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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. Se-ga-'a-nee 'o kwer-yer-werk' ... wo'-nee ko'l hoh-kue-mek'.
    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-'a-noy'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 chpok-sek'.
    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 chpok-sek'.
    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 ner-gur'urn.
    He's climbing around.

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

  8. Wo'-nee laa-yo-lue-chek'.
    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 hoo-re-che-wek'.
    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 serr-hler-per'm?
    What are you doing?

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

  12. Wo'-nee kehl-pey-ye'w.
    S/he is cross, irritable.

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

  13. Wo'-nee we-se-pek'.
    I am bathing myself.

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

  14. Wo'-nee loo-lee-shoy.
    I'm knitting (a mesh net).

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

  15. Nek wo'-nee lekw-te-mehl herh-hlkerh kee 'no-'oh-chek'.
    I'm digging potatos to give to you.

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

  16. ... wo'-nee now-kwo'm 'wech-'eesh.
    (She) is taking care of her dog.

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

  17. Wo'-nee nerh-ser-'er-per-tek', kee-tee nerh-ser-'er-per-tek' 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-'er-mer's.
    He's snaring it.

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

  19. Wo'-nee raahl-kah 'o nee lekw-sow.
    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-'a-go-chek', weet wo'-nee serr-hler-pek'.
    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 sleps-le-poh.
    I'm slipping it in between.

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

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

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

  24. Wo'-nee ko'l hoh-kue-mek' we'yk-'oh.
    I'm working right now.

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

  25. Wo'-nee chpok-sek'.
    I contemplate on something.

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

  26. Kues so'n kue chey? Wo'-nee kehl-pey-ye'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 ne-pek'.
    At present I am having something to eat.

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

  28. Wo'-nee neee'-no-woh kue we-goh-pey-ye'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 serr-hler-pe'm?
    What are you doing now?

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

  30. Kue wo'-nee re-goh-pe-neen 'ue-pa-'ah ske-lee keech le-ko'n.
    The person who was filling the water has fallen down.

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

  31. Ne-kah wo'-nee hookw-che'-moh 'o ge-goy, Lekw-see 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 tahp-soy 'o le'-lo-yek'.
    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'e-wo-loh?
    Are you wring out clothes?

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