Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

chaahlke's • vi e-class • it is sandy (floors, ground, etc.)

Lexicon record # 16 | Source reference(s): R189
Derivation: morphological structure ... -ehlk-ese-

Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (8)

1. Chaahlke's.
   (The ground) is sandy.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

2. Chaahlke's 'o heemar.
   It's sandy under (the house).

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (JB-04-1a) (JB-04-1a, 2002)

3. Ko'mee chaahlke's.
   (The ground) is very sandy.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

4. Nuemee chaahlke's.
   It's really sandy.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

5. Nuemee chegaahlke's.
   It's been really sandy.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

6. Chaahlke's.
   It's sandy.

   — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Repetitive and Iterative Verbs (JB-02-06, 2001)

7. Keech chaahlke's!
   It's gotten sandy!

   — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)

8. Kem 'o le'moh, 'emkee kue chaahlke's raayoh ko'r.
   Then we left ...

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "Driving My Father to the Doctor as a Child" (LA181-4, 1986)