Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: cheyk- [cheyk-] • root • small • Variant -chryk-

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Search index (10)

chegeykekw in small quantities

cheykar' be small (trees, etc., houses)

cheykek'won' it is small (plants, etc.)

cheykelek'

cheyketew little finger, pinky finger

cheyke'ron' it is small (trees, etc., houses)

cheykoh be small (round things, houses)

cheykok's it is narrow (flat things)

cheryker'ery be small (animals and birds)

cheryker'eryehl they are small (animal or bird)

Dictionary entry

cheykelek' • vi e-class • I am small (human beings, animals, birds, tools, etc., trees, etc., body parts, utensils, clothes, worms, ropes, etc., flat things, boats)

Lexicon record # 102 | Source references: R190 JE83
Derivation: morphological structure cheyk-ele-

Other paradigm forms

  • 3sg cheykel' FJ(ALK9:25)

  • 3sg cheyken' R95

  • 3pl cheykenehl R95

  • alternative 3pl (nonhuman) chegeyken'

  • attributive 3sg cheykenee R95

  • attributive 3pl cheykenee, chegeykenee R96

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (12)

  1. cheykenee 'oohl "little person" (spoken by Jessie Van Pelt)

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