Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

hewonee • adv • first, at first

Lexicon record # 470 | Source reference(s): R199

Sentence examples (7)

1. Cho' wee'eeet ho neskwechoo'm kue hewonee 'o ku'yomek.
   You come to the first turn (in the trail).

   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-057) (LA138-057, 1980)

2. Wee'eeet hewonee sonkee' 'esee nepue' k'ee nepuy.
   This was done before any salmon is eaten.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

3. Hewonee 'o ge's, paas wo hegok'w, kwelekw 'eekee chue hehl, Cho' nue megee'repe'm.
   At first he thought, No, he was not going, but everyone said, Go and perform it there.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

4. Kenuemee wee 'o so'n kue meweemor 'o kue hewonee newonee nepuy kue 'we-newoyk'.
   The old man did just as he did with the first salmon to appear when this one appeared.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

5. Hewonee kwelekw nee mok'ws weesh nuemee mehl ho soo's.
   Formerly there was nothing about it that he had thought of much.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

6. Kenuemee 'o so'n 'o kue hewonee newonee nepuy.
   He did just the same as with the first salmon that appeared.

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

7. K'ee kwen keet 'o luenoyohl kwen hewonee 'o nohsuenowonee k'ee 'wes'onah.
   Wherever I transform to, I come from the heavens.

   — Captain Spott, Myth of Rock (Once a Woman) (Xd, 1907)