Yurok dictionary

Morphology search: son- [son-] • root • thus, in a certain way (licensing an adverbial expression)

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Search index (7)

son be, be like, happen, behave, do, be a kind of

sonchok'

sonek' I feel, I think

soneenah feel, think

soneenepek' I feel, I think (a particular way)

sonkok' I do (well or badly), I treat (well or badly)

sonowok' I am, I am like, I behave, I do, I am a kind of

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)