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wo'n

Dictionary entry

wo'nadv • thither

Lexicon record # 3947 | Source reference(s): R265 JE141

Special meaning or use

  • wo'n ho until R265

Sentence examples (4)

  1. 'Enue-mee wo'n ho kue koh-chew 'we-choo-moyhl 'o wey-kohl; noohl kue me-wee-mor 'o 'ek-so' kue keech laa-yekw.
    They were finishing the path right up to the sixth day, and then the old man closed the path.

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

  2. K'ee kwen cho 'o tek-to-nee me-kwol kem 'e-mehl knok-see'm 'ue-peesh-'on, 'e-nue-mee wo'n ho mo-'ok'w 'ue-peesh-'on; 'e-see noo-wo'r ho k'ee we'y 'ue-mer'-wer-mery.
    Wherever there was a fishing rock built it left some of its scales, right on until it had no scales left; and then it went on to the head of the river.

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

  3. Wo'n keech so'n keet 'ue wook kem 'o ge-gok'w kue 'nep-sech kue 'we-nerr-ger-sek'.
    Before daybreak even it happened that my father went out to gather sweathouse wood.

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

  4. Yo' chwe-geen wo'n ho mo-'ok'w 'we-sew.
    He went on talking until his last breath (lit. until he had no breathing).

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