Yurok dictionary
Your search: semantic domain boats and boating
Index order: alphabetical | text frequency
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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chyuuk'wech steer (a boat), paddle in back
chyuuk'wechok' I steer (a boat)
hegoo' paddle
hoolechek' I stir (a liquid), I paddle
hoonechek' I paddle upstream
kenik'wech steer (a boat)
kenik'wechok' I steer (a boat)
ket'ey be still (of anything movable), be parked, be moored
ket'ket'e'y lie (of boats)
ke'moh bailer
ke'mohpechek' I bail out
ke'mohpet bail out water
ke'mohpetechek' I bail out water
krch'rk row a boat
krgrchek' I row
krkr'wrk'ws it is cranky (of a boat)
kwere'we'y
kye'w capsize
kye'wolep' it capsizes, someone turns over (e.g. in a boat or a wagon)
kye'wo'l it capsizes
laayo' jump up and down (of a boat), pitch (of a boat)
lewoleyetek' I pull (a boat) through shallow water by hand
lewole'y it is pulled through shallow water by hand
mene's tow a boat, pull ashore, boat rope
menoo' pull a boat ashore, pull (anything, not just boats)
miikiwrh double ended boat
nigrk half a boat, a boat with a part split off
rechok' I paddle, I row
sloyonechkenekw they slide into water (of boats)
sloyonekw it slides into water (of a boat)
sonchok' I paddle, I propel a boat, I paddle in a particular direction
wrsip braided trim on the front of a boat, made of hazel sticks
'onchok' I paddle in a particular place, as in a formation
'yoch boat
'yoch 'u-poyew prow of a boat
Dictionary entry
kwere'we'y • n • dugout canoe
Lexicon record # 1260 | Source references: R214 JE45
Semantic
domain: boats and boating
Derivation: morphological structure kwer-e'wey-?
Special meaning or use
Short recording (1)
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kwere'we'y "skiff" (spoken by Florence Shaughnessy)