Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

soo • vn • think

Lexicon record # 3225 | Source reference: R250

Special meaning or use

• nek soo maybe YLCB28 YLCB33

Sentence examples (18)

1. Nek soo chorek'week 'o merk.
   Maybe it's a white crane.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 8: "Look! Observations" (GT3-08, 2003)

2. Nek soo hesek' keetee tenpewe'hl.
   I think maybe it's going to rain.

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   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

3. Nek soo kee nohtenek'.
   I think I'm able to do it.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-026) (LA138-026, 1980)

4. Kues keech ho neskwechom'? Nek soo kee lego'.
   When did you arrive? I think it's sundown.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-045) (LA138-045, 1980)

5. Nek soo neemoksue nue nes 'o wee'shk'oh.
   I don't think he'll come today.

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   — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (RHR) (RHR, 1951)

6. Kwesee keech tyohpeyoksee' weet 'o 'w-egoo mee' hesehl, Nek soo keetee keemkee' kue '-uueksoh.
   They dislike going around there because they think, Maybe their children will be injured.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Otters" (LA181-2, 1986)

7. Noohl 'o ge's, Nek soo neenee so tmooloy. Nekah chyue kee lo'omah.
   Then he thought, I think we shot it. We should run away.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

8. Kwesee yem' kue lochom', Nek soo kel' hasem', Mrmeryerwerk' .
   Then the toad said, I think that you think "I'm pretty".

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)

9. Chmeyonen 'o ge's, Nek soo muehlcho' wee'shk'oh neskwechol'.
   In the evening he thought, I believe that maybe it will come back now.

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

10. Noohl 'o gam', 'Ey, 'ne-k'ep'eworoh, nek kwelekw kee megelok' k'ee kwenee k'e-le'mow', 'ohlkuemee nek soo kelew kwelekw neemee kee skuey' soo hoole'mow' mo neemee 'okw' weesh k'ee mehl chwegeenkep' k'ee kwen cho soo hoole'mow'.
    Then he said, Yes, my grandchildren, I will come with you wherever you are going, for I think you will not get on well if there is no one who will speak on your behalf wherever you may go.

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

11. Nek soo keech kegeychek mee' chpaaneek' wee k'e-me'wome'mow'.
    I am sure you are tired for your voyage here has been long.

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

12. Nek soo wee kol' cheenermerwerh kwehl nek.
    I think I will get acquainted a little with her.

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

13. Kwesee yem' kue 'w-ahpew, Nek soo, nek komchuemek' k'ee wee mehl sonowom'; kol' kee 'ela key kolo k'e-neeen'.
    Then his wife said, I think, nay I know, how you are; you keep sitting here and gazing.

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

14. Nek soo kwelekw k'e-serhkermery wee'.
    I think you are homesick here.

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

15. 'Aawokw, 'aawokw, 'we-lepehlek' 'w-ewechek' kue 'ne-kuechos, mee' nek soo neemee komchuem' k'ee kwenee so 'ne-menechok'.
    Alas, alas that my grandmother's life is a burden to her, as I fear that she does not know where I have disappeared to.

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

16. 'O gam' kue meweemor, Nek soo kwelekw kel' kee chkeyem'.
    The old man said, Well, I think you will sleep.

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

17. Nek soo keetee ten.
    I think it will rain.

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

18. Nek soo yo' kelach 'o noo'rep'.
    I think he followed you there.

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