Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

nahchek' • vt e-class • I give, I allow (somebody to do something), I let (somebody do something)

Lexicon record # 2005 | Source reference: R226

Other paradigm forms

• passive 3sg nahchel' R226

• bipersonal 1sg/3sg nahcheesek' R73, nahchesek' JE59 • I give to him/her

• bipersonal 2/3sg nahcheesem' R73, nahchesem' you give to him/her

• bipersonal 3sg/1sg nahchen', nahcheepen' he/she/it gives to me R73

• bipersonal 1pl/3sg nahcheesoh we give to him/her R73

• bipersonal 3pl/1sg nahcheepaahl they give to me R73

• bipersonal 1sg/3pl nahchees'o' I give to them R73

• attributive 3sg/3pl nahche'leesh R226

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (58)

1. nahchek' "I gave it" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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2. nahchelek' "it was given to me" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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3. nahcheesek' "I gave it to him or her" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)

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4. na'ch'es "give it" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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