Dictionary entry
wo-new • 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 wo-news
Sentence examples (21)
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Cho' ner-gery-ker'm kue k'e-letkue ne-puy wo-new kee 'ue soo-ne'y.
Help your sister carry that salmon up the hill.
— Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
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Wo-new 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)
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Wo-new kee soo-tok'.
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)
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Wo-new keech 'o ket-'ey.
It is parked up above, up in the hills. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-002) (LA138-002, 1980)
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Wo-new laa-yo'-re-pek'.
I ran along the hillside. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)
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Wo-'oot kem me-ge'l, wo-new we-no-'ee'm tue' wo-'oot kem me-ge'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)
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Wo-new we-no-'ee'm tue' yo-'oot kem me-ge'l.
They're walking along and that person is going along with them too. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)
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Wo-new keech let-ko-lee'm.
They're flying overhead. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)
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Wo-new raa-yo'-re-pek'.
I ran by above. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)
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Wo-new ma laa-yo-lek'.
I walked through the place (mountains, above). — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)
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Wo-new laa-yek'.
I pass by the mountains. — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)
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Well, skue-'o che-gey-ken kue nah Geneva 'ue-merm, nee-'ee-yehl 'o gee' chue kue tmeee-go-nee wo-new.
Well, Geneva's young sons, it's said they were hunters in the mountains.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)
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Wo-new so lehl-ke-loy-pek'.
I crawl uphill (with effort).— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)
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Wo-new soo-nehl-ke-pek'.
I crawl up.— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)
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Wo-new laa-yo'-re-pek'.
I run along the hillside.— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences from "Notes on Yurok Derivation" (1985) (NYD, 1985)
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Wo-new 'o le'm 'o'-lep 'e-la noh-pe-wee'm; kwe-see 'o koo-'op' chee-nes.
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)
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Kue weet 'ue-koy-poh wo-news 'o soo-tok'w nue 'we-nerr-ger-sek', noohl 'ap ho-'o-mah.
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)
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Ku'y 'we-no-'ohl Rek'-woy wo-new 'e-la neee'n 'o ne-wee' kwe-lekw keech ta-'a-noy'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)
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Wo-new nee 'oo-le'-mehl.
They are up in the hills.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Wo-new kee-tee nue he-gook'.
I am going up in the hills.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Wo-new nee nue goo-le'-mehl.
They are going up in the hills.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)