Yurok dictionary

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Broader semantic domain: man-made objects

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

Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic

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'ah-te-meyr write, draw, make basket designs, marking on baskets, paper, writing, drawing, book, newspaper

ke-ro-moh turn round (of a wheel, etc., intr.), vehicle, car, automobile

cheek'-weyr chair, stool

muech ro'

chpee-sher-'erhl mirror, window, glass

kwerhl image, picture, shadow, doll, movie

ke-ro-me-kee-nohl key

pe-gem knife

he-gon spoon, scraper

poy-koh flat basket, pan, pot

perh-serh rifle, gun

sleryhl handkerchief

sme'-ruehl scissors

tkek'-weyr' pot

tkek'-wel' pot, pan, kettle

che-gey-yoh small knife, pocket knife

hoo-loh roh-kuet basketball

kee-mo-le-nee hoo-loh waste basket

knet-ken flint, arrowhead, bullet, cartridge

ker-ger-serh musket

ker-ker'-werk cheek'-weyr rocking chair

kue wa-'aw mehl me-guehl-so-nee mop

mehl 'e'-ga' mehl muehl-so-nee eraser

nee-nee-choy' saw (tool)

nerh-ser-per' shave (trans.), shave oneself, razor

pe-ge-meep wire, iron, steel, metal, sharp stone or hard wood used for making knives

pehl-pel' matches

per-kerm' club, jar

raas rice

seyr glue, chewing gum

seyr-kew glue, pitchy substance from pine trees used for glue and for chewing gum, chewing gum

te-kwo-nekws 'ue-kwerhl television

weeel wheel

'ee-'ee'-gah dining room, table

'o chweee-geen place in the mountains where one regularly sits and prays, telephone

Dictionary entry

muech ro' • np • automobile, car, vehicle

Lexicon record # 1930 | Source references: R225 JE11 JE28 JE143
Semantic domain: modern things
Derivation: literally, "runs by itself" (muech "by oneself", ro' "run")

Sentence examples (5)

  1. Kee mos-kek' k'e-muech ro'.
    I am going to borrow your car.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)

  2. Ne'-ges 'ne-muech ro'.
    Borrow my car.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)

  3. Mos-kem' hes 'ne-muech ro'?.
    Did you borrow my car?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)

  4. Yo' mos 'ne-muech ro'.
    He borrowed my car.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)

  5. Ko-we-cho' mos-kem' 'ne-muech ro'!
    Don't borrow my car!

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (AG-02-2) (AG-02-2, 2004)