Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

so'nk-'e-nek' • vt e-class • I fish

Lexicon record # 3220 | Source reference: R250

Other paradigm form

• collective so'nk-'e-nuuem'

Sentence examples (6)

1. Tue' keet 'o skuey' soo 'okw' kue pe-rey mee' nee-ko'hl kol' 'we-so'nk-'e-nek' kue me-wah.
   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 'nep-sech wo-neeks 'o son' ma-'ahs-kehl, noohl pue-lekws 'o ne-wom' kyue' nee 'ue-ko-'oh kol' 'we-so'nk-'e-nuuem'.
   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 'ee-kee chue wey-kow' kol' k'e-so'nk-'e-nuue'-mow' noohl cho 'ee-kee chue ke-mey-ye'-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 ne-wo-nee keech chyuuek'-wen' kue me-wee-mor nee-kee 'ue-kwom-hle'-mek' kue pe-gerk kol' 'we-so'nk-'e-nuuem'.
   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 me-wee-mor, Kem kee ha-sue', Kee kol' so'nk-'e-nuue'-moh 'o pue-lekw.
   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 'ee-kee chue wey-kow' kol' so'nk-'e-nuue'-mow' noohl cho 'ee-kee chue ke-mey-ye'-mow'!
   Stop fishing everyone and then all go home!

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