neither heard it nor saw it.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nee-mee wo nah-che-lek' kee 'nehlk-yor-kwek'.
I was not allowed to watch.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Ep'ehl wo hlo-yek' see 'o leee-koo-me-lek'.
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-'er-nee' kue mue-lah.
That horse cannot be overtaken.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Ho mo-'oh-peerk mehl mee' wo ne-woch-'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 nes-kwe-choo'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 'e-mee wo ho-'o-moht-ko-ye'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)
Ne-kah yo' kwen ma laa-ye'-moh; soo mee' wo ske-wok kee 'ne-ne-woo kue 'ue-pe-le-pek'.
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 nee-kee koo-see nee-mee wo pe-mue'.
None of this was cooked.

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

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

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

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nee-mee hee-noy wo hoo-le'-moh soo mo-'oh-peerk.
We did not follow you it was so foggy.

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

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Nee-mee wo ge-gook' 'ohl-kue-mee ten-pe-we'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-poy-koh! Nee-mee wo wey-kee'.
Look at her tattooing! It was not finished.

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

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

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Tue' nek 'nep-sech 'ee-mee nue-mee wo ten-pe'y.
But my father did not eat very much.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Chmey-yaan see nes tue' 'ee-mee wo nes tue' ne-kah ke-lo-mek 'new.
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)
Te-ma-loh ne-geee'n kue ke'l k'e-rah-cheen tue' 'ee-mee wo gekw-se-soh.
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'-mo-yohl.
They did not hear.

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

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Mos wo ge-see' weet 'e-la kee-tee 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 nee-mee wo ne-wo-ye'm hes?
Did they not see you?

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Imok-sue wo soch-pey-yuue'-moh.
We said nothing.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Ke-nee-mee wo ko'-mo-yok' 'em-see nee-mee wo ne-wook'.
I did not hear or see it.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Ke-nee-mee chee-taa 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'-mo-yohl k'ee kwe-nee '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 'e-mee wo ho-'o-moht-ko-ye'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 hlo-yek' see 'o leee-koo-me-lek'.
If I had been caught I should have been stabbed.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
'Imee wo tek-te-soh 'a-po-to' nue-mee kee-mo-lehl.
We were not angry but they were very rude.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Ke-nee-mee wo ko'-mo-yok' 'em-see nee-mee wo ne-wook'.
I did not hear it nor see it.

— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
Kwe-see' nee-mee' nue-mee wo chpaa nohl he-lo-me'y.
Coyote did not dance for a very long time.

— Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)
Kwe-see weesh-tue 'o ho nes-kwe-chok'w Ho-'o-wen. Ho-'o-wens ho nes-kwe-chok'w. Per-wer'-k'uek keet wo soo-to' mo-kee.
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 lekw-sue' k'ee pa-'ah.
The water was not found.

— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
Heer-keeks 'e-ma kee laay' so puel, tue' so-ne-nee mee wo 'wek'ws.
Inland he went downriver, but he never found it.

— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
Kwe-see kem nee-mee wo 'ue wek'ws 'o wo-no-ye-'eek.
But he didn't find it in the sky.

— Pecwan Jim, "Upriver Coyote" (T8, 1907)
Tue' kee-kee soo nee-nee... kee-kee soo nee-nee skuue... Wee-tee' mehl wo nue skuue-wok...
... they are good ... That is why they like them.

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

— Susie of Wechpus, Menstruation medicine (dictated) (SW1, 1902)
Nee-mee' wo woo-mehl k'ee 'we-lok-see'hl.
There are not many acorns this year.

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