Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

wonew • adv • above, overhead, in the mountains • higher, in the hills

Lexicon record # 3935 | Source reference(s): R265 MPY204 FS(B220)
Semantic domain: directions and locations

Other paradigm form

• obviative wonews

Sentence examples (21)

1. Cho' nergeryker'm kue k'e-letkue nepuy wonew kee 'ue soone'y.
   Help your sister carry that salmon up the hill.

   — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)

2. Wonew wee' 'ne-me'w.
   I'm coming from up the hill.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

3. Wonew kee sootok'.
   I'm going a little ways up the hill.

   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 16: "Where are you coming from?" (GT3-16, 2003)

4. Wonew keech 'o ket'ey.
   It is parked up above, up in the hills.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)

5. Wonew laayo'repek'.
   I ran along the hillside.

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

6. Wo'oot kem mege'l, wonew weno'ee'm tue' wo'oot kem mege'l.
   That person went along too, they're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

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

7. Wonew weno'ee'm tue' yo'oot kem mege'l.
   They're walking along and that person is going along with them too.

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

8. Wonew keech letkolee'm.
   They're flying overhead.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)

9. Wonew raayo'repek'.
   I ran by above.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

10. Wonew ma laayolek'.
    I walked through the place (mountains, above).

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

11. Wonew laayek'.
    I pass by the mountains.

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

12. Well, skue'o chegeyken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee'eeyehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeeegonee wonew.
    Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

13. Wonew so lehlkeloypek'.
    I crawl uphill (with effort).

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

14. Wonew soonehlkepek'.
    I crawl up.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

15. Wonew laayo'repek'.
    I run along the hillside.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)

16. Wonew 'o le'm 'o'lep 'ela nohpewee'm; kwesee 'o koo'op' cheenes.
    The two young men went up to the house and entered; and there stood another young man.

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

17. Kue weet 'ue-koypoh wonews 'o sootok'w nue 'we-nerrgersek', noohl 'ap ho'omah.
    In the morning he went up to gather sweathouse wood, and then they made a fire.

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

18. Ku'y 'we-no'ohl Rek'woy wonew 'ela neee'n 'o newee' kwelekw keech ta'anoy'hl.
    Later they looked over to Requa and saw that the sun was shining.

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

19. Wonew nee 'oole'mehl.
    They are up in the hills.

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

20. Wonew keetee nue hegook'.
    I am going up in the hills.

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

21. Wonew nee nue goole'mehl.
    They are going up in the hills.

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