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
Writing system: default | hyphens | linguistic
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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)
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Poy keech son-chok'.
I passed (someone) in my boat.
— Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-006)
(LA138-006,
1980)
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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)
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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)