Yurok dictionary

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chmeyonen hoogech evening star

hoogech star

hoogech neee'n astronomer

hoogech 'ue-m falling star

hoogechoy be starry (night)

kechee' it is daylight

koyowoh full (of the moon)

koypoh hoogech morning star

kuereesh the end of a net, the point of a V-shaped mark, used for calendar keeping, made in a slate slab in the floor of a sweat-house

kyah rise (sun or moon), spring (season), vernal

lekonee hoogech falling star, shooting star

mehl seges'ew shooting star

rootah sun ray

ruerowech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)

so'oo 'we-laay Milky Way

s'eegoroh half moon

wonewsleg moon, sun

wonoye'eek in the sky, up in the middle of the sky

ye'w the sun sets

ye'wome'y the sun sets

'o'r it is the first sliver of the new moon

'wes'onah

'wes'onew sky

Dictionary entry

'wes'onah • n • sky, horizon • world • cosmos • earth, universe

Lexicon record # 4082 | Source reference(s): R263 JE121 YM116 YSRO477 MPY198 FS(B219)
Semantic domain: astronomy and the sky

Other paradigm form

locative 'wes'oneweek earth, universe FS(B219)

Special meanings or uses

'wes'onah 'we-lekeeta' Milky Way [literally, "sky's backbone"] CS(ALK9:55) [astronomy and the sky]
k'ee 'wes'onah megetohl a character in creation stories, "the keeper of the heavens" FS(B219) HIC74 YM313 • "Sky-Keeper; he who has or owns the sky" YM431

Derived phrases or compounds

'e'guue'r 'wes'onah "uterus"
Heewo'neek Wes'onah "heaven"

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (21)

'wes'onah "sky, horizon, world, cosmos, earth, universe" (spoken by Jimmie James)
'wes'onah "sky" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)