Yurok dictionary

Your search: semantic domain food, drink, and cooking

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Broader semantic domain: activities

Related semantic domain(s): ceremonies and dances, games, greetings and polite expressions, hunting and fishing

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ne-pek' I eat

'e'-gah eat in a group, have a meal, meal

'ahs-pek' I drink

re-kwoh drink

pe-mek' I cook

ke-goh acorn soup

nue-ne-puey food, fish

pe-wo-mek' I cook

pop-sew bread

che'-lo-yehl they are dry

pew

ten-pey-yok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

skuue-we-tek' I like to taste, I like to eat

ket-'op' it is in a pot (food), it is barked (shins)

ke'-mow food

ner-perw meat

peesh-kah salt, sea, ocean

soo-ne-we-tek' I taste (something)

ler-'er-gerh be black, be dark-colored, (round things) coffee

nue-neg food

pe-mey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

skuue-wo-lo-nee something sweet, sweets, candies

che'-loh-te-mew be dried (of food)

he-goo-re-keech yerba buena tea, vine tea

herkw-terks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

merw-perh food carried with one, food brought by bride, packed lunch

che'-loh-tek' I dry (food), I bake (food), I cure (food), I dry by heating

hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl

nue-ne-pueh food, fish

pye-wo-lue-mek' I chew

re-guue-kwo' beverage, especially liquor

rep-chem honey, sugar

ske'-wo-yehl they are ripe, they are cooked

tekws-key manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

te'-nahs-pek' I am drunk

'ahs-pah be given food or drink

'ahs-pey-yuer' soup

che'-loh dry (food), bake (food), cure (food), dry by heating

chkeee-ker' fork, table fork

heyr-puen mint, mint tea

he-gon spoon, scraper

kaa-me-we-tek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

merw food carried with one, food brought by bride

muen-cherhl milk

nooych eat food as a guest

poy-koh flat basket, pan, pot

per'y-p'erw' be sour

skuue-wo-lo-nee pa-'ah soda

tkek'-weyr' pot

tkek'-wel' pot, pan, kettle

wey-yok-seep Labrador tea

wey-yo-'o-pe-wek' I make acorn soup, I cook with hot rocks

chker-kerr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)

chmey-yo-nen 'o 'we-'ee-'ee'-gah dinner

he-log cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

her-'erh-kerhl be fresh (food, etc.)

kaa-mew it is bitter, it tastes bad, it is sour

kep'-t'oh feed an infant soft food

kmoy-pon spread (butter, jam, etc.)

ko-peen coffee

ker'-yer' peel (fruit or vegetable)

lehl-ke-mok' I wrap (something) in skunk cabbage leaves (for cooking)

lep-kwoh form seaweed into round cakes

me-raas be smoky, cure by smoke

me-raa-wo-nee smoked (of salmon)

merw-pok' I carry food with me

nooych-kwek' I eat food as a guest

nooych-kwok' I eat food as a guest

ner-'er-mert deer meat, venison

nue-ne-pew food, fish

pe-choch broil

pe-mo-roh drippings

pe-mo-yekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings

penkw acorn flour

pe-pah pepper

pe-wo-meen a cook

pe-wo-mor' s/he cooks for someone

pey-yeyr' cook over an open fire

peeesh pea

peesh-kaahl 'o koh seafood

plo-wah flour

raas rice

re-guue-kwoh liquor

re-kee-roy broil, broil over a fire

re-kwoh-pey-yok' I drink

rooysh rice

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sech-kes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

skuue-wo-lon kmoy-pon jam

sloo-ween raw (of food)

sloow-pey eat raw

te'-nah drunk

tkek'-we'-lok' I boil

tre-kwo-nue-mek' I take a sip

wo-'o-mehl shelled acorn

'ahs-puem' drink

'ohl-pey-yok' I eat from, I bite

'o-lue-leekw' lumps in acorn soup from lightly stirring

Dictionary entry

pewvn • cook

Lexicon record # 2552 | Source reference: R238
Semantic domain: food, drink, and cooking

Sentence examples (7)

  1. 'Iee, skuey-kok' 'nepew.
    Yes, I'm a good cook.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)

  2. 'Iee, ne-ko-muey 'nepew.
    Yes, I know how to cook.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 3: "Are you hungry?" (GT3-03, 2003)

  3. Ske-wom' k'epew.
    Your cooking smells good.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-015) (LA138-015, 1980)

  4. Kol' sook kee-tee 'nepew.
    I'm going to cook something.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-029) (LA138-029, 1980)

  5. Keech 'o ho-'op' kee pew kee-tee kol' nep'.
    He had made a fire and was going to cook something to eat.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "Two Boys Kill a Donkey" (LA181-16, 1986)

  6. 'O gee' cho', Knok-see-mem' kue 'woo-gey son k'es-lekw; kol-chee wohl-ke-chee' tue' ko' 'o nerr-ger-sem', weet kee chpee 'o ne-pem' kue me-wee-mor 'we-ro-mech 'ue-pe-wo-mek', 'ohl-kue-mee wok kem nee-ko'hl 'woh-ke-pek' tue' wok kee chpee pew mehl kue nee-'ee-yen pe-gerk.
    He was told, Leave behind your white man's type of clothes; every morning you will gather sweathouse wood, and you will only eat the old man's niece's cooking, because she too was always in training and she alone cooked for the two men.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  7. K'e-pew ske-wom'.
    Your cooking smells good.

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