Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain food, drink, and cooking

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Broader semantic domain: activities

Related semantic domain(s): ceremonies and dances, games, greetings and polite expressions, hunting and fishing

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nepek' I eat

'e'gah eat in a group, have a meal, meal

'ahspek' I drink

rekwoh drink

pemek'

kegoh acorn soup

nuenepuey food, fish

pewomek' I cook

popsew bread

che'loyehl they are dry

pew cook

tenpeyok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

skuuewetek' I like to taste, I like to eat

ket'op' it is in a pot (food), it is barked (shins)

ke'mow food

nerperw meat

peeshkah salt, sea, ocean

soonewetek' I taste (something)

ler'ergerh be black, be dark-colored, (round things) coffee

nueneg food

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

skuuewolonee something sweet, sweets, candies

che'lohtemew be dried (of food)

hegoorekeech yerba buena tea, vine tea

herkwterks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

merwperh food carried with one, food brought by bride, packed lunch

che'lohtek' I dry (food), I bake (food), I cure (food), I dry by heating

hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl

nuenepueh food, fish

pyewoluemek' I chew

reguuekwo' beverage, especially liquor

repchem honey, sugar

ske'woyehl they are ripe, they are cooked

tekwskey manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

te'nahspek' I am drunk

'ahspah be given food or drink

'ahspeyuer' soup

che'loh dry (food), bake (food), cure (food), dry by heating

chkeeeker' fork, table fork

harpuen mint, mint tea

hegon spoon, scraper

kaamewetek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

merw food carried with one, food brought by bride

muencherhl milk

nooych eat food as a guest

poykoh flat basket, pan, pot

per'yp'erw' be sour

skuuewolonee pa'ah soda

tkek'war' pot

tkek'wel' pot, pan, kettle

weyokseep Labrador tea

weyo'opewek' I make acorn soup, I cook with hot rocks

chkerkerr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)

chmeyonen 'o 'we-'ee'ee'gah dinner

helog cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

her'erhkerhl be fresh (food, etc.)

kaamew it is bitter, it tastes bad, it is sour

kep't'oh feed an infant soft food

kmoypon spread (butter, jam, etc.)

kopeen coffee

ker'yer' peel (fruit or vegetable)

lehlkemok' I wrap (something) in skunk cabbage leaves (for cooking)

lepkwoh form seaweed into round cakes

meraas be smoky, cure by smoke

meraawonee smoked (of salmon)

merwpok' I carry food with me

nooychkwek' I eat food as a guest

nooychkwok' I eat food as a guest

ner'ermert deer meat, venison

nuenepew food, fish

pechoch broil

pemoroh drippings

pemoyekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings

penkw acorn flour

pepah pepper

pewomeen a cook

pewomor' s/he cooks for someone

peyar' cook over an open fire

peeesh pea

peeshkaahl 'o koh seafood

plowah flour

raas rice

reguuekwoh liquor

rekeeroy broil, broil over a fire

rekwohpeyok' I drink

rooysh rice

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

skuuewolon kmoypon jam

slooween raw (of food)

sloowpey eat raw

te'nah drunk

tkek'we'lok' I boil

trekwonuemek' I take a sip

wo'omehl shelled acorn

'ahspuem' drink

'ohlpeyok' I eat from, I bite

'olueleekw' lumps in acorn soup from lightly stirring

Dictionary entry

pemek' • vt e-class • I cook

Lexicon record # 2532 | Source reference: R237
Semantic domain: food, drink, and cooking

Other paradigm forms

  • imperative sg pemes, p'ems R237

  • passive 3sg pemue' it is baked, it is cooked JE14

  • passive 3pl pemelehl R237

Sentence examples (17)

  1. 'Ee, nuemee skewoo'mol' mo keech pemue' kue ke'ween.
    Yes, it smells good when people are roasting eels.

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

  2. Nekomuey kee k'e-pemek' kegoh hes?
    Do you know how to make acorn soup?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)

  3. Keetee pemek' herhlkerh 'esee 'weryhl.
    I'm going to cook potatoes and eggs.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)

  4. Hee' kee pemue' nepuey mecheek 'o ro'oh, koweesh 'o ro'oh.
    It says they're going to cook salmon standing by the fire, standing on sticks.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  5. Keetee pemek', keech pemek', keech ho pemek'.
    I'm going to cook, I'm cooking, I have cooked.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-029) (LA138-029, 1980)

  6. 'O gam' Paa', noohl 'o gee', Kel' kee nergerykerrm'; kel' kee pemem' k'ee hewon koh k'ee nepuey.
    She said No, and then he said, You will help; you will cook the first salmon that we catch.

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

  7. Kwesee 'eemee wo gohkuem' kee 'we-na'mee meek'oluemek' mee' nuemee skena' 'ohlkuemee 'wo'hlp'ey' chpee mehl pemue'.
    But he could not manage to take two bites because it was very bitter as it had been cooked with angelica root.

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

  8. Kem kwelekw merueh kee choomoyhl kee noohl mechee chpee 'o pemue' kahkah 'emsee nepuey 'emsee ke'ween.
    For five more days sturgeon, salmon, and eels must only be cooked on a fire.

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

  9. Pee'eeh kem kee nuemee shonkee' keekee wee 'ue-pemue' koweecho kwehl che'lohtemew.
    Mussles are to be treated in the same way; they are to be cooked at once and not dried.

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

  10. Nekah kwelekw wonue lekomey' 'o 'o'lep kue ho pemue' mehl 'wo'hlp'ey'.
    (He was told) It was put away by us in the house up in the roof, cooked with angelica root.

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

  11. Kue 'ue-mer'erx 'emsee 'ue-'wa'alox 'emsee kue 'w-aawech 'we-terr 'we-tuuek neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'.
    The gills and the guts, the back, the head, and the tail of the salmon was none of it cooked.

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

  12. Keekee 'ue-pemue'.
    It is to be cooked at once.

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

  13. 'Ochkaa pem' kue we'yk'oh keehl 'e'gah.
    She is now cooking what we shall eat today.

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

  14. Wee'eeet neekee koosee neemee wo pemue'.
    None of this was cooked.

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

  15. Kues pemem' k'ee nepuey?
    How did you cook the salmon?

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