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ye'wome'y

Dictionary entry

ye'wome'y • v imp e-class • the sun sets

Lexicon record # 4135 | Source reference(s): R267
Semantic domain: astronomy and the sky

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Keech ye'womey'.
    The sun or moon is going down.

    — Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)

  2. Keetee ye'womey'.
    The sun or moon is about to go down.

    — Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)

  3. Kwesee noohl keech roo keetee ye'wome'y lekwsee 'o sootok'w.
    Then the time came when the sun was setting, and he went out.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)