Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: man-made objects

Related semantic domain(s): baskets and basket making, clothes and cloth objects, houses and parts of houses, modern things, tools and implements

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chyuuek'wech steer (a boat), paddle in back

chyuuek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

hegoo' paddle

hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoonechek' I paddle upstream

keneek'wech steer (a boat)

keneek'wechok' I steer (a boat)

ket'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored

ket'ket'ey' lie (of boats)

ke'moh bailer

ke'mohpechek' I bail out

ke'mohpet bail out water

ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water

kerch'erk row a boat

kergerchek' I row

kerker'werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

kwere'wey' dugout canoe

kyew' capsize

kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)

kye'wol' it capsizes

laayo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

lewoley' it is pulled through shallow water by hand

mene's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

menoo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

meeekeewerh double ended boat

neegerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

rechok' I paddle, I row

sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)

sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)

sonchok'

werseep braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

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

'yoch boat

'yoch 'ue-poyew prow of a boat

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)