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wo'nee

Dictionary entry

wo'nee • pv • present or contemporaneous time

Lexicon record # 3948 | Source reference(s): R265

Sentence examples (35)

  1. Sega'anee 'o kweryerwerk' ... wo'nee ko'l hohkuemek'.
    Sometimes I whistle while I work.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Repeated Events (EJW-01-1-1, 2006)

  2. Kues wo'nee sho'n?
    What's happening right now?

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    — Jimmie James, Discussion of boats and boating (JJ-VC-1, 2005)

  3. Wo'nee chkee'mehl k'ee nee ta'anoy'hl.
    They (rattlesnakes) sleep where it's sunny.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences About Animals (AG-01-2, 2004)

  4. Wo'nee chpoksek'.
    I'm thinking.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)

  5. Wo'nee chpoksek'.
    I'm thinking.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

  6. Wo'nee.
    Present tense.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 27: "What are you doing? Responses" (GT3-27, 2003)

  7. Wo'nee nergur'urn.
    He's climbing around.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with oo-Class Verbs (JB-14-1, 2003)

  8. Wo'nee laayoluechek'.
    I'm teaching you.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-3a) (JB-05-3a, 2002)

  9. Keech wo'nee rook'ws.
    The wind is blowing (right now).

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)

  10. Wo'nee hoorechewek'.
    Right now I'm weaving baskets.

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    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

  11. Kues wo'nee serrhlerper'm?
    What are you doing?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)

  12. Wo'nee kehlpeye'w.
    S/he is cross, irritable.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  13. Wo'nee wesepek'.
    I am bathing myself.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-005) (LA138-005, 1980)

  14. Wo'nee looleeshoy.
    I'm knitting (a mesh net).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-010) (LA138-010, 1980)

  15. Nek wo'nee lekwtemehl herhhlkerh kee 'no-'ohchek'.
    I'm digging potatos to give to you.

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

  16. ... wo'nee nowkwo'm 'we-ch'eesh.
    (She) is taking care of her dog.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-027) (LA138-027, 1980)

  17. Wo'nee nerhser'erpertek', keetee nerhser'erpertek' yo'.
    I'm shaving (myself), I'm going to shave him,

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-027) (LA138-027, 1980)

  18. Wo'nee ner'ermer's.
    He's snaring it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-028) (LA138-028, 1980)

  19. Wo'nee raahlkah 'o nee lekwsow.
    I'm building stepping stones ouside my door (up to my doorway).

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)

  20. Saa'agochek', weet wo'nee serrhlerpek'.
    I speak the native language, that's what I'm doing now.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-035) (LA138-035, 1980)

  21. Nek wo'nee se'loh.
    I'm scraping the sap out of it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-036) (LA138-036, 1980)

  22. Wo'nee slepslepoh.
    I'm slipping it in between.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-037) (LA138-037, 1980)

  23. Wo'nee herk'erpee' 'ne-'yoch.
    I'm caulking my boat.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-042) (LA138-042, 1980)

  24. Wo'nee ko'l hohkuemek' we'yk'oh.
    I'm working right now.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

  25. Wo'nee chpoksek'.
    I contemplate on something.

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

  26. Kues so'n kue chey? Wo'nee kehlpeye'w.
    What's the matter with the little one? S/he's irritable.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-001) (LA138-001, 1980)

  27. Nek wo'nee ko'l nepek'.
    At present I am having something to eat.

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

  28. Wo'nee neee'nowoh kue wegohpeye'm.
    Now we are guarding the crossing place.

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

  29. Ke'l kues wo'nee serrhlerpe'm?
    What are you doing now?

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

  30. Kue wo'nee regohpeneen 'ue-pa'ah skelee keech leko'n.
    The person who was filling the water has fallen down.

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

  31. Nekah wo'nee hookwche'moh 'o gegoy, Lekwsee le'mekw!
    We were gambling at the time and they told us, Get outside!

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

  32. 'Ochkaa wo'nee 'wer'errs.
    Right now I am dying it orange.

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

  33. 'Ochkaa wo'nee tahpsoy 'o le'loyek'.
    While I was ironing I burnt myself.

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

  34. Wo'nee chyuuek'wen'.
    He's sitting.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

  35. Ke'l hes wo'nee ch'ewoloh?
    Are you wring out clothes?

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)