Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

kechee' • v imp e-class • it is daylight

Lexicon record # 739 | Source reference(s): R204 JE40
Semantic domain: astronomy and the sky
Derivation: morphological structure kechoy-e-

Other paradigm form

• attributive 3sg kechoyn day R204 JE40

Special meanings or uses

• kechoyn hegoo, kechoyn heegoo sun [literally, "day traveler"] R204 [astronomy and the sky]

• kechoyn hegoo kue wonewsleg sun YLCB115 [astronomy and the sky]

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (8)

1. kechee' "it is daybreak" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

2. kechoyn "day" (spoken by Georgiana Trull)

3. kechoyn "daytime" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

4. we'yk'oh 'ue-kechoyn "today" (spoken by Aileen Figueroa)