Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain food, drink, and cooking

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Broader semantic domain: activities

Related semantic domain(s): ceremonies and dances, games, greetings and polite expressions, hunting and fishing

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ne-pek' I eat

'e'-gah eat in a group, have a meal, meal

'ahs-pek' I drink

re-kwoh drink

pe-mek'

ke-goh acorn soup

nue-ne-puey food, fish

pe-wo-mek' I cook

pop-sew bread

che'-lo-yehl they are dry

pew cook

ten-pey-yok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

skuue-we-tek' I like to taste, I like to eat

ket-'op' it is in a pot (food), it is barked (shins)

ke'-mow food

ner-perw meat

peesh-kah salt, sea, ocean

soo-ne-we-tek' I taste (something)

ler-'er-gerh be black, be dark-colored, (round things) coffee

nue-neg food

pe-mey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

skuue-wo-lo-nee something sweet, sweets, candies

che'-loh-te-mew be dried (of food)

he-goo-re-keech yerba buena tea, vine tea

herkw-terks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

merw-perh food carried with one, food brought by bride, packed lunch

che'-loh-tek' I dry (food), I bake (food), I cure (food), I dry by heating

hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl

nue-ne-pueh food, fish

pye-wo-lue-mek' I chew

re-guue-kwo' beverage, especially liquor

rep-chem honey, sugar

ske'-wo-yehl they are ripe, they are cooked

tekws-key manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

te'-nahs-pek' I am drunk

'ahs-pah be given food or drink

'ahs-pey-yuer' soup

che'-loh dry (food), bake (food), cure (food), dry by heating

chkeee-ker' fork, table fork

heyr-puen mint, mint tea

he-gon spoon, scraper

kaa-me-we-tek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

merw food carried with one, food brought by bride

muen-cherhl milk

nooych eat food as a guest

poy-koh flat basket, pan, pot

per'y-p'erw' be sour

skuue-wo-lo-nee pa-'ah soda

tkek'-weyr' pot

tkek'-wel' pot, pan, kettle

wey-yok-seep Labrador tea

wey-yo-'o-pe-wek' I make acorn soup, I cook with hot rocks

chker-kerr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)

chmey-yo-nen 'o 'we-'ee-'ee'-gah dinner

he-log cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

her-'erh-kerhl be fresh (food, etc.)

kaa-mew it is bitter, it tastes bad, it is sour

kep'-t'oh feed an infant soft food

kmoy-pon spread (butter, jam, etc.)

ko-peen coffee

ker'-yer' peel (fruit or vegetable)

lehl-ke-mok' I wrap (something) in skunk cabbage leaves (for cooking)

lep-kwoh form seaweed into round cakes

me-raas be smoky, cure by smoke

me-raa-wo-nee smoked (of salmon)

merw-pok' I carry food with me

nooych-kwek' I eat food as a guest

nooych-kwok' I eat food as a guest

ner-'er-mert deer meat, venison

nue-ne-pew food, fish

pe-choch broil

pe-mo-roh drippings

pe-mo-yekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings

penkw acorn flour

pe-pah pepper

pe-wo-meen a cook

pe-wo-mor' s/he cooks for someone

pey-yeyr' cook over an open fire

peeesh pea

peesh-kaahl 'o koh seafood

plo-wah flour

raas rice

re-guue-kwoh liquor

re-kee-roy broil, broil over a fire

re-kwoh-pey-yok' I drink

rooysh rice

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sech-kes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

skuue-wo-lon kmoy-pon jam

sloo-ween raw (of food)

sloow-pey eat raw

te'-nah drunk

tkek'-we'-lok' I boil

tre-kwo-nue-mek' I take a sip

wo-'o-mehl shelled acorn

'ahs-puem' drink

'ohl-pey-yok' I eat from, I bite

'o-lue-leekw' lumps in acorn soup from lightly stirring

Dictionary entry

pe-mek' • vt e-class • I cook

Lexicon record # 2532 | Source reference: R237
Semantic domain: food, drink, and cooking

Other paradigm forms

  • imperative sg pe-mes, p'ems R237

  • passive 3sg pe-mue' it is baked, it is cooked JE14

  • passive 3pl pe-me-lehl R237

Sentence examples (17)

  1. 'Ee, nue-mee ske-woo'-mol' mo keech pe-mue' kue ke'-ween.
    Yes, it smells good when people are roasting eels.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Ne-ko-muey kee k'epe-mek' ke-goh hes?
    Do you know how to make acorn soup?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)

  3. Kee-tee pe-mek' herhl-kerh 'e-see 'weryhl.
    I'm going to cook potatoes and eggs.

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

  4. Hee' kee pe-mue' ne-puey me-cheek 'o ro-'oh, ko-weesh 'o ro-'oh.
    It says they're going to cook salmon standing by the fire, standing on sticks.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  5. Kee-tee pe-mek', keech pe-mek', keech ho pe-mek'.
    I'm going to cook, I'm cooking, I have cooked.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-029) (LA138-029, 1980)

  6. 'O gam' Paa', noohl 'o gee', Kel' kee ner-gery-kerrm'; kel' kee pe-mem' k'ee he-won koh k'ee ne-puey.
    She said No, and then he said, You will help; you will cook the first salmon that we catch.

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

  7. Kwe-see 'ee-mee wo goh-kuem' kee 'we-na'-mee meek-'o-lue-mek' mee' nue-mee ske-na' 'ohl-kue-mee 'wo'hl-p'ey' chpee mehl pe-mue'.
    But he could not manage to take two bites because it was very bitter as it had been cooked with angelica root.

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

  8. Kem kwe-lekw me-rueh kee choo-moyhl kee noohl me-chee chpee 'o pe-mue' kah-kah 'em-see ne-puey 'em-see ke'-ween.
    For five more days sturgeon, salmon, and eels must only be cooked on a fire.

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

  9. Pee-'eeh kem kee nue-mee shon-kee' kee-kee wee 'ue-pe-mue' ko-wee-cho kwehl che'-loh-te-mew.
    Mussles are to be treated in the same way; they are to be cooked at once and not dried.

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

  10. Ne-kah kwe-lekw wo-nue le-ko-mey' 'o 'o'-lep kue ho pe-mue' mehl 'wo'hl-p'ey'.
    (He was told) It was put away by us in the house up in the roof, cooked with angelica root.

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

  11. Kue 'ue-mer-'erx 'em-see 'ue'-wa-'a-lox 'em-see kue 'waa-wech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek nee-kee koo-see nee-mee wo pe-mue'.
    The gills and the guts, the back, the head, and the tail of the salmon was none of it cooked.

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

  12. Kee-kee 'ue-pe-mue'.
    It is to be cooked at once.

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

  13. 'Ochkaa pem' kue we'yk-'oh keehl 'e'-gah.
    She is now cooking what we shall eat today.

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

  14. Wee-'eeet nee-kee koo-see nee-mee wo pe-mue'.
    None of this was cooked.

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

  15. Kues pe-mem' k'ee ne-puey?
    How did you cook the salmon?

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