Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: -ech- [-ech-] • intransitive final suffix • motion • Variants -ch-, -ich-, -rch-

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Search index (39)

chpaanechok' I am away

heemech front, in front

heemechok' I hurry (going somewhere)

hloychok' I walk carefully

hopkechok' I go starting from (a place)

kelomechok' I turn around

kwomhlechok' I return, I go back, I walk back

kwoychok' I go slowly

laakwomhlechok' I return by a particular route

laayechek' I go by a particular way

lechkechok' I pull out

markwechok' I go everywhere

megehlkechok' I stroke, I caress, I touch lightly

menechok' I disappear, I vanish, I go away

menecholek' I disappear

mewpechok' I am sneaking, I sneak

me'womech come from

me'womechok' I come out, I come from

neskwechok' I come, I arrive, I return

nuer'uernchok' I climb

pkwechok' I come out

rechok' I paddle, I row

rechoyek' I paddle a boat

ro'omechek' I pursue, I chase

ruerowech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)

skeweechok' I go slowly, I go easily, I go carefully, I put it in order, I do fine work, I do housework

slekwechok' I stroke backward, I walk backward

sloychok' I descend, I go downhill

sonchok'

sooychok' I go quickly

sroykwechek' I slide

syuek'werchok' I stretch my legs

wohpechek' I go across by boat

woychok' I am away at night

wer'ergeryechek' I go last

yohpechok' I walk around, I turn around, I go around in a circle

yue'uehpechek' I take across (habitually), I ferry across (habitually)

'onchok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'orogech' s/he walks (in relation to someone else)

Dictionary entry

sonchok'vt oo-class • I paddle, I propel a boat • I paddle in a particular direction

Lexicon record # 3208 | Source references: R250 FS(B215)
Semantic domain: boats and boating
Derivation: morphological structure son-ch-oo-

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Poy keech sonchok'.
    I passed (someone) in my boat.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006) (LA138-006, 1980)

  2. Kwesee noohl 'o newom' 'w-esek' kwelekw puelekuek wee keet 'we-sonchoyek'.
    Then he saw that it was being taken down the river.

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

  3. Noohl newom' 'w-esek' kwelekw puelekuek keet 'we-sonchoyek'.
    Then he saw it begin to be paddled down stream.

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