Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

kol-chee • conj • whenever

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

Sentence examples (13)

1. Kol-chee hloy kue 'noo-loh.
   I tried (to make) my basket.

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

2. Kol-chee kwel 'o lee' sku'y soo he-goo'm, kwen kee soo nee he-goo-lo'm, cho' skuyah-pe-le'm.
   Whenever they say you go well, wherever you will travel, be good.

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

3. Kwe-see kol-chee 'o ko'l keech te-to-lo'hl kue 'nech-'eesh.
   And one time my dog was crying out there.

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

4. Tue' kol-chee plop', kem 'o kaa-mop' 'o yue'.
   And whenever it flooded, the water was rough there again.

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

5. Kol-chee ko'l soo-tok'w kue chee-nes kem tue' se-ga'-nee poy 'o chee nue raa-yo'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. Hehl-kue nee raa-yo'r, kwe-see kol-chee ko'l 'ok'w hehl-kue nes-kwee 'e-mehl raa-yo'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. Kol-chee ko'l 'o pe-gar kem tue' 'o'-lep 'o myah 'we-go-lek', Kuech, nee mok'w hes 'oyhl kee ne-pek'?
   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. Kol-chee kyah 'o guen-kek-so' wo-'eeks 'o lehl-ke'n 'wo'hl-p'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', Knok-see-me'm kue 'woo-gey son k'es-lekw; kol-chee wohl-ke-chee' tue' ko' 'o nerr-ger-se'm, weet kee chpee 'o ne-pe'm kue me-wee-mor 'we-ro-mech 'ue-pe-wo-mek', 'ohl-kue-mee wok kem nee-ko'l 'woh-ke-pek' tue' wok kee chpee pew mehl kue nee-'ee-yen pe-gerk.
   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. Kol-chee ter-gerw kem tue' 'o goyhl-kep' 'we-tuuek ko-lo 'we-noo-loo-chek' kue ne-puy.
    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. Kol-chee ko'l 'ok'w nes-kwee 'e-mehl raa-yo'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. Kol-chee ne-woh-pe'n tue' kem nee-kee '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. Kol-chee wohl-ke-chee' tue' ko 'o nerr-ger-se'm.
    Every (time it is) morning you will gather sweathouse wood.

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