Yurok dictionary

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woy

Dictionary entry

woy • adv • strangely

Lexicon record # 3958 | Source reference(s): R265

Other paradigm form

  • obviative woysh

Special meanings or uses

  • woy nee sonowok' I am moody, I act strange [feelings and emotions] R265 JE90 JE128

  • woy nee hlego(h)pew elope (embrace strangely) R265

  • woy nee legohpew elope JE49

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Woy nee sonowok'.
    I'm cross, I'm out of sorts.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)

  2. Woy lueelesek'.
    I take a load to a different (wrong) place

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

  3. Nuemee woy nee so'n.
    He's an awful bad boy.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (TTW-A) (TTW-A, 1909)