Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

hoorechewek' • vt e-class • 1 I weave baskets, I make baskets 2 I grope, I reach

Lexicon record # 632 | Source references: RS(ALK1940:99h) R202 JE147 FS(B201) JE110
Semantic domain: baskets and basket making
Derivation: morphological structure h-oor-echew-e-

Other paradigm form

• collective hoorechuuem'

Special meaning or use

• Wo'eek hoorechewek' I reach into (e.g., a receptacle) R202

Sentence examples (5)

1. Hoorechewek'.
   I'm weaving baskets.

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   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

2. Wo'nee hoorechewek'.
   Right now I'm weaving baskets.

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   — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-02) (JB-01-02, 2001)

3. 'We-sraach' 'ue-wo'eek 'ela hoorechew' weeshtue' 'o mue'monem' kue 'wer'errgerch, mecheesh 'o nek'.
   He reached into his quiver and took out the alder bark, and put it on the fire.

   — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

4. Kwesee' 'er'gerrch lakws 'ee chyuuek'ween' 'o newom' kue 'w-ahpewehl 'ee wonkewehl hoorechewehl.
   Then he just sat down outside the sweathouse and he saw his wives just then soaking acorns and making baskets.

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

5. Weeshtue' 'o hoorechew'; 'ekah holem'.
   That is where she was basket-weaving; she wove a basket-cap.

   — Mary Marshall, Medicine formula to get wealthy (MM5, 1927)