Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

cheeweyek' • vi e-class • I am hungry

Lexicon record # 138 | Source reference(s): R191 JE71 JE231

Other paradigm form

• alternative collective cheeweyonenee'm

Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (33)

1. Cheeweye'm hes?
   Are you hungry?

   — Jimmie James, Discussion of boats and boating (JJ-VC-1, 2005)

2. Keech cheeweyek'.
   I'm hungry.

   — Jimmie James, Discussion of boats and boating (JJ-VC-1, 2005)

3. Kolonee cheewe'y.
   (Bobcats) always look hungry.

   — Glenn Moore, Sentences (AG-03-2) (AG-03-2, 2004)

4. Cheeweye'm hes?
   Are you hungry?

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

5. Cheeweyee'mo'w hes?
   Are you (pl.) hungry?

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

6. Keech cheeweyek'.
   I'm hungry.

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

7. Keech cheeweyek'.
   I'm hungry.

   — Jimmie James, Sentences (JB-009_1) (JB-009_1, 2003)

8. Cheeweyek'.
   I'm hungry.

   — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

9. Cheeweye'm.
   You're hungry.

   — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

10. Cheeweye'm hes?
    Are you hungry?

    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

11. Keech cheeweyek'. Kos'ela nepoh puuek 'we-tew.
    I'm getting hungry. I wish I had some deer meat.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

12. Mos cheeweyek'.
    I'm not hungry.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

13. Mos cheeweyek'. Kowecho' hegepa', Nep's ko'l.
    I'm not hungry. Don't tell me to eat.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-1a) (JB-05-1a, 2002)

14. Neeko'l 'we-cheeweyek'.
    She's hungry all the time.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-3a) (JB-05-3a, 2002)

15. Mos nek chegeeweyek'.
    I'm never hungry, I don't get hungry.

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-05-3a) (JB-05-3a, 2002)

16. Keetkwo nee cheeweyek', skewok kee 'ne-nepek' ko'l sook.
    I'm still hungry, I still want something to eat.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)

17. Keetkwo nee cheeweyek' kee kem ko'l sook nepek' hes?
    I'm still hungry, can I have something to eat again?

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-01) (JB-01-01, 2001)

18. Cheeweye'm hes?
    Are you hungry?

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

19. 'ey nek nuemee cheeweyek'.
    Yes, I am hungry.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

20. Nek cheeweyek' mehl kegoh.
    I'm hungry for acorn soup.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

21. Cheeweyek' mehl kegoh.
    I'm hungry for acorn soup.

    — Jessie Van Pelt, Sentences (JB-01-03) (JB-01-03, 2001)

22. Chee 'o' k'e-pop, cheeweyek'!
    Pass the bread, I'm hungry!

    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-01-04) (JB-01-04, 2001)

23. Cheeweye'm hes?
    Are you hungry?

    — Georgiana Trull, Miscellaneous Sentences (GT-MISC) (GT-MISC, 2000s)

24. Keech cheeweyek'.
    I'm hungry now.

    — Jimmie James, Miscellaneous Sentences (JJ-MISC) (JJ-MISC, 2000s)

25. Keech cheeweyek'.
    I am hungry.

    — Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)

26. Cheeweyem' hes?
    Are you hungry?

    — Georgiana Trull, Jimmie James, and Josephine James, "Yurok Sentences" (CICD1, 1985)

27. 'O ge'm, Peesh, cheeweyk', nepuy skewok kee 'ne-nepek'.
    He said, Well, I am hungry, I want some salmon to eat.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

28. 'O ga'm kue 'ne-psech, Kue keech no'ohl ho nepoh kue nepuy tue' 'o cherperhl soneenepek'; keneemee cheeweyek' 'eemee che'looksek'.
    My father said, Since I ate the salmon I feel strong from it; I am not hungry and I am not thirsty.

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

29. 'Imee cheewe'y kue 'ne-psech 'ohlkuemee keetkwo 'o kaamewet' nee 'we-luehleek mehl kue ho nepeen nepuy.
    My father was not hungry because he still had a bitter taste in his mouth from the salmon he had eaten.

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

30. Ko'l nepek' 'ohlkuemee cheeweyek'.
    I am eating something because I am hungry.

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

31. Nek neemee ko'l nepek' 'ohlkuemee neemee cheeweyek'.
    I am not eating anything because I am not hungry.

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

32. Keech cheeweyek'.
    I'm hungry.

    — Minnie Frank, Maggie Pilgrim, Carrie Roberts, Florence Shaughnessy, and others, Yurok field notebook 2 (MRH2, 1950-66)

33. Neemee cheeweyek'.
    I do not feel hungry.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)