Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain games
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
Broader semantic domain: activities
Related semantic domain(s):
ceremonies and dances, food, drink, and cooking, greetings and polite expressions, hunting and fishing
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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hookwchek' I gamble, I play cards
rohkuen ball
rohsek' I throw, I pitch (a ball)
meenek' I bet
hookw gamble
herhlper' sticks (in stick game)
herk'eryek' I hide
chokchoop' drum, drumstick
herhlperh stick game
kerguuek a round is won (in a game)
parkokwch guessing sticks, playing card
rewpenek' I win (in gambling)
sroy
wahtey tossle in stick game
cheenomelek' I give away part of my winnings in a game
chokchoop'ar' drum, drumstick
chpeeego'repek' I get ready for a race
hooloh rohkuet basketball
hergerk'eryen dealer
kuuerk cross the goal-line, score, as in the stick game
kuuerksek' I play the stick game, I score (in the stick game)
par
rehl'ep' be concentrated in a given direction, of a wish or a prayer, be tossed in a given direction in the stick game, point in a given direction, of a person
repoy drum song
repoyok' I sing a song with drum beating
werhlperh stick game
Dictionary entry
sroy • vn • signal in games
Lexicon record # 3274 | Source reference: R251
Semantic
domain: games
Sentence example
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Kee nahksemee sroy cho noohl 'o hlegohpew!
I shall signal three times, then start wrestling!
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)