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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'-we-chok' I steer (a boat)

he-goo' paddle

hoo-le-chek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle

hoo-ne-chek' I paddle upstream

ke-neek'-wech steer (a boat)

ke-neek'-we-chok' 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'-moh-pe-chek' I bail out

ke'-moh-pet bail out water

ke'-moh-pe-te-chek' I bail out water

kerch-'erk row a boat

ker-ger-chek' I row

ker-ker'-werk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)

kwe-re'-wey' dugout canoe

kyew' capsize

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

kye'-wol' it capsizes

laa-yo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)

le-wo-ley-ye-tek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand

le-wo-ley' it is pulled through shallow water by hand

me-ne's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope

me-noo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)

meee-kee-werh double ended boat

nee-gerk half a boat, a boat with a part split off

re-chok' I paddle, I row

slo-yo-nech-ke-nekw they slide into water (of boats)

slo-yo-nekw it slides into water (of a boat)

son-chok'

wer-seep braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks

'on-chok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation

'yoch boat

'yoch 'ue-po-yew prow of a boat

Dictionary entry

son-chok'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 son-chok'.
    I passed (someone) in my boat.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006) (LA138-006, 1980)

  2. Kwe-see noohl 'o ne-wom' 'we-sek' kwe-lekw pue-le-kuek wee keet 'we-son-cho-yek'.
    Then he saw that it was being taken down the river.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  3. Noohl ne-wom' 'we-sek' kwe-lekw pue-le-kuek keet 'we-son-cho-yek'.
    Then he saw it begin to be paddled down stream.

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