Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

he-wo-nee • adv • first, at first

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

Sentence examples (7)

1. Cho' wee-'eeet ho nes-kwe-choo'm kue he-wo-nee 'o ku'yo-mek.
   You come to the first turn (in the trail).

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

2. Wee-'eeet he-wo-nee son-kee' 'e-see ne-pue' k'ee ne-puy.
   This was done before any salmon is eaten.

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

3. He-wo-nee 'o ge's, paas wo he-gok'w, kwe-lekw 'ee-kee chue hehl, Cho' nue me-gee'-re-pe'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. Ke-nue-mee wee 'o so'n kue me-wee-mor 'o kue he-wo-nee ne-wo-nee ne-puy kue 'we-ne-woyk'.
   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. He-wo-nee kwe-lekw nee mok'ws weesh nue-mee 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. Ke-nue-mee 'o so'n 'o kue he-wo-nee ne-wo-nee ne-puy.
   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 lue-no-yohl kwen he-wo-nee 'o noh-sue-no-wo-nee k'ee 'wes-'o-nah.
   Wherever I transform to, I come from the heavens.

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