Dictionary entry
rek'iin • vn plural • sit [used as plural of chyuuk'wenek']
Lexicon record # 2814 | Source reference: R242
Special meaning or use
'o regiik'iin living room, couch [houses and parts of houses] YLCB101
Chkweges 'O Rek'iin "a rock in the Klamath below 'Rnr'"
Sentence examples (23)
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Cho' rek'iin.
Sit down (pl.)!
| Download — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 6: "Go get it" (GT3-06, 2003)
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Skewok hes ki k'e-rek'iin?
Do you (plural) want to rest (sit down)? | Download — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)
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Chu ki ko rek'iin.
Let's rest (sit down). | Download — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 12: "How do you feel?" (GT3-12, 2003)
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Cho' rek'iin.
Sit down (pl). | Download — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 18: "I'm going to school." (GT3-18, 2003)
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Wit 'i rek'iin ku 'o ho'omah.
We're sitting by the fire. | Download | Password required — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)
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Wi' 'i rek'iin ku 'o ho'omah.
We're sitting by the fire. | Download | Password required — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences for Phonological Patterns (JB-01-12, 2001)
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Wi' nini rek'iin 'u kahchuu'm. Kich ho kach'.
They're sitting around sewing. She's sewing. | Download | Password required — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-054) (LA138-054, 1980)
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Tu' wohpu 'ini rek'iin 'o nii'nowohl 'we-sku'y soo kich sootok'w 'we-ch'ishah.
And they sat in the water and looked to see where the dog had gone.— Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)
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Mechi 'i rek'iin ku kich 'u-wey 'u-pewomu', 'enumi wogi 'ap key Segep.
They were sitting by the fire when the cooking was finished, and Coyote sat down right in the middle.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)
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Numi ku 'we-rek'woy so nii'nowohl ku wish 'o 'we-rek'iin.
They were looking right at the river mouth where they sat.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kich maa'y chomi's 'we-roo, 'o newi' kich sega'awo'r 'o ku 'o rek'iin; kwesi wit kit 'o weno'i'mehl ku lemoluu'moni.
Midday passed, and shadows were seen moving where they sat; it was the eel fishers coming.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kich 'o chpaanik' noohl; wish 'o rek'iin, 'o ko'mo'y kich hegoo, Nepe'woo! mehl pulik.
It grew late; they were sitting there, and he heard them shouting, First salmon! from the river mouth.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Tu' wi 'o rek'iin wenchokws, kolin ku we'yon ku ho nrgrykrmin tu' wo'oot niki 'u-myah 'o 'rlrmrkrhl ku 'u-kry nows 'o nek' ku nepe'wishneg 'u-'wrs wonus 'ap nek' ku nepuy 'oyhl.
Two women were sitting there, and one was the girl who was helping, and she jumped up and untied her hair tie, and took off the otterskin and put it on the salmon where it lay.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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'O no'oh hlo'm chik'war wishtu' 'o rek'iin 'o myootehl ku 'u-ka'.
He took two chairs, and they sat down and put on their blankets.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kich wey ko'l ho 'we-nepi'mehl 'emki 'r'grrch 'we-lekw 'i rek'iin.
They finished eating and sat outside the sweathouse.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kwelekw mocho wish nini rek'iin 'imi nepehl kwelekw wit ki 'we-tene'mek' nepuy ku wit 'we-loksi'hl.
But if they sit around and do not eat, it means that salmon will be plentiful that year.— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)
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Kyu' hegoose'm ku 'yonchi 'o rek'iin.
Those sitting in the boat are shouting over there.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Chi rek'iin!
Sit down, all of you!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Chi ko rek'iin!
Sit down (pl.)!— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)
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Kiti rek'iin.
They (lots) sit down.— Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)
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Kwesi' wo'gik 'i rek'iin 'w-oolohl, woop niki laaychkenek'w so pulekw.
They were sitting inside their baskets, they were floating along downstream in the middle of the river.— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
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Kwesi' wo'gik 'i rek'iin ku hoolohl.
They were sitting in those baskets.— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)
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K'i ni ya'aagono hi wohp'i 'o ko rek'iin, tu to'onoh keli hesi wohp'i 'o su rek'iinewor...
And from these rocks out in the ocean they will sit, four of them, sitting out in the water ...— Captain Spott, "The Obsidian Cliff at Rek'woy" (X16, 1907)