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he'woneehlek'

Dictionary entry

he'woneehlek' • vi e-class • I wake up, I am awake

Lexicon record # 476 | Source reference(s): R199 JE11 YLCB40

Other paradigm form

  • iterative huue'woneehlek' R199

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Keech 'ee 'roo kee 'we-he'woneehlek'
    Time to wake up.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)

  2. 'Eme ge'wonee'hl kue 'we-rahcheen, keskeesh 'o le'mehl.
    His friend woke up, (and) they went down to the water.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  3. 'O wooyhl noohl he'woneehlehl tue' 'o tegerue'm 'ue-mes kue meweemor; noohl 'o huemerhl.
    They were awake all night, and the old man made his medicine; then they sweated.

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

  4. Kolo huue'wonee'hl k'ee 'wes'onah.
    The heavens seem to be waking up.

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

  5. Kwesee 'o le'wonee'hl kue cheenes, 'o nohlpe'y mehl 'er'gerrk.
    And the young man woke up, he went out of the sweathouse.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Turip Young Man and His Dogs" (dictated version) (I1, 1906)