Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

so'nk'enek' • vt e-class • I fish

Lexicon record # 3220 | Source reference: R250

Other paradigm form

• collective so'nk'enuuem'

Sentence examples (6)

1. Tue' keet 'o skuey' soo 'okw' kue perey mee' neeko'hl kol' 'we-so'nk'enek' kue mewah.
   And then the old woman began to live better because the boy was always catching something in his fishing.

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

2. Noohl kue 'ne-psech woneeks 'o son' ma'ahskehl, noohl puelekws 'o newom' kyue' nee 'ue-ko'oh kol' 'we-so'nk'enuuem'.
   Then my father picked up the spear, and he saw people standing at the mouth of the river fishing.

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

3. Cho 'eekee chue weykow' kol' k'e-so'nk'enuue'mow' noohl cho 'eekee chue kemeye'mow'.
   Then you must all finish fishing and all go home.

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

4. Kue so newonee keech chyuuek'wen' kue meweemor neekee 'ue-kwomhle'mek' kue pegerk kol' 'we-so'nk'enuuem'.
   When the old man was seen to be sitting down the men came back to their fishing.

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

5. 'O gam', 'Ey, kue meweemor, Kem kee hasue', Kee kol' so'nk'enuue'moh 'o puelekw.
   The old main said, Yes, and you may decide to fish at the river mouth.

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

6. Cho 'eekee chue weykow' kol' so'nk'enuue'mow' noohl cho 'eekee chue kemeye'mow'!
   Stop fishing everyone and then all go home!

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