Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

pahchew • vn • move one's body

Lexicon record # 2430 | Source reference(s): R236 JE91

Special meaning or use

• mos ko mo pahchew exhausted [literally, "not able to move"] JE50

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (4)

1. Noohl 'o pahchew kue 'yoch pa'aahl 'eekee cho sloyonekw, tue' neekee 'we-ro'onepek'.
   Then the boat moved and slid down into the water, and then sped along.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

2. Noohl 'o ga'm kue meweemor, Hl'o'ronep'es! noohl kolo 'eekee mee' wo ko pahchew.
   Then the old man said, Stop! and it seemed that it did not move.

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

3. Noohl heenoy 'o so na'mee naamet' ho kue 'we-nekomewet noohl 'o ga'm, Sela ro'onep'es! kem 'o pahchew kue nepuy.
   Then he took two steps to his right and said, Run on! and again it moved.

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

4. Mos cheetaa wo pahchew, kolo heer nee lenekw.
   It made no movement, but seemed to drift to the shore.

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