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

che'lohtek' I dry (food), I bake (food), I cure (food), I dry by heating

che'lohtemew be dried (of food)

che'loyehl they are dry

chkiikr' fork, table fork

chkrkrr' pierce, spear, pitchfork, fork (utensil)

chmeyonen 'o 'we-'i'i'gah dinner

harpun mint, mint tea

hegon spoon, scraper

hegoorekich yerba buena tea, vine tea

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

helog cooking paddle, acorn mush stirrer, stirring paddle

hrkwtrks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

hr'rhkrhl be fresh (food, etc.)

kaamew it is bitter, it tastes bad, it is sour

kaamewetek' I have a bad taste in my mouth, I do not like the taste of something

kegoh acorn soup

kep't'oh feed an infant soft food

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

ke'mow food

kmoypon spread (butter, jam, etc.)

kopin coffee

kr'yr' peel (fruit or vegetable)

lehlkemok' I wrap (something) in skunk cabbage leaves (for cooking)

lepkwoh form seaweed into round cakes

lr'rgrh be black, be dark-colored, (round things) coffee

meraas be smoky, cure by smoke

meraawoni smoked (of salmon)

mrw food carried with one, food brought by bride

mrwpok' I carry food with me

mrwprh food carried with one, food brought by bride, packed lunch

munchrhl milk

nepek' I eat

nooych eat food as a guest

nooychkwek' I eat food as a guest

nooychkwok' I eat food as a guest

nrprw meat

nr'rmrt deer meat, venison

nuneg food

nunepew food, fish

nunepuh food, fish

nunepuy food, fish

pechoch broil

pemek'

pemey grease, cooking fat, oil, liquid fat, blubber

pemoroh drippings

pemoyekw rock dish, a hollowed rock used in cooking to collect grease drippings

penkw acorn flour

pepah pepper

pew cook

pewomek' I cook

pewomin a cook

pewomo'r s/he cooks for someone

peya'r cook over an open fire

piish pea

pishkaahl 'o koh seafood

pishkah salt, sea, ocean

plowah flour

popsew bread

poykoh flat basket, pan, pot

pr'yp'r'w be sour

pyewolumek' I chew

raas rice

reguukwoh liquor

reguukwo' beverage, especially liquor

rekiroy broil, broil over a fire

rekwoh drink

rekwohpeyok' I drink

repchem honey, sugar

rooysh rice

sech dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

sechkes dried strip of salmon, dried salmon fillets

ske'woyehl they are ripe, they are cooked

skuuwetek' I like to taste, I like to eat

skuuwolon kmoypon jam

skuuwoloni something sweet, sweets, candies

skuuwoloni pa'ah soda

sloowin raw (of food)

sloowpey eat raw

soonewetek' I taste (something)

tekwskey manroot, wild cucumber, pickle

tenpeyok' I eat much, I eat a lot, I overeat

te'nah drunk

te'nahspek' I am drunk

tkek'wa'r pot

tkek'we'l pot, pan, kettle

tkek'we'lok' I boil

trekwonumek' I take a sip

weyoksip Labrador tea

weyo'opewek' I make acorn soup, I cook with hot rocks

wo'omehl shelled acorn

'ahspah be given food or drink

'ahspek' I drink

'ahspeyu'r soup

'ahspu'm drink

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

'ohlpeyok' I eat from, I bite

'olulik'w lumps in acorn soup from lightly stirring

Dictionary entry

pemek' • vt e-class • I cook

Lexicon record # 2532 | Source reference: R237
Semantic domain: food, drink, and cooking

Other paradigm forms

  • imperative sg pemes, p'ems R237

  • passive 3sg pemu' it is baked, it is cooked JE14

  • passive 3pl pemelehl R237

Sentence examples (17)

  1. 'Ee, numi skewoo'mo'l mo kich pemu' ku ke'win.
    Yes, it smells good when people are roasting eels.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Nekomuy ki k'e-pemek' kegoh hes?
    Do you know how to make acorn soup?

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

  3. Kiti pemek' hrhlkrh 'esi 'wryhl.
    I'm going to cook potatoes and eggs.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 10: "Comb your hair. Daily routines" (GT3-10, 2003)

  4. Hi' ki pemu' nepuy mechik 'o ro'oh, kowish 'o ro'oh.
    It says they're going to cook salmon standing by the fire, standing on sticks.

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    — Violet Moore, Sentences (VM1) (VM1, 1994)

  5. Kiti pemek', kich pemek', kich ho pemek'.
    I'm going to cook, I'm cooking, I have cooked.

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

  6. 'O ga'm Paa', noohl 'o gi', Ke'l ki nrgrykrr'm; ke'l ki peme'm k'i hewon koh k'i nepuy.
    She said No, and then he said, You will help; you will cook the first salmon that we catch.

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

  7. Kwesi 'imi wo gohku'm ki 'we-na'mi mik'olumek' mi' numi skena' 'ohlkumi 'wo'hlp'e'y chpi mehl pemu'.
    But he could not manage to take two bites because it was very bitter as it had been cooked with angelica root.

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

  8. Kem kwelekw meruh ki choomoyhl ki noohl mechi chpi 'o pemu' kahkah 'emsi nepuy 'emsi ke'win.
    For five more days sturgeon, salmon, and eels must only be cooked on a fire.

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

  9. Pi'ih kem ki numi shonki' kiki wi 'u-pemu' kowicho kwehl che'lohtemew.
    Mussles are to be treated in the same way; they are to be cooked at once and not dried.

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

  10. Nekah kwelekw wonu lekome'y 'o 'o'lep ku ho pemu' mehl 'wo'hlp'e'y.
    (He was told) It was put away by us in the house up in the roof, cooked with angelica root.

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

  11. Ku 'u-mr'rx 'emsi 'u-'wa'alox 'emsi ku 'w-aawech 'we-trr 'we-tuuk niki koosi nimi wo pemu'.
    The gills and the guts, the back, the head, and the tail of the salmon was none of it cooked.

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

  12. Kiki 'u-pemu'.
    It is to be cooked at once.

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

  13. 'Ochkaa pe'm ku we'yk'oh kihl 'e'gah.
    She is now cooking what we shall eat today.

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

  14. Wi'iit niki koosi nimi wo pemu'.
    None of this was cooked.

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

  15. Kus peme'm k'i nepuy?
    How did you cook the salmon?

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