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hekw-sek'

Dictionary entry

hekw-sek' • vt e-class • I find

Lexicon record # 424 | Source references: R198 JE57 JE230 JE53 JE57

Other paradigm forms

  • passive 1sg hekw-se-lek' R198

  • passive collective hekw-se-leem' R198

Sentence examples (15)

  1. 'Nek-'ep-'ew 'ue ne-geeen' 'o kerm-serhl 'o te-no'. Te-no' 'wekw-sek'.
    My grandson looked for a lot of mushrooms. He found a lot.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Chah-chew kee 'wekw-sue'.
    It's difficult to find.

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    — Jimmie James, Elicited Sentences About Emphasis (EJW-01-1-4, 2006)

  3. 'O gem', Kwe-lekw keech hekw-sue' kue k'e-ke'-mow kue k'es-'o-yoh 'uehee-meyr.
    She said, Well, they found your food under your pounding stone.

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Robert Spott's "The Owl" (GM1, 2004)

  4. 'O lem', Kwe-lekw keech hekw-sue' k'ee k'e-ke'-mow k'ee k'es-'ey-yoh 'wehee-meyr.
    She said, Well, they found your food under your pounding stone.

    — Robert Spott, "The Owl" (LA16-4, 1951)

  5. Kem tue' ne-geee'-now' se-ga'-nee noohl soh-chee 'ue gak'ws.
    And he would look for it and frequently found it high up in the hills.

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

  6. Keech hek-sue'.
    It has been found.

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

  7. Se-ga-'a-nee noohl soh-chee 'ue gek'ws.
    Often he found it far up in the hills.

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

  8. To' wee-'eeet ko hekws-pa'.
    Then you will find me there.

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

  9. Kes-kee 'e-mehl hekw-sek'.
    I found it down there.

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

  10. Nee-mee 'ue-ma hekw-sek'.
    I did not find it.

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

  11. Te-ma-loh ne-geeen' kue kel' k'e-rah-cheen tue' 'ee-mee wo gekw-se-soh.
    We looked for your friend a long time, but we did not find him.

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

  12. Keech hekw-sek'.
    I found it.

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  13. Keech hekw-se-sek'.
    I found him (dead).

    — Mary Marshall, Sentences (ES) (ES, 1927)

  14. 'O lem' Se-gep, Teen' kee nah-cha' mo-cho' kee yekw-sek'?
    Coyote said,What will you give me if I find it?

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

  15. Kwe-see' 'o lem', Kee nah-che-chek' 'necheeek mo-cho' kee yekw-sem' k'ee 'nema-'a'.
    Then Crane said, I'll give you money if you find that spear of mine.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)