Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

kolchee • conj • whenever

Lexicon record # 992 | Source reference(s): R209

Sentence examples (13)

1. Kolchee hloy kue 'n-ooloh.
   I tried (to make) my basket.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

2. Kolchee kwel 'o lee' sku'y soo hegoo'm, kwen kee soo nee hegoolo'm, cho' skuyahpele'm.
   Whenever they say you go well, wherever you will travel, be good.

   — Robert Spott, Sentences (24-26) (24-26, 1933)

3. Kwesee kolchee 'o ko'l keech tetolo'hl kue 'ne-ch'eesh.
   And one time my dog was crying out there.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)

4. Tue' kolchee plop', kem 'o kaamop' 'o yue'.
   And whenever it flooded, the water was rough there again.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Klamath Bridge" (LA181-10, 1986)

5. Kolchee ko'l sootok'w kue cheenes kem tue' sega'nee poy 'o chee nue raayo'r kue 'ue-ka'ar.
   Whenever the young man went anywhere his pet would often run right on ahead of him.

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

6. Hehlkue nee raayo'r, kwesee kolchee ko'l 'ok'w hehlkue neskwee 'emehl raayo'r kue 'yoch.
   He ran along the bank, and whenever he got to any point on the riverside the boat was passing near him.

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

7. Kolchee ko'l 'o pegar kem tue' 'o'lep 'o myah 'w-egolek', Kuech, nee mok'w hes 'oyhl kee nepek'?
   Whenever anyone was at home he leaped into the house and said, Grandmother, isn't there anything lying here for me to eat?

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

8. Kolchee kyah 'o guenkekso' wo'eeks 'o lehlke'n 'wo'hlp'e'y.
   Every month he opened the box and scattered angelica root inside.

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

9. 'O gee' cho', Knokseeme'm kue 'woogey son k'e-slekw; kolchee wohlkechee' tue' ko' 'o nerrgerse'm, weet kee chpee 'o nepe'm kue meweemor 'we-romech 'ue-pewomek', 'ohlkuemee wok kem neeko'l 'w-ohkepek' tue' wok kee chpee pew mehl kue nee'eeyen pegerk.
   He was told, Leave behind your white man's type of clothes; every morning you will gather sweathouse wood, and you will only eat the old man's niece's cooking, because she too was always in training and she alone cooked for the two men.

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

10. Kolchee tergerw kem tue' 'o goyhlkep' 'we-tuuek kolo 'we-nooloochek' kue nepuy.
    Every time he spoke its tail wagged as if the salmon were answering.

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

11. Kolchee ko'l 'ok'w neskwee 'emehl raayo'r kue 'yoch.
    Whenever he was at some point the boat was passing near by there.

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

12. Kolchee newohpe'n tue' kem neekee 'wer-'er'gerp.
    Every time he sees me he tells me of it.

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

13. Kolchee wohlkechee' tue' ko 'o nerrgerse'm.
    Every (time it is) morning you will gather sweathouse wood.

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